Category Archive: 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, HISTORIC, MOPAR, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Historical Footage: Warren Johnson Vs. Darrell Alderman At The 1991 NHRA Arizona Nationals
I recently spoke with a friend about the things I miss the most out of drag racing, and without any hesitation, my answer was Pro Stock. I know it exists today…but twenty years ago, Pro Stock...
Watch Roger Lessman’s Massive 1990 Streamliner Crash At Bonneville – He Lived…Somehow
Since Roger Lessman himself posted this video to his YouTube page, we don’t think that he’d have a problem with us sharing it here on BangShift. During the 1990 World of Speed meet on the...
The Parting Shift: Ride Along With Quain Stott As He Makes A Wild, Violent, And Sideways Gasser Run At Bristol
We’ve showed video of Quain Stott and his Grand Illusion Willys gasser before but this one is really something else. In this clip we see Stott racing the car at Bristol Dragway, otherwise known...
Twelve Seconds? Ten Seconds? Take A Guess How Fast This AMC Gremlin Is!
“Sleeper” is an overused term in my opinion. People will go well out of their way to justify how a particular car is a sleeper, and most fail the sniff test…tires, exhaust note,...
Morning Symphony: Flat-Footing A Ford GT40 At An LSR Race!
We all have that one dream situation: before you is an open stretch of road. No cops, nowhere for one to hide, you have no budget limitations, and someone else is footing the bill for the fuel...
An Attention-Getter: Watch Mitchell Luke Go For A Fiery Ride At Willowbank Raceway!
Some days, it just ain’t your day. You’ll usually know it within ten minutes of waking up. But there are other days where your luck runs out just as things were going good, and for...
Historic Drag Racing From Tracks Around Illinois and Missouri – Four Wide Action and More!
This weekend I’ll be calling the action at the NHRA event in Norwalk, Ohio. I am looking forward to this race as it will have lots of fun stuff going for it like pro mods, championship...
Watch This Huge-Wheel Equipped Monte Carlo Shear The Wheel Studs And Get Crazy!
(By Greg Rourke) – Why do most drag racers not run on giant rims? Perhaps a visual aid is in order and this huge-wheel equipped Monte Carlo is it. Here we have the Track Mania event at Memphis...
Watch Clay Millican Win His First NHRA National Event In Top Fuel – Overwhelming Emotions, Incredible Story
It was the most emotionally charged top fuel final round I have ever experienced in person and when Clay Millican charged down the track ahead of Leah Pritchett, the entirety of Bristol Dragway went...
Evil Little Pill: This Ford Fiesta ST Is Kicking Everybody’s Backside At A Half-Mile Run!
Say it with me: The Ford Fiesta ST is NOT a sleeper. It’s not a particularly fast car, true. It’s more meant to be a neat little daily, a runaround that doesn’t suck, an eco-car...
Dead To Rights Sleeper: Watch This Old Chevy Truck Rip Middle Georgia Motorsports Park A New One!
We will never get tired of old work trucks that find a second life as street sweepers. You know the kind…beat-up bed, rusty in spots, a seat cover that’s probably thirty years old (at...
Morning Symphony: A 1993 Ford Falcon ED Without E.D. – Import-Legal Next Year!
The 25-year vehicle import rule bites. But until the law changes, you have to play by the rules, and for 2018 (when, if you start now, you’ll probably end up actually shipping your car of...
Carl Scott Flips His Car, Minor Insanity, At Kansas No Prep Race And Walks Away
Carl Scott has had a few close calls lately, but we’re glad to announce that after losing it behind the wheel of his little beast Minor Insanity, and sliding it into the wall, it flipped over a...
Watch Gary Gerould In Action Covering The 1988 NHRA Summernationals From A Boiling E-Town
In my Forest Gump-esque time in the world of drag racing, I have been fortunate to meet and interact with a great number of my heroes. I have been fortunate enough to work with some of the most noted...