Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, BangShift News, HISTORIC, MISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Old School Noise: This 1970s NHRA Points Meet Footage From Houston Is Amazing
It seems wild to think about the fact that back in the day nitro funny car and top fuel competitors spent a lot of time running NHRA points meets while chasing national championships. It was a large...
Wheels Up Video: Gassers On Rocky Top! Southeast Gassers Association 2024 | A/Gas Eliminations | Knoxville Dragway
The Southeast Gassers Association puts on some of the most fun drag racing in the world. It’s an awesome series with old school gassers being driven like God intended and they certainly know how to...
Old School Wheelstander Video: Joe Douthit Performing In His Bitchin’ 1969 Nova
We’re previously noted that wheelstanders are among our most favorite drag strip attractions. Sadly, their numbers are dwindling today, but during the height of their popularity, there were...
Friday Moment Of Zen: Watch Charlie Baker Slide His Racing Big Rig Around Fayetteville, NC Circa 1986
Few men were faster, few men were more fearsome, and few men were harder driving during the golden age of the Great American Truck Racing series than Charlie Baker. Whether on asphalt or dirt, the...
Fender Bashing Fun: 1970s Rallycross Racing At Long Marston Airfield In England – This Rules!
We love modern rally-cross racing and like everything else it has interesting history. In England the sport really took off in the early 1970s and with backing from companies like Castrol, people...
$76,000 On One Race? This Is Real BIG MONEY Grudge Racing And Kyle And The 1320 Crew Caught It All.
I’ve announced a lot of drag races over the years, and have called some single races worth some real money. But I also often joke about the fact that a lot of so-called big money grudge races...
Legendary Race: Watch The TNT Monster Truck Challenge From Louisville 1990!
Stock car racers, drag racers, hell, any racer typically can call out some big moments and events in the sport that they love. Traditional monster truck racing fans can do the same thing. It’ a...
Awesome Video: Watch Sir Jackie Stewart Test Drive The 1978 Crop Of F1 Cars This Is So Cool
Now THIS is something that will literally never happen again. Imagine the premier F1 teams in the world each handing the keys to their new machines to a former three time world champ to drive and...
Heavy Metal Video: This Compilation Of 1990s Figure Eight Racing Wrecks From Sportsdrome Speedway Is Insane
I have done some reasonably terrifying things in cars. I have ridden with Ken Block in a rally car hurtling though the woods at crazy speeds, I have been caught in weather so bad that I thought it...
Awesome Video: This Promotional Film For The 1978 Schkee Can-Am Car Is Spectacular!
The most beautiful race car you’ve never heard of. This is the Schkee (pronounced Sha-kee) DB-1 and it was the brainchild of Doug Schultz and race car builder Bob McKee. The car name is a mashup of...
1970s Perfection: This Motorcycling Safety Film Stars Peter Fonda and Evel Knievel – So Good!
If you were someone who was going to make a film about motorcycling safety in the 1970s and your job was to cast it, who would you pick? Certainly your first choices would have to be cool, they would...
Watch The Mighty March 717 Roar Up The Hill At Goodwood – 537ci Of Injected Big Block Powered Slipper!
Watching classic Can-Am cars running at full throttle in modern times is probably one of our favorite things in the racing world. This video comes from Goodwood and we get to see the one and only...
O’Reilly Auto Parts, Vice Grip Garage, Tony Angelo, Alex Taylor, And Tate Morgan Race Pontiac Aztek’s In The Desert And Invited Us To Join Them!
A few months ago, Derek Bieri, the man behind Vice Grip Garage and Roadworthy Rescue, gave me a call and said “I have a stupid idea and I want you to be a part of it.” My response was...
