Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Spotlight, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, RACING & ACTION, Videos

1320 Video Daily Rocky Mountain Race Week Video Recaps: Day 2 Is Here!

While we’ve been live streaming each and every race day here at Rocky Mountain Race Week, our friends at 1320Video have been putting in hours and hours to bring you all the cool video interviews,...

All The Horsepower: Watch The 9.8L Whipple Blown SMX Powered Drag and Drive Porsche Of Danny Humphreys Make 2,600+ Hp

Imagine living in a world where a street driven car can be equipped with a 9.8L Whipple blower, vertical injector, incredible water block SMX engine and make 2,600hp to the wheel on an easy tune up....

Fun Video: Watch Some Of Drag Racing’s Most Iconic Old School Wrecks With Modern Drag Racing Names You Know!

Yes, it may sound weird to say that this is a fun video about old school drag racing crashes, but, well, it is. Bobby Bennett of CompetitionPlus.com got a group of drag racers, crew chiefs, and even...

Remembering A Character: Watch The Late Tony Christian Thump Them All In Pro Stock In 1988

Editor’s note: The announcement that drag racer Tony Christian died yesterday took the sport by shock and sadness. One of the most colorful characters in drag racing from the 1980s through the...

Alex Taylor Runs 200 Mph In Her ’55 Chevy! That’s Hauling In A Shoebox!

When Bob Johnson drove his 1955 Chevrolet past 200 mph at Bonneville almost 9 years ago it was the first time that a stock-bodied 1955 Chevrolet had been over 200 mph on the salt. Other than some...

Nitro Time Machine: Richard Tharp and Shirley Muldowney Take Their Top Fuel Blood Feud To The 1983 Columbus Final

In drag racing, as in life, we all have people that we just don’t like. Sometimes that dislike simmers below the surface but lots of times it doesn’t. There wasn’t a drag racing fan...

Listen Up: The NHRA Insider Podcast New England Nationals Preview Show – Epping Is This Weekend!

Tony Pedregon and National Dragster’s Kevin McKenna join host Brian Lohnes on this episode of the NHRA Insider podcast. The trio look forward to this weekend’s running of the NHRA New...

W Is For Win: Watch This Classic Chevy 409 Receive A Modernization Program From Keith Dorton

When it comes to building awesome engines that are not cookie cutter, production line pieces, Keith Dorton and Automotive Specialists are the place to go. Why? Dorton and his son have accumulated...

Gear Banging 1,700hp Dyno Pull Action Video – This Beastly RB30 Powered Holden Commodore Screams!

When we look at hot rodding on a global scale, it’s mind-boggling, right? Here in the USA we have had a primarily V8 fixation since Henry Ford dropped the Flathead in our laps nearly 100 years...

PRI Opens New Membership Headquarters In Speedway Indiana With Tons Of Racers And Enthusiasts!

If you love racing, race cars, and the performance world as much as we do then this is big new for all! Dr. Jaime Meyer and the team at  PRI have just opened one hell of a facility. It’s home...

Godzilla Rising: This Harrop Supercharged 7.3L Godzilla Powered Falcon Makes Four Digit Horsepower AND Torque

We have all known it was coming for some time and the wave is starting to break. There have been some neat but sporadic 7.3L Ford Godzilla builds gracing the internet but it now seems that the world...

Dave McClelland Has Passed At 85. His Voice Will Forever Be Remembered, But His Soul Is What I’ll Miss.

I took Sunday off from Social Media this weekend and as a result, I missed the announcement that my friend Dave McClelland died. My heart goes out to all his family, friends, and fans. At 85 he lived...

More 5/21 Love: Let’s Talk About Multi-Thousand Horsepower 521ci Drag Racing Hemi Engines!

There is no more nasty day in the “displacement calendar” than this one. Why? 521ci is a widely used displacement for drag racing engines that run on methanol. We’re talking about...

Eddyville Raceway Is Putting On A Big Money Stick Shift Race Later This Month!

That’s right folks, we are super excited to hear that Eddyville Raceway is going to be holding a stick shift only race at the end of the month and you are going to want to go check it out. We...