Category Archive: 1320 Drag News
Enter Before Midnight Sunday Jan. 31 To Win An Entry Into The Spring Fling Million Drag Race
Breaking News: We just got word that the Spring Fling Million in Las Vegas is giving away two entries, worth $2000 each, for the Spring Fling Million Bracket Race! Here is what Kyle and Peter just...
Drag Racing’s Greatest Thrills And Spills Of 2015 (Part 1) — This is Non-Stop Craziness
We look forward to the yearly Urban Hillbilly recap video each and every time we replace our calendar. It has to be a ton of work to sort through the hundreds and hundreds of hours of footage that...
Video: Jeff Lutz Breaks All-Time Quickest V10 Viper Record! 6.78/211 MPH and the Sound Is Gnarly!
It was a hurried program but Jeff Lutz and crew accomplished a major goal this week at Orlando Speed World Dragway and that was wresting the title of quickest V10 Viper on Earth from the hands of Sal...
Aerospace Components Dual Rear Brake Systems Delivery More Stopping Power, Control, and Holding Ability
(Words and photos by Mike Galimi) – Some things just go well in double servings like two scoops of ice cream instead one or a Double-Double for those who enjoy In-N-Out Burger. But when it...
Gearhead History Lesson: What’s a Q-Ship?
We run lots of blog items about sleepers here on BangShift and on occasion, I refer to them as “Q-Ships”. As people find these stories on their own thorugh web searches or they run...
Get An Ant’s Eye View Of What It Is Like To Be Run Over By A Junior Fuel Dragster
This is one of those videos that simply couldn’t exist before the days of “action sports cameras” like the Replay xD, GoPro, and all of the others on the market today. Back in the...
This 1979 Ford Fairmont May Be The Ultimate Sleeper Project
The best street sleepers are always the ones that look so simple and plain that nobody would ever see you coming. We think this 1979 Ford Fairmont just might be the perfect candidate for a street...
Australian Top Doorslammer Racing From Calder Park Is Our Kind Of Class! Big Blowers And Identifiable Cars!
Where else in the world are you going to see two 1959 Chrysler Saratogas, a 1973 Holden GTS, a 1970 Plymouth Duster and a late-model Holden Monaro race with alcohol-swilling supercharged mills scream...
One Shot Deal: NHRA National Record Setting Procedure Changes – No 1% Backup Needed Anymore
The torrent of changes being made by the National Hot Rod Associaton during this off-season continues with the announcement that national records will no longer require a 1% backup run to be...
This 1978 Monza Wagon May Be The Cleanest And Nicest One Left On Earth
If there is one thing that vehicles from the 1970s are not known for it is longevity. You simply do not see a whole lot of middle to late 1970s stuff rolling around in stock form these days because...
Street Racing Extravaganza! Our Boy Big Kleib Is At It Again
It’s illegal, it’s unsafe, it’s wrong, and you shouldn’t do it. Now that we got that out of the way, know that there is still a ton of street racing going on across the...
Round Tube Back Half G-Body El Camino, Small Block, Nitrous, Big Tires, Grudge Ready!
I’m 100% certain that you couldn’t build this El Camino for this kind of money even if you did 80% of the work yourself. This one is as clean as they come, and the fact that it has a...
Take A Quarter Mile Rip In A Four Speed, Steel Bodied, Blown 392 Hemi Powered, 1941 Willys
(Video and photos by Christian Rowell) – When is comes to icons and hot rodding, nothing can really touch the late 1930s/early 1940s Willys coupe. They have been built in every possible form...
