Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
NHRA Winternationals History: Watch Kenny Bernstein’s Spectacular Final Round Crash From 1993
Sometimes drag races can best be described as a writer once described a war. Hours of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror. Such was the case at the 1993 NHRA Winternationals which took the...
Take A Quick Video Tour Of Alan Johnson Performance Engineering And See Their Block Making Operation
When it comes to drag racing and other extreme horsepower applications, the name Alan Johnson Performance Engineering is not a stranger to anyone’s lips. From the 500ci V6 engines that have...
Watch The Awesome Leggin’ It 1965 Barracuda Make A Run At The Meltdown Drags
(Video: VictoryRedColorado YouTube) – Over the years you have seen photos of this car on BangShift but before now you’ve likely never seen it run. Joe Hickenbottom’s 1965 Barracuda...
Watch A Mustang Pull A Power Wheelie At The Eighth Mile On Ice During The Merrill ICE Drags!
We have brought you a bunch of cool coverage from the Merrill Ice Drags over the years but nothing has ever come close to comparing to the video below which shows the ridiculously fast Nitemare II...
NHRA Winternationals History: Watch Jimmy Nix Suffer A Brutal Blow Over And Fire In 1992
We’re going to bring you memorable NHRA Winternationals moments all week long and while they are not all wrecks, some of them have to be because they are just so spectacular to watch. One of...
Drag Video: Ford Performance Looks Back At A Dominating Season Of NHRA Factory Stock Showdown Wins
The NHRA’s Factory Stock Showdown series is contested at four key events each year. It is a showcase of the latest and greatest in factory drag racing technology and last year Ford stomped a...
Watch This Flying Camaro And The Photographer Who Dove To Save His Own Life
Anyone who has spent lots of time at the race track, especially those that spend their time in close proximity to the track itself can get lulled into a false sense of security. You see a thousand...
The Parting Shift: Ripping Gears In A Ten-Second Six-Speed Supercharged Challenger
Jay “Speedy” Orrand’s 2009 Dodge Challenger R/T is one bad mother. The namesake behind Speedy’s Garage and the creator and organizer of the ChallengerFest show in Bowling...
Video: 2016 COPO Camaro Validation In Forida – Bellowing Wheels Up Fury!
The factory drag car wars have officially gone nuclear as Chevrolet Performance has released this video of a 2016 COPO Camaro in plain white making “validation” runs at Bradenton...
Watch Randy Dolensek’s Monster Ford Powered 1969 Mercury Cyclone Run 7s All Day Long
(Video credit: VictoryRedColorado Youtube Channel) – If someone were to force me to make a list of the favorite drag cars I have ever seen over the every growing span of my announcing career,...
Who Needs A V8? This V6 Firebird Gets Into The Sevens With A Twin-Turbo Buick Stage Two Under The Hood!
Buick has two modes of production, as far as we are concerned: off and on. When they are off, they are the quintessential old man’s car company, producing cars that are comfortable bordering...
Relive The NHRA Winternationals From 50 Years Ago With This Amazing Video
As you read this the majority of the top tier teams in the NHRA drag racing world are either at the track making test runs or they are on their way to the track to make their testing runs to close...
Drag Racing 2015 Thrills and Spills Part 2 – The Urban Hillbilly Insanity Continues!
At the tail end of last week we showed you part one of Urban Hillbilly Action Video’s look back at the craziest stuff they saw in 2015. The second half of this non-stop thrill ride is available...
Watch This Dude In A Mundane Looking Maxima Wax A Porsche At The Drags – Hilarious And Awesome
(Words by Bryan McTaggart) – I enjoy a good sleeper. But I have to clarify my definition of a sleeper: It’s gotta be late-model, because I’m hard pressed to believe anything over...