Category Archive: 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, RACING & ACTION, Videos
LS Killer: This Aussie Ford Falcon Has A Warmed Up Barra Inline 6 and It Goes 9s
Oct 03, 2018Brian Lohnes2
In a country fully obsessed with LS swaps, LS performance, and LS bragging rights, it seems inconceivable that there would ever be a challenger to the king of cheap horsepower. That challenger comes...
‘Splosion Video: Mark Oswald Suffers A Titanic Boomer At The Texas Motorplex Circa 1990
Oct 03, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on ‘Splosion Video: Mark Oswald Suffers A Titanic Boomer At The Texas Motorplex Circa 1990
This weekend, Mark Oswald will be crew chiefing the Matco U.S. Army top fuel dragster of Antron Brown but in 1990 he was a kid driving the Ford Motorcraft nitro funny cars and doing a fine job of it....
Drag History Video: Here’s the Broadcast Of The 1988 IHRA Texas Nationals – The Weekend The 5-Second Barrier Fell
Oct 02, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on Drag History Video: Here’s the Broadcast Of The 1988 IHRA Texas Nationals – The Weekend The 5-Second Barrier Fell
They’re just numbers. They are just digits on a slip of paper or on a scoreboard. That’s what the world sees. That’s what people who have never measured themselves against time,...
Putting In Work: All The Truck Pulls From The 2018 Butler Homecoming In Illinois!
Sep 25, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Putting In Work: All The Truck Pulls From The 2018 Butler Homecoming In Illinois!
Just like most racing events, the more I can relate to what is going down the track, the more I tend to enjoy the view. I like seeing street cars at the dragstrip, cars driven into the autocross that...
No Mercy Week: Take A Look Back At DeWayne Mills’ $50,000 Payday In PTC Radial Vs The World!
Sep 25, 2018Brian Lohnes2
As you read this racers and vendors are stacking up at South Georgia Motorsports Park for No Mercy. This is the wild Donald Long promoted radial tire drag race that features classes like x275,...
Watch Robert Hight’s Explosive Final Round Win From The AAA Insurance Nationals At Gateway Motorsports Park
Sep 25, 2018Brian Lohnes5
It was an incredible and scary finish to the nitro funny car category as Robert Hight took his AAA sponsored Chevrolet Camaro across the finish line at the sponsor’s race just before the car...
Gestalt Therapy: Who Needs A Shrink When Banger Racing Cures All Of Your Stress?
Sep 24, 2018Bryan McTaggart1
Talking only goes so far. You can explain how bad your week was…how work was insufferable, how the kid is being a mouthy little pain in the left cheek and is sanding down your last nerve with...
Driving A Slow Car Fast: Hop In For A Honda Civic Hell Ride In Poland!
Sep 24, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Driving A Slow Car Fast: Hop In For A Honda Civic Hell Ride In Poland!
The entire time that Piotr Wiecek and “Danger Dan” from Hoonigan are moving in this Euro-market Honda Civic, the laughter doesn’t stop. Not one second. Why is that? Let’s look...
The Ultimate Pucker Moment: The Eckmann/Harnagel Mid-Air Incident At The Reno Air Races
Sep 23, 2018Bryan McTaggart2
The Reno Air Races have a legacy, and it’s not quite tied to the unbelievable speed in which pilots do their best to whip planes around a course. No, the legacy has more to do with safety...
Drive Angry: Competitive Racing From The Land Of Touring Cars!
Sep 22, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Drive Angry: Competitive Racing From The Land Of Touring Cars!
If you were to compare racing to fighting styles, drag racing is like a one-on-one boxing match. Two fighters enter, one leaves, and generally, you know how it’s going to work out. The NHRA is...
LIVE Half Mile Racing From New Orleans: 200 MPH Street Cars?
Sep 22, 2018Chad Reynolds2
The number of half mile and mile land speed races going on around the country just keeps growing. But seeing this kind of racing live usually requires you to actually go to one of the races in...
The Grimy Climb: Racing For The Cash On A Muddy Hill In Tennessee
Sep 21, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on The Grimy Climb: Racing For The Cash On A Muddy Hill In Tennessee
The dry gravel and sand that I encountered at Gravelrama earlier this year might have been tricky to handle, but a hill composed of slimy thin mud, chunky, dusty earth underneath the slime, tree...
Classic YouTube: The Lap 148 Battle During The 2007 Bathurst Race Was One For The Books!
Sep 21, 2018Bryan McTaggart2
Rain falling on the track in certain areas, many cars on slicks, and everybody wanting to drive the front splitter square up the rear bumper of the guy in front of ’em. It’s Australian...
If You’re Gonna Break Stuff, Break It As Bad As Cleetus Broke The Rearend!
Sep 21, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on If You’re Gonna Break Stuff, Break It As Bad As Cleetus Broke The Rearend!
How many times have you found the weak link in your vehicle the good old-fashioned way? Let’s see…I shattered three U-joints in my old four-speed Diplomat, roasted a transmission out of...






