Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, BangShift News, HISTORIC, MISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos

Raw, Real, and Awesome: This 8mm Footage Of Drag Racing, Can-Am, and More From 1978-1981 Across The USA Is Epic

Let your brain work here for a hot second, ok? Yes, this is 8mm footage which means that there’s no sound. My suggestion? Open a second tab on your browser and run some bitchin’ music on...

Incredible Video: Watch The Semi-Finals and Finals Of A Multitude Of Classes At The 1963 NHRA US Nationals

This is some of the most stunning old school drag racing video we have ever seen. You are going to watch the semi-finals and finals of a multitude of classes at the 1963 NHRA US Nationals. This was...

The Beast Lives: This 1969 Brockway U459 Was Created To Build Skyscrapers And It Did

When the New York skyline was reaching every closer to the clouds during the 1970s, there was a constant and insatiable need in the city. Steel. The metal that enabled structures that the world would...

Historic Drag Film: Watch Big Names and Great Runs From The 1967 NASCAR Summer Nationals at Niagra International Drag Strip

New York’s Niagra International Drag Strip was a hotbed of drag racing activity from its opening in 1961 through its closure in the middle 1970s. Racers from all around the New England region,...

Rough Video: Watch Drag Week Veteran Nick Plewniak Suffer A Flaming Wreck In The Dirty 30 At Edgewater Motor Sports Park – He Walked Away

There’s nothing more sickening than watching a person you know and respect pile up a race car at high speeds. Add in a lot of fire and you have a recipe for something really stunning and not in...

The Killer Plane And The American Hero That Tamed It: This Is The Story of Jimmy Doolittle and the Gee Bee R1

This was the fastest land based machine in the world in 1932. It had 45-mph on Sir Malcom Campbell’s land based monster, it had 172-mph on Gar Wood’s boat that packed four massive Packard...

Massive Power: Watch The Murder Nova Make 3,700+ HP On A Hub Dyno!

There was a time a few years back that the most famous cars in America were owned by a couple of street racers from Oklahoma who became famous beyond their wildest dreams. Shawn and Chief, Chief and...

Engine Building Zen Video: Watching This 500hp, 12.7L Detroit Diesel Come Together Is Awesome

There are engine building videos that strike us as cool because of how they are shot, maybe some creative angle about the content, or a gimmick that we love. This is a totally different deal. This...

NHRA Rewind LIVE: Relive The 2019 NHRA Amalie Oil Gatornationals With Stevie Fast Jackson, Clay Millican, and Andrew Hines!

One of the things we have done a couple of times during this break from NHRA drag racing action is to make these NHRA Rewind LIVE shows. The first time it was members of the FOX Sports broadcast team...

More Shop Tips and Tricks From QA1: Quick and Easy Ways To Make Your Project Cooler and Wrenching More Fun

The last time we checked in with the crew at QA1 they were passing long helpful shop tips to help with your wrenching enterprises. That video was cool and successful so they’re back again with...

On The Farm and In The Shop: Catching Up With Matt Hagan and Scott Palmer

As everyone and their brother has a different way that they are getting through this time of no racing it’s interesting to catch up with the people in the sport to see what they’re up to....

Chuffing Freakshow: This Steam Powered Dragster Is Small, Quick, and Weirdly Awesome

For starters, we know absolutely nothing about this car but we do know that we’re very interested by it. You are going to watch it run down a makeshift drag strip in the middle of nowhere and...

Video Proof That Awesomeness Has No Borders: Ride In A Finnish Built 1966 Dodge Dart Road Racer As It Burns Corners!

Horsepower, thumping engines, lateral g-forces, the smell of burning rubber, hot brakes, and spent race fuel are all internationally recognized as being awesome. During a time when hot rodders around...

Shop Tour: Take A Stroll Through The Tucson Workshop Of The NHRA’s Alan Reinhart – Cars, Parts, and Cool Tools

One of the reasons that Alan Reinhart and I hit it off when I first went out on the NHRA tour is because we’re both really into cars. Not just drag racing, but cars in general. Alan’s...