Category Archive: 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
This Vintage Video Of Oswego Dragway Is A Look Back At The Golden Days Of The Dead Track’s Life
(By Greg Rourke) – Those that know me know that I love me some sportsman drag racing. To me, a Friday night test and tune is as good as Sunday at the Big Show. My friends also know I love...
Watching This Massive 1990s, 4×4 , Crew Cab Ford Dually Run 13s At Lebanon Valley Will Make You Smile
Fun fact to know and share: I announced my first drag races at Lebanon Valley Dragway in New York where this video was shot. After trying my hand at SCCA road race announcing and getting enough...
Watch Gene Newton’s Turbocharged Olds Powered 1967 442 Romp Down Into The Deep 8s At Nearly 175mph In Early Testing
We’ve been following the story of Gene Newton’s killer 1967 Olds 442 for some time now. Last time you saw it on BangShift, it was spinning the dyno rollers in THIS VIDEO at DMC Racing in...
Ever Wonder Why Turbo Drag Cars Take A While To Stage? This Drag Week Video Explains It With Great Clarity And Humor
One of the cool things that the Hot Rod staff did during Drag Week was attempt to answer some of the most common questions that came up in the chat room as we were doing the live video broadcast. As...
Watch This Nasty Two Car Crash From Ozark Raceway Park In Missouri – Drivers Walk Away But Cars Are Mangled
Urban Hillbilly Action Videos have really made a killer comeback this year and we’re thankful that they have. The guys who pioneered the types of video we see on the web commonly today still...
This Video Highlighting Doug Cline’s Drag Week Where He Ran 6s At All Tracks With No Trailer In A Steel Camaro Is Magnificent
There an irony about announcing literally every pass at Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week and being behind the eight ball about telling the stories on my own blog but the logistics of the event and the...
Watch NHRA Pro Stock Racer V. Gaines Suffer A Massive Barrel Rolling Top End Wreck At zMax Dragway
NHRA Pro Stock racer V. Gaines suffered a massive top end crash yesterday at the NHRA Pep Boys Nationals when his car got loose on the top end of the track and turned over multiple times before...
UPDATED: Larry Larson: Fastest Street Car In The World with a 6.16!
Larry Larson’s Chevy S-10 blasted a [email protected] run during the Drag Week Heads Up Competition on Saturday. After testing, tuning, breaking things, and a F-ton of sleepless nights and weekends,...
Watch The Most Dramatic Moment In Drag Week History – The Beyond All Thrash That Got Larson To The Line, But Not The Result He Wanted
Ultimately Chad will tell the whole tale of his 2014 Drag Week with Larry Larson. He’ll give you the details on how they got about an hour’s sleep total in three days, how they nearly...
Watch David Campbell’s Huge Manifold Explosion And Subsequent Fire From PDRA Rockingham
PDRA Pro Nitrous racer David Campbell went for a ride he will surely never forget last weekend at Rockingham Dragway in North Carolina. While making a qualifying attempt, Campbell’s Sonny...
Watch The Most Unbelievable Top Fuel Motorcycle Crash Ever – Rider Ends Up Going Down The Track Sitting On Competitor’s Wheelie Bars!
The image above with the two motorcycle racers apparently standing near the same bike may not seem like much but it shows the simply unfathomable aftermath of a top fuel motorcycle wreck that...
Flat Four No More: This VW Beetle Is Powered By A Chevy Inline Six And Is A Complete Frankenstein Hot Rod
So there I was, trolling YouTube for something interesting and fun to show you on this Sunday and I stepped right into this video accidentally. The car is called “Flat Four No More” and...
The Parting Shift: 11,000 RPM Insanity From Norway
Man alive! When we first watched this video of a Competition Eliminator car running in Oslo, Norway, we rubbed our eyes and watched again. Sporting a 297ci Ford motor, a tach that starts at 6,000...
Want To Know What The 2015 Challenger Drag Pack’s Supercharged Engine Will Have For Power? This Dyno Video May Be Telling Us
When we were at the reveal of the 2015 Dodge Challenger Drag Pack at the US Nationals, Chrysler was really tight lipped about the power output of the 426ci late model Hemi with the Whipple blower...