Category Archive: 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, RACING & ACTION, Videos

It’ll Go Down The Track Eventually: This Twin-Turbo Chevy Truck Shakes Off Some Teething Issues Before Making It’s Passes!

The first time you bring a new vehicle to the track to get sorted, you probably should not line up against the tree with the “just f’ing send it!” mentality, especially if...

The Eye-Opening Experiences: Check Out This Collection Of Psycho Rides From Sydney Jamboree 2018!

If it was a perfect world, everybody would line up, make a good burnout, back up, stage, and go straight down the track as fast as they can at the strip. There would be no oildowns, no wall-to-wall...

Showstopper: Michael Britt’s Monte Carlo Came Out Swinging At Shut Up And Race!

Michael Britt’s 1982 Chevrolet Monte Carlo isn’t a race-only machine. And it’s not a recent build, though looking at it, you’d swear it was. He’s had the car since the...

Morning Symphony: The Mighty Roar Of The Upper Crust Race Car, The Bentley Continental GT3

Unless it’s kissed a concrete wall head-on at speed, anything with the Bentley badge is meant to be two things: sporty and expensive with a capital “F”. From the days of the 4 1/2...

Morning Symphony: An Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme That’s All About The Launch

Outside of my weird Mopars, the next prolific vehicle type I’ve got in my back catalog is the GM G-body. I’ve owned one Monte Carlo SS, two 1979 Cutlasses, and have worked on various...

Classic YouTube: The 1981 Kelly American Challenge Race From Portland, Oregon

Between 1977 and 1989, IMSA had a race that allowed you to bring any American car to play on the roadcourses as a kind of preview race ahead of the IMSA GT main event. Dubbed the Kelly American...

A $40,000 Guess – Watch Cali Chris Go Virtually Perfect And Saw Birdman Off At The Knees

It was a moment that triggered a landslide of opinion, screaming, yelling, crying, and entertainment on the internet. When “Cali Chris” Poncia used his mental clock to leave the starting...

All Ford, Baby! This Mean Green Fairmont Flies In The Face Of The “LS The World” Movement!

It’s a well-known fact that the Ford Windsor small block, while a very stout piece, has limitations. It is generally accepted that once you start overing around the 500 horsepower arena and...

The Flying Pickle: Watch Michael Roemer’s Chevy S-10 Get After It In Georgia!

This is a truck that needs no introduction to any of us behind the scenes at BangShift. This is Michael Roemer’s Chevy S-10 known as “The Flying Pickle”. It’s super easy to...

The Snow-Cone Machine: Watch What 1,000 Horsepower Does To A Frozen Lake!

Do you love to play in the ice and snow when you finally get winter weather? We aren’t talking that white-knuckle drive into town for supplies after Ma Nature proceeds to leave a great big...

Classic YouTube: Gravelrama 2010 – All The Power You Can Muster Against A Hill Of Pea Gravel!

Carpe diem…sieze the day…conquer. The idea is to make the most out of every moment out of the day, and there isn’t a better analogy for a human to follow than winning. Everybody...

Morning Symphony: The Gonzo Cut Of Every Bit Of Fun At The Hoonigan Shop!

The name says it all: Hoonigan. Hoon. Take the car, throw away the brain, and go cut loose until you’re satisfied…or you break something…or the cops get called. That’s what...

Classic YouTube: The Mint 400 In 1978 – Same Desert, Same Dust, Half The Suspension Travel (At Least!)

2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the Mint 400, the race in the Nevada desert that tests the strength and durability of machine and man alike over the miles. From it’s origins as a PR stunt...

Choo-Choo: The Night Train Olds 442 Is Rolling, Ready For This Year’s Challenges!

Every GM G-body got a performance spec variation. Some were better than others, though. Without question, the Buick Grand National and GNX were the pinnacle of what the company could make the G-body...