Category Archive: 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Best of 2016: Vintage 1970 Video From The Merrill Ice Drags Is Great!
We talk a lot about the Merrill Ice Drags which has been a Wisconsin institution since 1965 and that’s because they still personify the spirit of drag racing in its purest form. Maybe it sounds...
Best of 2016: Watch The Engine In The Murder Nova Go Back Together In The Pits At Lights Out 7
Shawn Ellington’s week and weekend at SGMP for Lights Out 7 got off to a harder start than he had wanted after wounding the engine of his famous Murder Nova in pre-event testing. The bad part...
Best of 2016: Watch The First Side By Side Three Second Pass On Drag Radials – M/T Tires Of Course!
Let the great big book of drag racing history show that the first two guys ever to turn side by side three second elapsed times on drag radials were Dwayne Mills and Scott King. Mills was driving his...
Roadkill! It’s The Roadkill Boys and the Mighty Car Mods Dudes Together At Last!
Here’s an episode that many Roadkill and Mighty Car Mods fans have been waiting for. For the first time we see two of the internet’s most popular automotive tandems together and having...
Best of 2016: 3-53 Detroit Diesel Powered 1970 Road Runner: Driving Video Of The Wackiest Swap Ever
We were tipped off to this video of a 3-53 Detroit Diesel Powered 1970 Road Runner by longtime BangShifter Erich Von Dussen who forwarded us the link. What you are about to see is a walk around and...
Merry Christmas Done Right! The Guys From Joe Dart Racing Fry The Hides With A Tree On The Roof
Brandan Gant and his Dart may be familiar to BangShift readers as Gant is a multi-time participant in Hot Rod Magazine Drag Weekend and in 2015 Gant won the end of event bracket race in the very Dart...
2016 Drag Racing Memories: Shane Westerfield and Jeff Jones Nearly Marry Two Funny Cars In Dallas
I saw a LOT of close calls in 2016 during my time calling drag races. Whether we’re talking wild NMRA and NMCA small tire stuff to the traditional NHRA scene, there’s never a shortage of...
2016 Memories Video: Jay Payne Has A Very Bad Day During Pro Mod In St Louis
Earlier this week, I shared a video memory of some wild pro mod action in Atlanta, well today I’m fast forwarding to the St Louis NHRA event and a run that went very, very wrong. The St Louis...
2016 Memories Video: Losing My Mind As Dan Page Wins Top Alcohol Dragster At Indy
Without a doubt the most memorable moment of my 2016 drag racing year and the most memorable moment of my so-called career of drag race announcing came at Indy. Specifically it came during the final...
Here’s The Craziest Drag Racing Video Of 2016: Urban Hillbilly’s Carnage Fest!
Throughout the year Sean Melton and the crew at Urban Hillybilly Action Videos deliver some of the best drag racing footage from races all over the country. Once a year, Melton compiles the most...
This Mercury Capri Is Turbocharged, But That Isn’t A 2.3 Under The Hood! Check Out What This 2JZ-Powered Fox can do!
The 2JZ Toyota 3.oL inline-six is a legend in the world of Japanese imports, for good reason: it doesn’t take a lot of work to make one crank out stupid power. There’s a reason why the...
OUCH! Watch Jason Cantu Suffer A Massive Wreck In The La Vicktoria Chevy S10
(Video credit: National No Prep Racing Association and Texas Drag Racing Videos) – Larry Larson has one rule when it comes to where he races. No guardrails. We mention that because when you...
Hang With Jay Leno As He Barks The Tires Around Town In This Hemi Dodge
Jay Leno is hilarious, not only on stage as we recently experienced, but also in his shop and in his cars. Why in his cars? For us, it’s because he gets such real joy out of driving them, just...
Ride Along Video: Climb In The Awesome Limited Drag Radial Firebird of Frank Mewshaw!
I have personally witnessed Frank Mewshaw do some incredible things on a drag strip. I have seen him cross the eighth mile finish line of a drag radial race on the back wheels, I have seen him pull...