Category Archive: 1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320

Buy This NOW! A Blown Classic Slingshot Dragster That’s Awesome From One End To The Other

On a day when we remember Art Chrisman and his legacy in the sport of drag racing, we thought it only appropriate to point you towards an awesome old school styled classic slingshot dragster you...

The NHRA Has Made A Ruling On Funny Car Headers: Here’s Why You Look Dumb If You Freak Out

  It has been announced that NHRA officials have put a cap on the angle that nitro funny car teams can lean their header pipes back. Lots of people are freaking out about this and we think it is...

NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl Video: A 5-Second Pro Mod Spots A 7-Second Tiny Tire Mustang – Does He Catch Him?

(Video credit: VictoryRedColorado channel YouTube) – In just a couple of weeks, BangShift will be LIVE streaming the 2016 Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl thanks to our great sponsors and...

BOOM! The Black Hawk Firehawk Finds The Nitrous Oxide Limit For An LS1 At Ozarks Raceway Park!

“Too much power…did not enjoy.” That brief but accurate summary of what happened to Joe Hunt’s Pontiac Firehawk doesn’t do justice to what really happened. The Firehawk,...

Screamin’ Demon Feature: This 1971 Dodge Has A Nasty Small Block And A Retro Look That’ll Be In Forever

As some of you may or may not know, my name appears in the byline in a few places outside of BangShift. One of those places is Mopar Muscle magazine. A few weeks ago, editor Johnny Hunkins...

Old-School Bitchin’! This 8-Second Ford Coupe Is The Runner In The Night They Sang About!

This is the original recipe, right here: take one Ford coupe, stuff as much motor as you can in between the radiator and the firewall, figure out how to keep everything else together, and make sure...

2016 Rocky Mountain Race Week Day 1 Coverage! Photos And Updates From Nebraska!

Rocky Moutain Race Week is on and currently on the move, with competitors currently heading to Denver, Colorado today to prepare for the next round of racing at Bandimere Speedway. The thin air of...

It’s Just Cylinder Six, Nothing More – Watch As This Malibu Wagon Kills ‘Em All Wounded!

There are many tired, hackneyed cliches about never giving up in the face of defeat. And they exist for a reason: You aren’t defeated until you either give up or can’t physically move...

Chuck Etchells, First Driver To Run 4s In A Funny Car Has Passed – We Remember Him Here

Chuck Etchells notched his name into the stone tablet of funny car history back in 1993 when he became the first driver to punch his way into the four second zone in a nitro funny car. On a weekend...

This Twin-Turbocharged Camaro Goes For The Moon At Memphis – Driver Ok, Car Ok, Firesuit Might Need A Wash!

Gauging the horizon to determine how your vehicle is traveling is for cars…no, wait. That’s wrong. That is correct for airplanes….cars are supposed to be level, not acting like they...

This 1976 Pontiac Grand Prix LJ Has Full Interior, Pontiac Power And Enough Grunt To Run Hard!

One thing that I like to do at the drag races I shoot is to find the car that nobody would have ever expected to end up in the staging lanes, because it’s usually one of the more interesting...

Listen Up! The WFO Podcast Features BangShifty Goodness – Talking Pro Stock and More!

Well that pro stock column really got some attention last week! Between a ton of people reading it and lots of great comments it also resulted in an appearance on the WFO podcast which is hosted by...

NMCA All-American Nationals Action – A Last Blast Of Greatness From Indy

(Photos by Jacob Marshall) – Well we have showed you plenty of drag racing, drifting, and pit action thus far from the 2016 NMCA All-Amercian Nationals in Indy. The event was held under tough...

What I Do In My Spare Time – Hot Chicks And Nitro Funny Cars!

(Words by Darr Hawthorne – Photos by Darr Hawthorne and Jesse Benson) – In addition to contributing to BangShift.com, one of the occasional jobs I’ve got is providing “picture...