Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Watch Terry McMillan Suffer A Nuclear Level Explosion At The 2017 NHRA New England Nationals
Jun 05, 2017Brian Lohnes1
This one nearly registered on the richter scale. Terry McMillan suffered one of the worst and most violent engine explosions in modern top fuel history on Sunday at the 2017 NHRA New England...
Can A Clapped-Out Malibu Run Nines For Under $2,000? This Guy Is Trying!
Jun 03, 2017Bryan McTaggart13
We love a good budget build around here. Mainly because we all are working underneath a budget. What can we say…we aren’t farmers, we can’t grow cash trees. But you can have fun for...
Leah Ochs Suffers A Hard Hit In The Lead Sled Wagon In Texas – She Is OK, Wagon Hammered
May 30, 2017Brian Lohnes4
(Video Credit: NXGonzoVideo channel YT) – The Lead Sled wagon is a fan favorite wherever it shows up to run. Last weekend it happened to be at the Texas Motorplex for the Redemption No Prep...
Best Of BangShift: Watch Two Alcohol Burning Funny Cars Engage In A Tug Of War At Atco Dragway During The Summer Of ’89!
May 28, 2017Brian Lohnes1
The video is weirdly awesome. For starters we think that the two “funny cars” in the film were built for this competition as they seem to be rear engine (judging by where the header...
Dyno Rip: Watch And Listen To Aaron Strong’s Holley EFI’d NHRA Pro Stock Engine Pull To 10,500
May 28, 2017Brian Lohnes1
Aaron Strong has been an NHRA comp eliminator competition in Division 6 for some time and last year he made the move to pro stock, making his debut during the Western Swing in Sonoma. Like many...
Holy Freakshow! This Homebuilt Hot Rod Packs Twin Big-Block Fords And Straight Moves!
May 25, 2017Bryan McTaggart1
The twin 429 cubic inch Fords that power this freakshow of a hot rod might be the third most interesting thing about Littrell Family Racing. This is just one vehicle out of a fleet of race machines...
The Run: Watch An Underground Racing Lamborghini Run 250mph In The Half Mile!
May 24, 2017Brian Lohnes2
Being the head timer of a standing mile racing organization myself (the ECTA) I have seen my fair share of stuff run fast thorough the lights in 5,280ft. I have never, nor has anyone else seen a...
Back In 1996 Tony Pedregon Accidentally Unhooked His Seat Belts As He Was Pulling The Parachutes – Wild Video!
May 24, 2017Brian Lohnes2
I went looking for this video as a result of two conversations over the last three days. The first was with Tony Pedregon himself as we were in the television booth at the NHRA Heartland Nationals...
Want To See What 1950s Drag Racing REALLY Looked Like? This Footage From Akron, Ohio Is Amazing
May 23, 2017Brian Lohnes4
It is always kind of miraculous when we find video like the one you will see below. Why? What are the chances some kid that shot a bunch of film at a couple of Akron, Ohio area drag races more than a...
This Pontiac Firebird Hooks Harder At A No Prep Race Than Many Guys Do On A Perfect Track!
May 23, 2017Brian LohnesComments Off on This Pontiac Firebird Hooks Harder At A No Prep Race Than Many Guys Do On A Perfect Track!
We have come to expect certain things out of videos that are taking during no prep races, right? Sideways runs, tons of steering, wall to wall action, massive wheelies…wait, what? Yeah, in the...
Modified Elimintaor Bliss From The 1976 NHRA SportsNationals at Beech Bend Raceway In Bowling Green, Kentucky
May 23, 2017Brian LohnesComments Off on Modified Elimintaor Bliss From The 1976 NHRA SportsNationals at Beech Bend Raceway In Bowling Green, Kentucky
Every time I darken the timing tower door at Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, Kentucky, I think of all the ghosts of the thousands of cars that had clamored down the drag strip. Because of this,...
It’s Killin’ Time! Stevie Fast Jackson Takes First NHRA Pro Mod Win In Topeka!
May 22, 2017Brian Lohnes3
By his own account, this is the biggest most important race win of Stevie Fast Jackson’t career. The final round re-match from the NHRA Atlanta race saw Jackson looking over to see Mike...
Check Out The Final Race For Nostalgia Muscle Car At The NMCA Bluegrass Nationals – Too Close!
May 22, 2017Bryan McTaggart3
After days of downpours that varied between a gentle shower and the kind of rain that would have Noah running around yelling, “I told you so!”, the NMCA Bluegrass Nationals finally got a...
Bumper Dragging Small Tire Nova: David Holtgrew’s Wheelstand At The Battle Grudge Race
May 22, 2017Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Bumper Dragging Small Tire Nova: David Holtgrew’s Wheelstand At The Battle Grudge Race
It sounds weird to say, but there are times on a dragstrip when too much bite actually does exist, and David Holtgrew experienced it first had when his cool small tire Nova stood up at the hit during...