Category Archive: 1320 Cars Without Doors Feature, 1320 Drag Racing Feature, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Get a Close Look at This 200 MPH Volkswagen-Powered Lakester
Most people don’t put “Volkswagen Jetta” and “200 mph” in the same pattern of thoughts, but Bonneville has a way of mashing together two unlikely things. We should say, of course, that Dan...
Doug Millers Sleeper 1967 Corvette Looks Resto And Is An 12 Second Screamer
I’m in love with Doug Miller’s sleeper 1967 Corvette. First off it is a gorgeous example of a mid year Corvette, that has been “restored” to look stunning, but with all the...
Drag Week Sleeper! This Chevy Caprice Runs 12’s And You Would Never Know By Looking At It!
(All photos by John Welsh) As you’ve probably heard by now, this week is Hot Rod Drag Week! As the rolling display of horsepower traverses the Midwestern United States all week long,...
Gassers 3 – Over Eighty Straight Axle Coupes, Sedans And Madness Expected!
The Automobile Driving Museum is one of the lesser-known museums of Southern California, yet in the past few years has been adding more cars to the collection and hosting more visiting automobile and...
BangShift Goes Racing! Project Angry Grandpa Hits The Strip At Milan! Will We Ever See Thirteens?
It’s official: my fascination with making the Project Angry Grandpa Chrysler 300C run mid-13s has turned into a mental sickness. How else do you explain yours truly waking up at 4:50 in the...
Jason Rupert Sets IHRA Nitro Funny Car Track Record 5.5536!
(Photos by Big Bob Snyder) At Castrol Raceway during the the IHRA Mopar Rocky Mountain Nationals presented by Good Vibrations Motorsports, Jason Rupert’s “Rolling Thunder” ’69...
Screamin’ Demon Feature: This 1971 Dodge Has A Nasty Small Block And A Retro Look That’ll Be In Forever
As some of you may or may not know, my name appears in the byline in a few places outside of BangShift. One of those places is Mopar Muscle magazine. A few weeks ago, editor Johnny Hunkins...
This 1976 Pontiac Grand Prix LJ Has Full Interior, Pontiac Power And Enough Grunt To Run Hard!
One thing that I like to do at the drag races I shoot is to find the car that nobody would have ever expected to end up in the staging lanes, because it’s usually one of the more interesting...
Long-Roofed, Patina’d, Wedge-Powered, Gear-Banging Goodness: This 1965 Plymouth Belvedere Wagon Rules!
To be fair, Chad saw it first and could not shut up about it, and rightfully so: he told me that I had to hunt down this rough-looking Mopar wagon running in Nostalgia Super Stock at Indy....
Classic Funny Car And Gasser Action At Annual Pace Performance Funny Car Nationals!
(Words by Dennis Salzwimmer – Photos by ‘Big’ Bob Snyder) Memorial Day weekend the 9th Annual Pace Performance Funny Car Nationals and Nostalgia Classic to Quaker City...
A Bracket Bomber From The Day They Bought It, This 1977 Chevrolet Caprice Coupe Is On The Number No Matter What!
I walked through the staging lanes of Beech Bend, looking over the cars that were waiting to head out for their tuning passes, when I saw a shape that is etched into my memory: a...
Hiding In Plain Sight – This 2000 Buick Regal GS Is So Good That Nobody Will Believe The Truth When It’s Told To Their Face!
(Photos by Nick) On any night anywhere, you can find a stereotypical car guy. Just listen for the loud pipes, or look for certain cars grouping together. Mustangs. Camaros. Civics that have been...
Drag Radial World Record: “Stevie Fast” Jackson 3.751!!!! 1/8th Mile At The RTRA Spring Nationals – Pro Nitrous Camaro On Radials, Baby!
Update: For the 4th time tonight! 3.751!!! Stevie kills the record in the final against Valden who runs 3.80! Update: Next round he betters it again! 3.788! Update: One round after setting the new...
From A Road Course Racer, To An LSR Screamer, And Now A 9-Second Warhead, This 2009 Dodge Challenger Does It All!
When the Dodge Challenger returned for the 2008 model year, Mopar fans who wanted two doors and rear-wheel drive were lined up around the block salivating, and Sam Uthman was right in line with them....