Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, BangShift News, HISTORIC, MISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Drag Strip Time Travel: This Footage From Edgewater Sports Park In The Early 1970s Is Fantastic
Now here’s the good stuff! You are going to travel back in time to the early 1970s at Ohio’s Edgewater Sports Park to see a load of great cars attacking the historic track’s...
Newbern and Friends Do Three Engine Swaps In Two Days… But Not Because They Wanted To! Did They Get Them All Running For Cruising The Coast?
I’ve done several crazy builds that most people think are not possible. Engine swaps in hours, full car builds in just two days, etc, etc, etc. But doing three engine swaps in two days is...
Back To The Track: This Look Back At The 1990 Shelby Can-Am Shows A Program That Launched Careers
As much as we like to think we know stuff about racing around here, sometimes we are confronted by the fact that we don’t know as much as we’d like. Proof is this video below which shows...
In the Aisles Podcast With Vice Grip Garage’s Derek Bieri And Special Guest Jared Pink From The Questionable Garage
You may not realize that Derek Bieri from Vice Grip Garage does a Podcast for the O’Reilly Auto Parts YouTube channel, but he does and the guests have been pretty good so far. I’ve...
Video: This Freaky Straight Eight Is Blown And Beyond Comprehension On Some Level
We were looking for information and videos on a particularly old straight eight engine the other day and what we found was this! You are looking at a pretty old video by modern standards. This one...
Great Video: The Story Of The 1970s Superbikes – See Them Sitting and Ridden!
Muscle car fans have the 1960s to emotionally latch onto as their favorite decade of hot cars from “back in the day.” Motorcycling fans have the 1970s to love formally of the same...
There Once Were Giants: This 1950s Video Showing Off The New Caterpillar D9 Shows The Beginning Of Massive Earthmovers
People who like big equipment know that the Caterpillar D9 tractor is one of the most well known, well developed, and widely used machines around the world. In this day and age of mega-giant...
Epic Video: Watch Don Rickles Roast Evel Knievel In The 1970s! (Those Easily Offended…skip it)
The late Don Rickles was an American treasure. One of the funniest guys who ever lived, he made a great life for himself as a comedian who could and would literally burn people to the ground and have...
This 1980s Caterpillar Promotional Video For The 785 Off-Highway Haul Truck Is EPIC – From Engine Building On Up!
My love for promotional sales videos is well known here. They provide a cool look inside different companies and products from the past and to me, they are fun to watch. None of them has been as fun...
Interesting History: This Study On The Evolution Of NASCAR Tracks Is Fascinating – How’d It Happen?
This is a really interesting video, especially due to the fact that we are seeing so much interesting stuff happening with modern NASCAR racing. One of the major problems that the sport faced for...
The VICE GRIP GARAGE BIG BLOCK 1940 Chevy Hotrod Does 1/4 Mile Drag Passes & Burnouts! – Duct Tape Drags Coverage From Derek!
Duct Tape Drags are truly something special and are the brain child of several of our car friends who continue to visit Tucson Dragway each year for the fun and excitement that can only come from...
Behind The Scenes At The 20th HOT ROD DRAG WEEK With FREIBURGER, LOHNES, and KJ JONES! CHECK IT OUT RIGHT HERE!
I was so disappointed to have to miss the 20th Anniversary of Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week this year. They shuffled the schedule around and it ended up right on top of Race Week which I help...
Amazing Video: Watch The Detailed, Involved, and Super Interesting Process Of Building A Tiny Connecting Rod!
We have long loved videos featuring miniature engines around here. The craftsmanship, the time, the precision, and the creativity that go into them are all great things. Normally great things...
