Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, DRAG RACES, Event Coverage, RACING & ACTION, Videos
How To Make $101,000 In A Day: Every Radial vs The World Elimination Run From The DuckX Sweet 16 2.0!
In terms of raw performance numbers, there may never be another small tire drag race like Sweet 16 2.0. The event happened last weekend at South Georgia Motorsports Park and it featured two classes....
Video: Hanging With Mac – A Fun Conversation With Drag Racing’s Most Unmistakable Voice
There was a moment a couple of years ago when I had to promise Dave McClelland that I was not stalking him. As Dave decided to step away from some of the work he was doing as an event host, a few of...
1966 Or Older Allowed: Pie Crust Slick Racing At Byron!
Here’s a sincere thought that has run through my head ever since I started writing here at BangShift: How do you relate to a time period that is older than you by decades? We have a broad...
This Basic Third-Gen Camaro Is Our Kind Of Jam – All Go, No Show!
Out of the fifty-some cars that have passed through my hands, only one has ever gotten painted with anything better than spray-paint cans of Krylon. Only two have ever gotten brand new wheels. Only...
Lunatic Video: Watch The Driver Of This Altered Get It Totally Vertical ON PURPOSE!
It takes a special kind of maniac to enter his altered into a wheelstand contest in the first place but said maniac kicks it up like 50 notches when he pulls the wheelie bars off the car and gets all...
The Turbo Six Just Works: This Stroked Holden Is A Street-Driven Monster
You can remember the GSX, the GNX, the Grand National all you want. If there is one thing that Buick should be remembered for, it should be the 231 cubic inch V6 that was in production for over forty...
Twin Blow Outs At 150mph? No Big Deal For The Driver Of This Chevelle
If there were a time for something to go wrong at the drag strip, the moment you are at peak speed and entering the deceleration zone would not be it. As it were, this was the exact scene at Ozark...
Fearsome Foursome: Here Are The Four Winning Runs From The Pro Categories At The 2019 NHRA Gatornationals
It was in the top three of the greatest drag races I have ever been to. It’ll likely stay in the top three of the greatest drag races I’ll ever go to. The 50th Amalie Oil NHRA...
Watch Mike Castellana’s Wild Ride From The 2019 NHRA Gatornationals – He Is OK
It was a rough start to the 2019 season for Mike Castellana, literally. His Al-Anabi Performance sponsored Camaro broke a rear axle, lost a wheel, and piled into the wall during qualifying, ending...
Video: Nothing But Awesome Photos And Footage Of 1960s and 1970s Drag Race Haulers – Trailers, Ramp Trucks, More!
(By Greg Rourke) – There was once a time when even the touring drag racing professionals moved around the country with a station wagon and a single axle open trailer. Yes BangShifters under...
TX2K19: When Being A Quick Street Car Just Isn’t Enough, Bring Out The Monsters
TX2K events are wild to me for one reason and one reason only: the “holy ….” factor involved when the E.T. and MPH numbers flash on the boards. You can have a quick street car all...
The Race Of Gentlemen Santa Barbara Drags: TROG Comes West And It Ruled!
There is no other race like The Race of Gentlemen, aka TROG. Each TROG event is a time travel of sorts, to a time when things were simple and racers were gentlemen, or so we thought anyway, and cars...
The 10th St. Patrick’s Classic Bracket Race Is LIVE Right Here!!!
Bracket racing season is in full swing and big money has already been paid out at events all across the country in the past couple of weeks. This weekend the 10th Annual St. Patrick’s Classic...
This Look Into The Crazy Busy Cockpit Of An Alky Funny Car Is Spectacular – Jason Rupert Getting It Done
Lots of BangShifters know the name Jason Rupert through his success in the nostalgia funny car world, but Jason has a long history in alky cars out on the west coast and this video shows him...