Category Archive: 1320 Spotlight, 1320 Videos
Giant Mustang Wheelstand At Byron Dragway
This Fox Body Mustang stands on the bumper like a mad man after bending and breaking the wheelie bar, and we’re junkies for Mustang wheelstands. We’re not sure why the driver lifts, cause...
Spirit Animal: This AMC Has A 390 Under The Hood, Lots of Street Miles Under Its Belt, And 10-Second Time Slips In Spades
(Photos by Dave Nutting) – (Editor’s note: It has been nearly exactly a year since we first ran this feature and since it has popped back up onto our radar we thought we would run it...
The Street Car Super Nationals In Las Vegas Is Now The JEGS Street Car Super Nationals!
We’re very excited to announce that JEGS is now the title sponsor of the Street Car Super Nationals in Las Vegas! The baddest drag race in the country will not only be bringing you all the...
Want To Buy A Real Deal No Miles COPO Camaro? Here Is Your Shot
This is a real deal COPO Camaro that has never been raced. It has been in a collection in Arizona and is in perfect, as delivered, condition and ready for you to smoke the hides off of it! Finding a...
BangShift Project Files: Why Are We Featuring A Left-For-Dead Buick Regal GS? Because It’s Being Built Up For One Of The Coolest Races We’ve Ever Heard Of!
Are you familiar with the concept of ChumpCar or the 24 Hours of LeMons? That’s where you take a $500 beater, make it safe enough to race without killing yourself, and beat on it until you...
Orange You Glad We Found This This Sweet 1970 Charger R/T For Sale?
We only wish we could have met the person who bought this car new. Why? They had to have been a character, right? Who walks into a Dodge dealer, sits down and options a 1970 Charger with a 440, a...
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...