Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, HISTORIC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
25 Years Later: Here’s The Final Rounds Of The 1993 NHRA Winternationals LIVE
It was youngsters vs older guys at the 1993 NHRA Winternationals. It was Warren Johnson vs Scott Geoffrion, John Force vs Del Worsham, and Joe Amato vs Kenny Bernstein. It was wreckage, it was green...
Um…Domo Arigato? Robotic Parking At Airports Is Becoming Reality!
You know that we three travel quite a bit each year, often having to hop a plane to head off to the next race or show that we need to cover. Lohnes goes to Boston, Chad hits the nearest location in...
This Real 1967 RO23 Belvedere Is Immaculate And Powered By A Ray Barton Hemi – OOGA BOOGA!
If you wanted to sell muscle cars to serious enthusiasts in the middle 1960s there was one place to do it, at the drags. Every company figured this out by the latter half of the decade and that is...
Solid Brown, Baby: Regular Car Reviews Takes On A 1976 AMC Gremlin!
The Ford Pinto exploded. The Chevrolet Vega self-destructed. The Volkswagen Beetle tweeted around like a songbird on meth, whistling it’s exhaust in what could almost be considered a middle...
Rough Start: Reliving Past Sins In A 1977 Chevrolet Impala Coupe
I got my first car when I was twelve, a mid-1970s Camaro that had more rot than potential. I went through a few rollers afterwards, mostly early G-body Cutlasses. Then came the Impala, the first car...
Taxi Grinder: Retrofitting a Vortec 4.2L Inline-Six Into A 1967 Checker
For you younger types, thinking of a taxi cab probably invokes the image of some kind of Ford Panther platform car that has been beat beyond reproach rolling up with a slapped-on paint job. Some of...
Make Winter Bend To Your Will With This M1078 Plow and Sander Combo
With blizzards, the polar vortex, and every other crummy thing about winter happening in full force across the country, its officially time to gear up, BangShifters. The junk ass weather always...
Revitalizing A Classic: Glacier National Park’s “Red Jammers” Are Getting A New Lease On Life
I can’t say that I have been in Glacier National Park, but if it’s even half as pretty as western Montana on the whole is, you need to make it one of your bucket-list stops. For the...
Dave Connolly Joins KB Racing – Pro Stock Team Gains Another Champion Crew Chief
(Photo credit: Auto Imagery) – As we turn the corner on the week that brings us the official start of the 2019 NHRA Mello Yello drag racing season, the news is still coming from teams making...
Money No Object: The 1955 Chrysler Ghia ST Special – The Banker’s Got Taste!
Chrysler’s Letter Cars got a reputation as the “banker’s hot rod” due to their impressive speed combined with their size and luxurious outfitting. Starting with the C-300,...
First Drive Video: A Big Block, Pro Street Chassis, and NOTHING ELSE
There’s nothing cooler than the first drive of a new project. Most of the time that drive comes when you are far from done with the car or truck. It comes when the thing has been running for...
Video: A Hung Throttle Sends This Drag Car The Wrong Way On The Strip At Full Throttle!
I can’t find the exact quote, but I know that on more than one occasion I’ve heard Brian explain that seeing a car coming back up the track under throttle is his nightmare fuel. He...
