Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Spotlight, DRAG RACES, Event Coverage, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Watch Our Encore Presentation Of The US131 Northern Nationals. Nitro Nostalgia Top Fuel, Funny Cars, And More!
Ready for some NITRO!!!!????? So are we! So based on that need, the need for tear inducing, nose running, oh so sweet and nice nitromethane powered machines, we are bringing you an encore...
QuarantinePiece Theater: This Amazing Film Shows The 1966 and 1968 US Nationals In Full Color With Big Production Value!
This right here? This right here is absolute gold! This one video is actually two films kind of joined end to end to form one of the best examples of historic drag racing gold we have ever seen....
This Advertisement Shows You How To Properly Lose Your Mind When Working On Your Car
Confession: I’m an angry mechanic. When things are fine, so am I. When things are not fine, I somehow manage to suddenly develop Intermittent Explosive Disorder. I’m known for being that...
Quick To Violence: Tractor Pull Mayhem In The Early 2020 Season!
Putting an engine against a load is the fastest way to find the weak link in your system. Most every other racing vehicle on the planet works to remove as much weight as possible in order to reduce...
A Good Once-Over: Checking Out The Super-Patriotic And Super-Sketchy Chevelle
On the plus side, the 1972 Chevrolet Chevelle that Vice Grip Garage recently acquired has a lot going for it. The star-spangled paint job, the patina that couldn’t be faked if you...
Battle Of The Big Boys: Chrysler Newport, Oldsmobile 88, and Buick LeSabre Comparo Circa The Early 1970s
We’re not sure what America’s greatest era for big cars was but the early 1970s has to be up there in the ranking, right? If you have ever ridden in one of the softly spring, wheelbase...
Incredible Send Off: This Collection Of The Top 10 Stirling Moss Moments At Goodwood Is Awesome
The world is still celebrating the life and times of Sir Stirling Moss, the British racing legend who owned the world of competitive driving from the late 1950 into the 1960s before suffering a...
Here’s How They Sold The Peugeot 205 GTI In Europe: Planes, Bombs, And A French James Bond!
Peugeot’s 205 GTI wasn’t a bad car all around. It had pretty decent power for it’s size (at best, 126 horsepower in a super-mini class car), could handle fairly well, had a solid...
BangShift Question Of The Day: How Bad Did You Kill The Engine In Your Daily?
There are few noises that will leave a brick in your stomach quite like a repetitive “chirp” noise with a vibration as your engine’s power falls off of a cliff. It only means one...
Basically Brutal: Watch This Paxton Supercharged, Holley EFI Equipped, Stock Bottom End 302 Mustang Make Power On The Dyno
This right here is BangShifty as hell. It has been a long time since we saw someone doing some stuff stuff with a stock bottom end 302ci Ford in a Fox Mustang and when we stumbled upon this video we...
Engine Tech: How To Check Piston To Valve Clearance Two Different Ways – Using Clay or Using A Dial Indicator
It’s kind of funny. Lots of our lives are spent in a rush, right? Trying to make time for the stuff we want to do after finishing the stuff we have to do. If there is one thing we know...
Road Race Battle Video: Watch This GT350 Dice and Slice At Road Atlanta – Crank Up The Speakers!
While nostalgia drag racing is totally awesome and something that we have long loved around here, historic style road racing kind of brings the old school competition up another gear, right? Unlike...
Ported Or Manifold Vacuum Advance: Where To Source And When?
You know that whole thing about “you’re never too old to learn”? Yeah…let’s talk tuning for a second. What I know about tuning is just enough to be dangerous. I can set...
History Fun: How Two Drag Racers With The Wrong Car Set The World’s Closed Course Speed Record In 1961 – Great Story
If you love a good racing story that takes interesting people, a weird car, and a big payoff, this is the one for you. This is the story of Bob Osiecki and Art Malone taking on the scariest speed...