Category Archive: 1320 Spotlight

PJ North’s Newest Drag Racing Hip Hop Song Kills It! Listen Here.

When my good friend Ron Thomas, BangShifter Extraordinaire, introduced me to the music of PJ North a couple years ago I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. A Hip Hop/Rap song about bracket...

Drag Action Photos: Sweet Sportsman Action From Shadyside Dragway – Wheels Up and More

(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – Last week we showed you some great Benoit Pigeon photos from Shadyside Dragway and their Carolina Xtreme Pro Mod event. As it turns out there were a ton of cars on...

Tire Frying Burnout Action From The US60 Dragway Nostalgia Nationals

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Let there be burnt offerings to Vulcan…..the god of tire smoke.  Had a LOT of good burnout photos for half the cars and not so much the other half. ...

Awesome Video: Ride Along In A 2,500hp Top Sportsman Car As The Driver Wrestles It Down The Track

The coolest thing for me being at the drags as much as I am is meeting the people and learning the stories behind the cars I see. During the NHRA New England Nationals (which are bring finished as...

Watch Jack Beckman Suffer One Of The Worst Funny Car Explosions Of All Time At NHRA Epping

The NHRA New England Nationals event had already delivered some pretty amazing stuff by the time that Saturday afternoon had rolled around. Historically quick runs in classes from super stock to...

The 1320Video Crew Got Lucky Enough To Catch A Double Unicorn On Film! This Nissan Stagea Is A Stomper!

It would have been a crime for the 1320Video guys to go down to Australia and miss the cars that have been seen on the Internet…especially cars that have been on Mighty Car Mods. Now, before...

Video:A Fourth Generation Firebird Drag Car Explodes Into A Ball Of Flame Sitting Still At The Drags

I’ve always thought that one of the more entertaining catch phrases for the sport of drag racing could have been, “Drag racing, our stuff explodes sitting still.” In the case of...

Straight Axle Launches From The Nostalgia Nationals At US60 Dragway – Action Photos Galore!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory)-  We all have wanted to yank the front tires at one time or another.  For some even a glint of daylight under one tire is enough to claim ‘wheelie’...

This Worked Over Saturn Can Run With The Best Of Them! 500 Horsepower And As Light As Tupperware!

I like Saturns. They were good for what they claimed to be good at: providing a solid, dependable car that would get you from A to B with no fuss. They were good at other things, too…I’ve...

The Tropical Burnout Follies – Here’s How A Big Smokey Burnout Can Get Interesting

While some drivers are more quiet about it than others, virtually every person that pilots a high powered drag car loves doing the burnout. In this case the driver is at the helm of what sounds like...

MAHLE Motorsports Offering Cobra Jet Technology For Your Ford Coyote Piston Needs

One of the things that MAHLE Motorsports understands is that when they develop projects for the rigors of all out racing, that technology can help you in your own sportsman racing effort or in your...

This 1976 Capri Pro Street Project Is Worth Twice This Much Just In Parts!`

Capris are cool. Yep, we said it. In writing. And we’re going to stick with it. I would MUCH rather have a 1976 Capri than the Mustang II of the same year. And this Capri Pro Street is ultra...

Rough Video: Watch Dave Cobb Take A Rough Ride In His Finders Keepers Willys At Quaker City Dragway

Last weekend Quaker City Dragway held a huge nostalgia race and generally speaking, it was pretty awesome. There were dozens and dozens of funny cars there from the Great Lakes Nostalgia Funny Car...

Carolina Xtreme Pro Mod Coverage: Throwing Down Old School At The Revamped Shadyside Dragway

(Words and photos by Benoit Pigeon) – A little west of Charlotte, NC and just south of Shelby there is a little track where you can hear the sound of Pro Mods at the bottom of a tiny valley....