Category Archive: 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, OTHER

Would You Rather? Which Would You Take, The Late-Model Screamer Or The Street Machine With A Blower?

The entire point of the game of “Would You Rather?” is to force the player into a decision where no matter the choice, the discarded option might have presented itself better. Normally...

US-60 Drag Strip Nostalgia Day: One More Look At Hot Cars In The Pits

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – When we arrived another photographer (‘Meatball’ Mark Portman) had the nostalgia cars arranged on the finish line for a photo op and was snapping...

Video: A Look Back Into the Glory Days Of Oswego Dragway In The 1970s – Sweet Cars!

(By Greg Rourke) – Oswego Drag Raceway is part of the way I am the way I am. In 1972 I was 13, and we moved from Maryland to Illinois. I wasn’t happy about it, but Dad found we were not...

F.A.S.T. Racing With Excellent Commentary! Check Out These Overachieving Resto-Awesome Rides And The Two Guys That Love Them!

Factory Appearing, Stock Tire racing is awesome. Take restoration-quality muscle cars, put them on their factory-equipment tires, and see how quickly a driver can really wheel them down the...

US-60 Drag Strip Nostalgia Day: Photos From The Pits

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – We’d never been.  Though we REALLY like the Straight-Axle Mafia (US-60 is their official ‘home’), nostalgia racing, and old tracks with history...

Dutch Classic 2015: Competition Eliminator And Other Class Photos

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Here’s our last grouping of great Joe Grippo photos from the 2015 NHRA Dutch Classic at Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, Pennsylvania. Joe lives right around the...

Big Launches! More Drag Action Photos From US-60 Drag Strip’s Nostalgia Day

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – More of the Lowhorn-n-Lark show in here too, but they aren’t the only ones trying to get the crowd excited.  One interesting thing about the...

Watch The PDRA Pro Mods AND The Million Dollar Bracket Race Right Here!

Thanks to our live streaming partners in crime over at Motormania TV, you are going to be able to watch not one but two live streaming video race broadcasts this weekend. Since BangShift.com is not...

NHRA Dutch Classic 2015: Super Stock Action And Pit Photos

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – The other day we showed you some awesome Joe Grippo stock eliminator photos from the NHRA Dutch Classic 2015 and today we’re ramping up the horsepower with...

Launching! Drag Strip Action Shots From Nostalgia Day At US-60 Drag Strip

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – The bread & butter of drag racing pictures is the launch.  That moment when the power is released, slicks wrinkle, the chassis twists, the nose gets...

Craigslist Weirdness: A Mid-Engined “1964 Camero” Project Car… Huh?

So, I’m minding my own business, perusing my usual online haunts, and I see someone post up an ad for a cheap “Camero” that they found on good ol’ Craigslist. Yes, we all know that it’s a...

More California Hot Rod Reunion Testing Photos And Video With Pat Austin

This is our final batch of photos from the California Hot Rod Reunion Monday Nitro Test Session, but it’s a good one. It’s our biggest gallery and we also have video with Pat Austin who...

US-60 Dragway Late Season Nostalgia Action: All Burnouts All The Time! Gassers, More

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Vaporized carbon.  One of the best uses for tires I can think of.  In the old days they just let it rip from the drop of the flag.  Then came the...

Sunday Nostalgia Coverage: The Last Blast Of Photos From Lancaster’s Old School Throw Down

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – Well we have finally made it to the end of the massive collection of photos Mike Brooks blasted during the Sunday Nostalgia event at Lancaster National Dragway in...