Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, BangShift News, MISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
The American Powertrain Parting Shift: Make A Roaring 10-Second Run In A 4-Speed 1955 Chevrolet!
In the era of clutchless transmissions, turbocharged engines that make 3,000hp on alcohol, chassis designs that look straight out of the Terminator movie franchise, and advanced control systems that...
Doorslammer Time Machine Video: Watch Awesome IHRA Pro Mod Action From Bristol 1993!
Every drag racing fan has “their era”. The older guys were around to see the transition and evolution of funny cars, the birth and perfection of the rear engine dragster, and other things...
Stampeding Elephant: This 5,300lb Aussie Ford Territory Uses A Barra Six To Run Bottom 9s In The Quarter Mile
There’s not a lot required to impress us around here. Have a cool, fast, interesting car and we’re pretty much all-in immediately. That’s the case with the video below. You are...
Watch The 1984 NHRA Springnationals Right Here – Wild Doug Kerhulas Incident, Great Racing, Legends!
National Trail Raceway held the NHRA Springnationals for many, many years and it was one of the biggest, most popular events on the tour. There was on downside to the facility, which was have talked...
Privateer: The NHRA’s Newest Nitro Funny Car Team Is Coming Out Of A Machine Shop In Massachusetts
If there is one thing that we know about the world of drag racing it’s that once the sport finds a way to get into your blood, it never leaves. The other thing we know is that competing on a...
Vintage Drag Racing Video: Pit Rod Drag Racing – But Is It At Charlotte Motor Speedway?
There are a few things that we know for sure about this video. The first one is that it is a fun watch of cars hammering down the pit road at a speedway and that those cars range from early pro...
Dyno Video: Hunting Down Problems At 6,000 RPM In A 3,000hp Diesel Truck – This Is Wild
Lavon Miller, his brothers, and the rest of the crew at Firepunk Diesel are well known and much feared in the diesel competition community nationwide. From his early days at the Diesel Power...
Barra Bomb: Watch This Mustang Make 1,200hp On A Hub Dyno And Then Hit The Streets – Aussie Hot Rod!
Now this thing is nasty. You are about to see one of the cleanest Mustangs we’ve ever laid eyes on hammer out 1,200hp on the hub dyno using a Ford Barra straight six which still has its stock...
Fastest: An Oral History of The 1992 Hot Rod Magazine Fastest Street Car Shootout As Told By The People Who Were There!
In 1992 Hot Rod Magazine gathered a collection of the fastest street cars in America for a showdown in Memphis, Tennessee. The reverberations of this event are still being felt today as it helped to...
Streak Stopper: Watch Dean Skuza Shut Down John Force At The 1997 NHRA Gatornationals
It’s really hard to conceive of just how dominant John Force was in the world of nitro funny car racing during the 1990s but this video gives us a little glimpse. Coming into the 1997 NHRA...
This Angry Little Turbocharged VW Engine Is The Hot Ticket To Make Your Beetle Fly
The enduring dedication and obsession that VW fans have for making horsepower out of an engine platform that was initially designed to make 36hp is awesome. It speaks to the nature of hot rodding and...
Fun Video: This Motorcycle Enthusiast Bought A Used Orange County Choppers Chopper – The Review Is Awesome
I think we can all remember that magical era of television when you literally could not turn the sucker on without seeing, hearing about, or being attacked by Orange County Choppers. The guys took a...
LUCAS OIL REINFORCES LONG-TERM COMMITMENT TO NHRA DRAG RACING WITH MULTI-YEAR EXTENSION
INDIANAPOLIS (Nov. 17, 2022) – NHRA officials announced today that Lucas Oil Products, the world leader and distributor of high-performance automotive additives and lubricants, will continue as the...
B. FORCE, CAPPS, M. SMITH CLINCH WORLD TITLES; PROCK, PEDREGON, ANDERSON AND A. SMITH GET WINS AT ACTION-PACKED AUTO CLUB NHRA FINALS
POMONA, Calif. (Nov. 13, 2022) – Brittany Force captured her second career world title on Sunday, wrapping up a spectacular season with a Top Fuel world championship after a first-round victory at...