Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, HISTORIC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Best of 2018: Watch This Time Lapse Of Santa Pod’s Complete Concrete Resurfacing Job
I have often professed my love of Santa Pod Raceway, the famed English drag strip that I have never actually been to. It’s been the site of some great history and it serves as the European...
2018 Memory: Frank Soldridge’s Massive Crash From The $101k To Win Sweet 16 Last Night
It was a pass that should have been reason for celebration. Allen, Kentucky’s Frank Soldridge had blasted through the traps with a 3.84-second elapsed time and a 203mph speed putting him in the...
Best of 2018: Watch The Six Quickest Radial Tire Cars on Planet Earth Make Their Historic Rips
There’s nothing like being at a drag strip when all of the elements of potential performance come together. When the cars are tuned up, when mother nature provides the perfect air and...
Best of 2018: Somebody Please Get This 1985 Cadillac Coupe de Ville Racer Back On The Track!
We love the freaks here at BangShift! Ok, maybe it’s more that I personally love the freaks, but one look at this 1985 Cadillac Coupe de Ville and you should at least understand why I’m...
Listen To These Old Diamond P Sports Music Beds And Smile Like Us!
So about a week ago I wandered into a YouTube channel that had virtually every awesome music bed from the old American Sports Cavalcade and Diamond P Sports days of television greatness in it....
Best of 2018: The Lights Out 9 Crash The Whole World Has Been Talking About
DJ McCain and Jeffrey Schlein had one of the most memorable runs at Light Out 9. Unfortunately those memories were caused by some crazy carnage. McCain in a Datsun known as Bowser went into an insane...
Best of 2018: Watch Mark Woorduff Make A 4,300hp Hub Dyno Pull At Hyperaktive Performance Solutions
Now THIS Is a dyno video. You are about to see Mark Woodruff make a 4,300hp hub dyno pull at Joe Oplawski’s Hyperaktive Performance Solutions shop in Illinois. These guys put a big Manline hub...
Still Needing A Christmas Gift Idea? Legends Of Nitro Have Two 2019 Calendars To Choose From!
It’s two days until Christmas…have you gotten your shopping done yet? For your sanity, we hope you have. Online shopping might be getting bigger and bigger but there are still plenty of...
2018 US60 Dragway Nostalgia Nationals Photo Coverage: Historic Cars, Historic Track, Huge Fun!
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Now that I am caught up with newer events I am finishing up items from before my cancer treatment up to just after surgery (late June). I didn’t do any...
Power Move: Bob Tasca III Adds Mike Green As Co-Crew Chief On Ford Motorcraft/Quicklane Mustang
Bob Tasca III’s return to full time nitro powered NHRA drag racing had its moments in 2018 but just not enough of them for the Rhode Islander with championship aspirations. Because of this,...
Build Biology: The Hoonigans and Leah Pritchett Give You The Inside Look On Her Championship Challenger Drag Pak
Leah Pritchett captured the 2018 Sam Tech NHRA Factory Stock Showdown championship in fine style earlier this year. She won the last race of the season and beat a driving rainstorm along with the...
Big News: Shane Tecklenburg Joins Forces With Elite Motorsports And Modern Racing For E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Season!
Well now, THIS is big time news for the world of NHRA E3 Spark Plugs pro modified action. Renowned tuner Shane Tecklenburg has joined forced with Elite Motorsports and Modern Racing for the 2018...
Bloodhound SSC Project Saved By British Entrepreneur – Undisclosed Amount Paid For Assets and Program
Well this is potentially good news as the Bloodhound SSC project, a gazillion dollar, decade long quest to build a 1,000mph has been sold to a British entrepreneur and saved from the ignominy of...
