Category Archive: 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, CRASH & BURN, Videos
Video:A Fourth Generation Firebird Drag Car Explodes Into A Ball Of Flame Sitting Still At The Drags
I’ve always thought that one of the more entertaining catch phrases for the sport of drag racing could have been, “Drag racing, our stuff explodes sitting still.” In the case of...
Slingshot Catastrophe Video: Watch Kenny Winward Suffer A Horrible Dragster Wreck In The 1970s
Since basking in the glory of nostalgia action last weekend we’ve been craving the opportunity to pilot a front engine dragster. After watching this video, we may be rethinking that decision....
This 700 Horsepower, Nitrous-Infused Pontiac Solstice Is So Good, Even The Vehicle Virgins Can’t Believe It!
GM’s Kappa platform had promise. In usual parts-bin raiding, GM built a roadster platform and spawned two North American market cars, the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky. You could spot the...
The Sushi GT-R? Cleetus Gets Behind The Wheel Of An 1,100 Horsepower Nissan To See If An Import Can Do Anything For Him!
Cleetus McFarland has returned! He’s survived the LSX Willys, and has successfully proven that it’s the nut behind the wheel, and not the Ford Mustang being driven, that is the cause for...
Left 2, Water Hazard: This Polaris Racer Sunk His RZR During A Race In Missouri!
It’s hard to not cringe and utter something like, “Dude…that sucks…” when all you see of a Polaris RZR 800 is two of the wheels right at the surface of the water and...
Project X Has Returned! The Legendary 1957 Chevrolet Is Inside Hot Rod Garage For Some Mods…
“Project X”, the bright yellow 1957 Chevrolet that has been a staple of automotive project builds for decades, has returned. It needs no introduction, but it might need a little bit of a...
Question Of The Day: Are There Too Many Car Shows Popping Up On The Internet?
The origin of BangShift started as an online video content site, CarJunkieTV.com. It’s pushing ten years ago that David Freiburger, Chad Reynolds, and a group of tech-savvy types and...
Classic YouTube: The Impossible Belgian Motorcycle Hillclimb. Many Try, Most End Up In Pain…
“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Albert Einstein knew exactly what he was talking about when he nailed that line. At some point you...
Morning Symphony: Hill Climb Close Range Fly-by Footage Courtesy Of The Hardest-Working HDD Cam Out There!
You know those awesome, close-up fly-by racing shots that make television shows like TopGear and racing footage look amazing? You like seeing a car bearing down on you on video just before it rips...
What’s Old Is New Again… Is Late 80’s-Early 90’s Pro Street Back In Style?
Nostalgia. That word can mean a lot of different things to different people, but typically, popular culture seems to place things that occurred around 20-25 years ago in the “sweet spot”...
Petrolicious Shows Off The Prototype 1957 Aston Martin DB Mark III In It’s Unrestored Glory
Prototype vehicles usually have short, bright life: they come out to much fanfare, are worked over by testers, engineers and stylists until everything is just right for production…and then,...
Dirt Every Day Set Out To Build The Ultimate, Do-Everything Off-Roader. We Think They Missed The Point…
When it comes to off-roading, it’s literally a case of “name your poison”. What’s your pleasure…mud? Rockcrawling? Maybe you like to drive as far away from humanity as...
Blue-Blood Ramp Truck: Jay Leno Shows Off His Replica 1950 Mercedes-Benz “Rennabteilung” Race Car Hauler
It’s a strange-looking beast, isn’t it? In the early 1950s, Mercedes-Benz’s preferred method for keeping their race cars running was to bring the cars back to Germany for work...
Movie Night at Finnegan’s! Check Out Some Of His Old Drag-Boat Racing Footage!
It’s no secret that Mike Finnegan’s first love is drag boat racing, and it runs deep…it has to, for someone who was living in Southern California and racing on the water in Arizona....