Category Archive: 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, CRASH & BURN, Videos
Morning Symphony: The Nitrous Backfire – “Oh, S#!%” In One Big Boom
Rocket-propelled grenades. Vehicle-born improvised explosive devices. Mortars by the bucketful. A Hydra 70 rocket going off at close proximity. One incident that involved a Hellfire missile and a...
Every Kid’s Dream: School Bus Figure-Eight Racing From Washington State
For six years, the majority of my year was occupied by a twice-a-day ride in a Gillig school bus that dated to at least the early 1970s, if not as old as the late 1950s. All but the two spare buses...
After Action Review: The Power Driven Diesel Folks Go Through What Happened With The Engine They Killed!
Back at the beginning of August we got to see what happens when a Cummins engine in a drag truck suffers a catastrophic engine failure courtesy of the guys at Power Driven Diesel. Their engine went...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Pick A Car That Deserves To Die And Pick Your Method!
I don’t know all of Brian Lohnes’ vehicle-based past but if there is one thing I know, it’s that if he was to ever get a free pass to a demolition derby event and only had to pick...
This Is Gonna Hurt: Dirt Bikes And Damage Aplenty From All
Thanks to Jeremy George, I got to hear a noise that I haven’t heard a lot of in twenty years: the sounds of a Yamaha two-stroke at full chat. It was a sound that I used to love, but in 1998...
Yeowch: Another Round Of Fender-Folding Mayhem And Carnage From The World Of RacingFail!
You know, I know, we all know: racing is not a gentle sport. Not even close. Not in the past, not in the future. The moment you decide that speed is your friend and competition is your gateway, there...
Meltdown: Watch As This Malibu’s Nitrous Backfire Goes Really Bad, Really Fast!
When nitrous works, it really, really works. You’ll hear an already awesome engine find that extra thousand or so RPM and hit it quickly as another blistering lap is made down the track....
Thursday BOOM: Funny Car Blower Explosions
As evidenced by the wild lead photo of the funny car belching fire from every possible place, blower explosions in drag race machinery can be spectacularly awful. With the modern advent of burst...
The Smell Of Defeat…And Expensive Parts: Clutch Burnouts For Days In Ohio!
(Words: Kevin Brown) Every year tens of thousands of people gather in Columbus, Ohio, to partake in one of the largest car shows in the county, and every year that show has an event dedicated purely...
Look Out Below: This Mitsubishi 380 Is The Celebration Centerpiece…And Anvils Are Involved!
YouTube is a weird beast. You make videos, you hope that people will follow your work, you hope that you can monetize those videos via ad revenue, and when you reach milestones, you do something...
Why Safety Matters: Watch As Ken Block And Alex Gelsomino Extract From A Burning Escort Cosworth RS
We constantly harp on being safe and being prepared if you are wanting to get behind the wheel and go do anything. From just something simple like putting on a seatbelt to making sure your race car...
Classic YouTube: LARC-LX vs. NSU Behind The Lane Motor Museum
Sixty-two and a half feet long, twenty-six and a half feet wide, standing at a staggering nineteen feet, six inches tall and weighing in at an ungodly one hundred tons even, it’s the LARC-LX,...
Found The Fuse! This Pontiac Tempest Throws A Temper Tantrum And Breaks Heavily!
In racing, you need to have a “fuse”. That is the part of the power pathway between the engine and the tires that is going to give up first when the insane amount of forces being exerted...
