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More Updates On Alex Taylor’s 6-Second ’55 Chevy Build: Her And Dennis Have Lots Of Updates, And A New Show She Just Filmed.

May 30, 20211320 Project Cars, 1320 Spotlight, 1320 Videos, CAR FEATURES, CHEVY, Project Cars, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos

More Updates On Alex Taylor’s 6-Second ’55 Chevy Build: Her And Dennis Have Lots Of Updates, And A New Show She Just Filmed.

This is a really busy update episode for Alex and Dennis, as they have been burning the candle at both ends. Dennis has been at home thrashing on the ’55, while Alex was out shooting a new show for Motortrend. Of course, she had all kinds of drama getting to and from the Motortrend shoot and was feeling guilty about leaving when she did with so much left to do on the car. But when opportunity knocks you got to answer the door.

In this episode, there are a ton of updates on the ’55 as well as information about the show that Alex was shooting, along with a lot of other cool people. It should be a fun one to watch. Even though she was gone, a lot of work got done and the car is moving along. Building a car at this level, in this timeframe, is a task that most people wouldn’t be able to complete. But the Taylors aren’t the average hot rodding or racing family. There is more talent in their shop than you’ll find most anywhere else, and it is awesome to watch this one come together.

If you have been watching, stay tuned as there will be plenty more build episodes coming over the next few weeks. This thing is supposed to be racing in June! If you haven’t been watching until now, use the link below to watch whatever you’ve missed.

CLICK HERE IF YOU HAVE MISSED ANY EPISODES

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This 1966 Chevrolet Nova Wagon Is LSA Swapped Goodness And Is Ready For Rocky Mountain Race Week Or Drag Week!

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When Last Minute Testing Your Burnout Truck For Cleetus And Cars, Sometimes Your Driveway Becomes The Burnout Pad

May 02, 20211320 Spotlight, 1320 Videos, FUNNY STUFF, RACING & ACTION, Videos

When Last Minute Testing Your Burnout Truck For Cleetus And Cars, Sometimes Your Driveway Becomes The Burnout Pad

Yep, James is no poser, that’s for sure. When under a time crunch to get their LS Swapped S10 Burnout truck, aka Burnie, ready for Cleetus and Cars Burnout Rivals in Indy, sometimes you have to piss off the neighbors. After stealing the trans out of his race car, and going through brake issues and a couple other snags, Burnie was back up and running with just hours to go before leaving for Indy. Of course there were a couple other snags and just an hour before it had to be on the trailer there was testing that needed going. After all, you got to know if there are vibrations, if the new torque converter is okay, and whether the brakes will hold for big time tire frying excitement or not.

Testing was in order and with no time to go anywhere else, the driveway became the burnout pad whether the neighbors liked it or not. Now I happen to know James’ neighborhood. I went there to pick up some tires he hooked me up with for the drive days on Rocky Mountain Race Week in 2019. It’s your average Colorado high desert neighborhood with family homes all around. This is not the country, and it is not remote. It is very close to town.

But the testing had to happen and the results were no vibrations, a tune that needs some tweaks, and brakes that need more bleeding to hold. But most importantly the smoke happened. And lots of it. Watch.

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FREE LIVE RACING – Footbrake Racers Are Getting It On! The Bigfoot $75,000 Footbrake Only Race Starts Today!

Apr 16, 20211320 Drag News, 1320 Spotlight, 1320 Videos

FREE LIVE RACING – Footbrake Racers Are Getting It On! The Bigfoot $75,000 Footbrake Only Race Starts Today!

We all know that big money bracket racing has gotten bigger, and richer, and more exciting over the past few years, but one of the coolest things is the embrace the racing community has given to bottom bulb racers in all this. Recognizing that bottom bulb racers who can cut a .00 light and run dead on at the stripe are arguably even more bad ass than someone doing so with a brake and a delay box, means that they deserve a place on the stage. More and more big money races are giving bottom bulb racers their own eliminations rounds until they get down to one, and some of their own shootouts as well. But within the bottom bulb big money bracket racing community is a special group. Footbrakers.

With no trans brake, anyone that can go .00 and run dead on the number swapping feet at the green is a bad ass in our book. Apparently the rest of the world agrees, because there are more and more footbrake classes and events being put on than ever. It gives bracket racers, and NHRA Stock and Super Stock racers, the chance to put on a show and go for big money.

This weekend’s Loose Rocker Promotions Bigfoot $75,000 race is for footbrake racers only. Not a trans brake in sight, and money starting to fly at just round 3. Oh, and if there are enough cars to make 10 rounds happen then the purse goes up to $100,000!

Watch all the action live right here!

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Our FREE LIVE Streaming Video Coverage Of The Spring Fling Million In Las Vegas Continues Today! 5-Days Of FREE RACING!!!

Mar 27, 20211320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Spotlight, BangShift 1320, DRAG RACES, Event Coverage, RACING & ACTION, Videos

Our FREE LIVE Streaming Video Coverage Of The Spring Fling Million In Las Vegas Continues Today! 5-Days Of FREE RACING!!!

That’s right folks, we’re SUPER excited to be bringing you 5 days of awesome bracket racing from The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway at the 2021 K&N Spring Fling Million presented by Optima Batteries. While the big show starts on Wednesday, we’ll be live on Tuesday afternoon for the American Race Cars, Todd’s Extreme Custom Paint, Dragster Shootout Race. The winner will take home a rolling American Race Cars 240″ Dragster chassis with a complete custom paint job by Todd’s. This is a big shootout for 32 cars and will be the perfect way to start off the weekend here in Vegas.

We will be live Tuesday afternoon, and then all day Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday for all the racing action. Check out the flyer below for details on the payout and event prizes, but know that Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday racers will be going after $30,000 to win. Friday is the big money Million race which has a guaranteed purse of $250,000 to the winner regardless of entries. We’re pretty sure this race is going to be off the hook based on our last west coast race this year. Given the fact that all the heavy hitters are heading cross country for it as well, this promises to be one hell of an event.

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Jasmine Salinas Walks Away From An INSANE A-Fuel Dragster Crash At The NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville Florida.

Mar 13, 20211320 Drag News, 1320 Spotlight, 1320 Videos

Jasmine Salinas Walks Away From An INSANE A-Fuel Dragster Crash At The NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville Florida.

This is one of the most insane dragster crashes we’ve ever seen, and thank God Jasmine Salinas walked away from it. NHRA referred to it as a blow over, but there was a lot more going on here than your “typical” dragster blow over. Jasmine, who finished qualifying in the number two spot in Top Alcohol Dragster, is clearly no slouch in this race car and it was working very well here in Gainesville. On this particular run, after leaving the starting line, you’ll see that the car does a pretty abrupt and big wheelstand which puts it hard on the wheelie bar. After pedaling the car to get the front end down, Salinas rolls back into the throttle to see what she can make out of the run. At this point she is not doing anything stupid. Not at all. This is NOT a case of someone continuing to drive the car when there was not reason. She simply rolled into the throttle again to see what she could salvage. Again, this is not uncommon to see what the car will do should this scenario happen during eliminations. Salinas was already at the top of the qualifying sheet, only to be surpassed by the very car in the other lane during this crash.

As Jasmine got back on the throttle and trucking along, and with the car fully hooked up and the clutch in full lock, the front end drove up in a big power wheelie that broke the wheelie back and let the car climb to the moon before there was anything she could do about it. Flying through the air straight up, and then straight down, over the span of the last half of the 1/4 mile track was scary enough, but she wasn’t even close to done with this wild ride. After landing on and over the wall, the car tumbled and flipped over and over again, coming apart before reaching the tree line past the finish line. With the car in complete shambles around her, Jasmine climbed out of the car on her own and was attended to by Safety Safari. She didn’t want to go to the hospital for evaluation, but the medical team insisted. She was back at the track later in the afternoon, and the video of that is below as well.

Big thanks to Sam Davidowicz for snagging great footage of this crazy one and sharing it with the world. We REALLY appreciate the angle. Thanks dude.

Video by Sam Davidowicz and NHRA.

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Chassis Swapping A Squarebody Crew Cab Onto A Dodge Cummins 4×4 Chassis!

Watch The American Door Slammer Nationals LIVE Right Here!

Nov 21, 20201320 Event Coverage, 1320 Spotlight, 1320 Videos

Watch The American Door Slammer Nationals LIVE Right Here!

I’ve driven dragsters, but my first love are door cars. They are fun, can be as quick as you want to go, and they just feel right. I do like the occasional roadster as well, but prefer those with the driver on one side or the other instead of sitting in the middle like a funny car or altered. Good thing for me that the American Door Slammer Nationals are LIVE this weekend thanks to our friends at MotorManiaTV. Any door car. Any left hand drive roadster. Any reason to have fun. This is a must watch event that you won’t want to miss this weekend.

Held at the famed Piedmont Dragway, this Loose Rocker Promotions event is one of the highlights of 2020. During a year where we have all been cooped up and have had so many cancelled events, this is one of those that feels really good to see happening before we get into the final weekends of racing for 2020. This is going to be a year to remember for sure, and whoever wins this event is going to remember it because of the real money they got to put into their pocket.

Watch all the racing LIVE today and tomorrow right here. And thanks again to MotorManiaTV for sharing this great action with the world for FREE!

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SDBA Drag Boat Races Will Be LIVE Here On BANGshift Starting Sunday Morning!

Sep 27, 20201320 Event Coverage, 1320 Spotlight

SDBA Drag Boat Races Will Be LIVE Here On BANGshift Starting Sunday Morning!

That’s right folks, we’ve got more Southern Drag Boat Association racing coming to you live right here at BANGshift.com. We were live Saturday morning and will be live again Sunday morning around 9 am Central Time. We had an awesome time bringing you their Paris Texas event a few months ago and are happy to announce that their El Reno Oklahoma event this Saturday and Sunday will be LIVE in it’s entirety right here! We cannot stress enough just how cool it is to watch the drag boats hauling ass across the water. We’re talking 3 second 1/8 mile boats, and all kinds of combinations. Hydros, Jets, Flat bottoms, Pro Mods, Super Stock, and so much more. The racing action is fun, the scenery is cool, and the people are an absolute riot.

When we did the event in Paris, the welcome that we got from everyone at the SDBA, and the racers in general, was absolutely amazing. They treated us like family, fed us, welcomed us with open arms, and were so genuinely thrilled to have us on site that most were acting like kids in a candy store.

This weekend is supposed to be in the low 80’s, with great conditions for racing on the water, and I’m looking forward to seeing what kind of record breaking runs we might see. Tune in Saturday morning, at 8 am Central, as we kick off the racing action. You won’t want to miss it.

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Bring On The Violence: Rockbouncers Return To Cable Hill

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LIVE Big Money Bracket Racing For Juniors! The Summer Blast Race Is A Junior Dragsters Only Event With Big Money On The Line.

Aug 01, 20201320 Event Coverage, 1320 Spotlight, 1320 Videos

LIVE Big Money Bracket Racing For Juniors! The Summer Blast Race Is A Junior Dragsters Only Event With Big Money On The Line.

For the last few years people have been talking about putting on big money bracket races just for the Jr. Dragster crowd, and to answer that call is The Summer Blast race at Beaver Springs Dragway where Jr. Dragster racers will be going after $10,000! Can you imagine winning $10,000 at 10 years old? Or even at 15? Hell no, but these kids are going for it. We’re talking big stakes, killer reaction times, and family for for the weekend. It’s The Summer Blast and all the action is live right here thanks to our friends at MotorManiaTV. Watch all the action below, and don’t forget to like and share and subscibe and ring the bell and rub your belly and whatever else they tell you to do for YouTube videos!

What I love about this race is that there is nothing else going down the track that the Jr. Dragster drivers have to play second fiddle to. This is their chance to be the stars, outside of the Jr. Finals and those kinds of points races. This is all about them, the way it should be, and I imagine the energy there is intense and fun. I bet the parent crew chiefs are feeling the pressure today too!

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New Project Alert! Motion Raceworks Kick Off The Drag Week/Rocky Mountain Race Week Extreme Blazer Project!

Jul 26, 20201320 Project Cars, 1320 Spotlight

New Project Alert! Motion Raceworks Kick Off The Drag Week/Rocky Mountain Race Week Extreme Blazer Project!

Before too long everyone at Motion Raceworks is going to have a car ready to run on Rocky Mountain Race Week and Drag Week! They’ve been getting Novas and GTOs ready and now it’s time for the S10 contingent to get some more love. The guys at Motion have been building S10 parts for some time, but the are putting even more work into them and using this test bed to develop new parts, give tech lesson on their Tech Tuesday video series, and more. Plus it’s going to be rad and fun! What’s not to love about that? I mean isn’t that enough reason to build something? We think so, and so do they and since we have our own S1o Blazer project in the works it will be fun to have both of them out there running the Motion M on the side and having some wheelstanding fun at the drag strip.

In this video the guys introduce the project, argue about how much it weighs, how much it will weigh, talk about getting skinnier themselves, and overall have some fun tearing into the new project. I LOVE this video because most of it happened while Doug and Andy were on Rocky Mountain Race Week a few weeks ago and it gives you an awesome look into the other guys of Motion Race Works. I am super glad to call these dudes friends, have a great time traveling to events and shows with them, and can tell you that I laughed a bunch while watching this one because it reminds me of every time I’m with them.

So, watch the video, have fun, and be inspired!

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Show Some Class: 1970 Buick Skylark GS 455 In Black

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The Green Light: WebMD Highlights Paul Lee’s Journey Back To Driving A Funny Car After A Heart Attack.

Jul 18, 20201320 Spotlight, 1320 Videos

The Green Light: WebMD Highlights Paul Lee’s Journey Back To Driving A Funny Car After A Heart Attack.

When our friend, and owner of McLeod and FTI, Paul Lee had his heart attack back in 2016 the NHRA Drag Racing community was shocked. Paul was one of these in-shape guys that you never expected to have a massive heart attack. When it became clear that this heart attack caused major, life changing, damage, Paul went into get back to living mode. That meant massive amounts of physical therapy, conditioning, and more, but with the understanding that none of it would ever allow him to race a Nitro burning hot rod again. His racing career was over, after years of working to get to the very spot he was in right before the heart attack.

He had just signed a deal to race a third Kalitta Motorsports Funny Car and was looking forward to his career in racing moving onward and upward. And then the heart attack took that all away.

We talked to him multiple times afterwards, and can tell you that his attitude toward life and business and growth was amazing, even though he had a very real and apparent disappointment in never getting behind the wheel again. Most people would not have handled it so well.

Imagine his surprise though, when the doctors said his recovery was so good maybe he could make a hit in the race car again! Well that was all he needed to start pushing harder and working with medical staff to see if that could become a genuine reality. Watch this great short film from WebMD to see the journey and learn the story. It’s pretty awesome.

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