Category Archive: 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
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...
One More Pass: This Short Film Shows The Drag Week Experience Of Larry Dixon
Drag Racing’s version of the Ironman Triathlon. That’s what three time NHRA top fuel world champion and Drag Week alum Larry Dixon calls the event in in this awesome video made by the...
2016 Memories Video: Bucky Hess Suffers A Sickening Smack At The US Nationals
The 2016 US Nationals hold a lot of great memories for me and I’ll touch on some of those later this week but today we’re looking at the most painful thing I had to call all year and that...
Watch The Proline Powered, EKanoo Pro Lexus RCF Run 5.54/272 In The Quarter Mile (Time slip photo, too!)
No, this isn’t the record…yet. What you are about to see is the first full quarter mile pass out of the Proline Racing powered, EKanoo Racing Pro Lexus RCF. This thing goes a rip-roaring...
2016 Memories: Steven Whitely and Shane Molinari Have Wild Lane Swap In Atlanta
The early part of the 2016 J&A Service Company pro mod season was a wild affair. We’re talking wrecks and craziness the likes of which were happening at a very high rate. Two of the...
US Street Nationals Are Coming! We’re Going To Be There – This Video From Last Year Will Warm You Up!
If there is a track that garners more early season drag racing headlines than Bradenton Motorsports Park in Florida, we have no idea which one that would be. Hell, already the place is generating...
Watch The 1971 Nova Of Nathan Shaw Running A Stock 5.3 Block, An LS2 Crank, And Boost Run 7.90s!
(Video and quotes by VictoryRedColorado YouTube channel) – For years one of the things that that LS world has been most, umm, enthusiastic about is going fast while using as many stock parts...