Category Archive: 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Flaming Wreckage Video: A Relatively Low Speed Drag Racing Crash Results In A Melted Mustang! (Driver OK)
Lots of racers out there use front mounted fuel cells in their cars. The small cells can hold a few gallons of fuel, eliminate the weight of a tank in the rear and they also allow for better fuel...
Day At The Drags: Somernites Cruise To London Speedway
I spent this Saturday out in Somerset, Kentucky attending the Somernites Cruise weekend. I’m really liking the layout, and that they change up what the Saturday morning event is going to be....
Watch Funny Car Veteran Bob Bode Handle A Massive, Flaming Explosion Like A Boss – Hot Night In Chicago
As a couple of you have probably noticed, my name was nowhere near the blog this past week. No, there wasn’t an ugly board of directors meeting where Chad and I fired each other, I took the...
Here’s A High-Revving Fairmont Standing On The Bumper For Your Saturday
I’m out in Somerset, Kentucky, preparing to head out to the dragstrip. Actually, I’m not sure if I’ll be heading out to the dragstrip or to a river with a Christmas Tree in the...
Here’s Proof That Drag Racer Don Renfrow Is “The Luckiest Man Alive”: Ejected From Car At Speed!
(Story by Greg Rourke) Baylands Raceway, which was originally named Fremont Dragstrip, and shall remain so in the minds of most who raced there, was a place that on the 3rd Sunday of November in 1988...
Watch Mike Lettelier’s Massive COPO Wheelstands At The NHRA New England Nationals
There’s been lots of great action at the 2014 NHRA New England Nationals here in New Hampshire. From the tight competition of the sportsman classes to the thundering fury of the nitro powered...
Watch This ProCharged Chevy Caprice PPV Destroy Tires And Scream To The Heavens (Thom…SHIELD YOUR EYES!)
The Chevy Caprice PPV hit the streets a year or two ago as a model intended to be purchased by police departments and other law enforcement agencies. It was not intended to fall into the hands of...
Magnum Opus: Nitro America’s Feature Length Film Covering The 2014 March Meet Is Beyond Description
Well Les Mayhew has finally gone and done it. Seriously, this guy has really gone and blown up the neighborhood. What do we mean? Mayhew produced and released a feature length and feature quality...
In-Car Gasser Video: Here’s The Moment That Gasser Pilot Steve Crook Learned The Mantra, “Never Lift!”
Thanks to Dawn Mazi-Hovsepian for the tip on this sweet gasser video which was taken during the first round of eliminations at the recently held Gasser Reunion event in Thompson, Ohio. I attended the...
This Vintage Drag Racing Video From Virginia Circa 1964 Has Cool Haulers, Cool Cars, And Great Action – Hubert Platt, Pee Wee Wallace, More!
We’re in a nostalgia drag racing kind of mood this week as we’ll be heading to Bowling Green, Kentucky in the morning to bring you the live streaming action from the 2014 Holley NHRA...
Watch The Wild Doorslammer Wreck At The 2014 Fuchs Winternationals That May Have Ended Ben Bray’s Career
Thirty year old Ben Bray is second generation drag racing royalty in Australia. His dad, Victor Bray is their country’s John Force. The guy is known in all corners and his career arc is much...
Watch An Aussie Comp Eliminator Survive A Nasty Wreck At The 2014 Fuchs Winternationals
There’s an old saying that “even a bad day at the race track beats a good day at the office.” Under normal circumstances when we’re talking about a first round red light or a...
Video: Watch Stick Shift Master Mike Crow Rip Through the Gears At Drag Week In His Nasty Dart!
Warning! If you are a fan of kick ass, stick shift drag racing, the sensation you experience after watching this video may last for more than four hours. If that is the case, call American Powertrain...
FRIDAY BOOM: Watch a Wild Compilation of Huge Crashes From the 2011 ADRL Season
While the ADRL may be dead and buried in an unmarked tomb at the bottom of the sea, it is important to remember the legacy that it left wit respect to Pro Mods. The organization certainly kicked the...