Category Archive: 1320 Spotlight, 1320 Videos
The IMMORTAL Wheelstanding Camaro Destroys Itself At Byron: New Video!
We showed you video of this insane wheelstanding blown Camaro mere hours after it destroyed the front suspension with a violent wheelstand during the annual Byron Power Wheelstand Championships, but...
SEMA 2015: Mercury Racing Has Insane Crate Engine Offerings – DOHC LS7?!
Mercury Racing is coming into the LS crate engine market in a way no one else has even thought of to this point. The company that has made its name building high performance engines on the water and...
Here It Is, A 500 Horsepower, 10-Second EcoBoost Mustang – You Can Hate The Exhaust Note, But You Can’t Argue Against The Performance!
Love it or hate it, Ford’s turbo-4 Mustang for the modern era can and does haul the mail when properly tuned up, and Watson Racing, in a collaboration with Revolution Automotive, can do just...
Aussie Rebellion! New Professional Level Drag Racing Series In Australia Now Sanctioned By IHRA
So if the Australian drag racing world could be described with an American term, “screwed up” would be about it. The end of the ANDRA (Australian National Drag Racing Association) in 2014...
Del Worsham Fulfills His Funny Car Championship Dream!
Photos by Mike and Jeff Burghardt A twenty-six-race schedule is a grind for any race team, but when a team hits their stride going into the playoffs, often it’ll end up in a shootout with...
Worsham, Beckman & Johnson Jr. Will Decide The NHRA Funny Car Championship
Photos by Jeff and Mike Burghardt Words by NHRA Communications The NHRA Funny Car World Championship is down to the wire between Del Worsham, Jack Beckman and Tommy Johnson Jr. Sunday at the...
BangShift EXCLUSIVE: We Spoke To Big Chief And Got The Extent Of His Injuries
BangShift.com reached out to Justin “Big Chief” Shearer this morning and we got the extend of his injuries from the high speed crash that totaled his famed Crow 1972 Pontiac LeMans. In...
Destroyed: “Big Chief” Justin Shearer’s 1972 Pontiac LeMans, The Crow Mangled In High Speed Wreck
(Photographer unknown at this time) Details are sketchy at this time but photos have emerged showing the 1972 LeMans of Justin Shearer, known as “Big Chief” on television’s Street...
Top Gas Dragster And All-Time Hot Rodding Great George Bolthoff Passes – Engine Building Career Spanned Continents
(Photo credit – WeDidItForLove.com) – The common conception among people when thinking about 1960s drag racing is that it was a sport filled with young guys that were greasy handed...
John Force Racing And PEAK Announce Major Sponsorship Expansion
Photos by Mike Burghardt Words by JFR Media John Force Racing and PEAK announced a major expansion of their sponsorship agreement today to include full-season primary sponsorship of John Force’s...
Big Finish For 2015 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series! – Friday Report
Photos by Jeff and Mike Burghardt With post card perfect weather and a light Friday spectator crowd at historic Auto Club Pomona Raceway, the first round of funny car qualifying for the Auto...
SEMA 2015: Moroso Had The Full Breadth And Depth Of Their Products On Display
When we swung by the Moroso booth at the 2015 SEMA show, their reps were fully engaged talking turkey with dealers, distributors, and people who had questions. One of the things that few people...
PDRA Brian Olson World Finals Action Photos: More Great Images From VMP
(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – The PDRA named their world finals this year after Brian Olson. Brian was a good friend of mine and a man who I had spent LOTS of time with over the years announcing...
Dyno Thrash Video: Watch The 2016 Mustang Cobra Jet Engine Package Get Hammered On The Pump
When Ford rolled out the 2016 Mustang Cobra Jet at SEMA, everyone loved the way it looked and immediately began asking the pertinent questions like, “how quick is it?” Of course Ford...