Category Archive: 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
The Rudezon Lives! Video Of The Evinrude V8 Powered Volvo Is Cool
It was a while back when we first showed you photos and some video of a unique drag car project that was coming together called the Rudezeon. This is the combo of a tube chassis, a Volvo Amazon body...
Watching This Pro Stock Engine Make Two Full Sweep Pulls On The Dyno Is BangShifty Symphony!
While the debate rages about what the future of the pro stock class should and will look like in the coming years there is one thing that everyone may be able to agree upon and that is the fact that...
This Video From The 1963 Bakersfield March Meet Is Awesome!
While I know the title says 1959 on the video, this footage was taken in 1963 to the best of our ability yo identify it. Why do we say that? The presence of the 1963 version of the Melrose Missile...
Watch This Turbocharged 427 LS Powered Drag Truck Shoot For And Score An 8-Second Pass
(Video by Javier Padron YouTube Channel) – We’re pretty sure that Texas has every other state in the Union covered when it comes to drag trucks per capita. Yes, lots of people race cars...
This Vintage Footage From Famoso Raceway Shows How Much It Has Changed Over The Years
So we’re going with 1972/1973. That’s the timeframe we think this vintage footage from Famoso Raceway was taken. Why? In one instant you can see Lil’ John Lombardo’s famed...
Historic Drag Video: Awesome Footage From The 1966 March Meet – Watch The Surfers Win At Famoso
Well today’s the day that the BangShift March Meet live stream kicks off! You are here early before racing has started or maybe you are just poking around BangShift for the first time this week...
March Meet History: Watch Chris Morel’s Wild Nitro Funny Car Crash From Ground Level At Famoso!
There were a few wild rides at the 2016 Good Vibrations March Meet at Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, California but none was more front and center than Chris Morel’s barrel roll just past the...
Awesome Tommy Ivo Video: 1966 Fuel and Gas Championships – Huge Tire Smoking Wheelie and Run – Original Footage!
Tom Ivo needs no introduction to the BangShift readership. He’s one of the great drag racers of all time, one of the great story tellers of all time, and one of the most under appreciated parts...
Family Car Goals: This Nitrous-Huffing Holden Can Rip Mid-8s In The Quarter, Yet Still Has It’s Independent Rear Suspension!
The late-model, Holden based Pontiac GTO got a bad rub when it was sold in the states, mainly because the styling was “too bland”. Which makes us wonder if Pontiac would’ve done...
Les Mayhew’s Profile Of Top Fuel At The 2016 Good Vibrations March Meet Is Amazing – Watch It!
We have one problem with Les Mayhew and his continued insistence in making drag racing films. That problem? We’re running out of superlatives to address them with. Once again, Les Mayhew brings...
Relive The Crazy, Cool, and Awesome Finals Of NHRA Phoenix ’92
In the annals of NHRA drag racing history, few races (if any) can match NHRA Phoenix ’92. It is referenced as an inside joke among lots of us on various race weekend and because so much crazy...
Billy Glidden Crash Video: The Full Fury Of The Crash Can Be Seen Here – This Is Rough
(Video credit: GRS1 Motorsports Facebook page) – Video has been released of the violent crash that hospitalized Billy Glidden yesterday. You will see his retro wrapped Mustang come off the...
Boostin Performance’s Nissan GT-R Is A Launching Missile – 1,800 Horsepower Equals 1.2 60-foot Times And Seven Second Quarters!
When the Nissan GT-R finally came to America in 2008, legions of fans of it’s predecessor, the Nissan Skyline GT-R, were finally able to satisfy their desire for a four-wheel-drive,...
Watch As Tom Bailey Keeps This Pro Mod Oldsmobile Cutlass In One Piece At Lights Out 8!
Pro Mods might as well be compared to riding bulls in a rodeo: both sports take but a few seconds and one rider, both involve the use of something highly powerful and unpredictable, and for both...