Category Archive: 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Spotlight, 1320 Videos
Watch LIVE! Street Car Super Nationals Anarchy at the Arch Continues Today!
Aug 27, 2016Chad Reynolds3
That’s right folks, we’re going back to St. Louis for Street Car Super Nationals Anarchy at the Arch 2016 and racing will be fast, furious, and LIVE right here on BangShift.com starting...
Gassers 3 – Over Eighty Straight Axle Coupes, Sedans And Madness Expected!
Aug 26, 2016Darr Hawthorne3
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...
Burnouts, Baby! Tire Frying, Smoke Making, Fun At Thornhill Dragway
Aug 26, 2016Brian LohnesComments Off on Burnouts, Baby! Tire Frying, Smoke Making, Fun At Thornhill Dragway
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Burnouts. We all enjoy either watching them or doing them. This gallery is made up of photos from the tradition that ranges from just cleaning the...
The Farmington Quick 8 Reunion Was Awesome And We Were There! Door Slammer Perfection
Aug 25, 2016Brian LohnesComments Off on The Farmington Quick 8 Reunion Was Awesome And We Were There! Door Slammer Perfection
(Words and photos by Benoit Pigeon) – The Farmington Quick 8 Reunion is a special event with great heritage when it comes to the roots of pro modified. Once a year, retired and active racers...
Drag Racing Action Gallery: Big Fun At Old School Thornhill Dragway
Aug 25, 2016Brian LohnesComments Off on Drag Racing Action Gallery: Big Fun At Old School Thornhill Dragway
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – We’re back at Thornhill Dragway, possibly THE oldest continuously-operated track in the country, for a night of nostalgia cars and regular brackets. This...
MSHS HEMI’nsanity At Milan Dragway: Good Runs And Bad Luck In Michigan!
Aug 20, 2016Bryan McTaggartComments Off on MSHS HEMI’nsanity At Milan Dragway: Good Runs And Bad Luck In Michigan!
As you read yesterday, Milan was not kind to either myself or Angry Grandpa, with our luck running out right about the first elimination run in the Modern Street Hemi Shootout bracket race. But that...
Protect The Harvest NHRA Northwest Nationals Nitro Winners Will Be Decided This Weekend At Brainerd!
Aug 19, 2016Darr HawthorneComments Off on Protect The Harvest NHRA Northwest Nationals Nitro Winners Will Be Decided This Weekend At Brainerd!
(Photos by Mike and Jeff Burghardt) After record runs and multiple rain delays NHRA officials announced the Funny Car final round between Del Worsham and Ron Capps and the Top Fuel final round...
MSHS HEMI’nsanity At Milan Dragway: Modern Mopar Power Screaming In Michigan!
Aug 19, 2016Bryan McTaggart3
In the predawn hours, the silence was broken, one by one, as Hemi after Hemi was fired up as if to greet the sun in some bizarre ritual. From the lowliest, most basic stocker to the 8-second capable...
Tune In To Live Audio From Bonneville Speed Week 2016 – We’ve Got The Link
Aug 17, 2016Brian Lohnes3
If you want live video from Bonneville, pay attention to the BangShift Facebook page for videos that Chad and I will do from around the salt over the course of the next week. They will be sporadic...
Jason Rupert Repeats With 3rd IHRA Funny Car Championship At Northern Nationals
Aug 16, 2016Darr HawthorneComments Off on Jason Rupert Repeats With 3rd IHRA Funny Car Championship At Northern Nationals
(Photos by Big Bob Snyder – Words by Darr Hawthorne and IHRA Communications) Mother Nature once again came into play at the IHRA Northern Nationals in Martin, Michigan and prevented teams from...
The Scoop! Here Are All Of The Cars (and Trucks) Making Record Run Attempts On Tuesday Morning
Aug 15, 2016Brian Lohnes1
The winds kicked up on the Bonneville Salt Flats yesterday afternoon causing SCTA officials to cut the Monday portion of Speed Week off earlier than planned. Runs were halted around 5pm and the...
Salty Secret: Here’s An Old Turbocharged Triumph (We Think) Engine That Isn’t
Aug 14, 2016Brian Lohnes8
I was cruising the Bonneville impound area last night with Chad and Bret Kepner and we happened upon a motorcycle that will be running for record book status today. It looked to us like the bike was...
Caption This Photo: Is Lee Sicilio Communicating With The Gods Of Speed?
Aug 13, 2016Brian Lohnes12
During my travels through the expansive pits at Bonneville yesterday I snapped this photo of a man and his car. Not just any man or any car, but rather our pal Lee Sicilio and his (currently 283mph)...
Half Mile Drags! Action Coverage From The Revvolution Shift-S3ctor Indianapolis Airstrip Attack
Aug 09, 2016Brian Lohnes3
(Words and photos by Jacob Marshall) – Racing on an airstrip used to be a necessity for early hotrodders. With nowhere else to go, racers turned to old airstrips and lakebeds to wind their...






