Category Archive: 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320

Watch Dick Smothers Race At The 1968 US Nationals And Then Get Interviewed By A Strapping Young Steve Evans

Here’s a gem of a video that I literally fell over completely by accident while trolling YouTube for cool US Nationals stuff that I am going to beat everyone over the head with the in weeks...

Caddyshacked: Lining Up Against This Hayabusa-Powered Golf Cart Is A Mistake!

I’m not asking any of you to raise your hand, because I’m pretty sure that I know the answer. How many of you have done some…entertaining things with a golf cart? Drag racing with...

After Action Review: The Power Driven Diesel Folks Go Through What Happened With The Engine They Killed!

Back at the beginning of August we got to see what happens when a Cummins engine in a drag truck suffers a catastrophic engine failure courtesy of the guys at Power Driven Diesel. Their engine went...

You Ever Wonder Why Some Race Cars Just Don’t Leave Straight? Rear Steer. Here’s The Hows And Whys…

No matter how good the chassis under your race car is, if all of it is adjusted and aimed in the right direction then nothing is going to hook or go straight or be right. With that said, there are...

Hang On Sloopy! Watch These Two Small Tire No-Prep Racers Avoid Disaster Narrowly

If you need a microcosm of why people love no-prep racing, this video from Urban Hillbilly that was captured at the throw down known as Outlaw Armageddon 2017 will tell you all you need to know....

Street Car Takeover Denver: Using Up All Of That Fresh Mountain Air For Power!

Drag strip tracks do not get better views than what you’ll see at Bandimere Speedway in Colorado. Just outside of Denver on the hills in front of the Rocky Mountains, Bandimere has a wide-open...

Historic Drag Video: Take A Trip Back In Time With This Color Film From The 1958 NHRA US Nationals

This is one of the best weeks in the entire sport of drag racing. Know why? Because Indy and the YellowBullet Nationals are next week. That doesn’t make sense? Of course it does. EVERYONE in...

Watch The Pro Stock Final Round Between Bob Glidden And Warren Johnson At The 1988 NHRA US Nationals

Well, we’re officially less than one week away from the best damned drag race of the year, the NHRA Chevrolet Performance US Nationals. I’m heading to Ohio this weekend for a little warm...

Street Beast: This Volkswagen Corrado Is One Of Many Monster Builds 1320Video Is Checking Out In Germany!

The Volkswagen VR6 is a funky engine. The design is brilliant…it produces a six-cylinder engine that is compact enough to fit where a transverse four-banger once sat, offering up the power...

Watch The Sportsman Final Rounds From The 1978 US Nationals – Some Of The Weirdest Combos Ever!

Monday at Indy is the stuff of legend. It is the end of a long, long road of drag racing. It is the day when people have their hearts broken and their dreams realized. It is a day that I lay awake at...

Fully Legal And Fully Wild: The Coffeyville Street Drags Still Hits Hard And Is Still On Public Roads!

It’s one of the happier stories to come out of the whole street racing popularity wave that came about from Street Outlaws: the Coffeyville Street Drags. If you seriously haven’t heard of...

Morning Symphony: How About A Little Aussie Rock, Courtesy Of A Twin-Turbo Monaro?

Zoran Gajic’s Monaro is known as “Brutus”. Hm…wonder how it got that name? Holden Monaros of any generation are the ones you want…Holden’s offering that grasped at...

Video: Running Over The Christmas Tree In Brainerd

It’s time again for the Lucas Oil Northern Nationals. For all the drag races I have been to, reported from, and announced at, I had never actually seen someone crash into the Christmas Tree in...

Bet 88 MPH Isn’t A Problem: This Holden Kingswood Is Good For A Megawatt Of Power!

Power ratings for engines can be strange. Most of the time the unit is horsepower: 550 ft/lbs per second. Sometimes you’ll see a different system, like PS or other terms, which are metric...