Momentous: Drag Racing’s First Live National Network TV Broadcast Was 61 Years Ago – The Loop Closes Next Weekend In Denver
(Thanks to Bret Kepner for the big time assist on this one) – November 13, 1955 was a very important day in the history of drag racing and there are very, very few people who remember why. On...
Match Bash: Daddy Dave vs Andy Jensen At Beaver Springs Dragway – Tons More Cars
(Photo by Joe Grippo) – What is this Daddy Dave Day here at BangShift?! No, not exactly but what it does illustrate is that the idea of the Barnstorming match racer is not dead. In fact, it is...
The COMP Performance Group Is Going Big This Weekend At The St. Paul Street Machine Nationals – BE THERE!
This weekend is the St. Paul Street Machine Nationals in Minnesota and what that means is more than 7,000 cars will descend on the massive fairgrounds and show their stuff in front of tens of...
Watch LIVE Now: DragStalgia – Europe’s Largest Nostalgia Drag Race Complete With Fire Burnouts And All!
(Photo credit: Julian Hunt) – Nostalgia fans are in for a spectacular weekend as the Rat Trap and Bradfords Fiat Fuel Altereds head for Dragstalgia at the UK’s Santa Pod Raceway. Waiting...
Empire Dragway Stars and Cars Coverage: Larson, Daddy Dave, Killer Drag Cars of All Shapes!
(Words and photos by Mike Brooks) – Sunday July 3rd made an incredible day of drag racing at Empire Dragway in Leicester, NY. The track hosted their “Stars and Cars” event and it...
Rough Start: There Is No Work Needed With This Cadillac-Swapped Pontiac Fiero!
The idea of a daily-driver hot rod with styling and enough substance to hot rod mentality, but still decent enough to run every day without breaking the bank and melting your gas card has to be an...
Think Trars Are Weird? How About Trucktors – The Newest Craze Sweeping The Nation
Ok, maybe not yet but we think that this trend has the potential to outstrip even the seemingly unending number of Trars that pop up for sale on various internet sales outlets. By trend we mean one...
Hate LS Engines? Have We Got The Mustang For You! Check Out This Supercharged And Nitroused Coyote-Powered Beast!
Hearing the hatred, derision and straight-up smack talking of anything GM LS engine-related is just about a daily occurrence nowadays. So many people are quick on the draw when it comes to saying...
This 1983 Avanti Race Car Roller Needs To Be Completed – Dare To Be Different!
I love seeing unique, random builds at the tracks! Nothing against a hot Mustang or a twin-turbo Camaro, but everybody will take notice of an oddball car that they don’t normally see…and...
Watch Josef Newgarden absolutely school the entire IndyCar field at Iowa
In case you’d missed, IndyCar driver Josef Newgarden ended up on his lid at Texas Motor Speedway just a few weeks ago in one absolutely nasty-looking crash. He escaped with a “only”...
See Rocky Mountain Race Week From 1320Video’s Perspective!
If you thought a week’s worth of good, competitive drag racing was going to be missed by the 1320Video crew, you were mistaken. Chad isn’t the only tireless worker that has been running...
Would You Rather, JDM Suzuki Edition: ‘Hello Kitty’ Alto Works or Carry Microtruck?
Most car enthusiasts are well-acquainted with the 25-year law on the books in the U.S. that opens up non-U.S. market cars for import after a quarter-century from their model year. This has become a...
CLOSE CALL! Doug Cline Just Barely Misses A Deer On Rocky Mountain Race Week Drive!
When we say that anything can happen on Rocky Mountain Race Week, we mean it. Case in point: during a section of the drive earlier tonight, as the cars were driving along through fields, Doug Cline...
