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

The Cool Hot Rod: This Film Shows Car Culture, Early Drag Racing, and Even Indy 500 Fun From The Early 50s

Yeah, sure this is a propaganda film, one of the many made to combat the public perception of the so called, “Hot Rod Menace” that was afflicting the USA in the early 1950s. Kids and able...

It’s Back! The Aussie Boosted Bronco Is Running Nearly 150mph With A ProCharger Equipped Small Block Ford

The internet never forgets. Sometimes people do, but not this web of electrons that seemingly binds the world together these days. Admittedly we had let the insane Boosted Bronco out of Australia...

Carnage-Fest St Louis Edition: Rick Hord Wrecks, Luigi Novelli Grenades At Night, Tim Wilkerson Annihilates Body

When the NHRA season comes down the stretch everyone kind of finds another gear of intensity and competitiveness. Last weekend’s event at World Wide Technology Raceway outside of St Louis was...

Build An Ultra Clean Intercooler In Less Than 15 Minutes! Skills baby, these are skills.

Okay so the intercooler took a bit longer to make than 15 minutes, but the video is certainly that short and possibly some of the coolest timelapse fabrication footage we have seen in quite some...

NHRA St Louis Winner Videos: Stoffer, Enders, Langdon, and Billy Torrence Capture Victories On A Hot Sunday

The second round of the NHRA playoffs did not disappoint fans in St Louis who turned out in droves to watch the action over a warm weekend in late September. At the end of the weekend it was a...

Six Seconds, Four Cylinders, And Lots Of Alcohol: This Chevette Is One Mean Little Bastard!

To the average person living in the States, the Chevrolet Chevette is just one footnote in a long line of forgettable attempts by General Motors to try their hand at an import-beater. The...

The $10k Drag Shootout Continues: Episodes 2 And 3 Are Right Here And The Drama Is Heating Up!

Last year’s $10k Drag Shootout was an absolute riot, and at the same time an absolute ass whip. But man was it rewarding and cool! Our competition was Midwest Mayhem, Comp Cams Dream Team, and...

No Party Like a Parachute Party! – Roadkill Nights 2019 Woodward Pre-Party

Alex Taylor is one lucky girl. She works hard to be this lucky, but she’s lucky nonetheless. With a father who can literally build a car from the ground up with no outside help, and the passion...

Scotty Palmer Crushes Home Track Record In His Magic Dry Top Fuel Dragster

Scotty Palmer is one of the most popular drivers in NHRA Drag Racing, in part because last year he kicked a lot of ass and never once did it without having a great time. In fact, when his team made...

AAA Insurance Mid West Nationals Friday Top Qualifier Videos Are Right Here

The NHRA AAA Insurance Mid West Nationals are in full swing at World Wide Technology Raceway just outside of St. Louis and the Pros are not messing around. Each of the four professional categories...

Build & Battle Season Two Showdown: The S-10 and RX-7 Go Head To Head!

The builds are done! The second season of Hoonigan’s Build & Battle is coming to an end with a showdown at Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, California. The Vargas brothers and their early...

Drag Racing History Video: St Louis International Raceway, and I-55 Raceway Full of 1970s Glory! Pro Stockers and More

The NHRA Mello Yello drag racing series heads to St Louis, Missouri this weekend for the 2019 AAA Insurance Midwest Nationals. The St Louis area is one that’s filled with great drag racing...

Head Games: When You Are Making 2,000hp Out Of A Mechanically Injected Cummins Diesel, You Break All The Stuff

The guys at Power Driven Diesel have a cool YouTube channel and they have been documenting the build of their radical, mechanically injected Cummins drag truck and all of the associated problems...

Relive Robert Hight’s Massive Explosion From The NHRA St Louis Race Last Year – Body Hit The Jumbotron!

This weekend the NHRA tour rolls back into St Louis for a weekend of intense playoff-series drag racing as the Mello Yello series continues to hammer on to its ultimate finish in Pomona, California....