Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, MISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Watch Andrew Alepa’s Radial vs The World Corvette Make More Than 5,200hp On The Hub Dyno!
It’s really hard to explain to someone how incredible Radial vs the World drag racing is until they see it. No, these cars do not have the raw insanity that nitro cars do, but they perform in...
Classic YouTube: Student Drivers In The AMC Rebel, Proving It Can Take The Ultimate Abuse!
AMC might have been trying to shake their small, economy car image for 1969, but they knew better than to even shy away from their reputation for making anvils wearing license plates. Regardless of...
Impulse Purchase: What Would You Do With A Dirt-Cheap Checker Aerobus?
Unless you have enough cash to burn that you don’t really care what you spend it on, a car should not qualify as an “impulse purchase”. You know what does qualify? A candy bar, a...
The Jokes Write Themselves: 44,000 Pounds Of Steel Balls Flopped Out Of A Truck In Seattle
A key point for any driver to ram into the back of their brain about driving is “expect the unexpected”. Once you get comfortable behind the wheel, you get complacent. Once you get...
Hooker Blackheart Stainless Shorty Headers For CTS-V Caddys Are Now Available.
I grew up a Cadillac fan, and still love them. But never, and I mean never, growing up did I expect that Cadillac would come to the high performance market in the way they have with the V line of...
Morning Symphony: The Magic Of Audi’s Turbocharged Five Cylinder
Would you believe that the Audi Quattro exists purely because of the Volkswagen Thing? It’s true: in the late 1960s the German military had been trying to create a vehicle to replace many of...
The Purple People Eater: How Often Would You Drive This 1974 Chevrolet LUV?
For a section of time in the mid-1990s, my stepfather was enamored with Chevrolet LUV pickup trucks. One was slammed on it’s nuts and was a sprightly little thing, dressed in primer gray all...
You Will Not Believe That This Pro Mod Crash Ended With The Car On All 4 Wheels And The Driver Walking Away
We see a lot of crazy crashes, after all we’re at the dragstrip more than most anyone you know. And sometimes it is a wonder that someone could survive some of them. But it is rare that someone...
BangShift Tune-Up: “My Sweet Shadow” by In Flames (2004)
The October Rush has hit BangShift Mid-West again. In one corner of the yard sits the Cadillac Limo, which has been entered in for at least one King of the Heap event at NCM Motorsports Park, which...
Forces Of Time: Does A Properly Prepared 1989 Ford Thunderbird SC Have A Draw?
Everyone always wants to make a crack about building the wrong car, until someone puts together the “wrong car” the right way. Ever notice that? Nobody liked 1973-77 Chevelles, it seemed,...
Modern Automotive Performance Proving Grounds Event At BIR Was Epic, Watch This!
Modern Automotive Performance Proving Grounds, the all encompassing event where Drag Racing, Drifting, Autocross, and Road Course action abounds is one impressive event. It is much like...
Satellite Launch: What Happens When Three YouTubers Come Together In A Junkyard!
About the same time I was watching Rocky Mountain Raceway throw down for the final party, there was something going on closer to home. Kevin from JunkyardDigs was itching to get back to his work and...
Historical Video Fun: This 1956 Air Force Video About B-52 Take Off Procedures Rules
I have huge respect for pilots. I fly a metric ton during the year and as of this moment I have logged about 118,000 miles in the air since January. These are the men and woman who make the decisions...
Super Sport Wagon: We’d Be Banging Gears In This Six-Speed Chevy Caprice Wagon All Day Long!
The miracle that Jon Moss pulled off with the Chevrolet Impala SS of the 1990s was nothing more than a hot-rodder reading the cards and putting the right pieces of the puzzle together. Standard, the...