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

Drag Racing Art: Nitro Ascension Is An Amazing Piece Of Drag Race Film Making By Jake Simmons

Story telling without the use of words is among the hardest things to do in the artistic world. It’s what paintings do, what jazz music does, and what the finest orchestral arrangements bring...

TX2K20 Bombshells: The Violent Passes From The Invite-Only Powerfest!

TX2K20 is a pain to get into if you want to run. Normally, spectating the event isn’t such a problem, but with the world collectively losing it’s head, this year the event was held...

QuarantinePiece Theater: Check Out Decade Of Thrills II – The Thunder Of The 80s – Evans and Prudhomme Call It

Let’s say you’re stuck at home like we are. No racing, kids have school cancelled, the restaurants have been all but closed down, and basically all else with them. What are you supposed...

Did You Want One Then? This Review Of The 1983 Mitsubishi Starion Shows The First Version Of The DSM Hot One To Show Up

I cannot be the only guy in the BangShift universe who’s stuck at home and cruising eBay looking to buy something. The more you look, the more you think, and the more you think, the more...

Watch The March Meet Funny Car Eliminations Right Here! Nitro Action Baby!

There was no live stream from the 2020 March Meet, but thankfully you can see AA/Funny Cars still running thanks to the guys at Competition Plus TV.  If you are in need of some nitro action then...

The St. Patrick’s Classic Is LIVE! We Have Live Drag Racing To Watch Right Here!

They may be cancelling events everywhere, but there are still a few going on and luckily for you watching them from the comfort and cleanliness of your own couch is just what the doctor actually...

Cool Video: Watch Don Garlits Attempt To Qualify For The 2002 NHRA Gatornationals In Swap Rat 34

This weekend’s 2020 NHRA Amalie Oil Gatornationals will be historic, we already know that. Why? Well unless your internet, radio, television, and homing pigeon are broken you know that the...

Watch Chuck Etchells Suffer A Massive Funny Car Fire At The 1994 NHRA Gatornationals – Drives It Like A Boss!

The late Chuck Etchells was a hardcore funny car racer. The dude scraped his way up the ladder and by the time his career peaked he was battling it out with the best racers in the world. Every hard...

Watch The 1994 NHRA Gatornationals Here – Awesome Action, Epic Finals, Kalitta vs Kalitta and More

As we get ready for the 2020 running of the NHRA Gatornationals this weekend in Gainesville, Florida it’s always fun to look back into the history of one of drag racing’s greatest events....

Video: The 1989 Ford Thunderbird Super Coupe Was A Rare Occasion Of Too Much Being Enough

Admittedly when I was nine years old, I wanted one of these cars badly. I wanted my parents to ditch the family Ford Taurus wagon and replace it with this guy. Why? Well it had all kinds of stuff all...

Scream For Me: This Video Of Miniature Supercharged and Naturally Aspirated Conley Stinger V8 Engines Rules!

While we love tiny little engines around here, especially those that are hand whittled or designed in someone’s basement, we do understand that there’s more than one way to get your tiny...

Big Noise, Big Power: Watch The Bruder Brothers Make Hub Dyno Pulls With Their ProCharger Equipped X275 Mustang

This video is awesome. It is awesome because one of the most iconic cars in the history of small tire drag racing is featured. It is awesome because an absolutely roaring ProCharged small block Ford...

Legend Video: Watch The Iconic 554 Fuel Coupe Make A Wild, Tire Smoking Blast At Fremont!

One of the neat things about nostalgia drag racing is that it actually has a weird middle layer of its history. You have the initial events that spawned the love for “looking back”, you...

Morning Symphony: A 428 Ford Cobra Going Through The Gears At Byron

When it comes to the sound of musclecars, you can tell one noise from the other pretty easily once you’re used to the sounds. You know that AMC mills tend to be snottier on the rise up. You...