Category Archive: 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Spotlight

CLICK HERE To Watch The California Hot Rod Reunion Sunday At 9AM

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE 2014 NHRA CALIFORNIA HOT ROD REUNION  LIVE STREAMING BROADCAST — STARTING 9:00AM PST SUNDAY     That’s right folks! As you’ve come to expect,...

Drag Week Uncensored FINALE: What It’s Really Like To Drive A 6 Second S10 Cross Country! – The Aftermath

A 6.16! I still can’t get over that, even though our whole goal with building the truck is to run in the 5’s. And on that last pass, I’m not sure it would have gotten there. It was...

Drag Week Uncensored Part 8: What It’s Really Like To Drive A 6 Second S10 Cross Country!

Holy Crap!!!! Isn’t this week ever going to end?! Why is it that while you can’t seem to remember your own name after a drag week like this, or what you ate for your last meal,  somehow every...

Drag Week Uncensored Part 7: What It’s Really Like To Drive A 6 Second S10 Cross Country!

When we woke up Friday morning, the last “official” day of Drag Week, the weather was not looking good and we had plenty of work to do. Since we had some issues the night before, and were...

Drag Week Uncensored Part 6: What It’s Really Like To Drive A 6 Second S10 Cross Country!

In part 5, I ended telling you about the horrible drive to Great Bend, and our complete lack of sleep and therefore multiple near death experiences. Waking up in Great Bend sucked. We had gotten in...

Drag Week Uncensored Part 5: What It’s Really Like To Drive A 6 Second S10 Cross Country!

Normally we’d be starting a new day of Drag Week from the hotel near the racetrack. Such was NOT the case when we started day three of Drag Week 2014. While it had been the norm so far for us...

Drag Week Uncensored Part 4: What It’s Really Like To Drive A 6 Second S10 Cross Country!

After what seemed like zero minutes of sleep, we ended up at Topeka for Day 2 of Hot Rod Drag Week 2014. And just like every other time we were around the truck, people were asking what it’s...

Drag Week Uncensored Part 3: What It’s Really Like To Drive A 6 Second S10 Cross Country!

Oh yeah, we had to push it. Stupid truck. I had been referring to this thing as the “Evil Little Bastard” for several weeks now after it bit me or fought me on several occasions....

Drag Week Uncensored Part 2: What It’s Really Like To Drive A 6 Second S10 Cross Country!

Yesterday I gave you all a glimpse into what it was like during the days leading up to Drag Week 2014, as Larson and I thrashed to get the truck done and off to Tulsa. Once I finally got to Tulsa,...

What’s It Take To Run 6.16 In A Street Truck? Look Inside The ProLine Racing Engine That Propelled Larson On Drag Week 2014

When Larry Larson and I decided we were going after a 6th Hot Rod Drag Week Title for him in 2014, we also wanted to be the quickest and fastest street car in history. And while Andy Frost’s...

The Racetrack At 57 Gunnville Rd. – A History Of Lancaster Dragway And Why It Needs To Be Saved

(Words by  Rob Kozak – Photos Rob Kozak Collection) – Originally a 1/2 mile dirt oval, the race track at 57 Gunnville Rd. in Lancaster, New York opened its doors on May 30, 1959. ...

CLICK HERE TO WATCH The Street Car Super Nationals Anarchy At The Arch – Saturday Action Starts At 4:30 Central

We’ll be LIVE and FRRREEEEEEEEEEE as always, starting this Thursday evening at 5pm right here at BangShift.com for the first ever Street Car Super Nationals “Anarchy at the Arch”...

Exclusive Video: Frankie “The Madman” Taylor Runs 5.550 at 260 MPH… Quickest Door Slammer In History

During BangShift.com’s exclusive LIVE Streaming Video of the Street Car Super Nationals “Anarchy at the Arch” at Gateway Motorsports Park in St. Louis, Frankie “The...

Meltdown Drags 2014 Coverage: Byron Was Jammed With The Coolest Old School Drag Iron In The Country

(Photos by Greg Rourke and Bob Chiluk) – Outside of a select few nostalgia drag races, they are mostly regional affairs. Events like the March Meet, California Hot Rod Reunion, HAMB Drags, and...