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

Drag Strip Time Machine: Watch The 1989 NHRA Fall Nationals From Dallas Right Here

This weekend the NHRA Mello Yello drag racing series tour lands in Ennis, Texas at the fabled Texas Motorplex. This event has been part of the NHRA landscape for many years and the 1989 race was one...

The 2020 Hi-Performance Expo Powered by Optima Batteries Is Coming To COTA November 1-3 – Big Fun, Big Money, Be There!

Winter is on the way, you have been likely locked out of at least a few of your favorite events this year and you are kind of bummed that there’s nothing left to do this year, right? WRONG. The...

Boosted Insanity: Watch The Most Powerful 4.0L Jeep Engine Ever Built Make 860+ HP and 880+ Lb-Ft On The Dyno!

It has been awesome to watch Newcomer Racing’s builds on the Horsepower Monster YouTube Channel. This company that is so well known for its Jeep inline six stuff is just killing it. The...

Watch These Two Belgian Draft Horses Help Tug A Stuck Semi Up A Frozen Driveway

While things like tractors replaced horses for the majority of the work done at a farm, it was not because the horses were weaklings and this video, taken just about a week ago is living proof of...

Epic Story Time: Pat Musi, Rickie Smith, and Roy Hill Talk About How Things Were Done Back In The Day

Three of drag racing’s most legendarily intense competitors sitting around and telling stories. This is the kind of stuff that you cannot pay to see. Pat Musi, Rickie Smith, and Roy Hill...

Transmission Tech Video: Reassembling A Chrysler A-833 Four Speed – Grabbing Gears The Old School Way

The four-speed manual transmission transformed the mighty cars go the early 1960s from slip sliding automatic equipped beasts to the straight line missiles that we all still admire and love. They...

It’s The Van, Man: This 1975 Chevrolet Promotional Film Hawking Vans Is Pretty Awesome

What’s old is cool again, right? In many ways that line is the truth for all automotive enthusiasts who love the machines that carried us around decades ago, but the van world is booming right...

The Fuel Finals: Watch Tommy Johnson Jr and Doug Kalitta Score Victories At The NHRA Midwest Nationals

Yesterday we told you about the insanity that was Sunday at World Wide Technology Raceway and the Mopar Expresslane NHRA Midwest Nationals. Today we’re going to show you the final round runs of...

Put Up Or Shut Up: Watch The Full Episode Featuring Top Fuel Dirt Motorcycle Racing!

When we were scheming ideas up about what we should do for the second season of Put Up or Shut Up, I pitched the idea of a top fuel dirt motorcycle drag racing episode. After people figured out I was...

Rough Day At The Office: Wreckage, Carnage, and Downright Insanity At The NHRA Midwest Nationals

It was one of the most carnage filled days of drag racing that I’ve ever personally witnessed. From Leah Pruett’s top fuel dragster breaking in half at 270+ mph to Alexis DeJoria...

Plan Your Build: This Video Goes Through the Best G-Body Suspension Upgrades

The GM G-body platform is one of the most popular and most easily modified in all of the enthusiast world. But because of those two things, there’s lots of questions that need to be answered...

Ultra Cool: This MotorWeek Review Of The 1991 Buick Park Avenue Ultra Brings Back Memories

We carry memories with us though our lives and for gear heads, many of those memories are attached to cars. Perhaps strangely, some happy ones from my gearhead life stem from the Buick Park Avenue...

Angel In Overalls: This WWII Film Designed To Keep Aircraft Industry Workers On Task Is A Tribute To The P-38 Lightning

It’s always interesting to look back into WWII and see how the media was used to help bolster spirits, inspire work, and inform the public. In this film called “Angel In Overalls”...

Tractor Pull Drag Race: Watch Two Multi-Engine Tractors Drag Race Heads Up On Dirt With Sleds!

When we first started making Put Up or Shut Up I had this idea for the ultimate episode and it was going to be a pair of pulling tractors sitting side by side, weight sleds attached, and the goal...