Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
This Shop Tour Video Of Don Schumacher Racing Is Wild – 125,000 Square Feet, 130+ Employees
Jan 04, 2018Brian Lohnes6
Normally when we think of a shop tour video we think of cars on lifts, guys welding stuff, parts being installed, and while all of those things are kind of a part of this one, it’s a little...
Behind the Ropes Part 2: After An Early Shutoff The MBR A/Fuel Team Sets Its Sights On Qualifying
Jan 03, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on Behind the Ropes Part 2: After An Early Shutoff The MBR A/Fuel Team Sets Its Sights On Qualifying
Here is the second installment of the Michalek Brothers Racing team blog series called Behind The Ropes. This series follows the team’s first outing with their own equipment at the 2017 NHRA...
Behind The Ropes Part 1: Live A Weekend In The Life Of An NHRA A/Fuel Dragster Team As They Make Their Debut
Jan 02, 2018Brian Lohnes1
Here’s the first of a seven part series written by Corey Michalek about the competitive debut of he and his brother Kyle’s NHRA A/fuel dragster team. After years of crewing on top fuel...
The NHRA’s Wild Rides 2017 Video Is A Collection Of High Impact Experiences
Jan 02, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on The NHRA’s Wild Rides 2017 Video Is A Collection Of High Impact Experiences
With the 2018 NHRA Winternationals little more than a month away, the drag racing organization took the last week to look back over stuff that happened during the 2017 campaign. While there were a...
Best of BS 2017: Sinister Sentra: Meet The 2017 LS Fest Winner For The Most Creative Swap Ever!
Jan 01, 2018Bryan McTaggart3
One notable thing about this year’s LS Fest that was far different that any other LS Fest I’ve attended…or, for that matter, any other event I have attended…is that for a good...
Best of BS 2017: This 9.62-second Mazda Savanna Blasts Down The Strip!
Dec 30, 2017Bryan McTaggart1
When Mazda dumped the 10A rotary into the Grand Familia series of cars, the goal was not to build a hot rod powered by the triangle of death…instead, it was meant to circumvent Japan’s...
Best of BS 2017: Rod Saboury And His Wild 1953 Corvette At Maple Grove In 1998!
Dec 29, 2017Bryan McTaggart2
The wildly painted, real-deal 1953 Chevrolet Corvette that wore the license plate “INTHE6S” was the stuff of legends for a young teenager who spent more than his fair share of time...
Best of BS 2017: Watch Stevie Jackson Reset The All-Time Drag Radial Record in Front Of A Packed House At SGMP
Dec 28, 2017Brian Lohnes1
It was the session that we had all been waiting for. Last night’s Radial vs The World qualifier was awesome with 3-second runs falling out of the sky and the world record being reset multiple...
Best of 2017: Watch The Wild Ride Stevie Fast Had At Lights Out 8 And Read His Statement As Well!
Dec 26, 2017Brian Lohnes9
It was the highest of highs and some interesting lows for Stevie Fast, Phil Shuler, and the rest of the Shadow 2.0 team during Lights Out 8 last weekend. They were running a car that was virtually...
Watch Chuck Little Pull Off The Greatest Single Round Upset Of The 2017 NHRA Pro Mod Season
Dec 24, 2017Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch Chuck Little Pull Off The Greatest Single Round Upset Of The 2017 NHRA Pro Mod Season
I have been thinking about great runs and great rounds of competition from the last year as we approach 2018 and the one captured on video below is one of my favorites. You are going to see 72-year...
Holiday Special, Part Two: The Final Day At The 2017 Street Machine Drag Challenge!
Dec 24, 2017Bryan McTaggart1
For a little more prime holiday watching that doesn’t involve sappy homecomings, scenes of snow, or Chevy Chase screaming his head off when his patience meter finally bottoms out, we bring you...
Holiday Special, Part One: 1320 Video Has Unleased The 2006 Pump Gas Drags DVD To Watch!
Dec 24, 2017Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Holiday Special, Part One: 1320 Video Has Unleased The 2006 Pump Gas Drags DVD To Watch!
Before Drag Week, Hot Rod Magazine ran the Pump Gas Drags. The premise was simple: at the beginning of the event, the fuel tanks were drained, filled with Rocket 91-octane pump fuel and sealed off,...
Get Gone! This Toyota Corolla Leaves Like It’s Been Shot Out Of A Cannon!
Dec 23, 2017Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Get Gone! This Toyota Corolla Leaves Like It’s Been Shot Out Of A Cannon!
When somebody starts to talk about an AE86 Toyota Corolla as a fast car, we will place good money that they are talking about a drift build that looks like the Panda car from Initial D. And yes, a...
Run What Ya Brung – Closing Down The Track For The Year Right!
Dec 22, 2017Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Run What Ya Brung – Closing Down The Track For The Year Right!
Yesterday was the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year and the official mark of the winter season having arrived. And we are still running racing footage from Georgia, from the final race of...