Category Archive: 1320 Spotlight, 1320 Videos
Jim Fissel Got More Than He Bargained For On This Ride In His Anglia!
We never like seeing someone crash at the track. And normally if we described a run that included flipping over, climbing the wall, and tearing up the front end, we are pretty sure you’d think...
Fantastic 1970s Drag Video: Connecticut Dragway Action Featuring the Best Period EJ Potter Footage We’ve Ever Seen
In the realm of vintage drag racing videos, this couple minute clip from Connecticut Dragway’s heyday ranks up there with the best of them. Featuring a ton of great race cars, some cool pit...
This Modified Hayabusa Motorcycle Uses A Hydrogen Peroxide Rocket To Power The Rear Tire – Not Thrust Driven, Wheel Driven Rocket Power!
The name Francois Gissy is no stranger to the pages of BangShift as we showed you all kinds of cool video from the record setting ride he took atop a hydrogen peroxide rocket propelled bicycle last...
35 Years Later It’s Still Huge – Ride With Chuck Etchells For The First Funny Car 4
The late Chuck Etchells notched his name into the stone tablet of funny car history back in 1993 when he became the first driver to punch his way into the four second zone in a nitro funny car. On a...
It’s Time For The Throwdown In T-Town LIVE From Tulsa Raceway Park: Watch Starting Friday!
It is that time again. Time for one of the coolest drag races of the year, live right here on BANGshift.com. It’s the spring Throwdown in T-Town and we’ll be live for all the action...
The American Powertrain Parting Shift: Ride With NHRA Super Stock Racer Jim Voth In His 4-Speed 1986 Monte Carlo
This week’s American Powertrain Parting Shift takes us front and center to Tulsa Raceway Park and an NHRA Division 5 event that had loads of awesome super stock racers on the grounds. One of...
25 Years Ago Jim Epler Ripped The Heartland Park Topeka Quarter Mile At 300mph For The First Time In A Funny Car (Video)
Next weekend I’ll be a yellin’ and a screamin’ at Heartland Park Topeka one of the finest drag strips in the country. This is a place that came back from literal death a couple of...
Anytime, Baby: This Holden Commodore Ute Will Run Anything…Just Not Into A Car Wash.
There’s always some discussion on what makes a real-deal sleeper. We can admit that pretty much anything older that the 1980s doesn’t count because someone has been tweaking on it if...
Yikes! Watch 10-Minutes Of Drag Racing Craziness From Brazil – These Guys Know How To Party!
The sport of drag racing is as big worldwide as it has ever been. We have been poking around and paying attention to tracks all across the country, most of which are open now, and there is on doubt...
Bird Of Prey: This Ford Falcon Is Taking No Prisoners – That Launch Is Deadly!
It takes some big brass ones to challenge every small block on the property. Every Fox body Mustang, every small-block Camaro, and the random and odd Mopar (or, because we know it exists,...
Morning Symphony: Alcohol Injected, Supercharged Rat-Powered ’56 Chevy Goodness!
Here is your song. The strong, chopping idle. The slight whine of the blower. All you’re missing is the smell of the exhaust and that pulsing hitting your chest like the finger of an angry...
This Ducati-Kart Is WICKED! Watch This 900cc Thumper Rock And Roll When The Clutch Drops!
Colin Chapman of Lotus Cars always preached about the benefits of being lightweight, instead of powerful but heavy. He wasn’t wrong, either…the less fat you haul around, the more ass you...
Hazardous Weather Outlook: This Ford Lightning Is Quick Enough To Earn The Name
Yeah, I see that Kentucky license plate on the back of this first-gen Ford Lightning. And I can say that I do not remember seeing this rig anywhere recently, so I have more questions than answers...
I’m Fairly Certain Most People Will Never Utter The Words “Cleetus T-Boned Me”
And Kyle Loftis at 1320 Video isn’t “Most People”. Of course Cleetus McFarland’s crazy Demo Drags entry wasn’t normal either. With two rear axles and a length more akin...