Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, BangShift News, MISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
American Bad Ass: The Story Behind The Story Of Andrew Alepa’s Corvette Making More Than 5,200hp On The Hub Dyno
When the big book of drag racing is finally written, the chapter on “Radial vs The World” will be one of the most entertaining to read. By far the most insanely advanced cars in the sport...
Foose Does The XJ: Check Out This Cool Video As Chip Foose Sketches Up His Own Personal Dream Jeep
One of the things we have loved about this series of Chip Foose videos on the Hagerty YouTube channel is that he takes these iconic cars and kind of breaks down their basic design elements while...
From The Inside Out: This Look Into How TJ Zizzo Made His First NHRA Top Fuel Final Round Is Awesome
He is one of the “good guys” in the world of top fuel drag racing and he now stands on the precipice of doing something he has dreamed about his entire life. TJ Zizzo has finally made a...
When Giraffes Fly: Cleetus Takes The Controls Of A Cessna For The First Time!
When I left the Army in 2010, my plan was concrete: I was going to go to school and I was going to learn to fly. I had managed to push through the bureaucracy of the Veterans Administration and the...
4WD To Front Wheel Drive In A Snap: Street Gas 4×4 Trucks At Berryville
Much like a test-and-tune night on No-Prep Thursdays, or a “public welcome” spectator drags event that ends with broken headlights and someone beating the tar out of someone else in the...
Speed and Sound: Watch A Late 1970s F1 Car with a Cosworth DFV V8 Engine Attack Goodwood!
It’s a pretty familiar story in the world of racing, right? Son of operator/owner of large successful company is a talented race car driver and wants to compete at highest levels, company...
The Drag Saw Rescue Is Done: Check Out The Big Finish Of Final Assembly And Running This 120 Year Old Man Eater
This right here is some good stuff. A couple of weeks ago we posted the first part of the restoration of this 120 year old gas powered drag saw that was used by loggers to hack up trees into chunks....
Classic YouTube: Chrysler Wasn’t The Only One Messing With Turbines – Check Out This Coal-Powered Oldsmobile!
General Motors walked into the Eighties in a kind of bi-polar state of mind. On the positive side, the downsized B and A/G body cars were a solid strike, the truck line was going well, the Camaro and...
In Memoriam: Maurice Petty, The Chief Of The Petty Dynasty
In the world of stock car racing, it’s pretty much par for the course that the driver is the one that will be remembered. They were the one that was in the car, they are the one seen when they...
Double Duty Video: Chad Green Raced Nitro Funny Car and Pro Mod At Indy – Live The Weekend From The Inside Out!
When we first got the news that Chad Green was going to run both nitro funny car and pro modified at the NHRA Lucas Oil Summernationals at Lucas Oil Raceway Indianapolis we were pumped up. It had...
Flight Of The Shadow: Jim Pace Suffers Incredible Crash At Wheel Of Shadow DN4 At Road America – Walks Away
We have shown you many videos over the years with Jim Pace at the wheel of any number of killer historic racing machines. Pace kind of became our “house driver” when it came to showing...
Czechmate: Jay Leno Shows Off His 1938 Tatra T87
If you go to the Lane Motor Museum in Nashville, you will find one of, if not the largest cache of Tatra automobiles in the United States. Name it, they’ve got it: a T-815 rollback truck, a...
Historical Footage: 1983 NHRA World Finals At OCIR Courtesy Of Diamond P!
What better way to kick your week off than with the voices of Dave McClelland and Steve Evans announcing some excellent drag racing action for you? Let’s go back to 1983, the year that the Ford...
Sure Is Pretty Out There: Gamblin’ Two Thrashed BMWs In Oregon
Two BMW E36s…one converted into a ute, the other a chopped-up open-roof car. The Gambler 500, the original version in Oregon. A bunch of friends bent on having a good time in the woods rallying...