Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, HISTORIC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
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...
The View Of The 1955 Chevy Match Race, From Finnegan’s Eyes!
By now you pretty much know the story: Jon Chase from Hoonigan and Mike Finnegan had a best-of-three match race at the NHRA Winternationals in Pomona, California. The first race, Finnegan straight-up...
Watch Allen Johnson Suffer an Insane Pro Stock Wreck At The 1999 Gatornationals – He Walked Away (somehow)
NHRA Pro Stock is one of those classes where not much happens…until it does. In this case the guy the stuff was happening to was pro stock racer Allen Johnson and the devilish aerodynamics of...
Five Minutes Of Engine Failure Carnage – Drag Racing Engines Biting The Dust At Races And Tracks All Over The Country
Engines fail in every form of motorsports, that’s not a big shocker to anyone, right? We’d argue that in our experience, drag racers do a better job of killing them in spectacular fashion...
Crash And Burn: This Mustang’s Throttle Hung Wide Open At Middle Georgia
Have a plan for every last possible event that can happen. Plan each movement that you need to make. I was taught these lessons when I first started riding bikes for more than fun, how to properly...
Another One Bites The Dust: The Auction Corvette’s Second Mill Simply Stops Playing!
The Auction Corvette that Cleetus has been messing with this year has been a fun watch for us…he has been trying to keep this C6 together ever since he first saw it in person. How has that...
Here’s The Wild Top Fuel Final From The 1996 NHRA Gatornationals – Blow Over Insanity!
This is a wild video from 23 years ago that features the top fuel final round from the 1996 NHRA Gatornationals. The race pitted Scott Kalitta against Blaine Johnson in a late evening bout that had...
Boosted Magic: Watch This Aussie Mustang Make 9 Dyno Pulls With Increasing Boost Levels – How Much Power? Find Out!
If you think you are seeing a car that you have seen before on BangShift, you’re right. This Mustang from Australia has been featured here a couple of times but it was with a completely...