Category Archive: 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320
Big Money Bracket Action: Wheels Up Fun At The Lucas Oil Mini-Million – GALOT Motorsports Park
(Photos by David Whealon) – It was big money and big fun at Galot Motorsports Park in North Carolina recently as the Lucas Oil Mini-Million took place, drawing some of the best sportsman drag...
This V6-powered Chevrolet S-10 Has Us Thinking Of 4.3-Based Projects!
When General Motors removed cylinders 3 and 6 from the small-block Chevrolet V8 and stuffed it into the new-for-1978 Chevrolet Malibu, performance was the last possible thing on their minds. The...
Inline-six Falcon, or Lamborghini Huracan? We Know Which One We’d Take…
Look, if you can purchase a Lamborghini and it’s the one car that you always wanted, go for it. The Italian wedge can rock, it’s fast, it’s got the shape that stops ordinary people,...
Watch Big Chief Score A Round Win In The Crow Mod At PSCA Anarchy Under The Arch
This is the week that many in the world of drag racing for have been waiting to watch play out for a good long while. This is the week where Big Chief comes to the Big Show and brings his Pontiac...
TCI Releases 2016 Master Catalog – This Is 160 Pages Of High Performance Transmission Heaven
Both Chad and I are proud and satisfied users of TCI transmission and if you are in the market for a transmission that’ll fit and work properly in your street car, hot rod, drag car, big truck,...
It’s A Family Thing: Watch The Cutlass On 22″ IROC Wheels Take On A Trans Am Driven By His Father! Ten-Second Side-by-Side Racing!
I have a sick fascination with what is going on with this silver-ish G-body Oldsmobile Cutlass. It’s an interesting take on a sleeper: Normally, big wheels and rubber band tires do not equate...
This Pro Street Plymouth Road Runner Needs Just A Little Bit Of TLC To Be Sweet!
Growing up, one of the many “kid-friendly” car books that my grandfather gave me had a kind of “spotter’s guide” deal that showed the up-and-coming youngster how to tell...
This Gasser Truck Needs Some Work And We’d Change Stuff But It Totally Nails The Vibe!
There have been a few “gasser truck” builds that have gotten our attention over the last several years. We figured that they would be kind of a hot trend but they are still pretty rare to...
Watch Terry Barkley Suffer An Insane Wreck At SCSN Anarchy Under The Arch In St Louis – He Walked Away!
There are certain awesome things about a brand new, top level drag car but some of them are far less obvious than others. For starters there’s all the new technology, the big horsepower engine...
This Old School 1970 Plymouth Duster Has Interesting History And A Mean Little Small Block – Do Want!
Obviously I spend a lot of time at drag strips across the country at a multitude of different events. From stuff like the NMCA finals which we just finished on Monday morning (like 0’dark...
Great Read: A BangShifter Remembers An Interesting, Colorful, Hilarious, And Short Career In Bracket Racing
(Words and photos by Greg Rourke) – Once upon a time index and bracket racing wasn’t dominated by rear engine dragsters with throttle stops and enough electronics to operate a small nuclear...
NMCA World Street Nationals LIVE Starting This Morning! See Final Eliminations and Champions Crowned
We’re heading to Norwalk for the NMCA World Street Finals this weekend and racing starts on Friday afternoon LIVE right here on BangShift.com around 1:30 pm eastern. If you live within a few...
Gear Jammers: Check Out This Awesome Video Featuring Stick Cars At The 2015 NHRA US Nationals
For the entire (near) week at the 2015 NHRA US Nationals, Les Mayhew was hustling around the track to get footage to build a series of videos from the race that included Roy Hill’s high flying...
