Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Watch Jay Payne Suffer A Huge Crash In His Pro Mod At The 2016 AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals – He’s OK
It began as a slight movement to the left off the starting line and then it turned into a wrestling match between the driver and the car with the driver ultimately going for the ride of his life. It...
This LS Swapped 1968 Biscayne Does Killer Burnouts
So it doesn’t make a ton of power, but this 1968 Biscayne does some killer burnouts, that’s for sure. The video shows it on the chassis dyno at the Sloppy Mechanics dyno day and it makes...
Motor Trend’s Annual Ode To Horsepower: Which One Of The 2016 Greatest Driver’s Car Contenders Will Take The Drag Race Win?
To everyone at Motor Trend: quit lying to yourselves and to the world. This is as far removed from “work” as you can possibly get. Every year, Motor Trend wrangles up a massive shopping...
9.007 Without Breaking A Sweat! This 4 Cylinder Turbo Chevrolet Mini Ute Is Hauling Ass
Bruno Felix Damasio sent me a message with a link to his killer little Chevrolet, and I about died. This thing is bad ass, and even though it is not V8 powered, it is rear wheel drive and...
Ride Along As This Supra Crosses The Finish Line On Fire! Helmet Cam Baby!
This video is greatness, because it shows a really nice run in this 7 second Supra, right up until the point that it decides the head gasket needs to go. When it does, water, oil, steam, fire, etc...
Relive The Insanity Of The Adam Flamholc Pro Mod Wreck At The 2013 NHRA AAA Midwest Nationals
The 2016 J&A Service NHRA Pro Mod Series season has been a wild one. There have been great races, there have been massive wrecks, and there have been some unbelievable driving jobs tying it all...
Whoops: Finding The Right Gear Is Important For A Good Launch, As This Corvette Will Now Demonstrate!
Do you have a pattern for every time you line up for a race? If not, you should: check your belts, check your gauges, roll in for a burnout. Check your belts, check your gauges, check your shifter,...
This Monster Jeep Grand Cherokee Celebrates A Win In Virginia By Launching It’s Hood!
Those victory celebrations can sometimes be more painful than initially perceived. Ask any NFL player that has had to pay back a five-digit fine to the league for having a little fun after scoring a...
Sand Drags In Iceland Have a Bit of Everything, Including a Third-Gen Camaro!
Based solely on the country’s name, Iceland is unlikely to be a country you’d expect to find sand drags. However, the country has an off-road racing club that dates back to the mid-1970s and they...
The FAA Would Like A Word, Sir: Watch Mike Barran’s Pro Street Camaro Taking Flight At Shakedown At The Summit!
The action during the Shakedown At The Summit 14 race in Norwalk, Ohio was the kind of racing you want to see: strong classes, tightly-grouped times between the cars and drag races that were either...
Race Everything! Watch a Latvian Drag Race Between a Soviet-Built ZAZ and a Classic Mini
Bikernieki Race Track isn’t particularly well-known internationally, nor is the drag racing scene in Latvia, but we’re equal-opportunity race fans here at BangShift. If there’s a place in the...
Big Wreck: Doomsday No Prep Chevelle Almost Goes Through Guardrail
While we dig no prep racing, there is always something really really bad happening that just scares the crap out of us. A lot of times that something has to do with crap guardrails like the Armco...
This Volvo Wagon Hurt Some Feelings At LS Fest – Meet The “Trollvo”!
There is always one car at LS Fest that catches me off-guard. My first year, it was the ten-second Mitsubishi Eclipse, and last year it was a tie between the 1970 Challenger that was taking on all...
Thrill Of Victory Video: Watch The Awesome and Emotional Reaction A Bracket Finals Win Brings On
(By Jason Mazotta) – Drag racers have a number of reasons why they love the sport; the acceleration, the speed, the sound or smell, but for some it is seeing the win light at the finish line....