Category Archive: 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Spotlight, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, DRAG RACES, Event Coverage, RACING & ACTION, Videos
AA/FUEL DRAGSTER – TULSA NITRO NATIONALS 2023. FULL COVERAGE FROM THE NHRA HOT ROD HERITAGE SERIES
Les just sent us the link to his new AA/Fuel Dragster video from Tulsa Raceway Park, and we knew we had to share it right away. If you loved all our March Meet and California Hot Rod Reunion...
1980s Perfection: The Olds Aerotech Was An Incredible Engineering Exercise That Delivered The Goods!
It took a massive track in Texas and the legendary right foot of AJ Foyt but the Oldsmobile Aerotech set the world’s closed course speed record at an insane 257.123mph back in August of 1987....
Chamber Music: Watch And Listen To This 4.7L Maserati Indy V8 Make A Dyno Pull -Sounds Awesome!
No, it does not make 1,000hp. No, it does not rev to 10,000 RPM. This engine, which you are now ultimately confused about is not an engine that was raced at the Indy 500 rather it is a production...
Awesome History: The Twisted History Of The Porsche 924 Is A Story For The Ages
What we love about automotive history is that it has so many weird twists and turns, the fun stories are effectively endless. For instance, we had no idea that the Porsche 924 was actually born as a...
Pricelessly Cool: Watch The Incredible Process Of Printing An Inconel Header From Scratch – Amazing
Yes, we know. This process was really long. This process was incredibly expensive, complicated, and maybe unnecessarily complex but my goodness is it awesome. This is how Steph Papadakis Racing went...
American Powertrain Parting Shift: Ride Down The Strip In This 327ci Chevy Powered, Muncie M-22 Roaring Nova!
This is not an American Powertrain Parting Shift that’s chock full of tricky shifting, some gazillion dollar car, or a big rig with six shift levers coming up through the floor. Nope, this is...
Want To See Real No Prep? Top Fuel Dragsters On A Bare RAF Runway In England At Fulbeck Circa 1973
There have been many locations in the UK where drag racing’s taken place over the years. This video captures another of them that no longer exist. This was the RAF bomber base at Fulbeck,...
Incredible: Watch The 1970 Ferrari 512S Pininfarina Modulo Concept Car Run and Drive Around The Track!
There are times when rich guys do annoying things with cars, right? They do stuff that might not fit our taste or they do stuff that’s just lame and bad for their own edification. Well as the...
Pounding Pontiac: Watch This Brutal 1963 LeMans Crank Off 9-Second Pure Poncho Elapsed Times
Yes, yes we know. There are easier ways to go 9s than to build a bad ass, multi-carb, tunnel ram, 482ci Pontiac V8 with a bunch of compression, and all the camshaft. There are easier ways but...
Big Trucks Wheels Up: These Lifted Pickups Are Fun To Watch Hooked Up To The Sled!
Truck and tractor pulling are sports that we take seriously here at BangShift but even stuff we take seriously can have a fun side. This video is proof of that. Sometimes it is not about making the...
Old School Chassis Tech: This Video From 30 Years Ago Shows The Al Swindahl Bolt Together Top Fuel Chassis
There are names in drag racing that have had massive impact. We all know the Don Garlits’ of the world, we all know the Bob Glidden types of the world but what about the guys who made the cars...
Cool Video: Watch Some AHRA Drag Racing At The Old Tucson Dragway Circa 1983 – John Force and Others!
This is fun video! We’re going back to what looks like the 1983 AHRA Winternationals at the “old” Tucson Dragway which is about a 15 minute (or less) ride from the current Tucson...
Trophy Truck Racing Video: 2 Hours Of In-Car Trophy Truck Racing Action! Big Hits, Bit Travel, Big Power, And Big Speed!
We’re big fans of big travel desert racing trucks, and there is nothing badder than the ultimate desert machines, Trophy Trucks. These beasts make 800-900 horsepower, or more, and have...
Local DRAG CAR Survivor and Other Cool Stuff at the Paradise Dragstrip Toy Drive With The Hot Rod Hoarder
Tommy Lee Byrd is back at it, and was recently out for a show and race at Paradise Dragstrip in December for their annual toy drive show which had been cancelled due to rain two weekends in a row!...