Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Ride Along With Terry Rosberg As He Suffers A Wild Crash In HIs Willys Jet Car – Wow!
No, that’s not the GoPro flipping over, that’s the car it is attached to! Veteran jet car driver Terry Rosberg was performing with his unique and cool Willys jet car at North Wilkesboro...
Car Feature Re-Run: The King Komet, A 1968 Mercury Cyclone Drag Race Survivor
There’s a lame saying about old drag cars and how they never die and it is total crap. Old drag cars get bent, wrecked, blown up, burned down, hacked up, and restored to factory condition all...
Anatomy Of A Run: See This Father and Son Super Comp Team Get Their Mustang Down The Track From All Angles
Rob and Pete Creswell campaign the awesome orange 1965 Mustang you see below in super comp over in Europe. This video shows the guys getting themselves setup and running a qualifying lap at Santa Pod...
BangShift Project Files: An Update On The Former CarJunkieTV 1972 Nova
It’s been a couple of years since we checked in on forum member “Proven Guilty” and the 1972 Chevrolet Nova that used to be a part of the CarJunkieTV.com fleet, back before...
Action Video: This Video From 1965 Shows The Cool, Barebones Look Of Richmond Dragway 53 Years Ago
While the NHRA will talk about racing in Richmond this weekend the reality is that the event is in Dinwiddie, Virginia. Why does that make a difference to us? Mostly because there is a real drag...
Watch This Turbo Mustang Drag Car Break A Wheelie Bar And Literally Launch Itself Completely Off The Ground
The wheelie bar may be one of the most under appreciated components on any serious drag race car today. People call them “sissy sticks” and have a host of other more profane names for...
Does Summerduck Dragway In Virginia Have The Most Interesting Shutdown Area In The Sport
Since we’re racing in Virginia this weekend and I’m highlighting Virginia drag strips, let’s take a look at what may be the most unique of all. I’m talking about Summerduck...
Want To Put A Beefed 4L80E In Your Ford, Mopar, Or BOP GM Product? TCI Has Your Handled With The 4x Four Speed!
TCI’s 4x Four-Speed is a 4L80E based performance automatic that has been a staple of many GM performance builds over the last few years. The good news that that TCI recognized that keeping all...
Gear Jamming Video: Ride With Stock Eliminator Legend Ben Wenzel As He BangShifts HIs C/Stock 1967 Camaro Z/28 – This Rules
Ben Wenzel Sr’s name came up a little big earlier today when we were talking about guys who have amazing drag race history with the same car. In Ben’s case, the car you will see him...
The “WTF?” Files: Is It Weird That We Totally Want A Ford Focus Now?
The jump from the Ford Escort to the Ford Focus wasn’t a big move for Ford. Instead of a curvy, small front-driver nobody cared about until it was time to pay for the fuel, we got a small...
This 1967 Fram Oil Filters Ad Featuring Don Garlits Is Totally Cool – Trippy, Man!
If you were looking to appeal to the exploding muscle car enthusiast crowd in the late 1960s and needed a name that they not only knew but viewed in a god-like fashion, you got Don Garlits to endorse...
Sinister Sled: Who Would Be Down For A Turbocharged, Three-Pedal Lincoln Mark VII?
Ford seemed to have a problem with Lincoln and Mercury having any kind of real performance cred in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The Thunderbird was the star of the show and that was going to be...
Watch Cedric Beaulieu Make An Amazing Save At The Top End Of The Drag Strip In Mirabel, Quebec – Nuts!
A while back we featured the evil, black, turbocharged, Chrysler powered monster known as Cedric Beaulieu’s Chrysler LeBaron. If you missed the full feature CLICK RIGHT HERE TO SEE IT ALL. This...
We Visit A Track That’s Been Dead For 50 Years And Show You Video Of Its Heyday
(Editor’s note: As we’ll be NHRA racing in Virginia this weekend I’m continuing to look back on some of the state’s great drag racing heritage. This story has run a time or...