Category Archive: 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Spotlight

Watch The PSCA Heads-Up Hootenanny, Featuring Mid West Pro Mods, LIVE here today!

We’ve got another great weekend of LIVE drag racing coming next weekend at the PSCA Heads-Up Hootenanny, presented by Extreme Brand Products. The Mid-West Pro Mod Series, including Mid-West...

Cool Video: The Story Of “The Pilgrimage” – An Inside Look At The First x275 Exhibition In NHRA History

Well this is pretty awesome. You are about to watch a video that tells the whole story of “The Pilgrimage” which was the name for the x275 exhibition put on at the 2017 NHRA New England...

Gearhead Video: The Story And Cool Tech Behind The Arias/Fontana Hemi – Chevy Block With Hemi Heads On Nitro!

We love guys that take the unique path in racing. They are typically the ones that aren’t afraid to experiment or stick their neck out a little further in an effort to learn and potentially...

The $5,700 Spark Plug Wire Set – These New In The Box Boss 429 Wires Are Literally Brand New

You know that I’m a freak for looking around to find cool and rare muscle car stuff that has somehow survived the march of time and then bubbled up to the surface, right? That being said,...

2017 Race of Gentlemen: More Awesome Action From The Beach

(Photos by Anthony Festa – Check out his website) – We have to thank Anthony Festa for sharing his killer photos from the 2017 Race of Gentlemen with us. The annual gathering has gained...

This Holden Gemini Is A Screamer! It’s Made Nearly 800 Horses To The Wheels, Now It’s A Drag Car!

Belive me or not, but the car below is related to a Chevrolet Chevette. That’s a Holden Gemini, a car only seen in the U.S. market as the “Buick Isuzu Opel” and only for a short...

Watch Steve Matusek Take A Wild Ride In His NHRA Pro Mod – We Find The Bright Side, It’s Not As Bad As It Looks

In this video you are going to see Aeromotive’s Steve Matusek take a wild ride in his NHRA Pro Mod at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals. The racing was hot and heavy at Norwalk this...

This Hellcat-Swapped Jeep Grand Cherokee Moves Out! Check Out It’s Blast From Maple Grove!

The Modern Street Hemi Shootout series recently hit Maple Grove Raceway in Pennsylvania for the second leg of the 2017 racing season, and as usual for Dan VanHorn and crew, the sounds of very angry...

Classic YouTube: Nothing Says Happiness Quite Like A Small-Block Drag Chevette!

A V8 engine stuffed into a GM T-car is always a good time waiting to happen. The Chevrolet Chevette (and all of the GM badge-engineered versions, including the Buick-Opel and the Isuzu I-Mark) go...

Historical Footage: Warren Johnson Vs. Darrell Alderman At The 1991 NHRA Arizona Nationals

I recently spoke with a friend about the things I miss the most out of drag racing, and without any hesitation, my answer was Pro Stock. I know it exists today…but twenty years ago, Pro Stock...

The Coolest/Weirdest Timing Tower In Drag Racing History – The Mobile Dragster Tower!

The photos and video below represent some of the last existing evidence of the coolest and weirdest timing tower in drag racing history. For starters, lots of strips had and continue to have humble...

Watch Roger Lessman’s Massive 1990 Streamliner Crash At Bonneville – He Lived…Somehow

Since Roger Lessman himself posted this video to his YouTube page, we don’t think that he’d have a problem with us sharing it here on BangShift. During the 1990 World of Speed meet on the...

The Parting Shift: Ride Along With Quain Stott As He Makes A Wild, Violent, And Sideways Gasser Run At Bristol

We’ve showed video of Quain Stott and his Grand Illusion Willys gasser before but this one is really something else. In this clip we see Stott racing the car at Bristol Dragway, otherwise known...

2017 Thompson Dragway Gasser Reunion Photo Coverage – Our Last Load Of Images From The Race

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – Mike Brooks totally killed it with these photos from the 2017 Gasser Reunion at Thompson Dragway in Thompson, Ohio. The track and the state are both fitting to honor...