Category Archive: DRAG RACES, Event Coverage, Videos
Even More 1320Video from Drag Week 2011: Day 4 Tulsa Action
Day 4 of Hot Rod Drag Week 2011 had all the drama you expect from an event that has put competitors through rain, heat, hills, wind, oil, “challenging” track conditions, and more. Our...
More Drag Week video from 1320Video: Day Three in Amarillo
It’s the start of Day 4, and Kyle and the 1320Video crew have another video to watch. This one from Hot Rod Drag Week 2011 Day Three. As usual, Kyle is out there busting his ass to get in car,...
Drag Week Video: The Highlights From Day Two at Great Bend, Kansas Courtesy of 1320Video
As we post this on Wednesday evening, lots of 2011 Drag Week competitors are still in the midst of the longest slog of the trip from Amarillo, Texas to Tulsa, Oklahoma. They arrived in Amarillo to...
Nostalgia Pro Stock Video: The Reher – Morrison Tribute Camaro Takes on the WJ Tribute Camaro
Without a doubt, the next “big thing” in nostalgia race will be Nostalgia Pro Stock. We know of six cars across the country getting built and there are already a bunch of cool machines...
Nitro Video: The Beauty of a Perfect Nostalgia Fueler Run at Night
We got a note in our e-mail box from pal Cole Coonce, tipping us off to some video he shot over the weekend at Bakersfield, where the big “Saturday Night Nitro” match race was slated to...
VOTE NOW — BangShift Burnout Battle: A Hot Rodded Harley and a Healthy Mustang Burn ’em to the Cords
For our second installment of the minty-fresh BangShift Burnout Battle, we’ve got two guys from Massachusetts slugging it out in very different ways. Mike and Jeff were the first two guys to...
Screaming Dyno Video: Repeated 9000-RPM Pulls on a NASCAR Engine Being Converted to EFI
One of the latest videos from the prolific Nelson Racing Engines shop is a near eight minute cut of dyno testing a legit ex-NASCAR engine that the shop converted over to EFI for a Bonneville team. It...
Explosion Video: Scary Footage of a Big Rig Tire Exploding on German Firefighters
If this video doesn’t make you cringe, we don’t know what will. The footage shows a team of (reportedly) German firefighters showing up on the scene of a burning trailer that was being...
Nitro Video: A Nitro Guzzling Flat Four VW Dragster That Goes 7s (and Could Go Into the 6s!)
Yesterday we told you about a slingshot powered by a nitro burning Jeep engine and today we’re bringing you more oddly awesome nitro powered stuff! This video is of the Wolfgang International...
Last Day of Voting: The First BangShift Burnout Battle Ends Today!
Consider this a sneak preview of coming attractions here at BangShift. We’re planning on a weekly burnout contest called the BangShift Burnout Battle! The details are still being worked out...
More Vintage Carnage: The King and Marshall AA/FD Climbs the Stairway to Heaven!
We’re back again with more crazy video from Jim Knights at Lebanon Valley Dragway. On the same weekend of the insane Funny Car Wreck we showed you earlier, Ray Helger, driving the historic King...
Funny Car Wreckage: A Video Flip Book of a Flopper Burnout Gone Very Wrong
Driving a Funny Car of any significance is pretty serious business. Just because it doesn’t have a huge huffer, nitro running through the fuel system, or potential to run 300mph doesn’t...
Great Video: Hot Cars, Hot Laps, and Melting Tires at Norway’s Arctic Circle Raceway
We were tipped off to this great video by BangShift member Blazerteam, who happens to live in a Norwegian town called Mo i Rana. He’s a huge gearhead with a wild big block Chevy powered...
Wild Carnage Video: Tony Kanaan Flies Over Helio Castroneves, Walks Away
Crazy stuff happens when open wheel race cars get together. Two of the best guys in the business of driving said open wheel cars are Tony Kanaan and Helio Castroneves. They had a violent encounter...