Category Archive: 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
The American Powertrain Parting Shift: Let’s Get Our Lenco On!
This weekend, I’ll be calling the action at Hot Rod Magazine Drag Weekend. Over the course of a couple of days we’re going to pinball from Phoenix to Tucson and back to Phoenix again with...
Classic YouTube: Behold, The Granborghini! Whipping The Snot Out Of A Nissan Skyline R33 With A Riding Scooter!
A Nissan Skyline R33 can hustle, even if it is the GTS-T and not the GT-R model. Your average riding scooter does not. Not even if a horse jockey who might blow away in a slight breeze is riding on...
Violent Alcohol Funny Car Wheelstand! Wheelie Bar Breaks On Starting Line.
It’s not often you see an Alcohol Funny Car standing on the bumper, but that’s exactly what happened here when the wheelie bar breaks on the Crossroads Racing Alcohol Funny Car in...
Buy it NOW! There’s A Real 1968 Hurst Hemi Dart For Sale On eBay – Restored, Original Block, Heritage!
Few singular cars have had the impact on the sport of drag racing that the 1968 Hurst Hemi Dart and Barracudas did. When we look at the roots of today’s small tire racing and putting tons of...
Watch Video Of Rob Valden Setting A New Drag Radial Record At 3.856 At Denton!
We were there streaming all the action live, and it was still hard to believe that Rob Valden set a new Drag Radial record at 3.856 seconds at over 212 mph! The car, a bitchin Corvette owned by...
This Ford XE Falcon Doesn’t Look Like The 9-second Quarter-Mile Car That It Is!
If it weren’t for the small aftermarket hood scoop on top of this Ford Falcon, you’d be forgiven for thinking that it was just a wicked-up street car. It makes a nice, cammed idle and...
Watch A Staging Duel Turn Into Starting Line Drama – Choke Holds And All!
As long as there has been drag racing there have been people willing to try to get a psychological or mechanical edge on their opponent at the starting line. There are a million ways to do it and...
Kaboom! This Nissan’s Differential Makes A Grand Exit On The Starting Line At TX2K16!
Test and tune runs aren’t supposed to be brutal on parts unless you just flat-oh didn’t bother to tune up your ride. You line up, make a pass and double-check your setup…not...
Not Quite The Easter Bunny: This Violent Volkswagen Is Hopping Around Like A March Hare!
When building a racing car, starting with the lightest possible platform is always a good way to go. A first-generation Volkswagen Golf (Rabbit for us Yanks) is a great platform: it weighs as much as...
Watch Big Chief Run 4.033 In Memphis – Quickest/Fastest Full Bodied Pontiac Ever?
We have to give major props to Big Chief for his amazing 4.022/186mph charge which was made at the Outlaw Street Car Reunion III at Memphis last weekend. The run is astoundingly quick for anything to...
Saturday Movie Matinee: The Awesome 1970s Drag Racing Flick American Nitro
When it comes to drag racing films, the 1970s was really the best time to catch them. Thanks to a tip from BangShifter Anthony Castillo, we have for you the full length film American Nitro below....
Check Out Our Video Profile On The BBF Powered Nitemare II Ice Drag Mustang
(Video by Jacob Marshall) – The Nitemare II Ice Drag Mustang is fielded by Perry Redeker and it is one of the if not the single meanest ice drag racing door slammer ever built. Our man Jacob...
This Look Back At The Hot Rod Dirt Drags In Colorado Is Awesome – Vintage Hot Rod Fun
There has been a marked return to simplicity in the hot rodding world over the last few years. Events like the Race of Gentlemen and others have really gotten people into looking at hot rods as...
Watch The Hurst Hemi Under Glass Make It’s Final Pass Ever!
While broadcasting live from the Muscle Cars at the Strip event this past weekend we were treated to what is one of the coolest cars in drag racing history, making it’s final pass with 80 year...