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YouTuber Kyle Loftis, founder of popular 1320Video street racing channel, dead at 43

Nypost · · 333 words · By Patrick Reilly
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YouTuber Kyle Loftis, founder of popular 1320Video street racing channel, dead at 43 Kyle Loftis, a YouTuber who gained millions of followers for his underground street-racing page, has died, his company said.

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What happened

YouTuber Kyle Loftis, founder of popular 1320Video street racing channel, dead at 43 Kyle Loftis, a YouTuber who gained millions of followers for his underground street-racing page, has died, his company said.

Why it matters

“We are in a state of shock,” 1320Video said in an emotional social media post, without detailing exactly how its founder died Tuesday night.

Common ground

“Kyle’s passion for motorsports inspired millions of people around the world and we will never forget what he has done to grow our beloved sport.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/07/us-news/kyle-loftis-founder-of-1320video-street-ra…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “it now calls itself “the largest streetcar media company in the world” with more than 3.87 million followers on its YouTube channel”
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Multiple sources report that the 1320Video YouTube channel has more than 3.87 million followers.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A subscriber to a channel on the American video-sharing platform YouTube is a user with an account who chooses to follow a channel's content by clicking on that channel's "Subscribe" button, and each …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-subscribed_YouTub…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — YouTube is an American online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim, and Steve Chen who were all former employees of PayPal. He…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — YouTube, formerly named YouTube Spotlight, is the official YouTube channel for the American video-sharing platform of the same name, spotlighting videos and events on the platform. Events shown on the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube_(YouTube_channel)
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Claim 2: “Kyle Loftis, founder of popular 1320Video street racing channel, dead at 43”
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Multiple sources confirm the death of Kyle Loftis, but they contradict each other on his age. One source states he died at 43, while another explicitly states he was 34 years old.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lawrence Garrett Mitchell (born April 5, 1995), known professionally as Cleetus McFarland, is an American YouTuber and professional stock car racing driver. As of April 2026, he has over 4.6 million …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleetus_McFarland
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donnie Loftis (born September 7, 1956) is an American politician who has served in the North Carolina House of Representatives since November 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he represents the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie_Loftis
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Widow's Bay is an American comedy horror television series created by Katie Dippold for Apple TV, starring Matthew Rhys, Kate O'Flynn, and Kevin Carroll. The series premiered on April 29, 2026.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widow's_Bay
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Claim 3: “In 2006, he launched the 1320Video YouTube channel”
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While the launch of the YouTube channel is mentioned in the context of the death reports, only one specific source provided in the evidence explicitly dates the YouTube channel launch to 2006.
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web search NEUTRAL — When 1320Video started, Loftis filmed street races, drag events and small-tire competitions with a handheld camera. Kyle Loftis Facebook.
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/remembering-kyle-loftis-1320video-…
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web search NEUTRAL — 10 years later, Kyle Loftis, founder of 1320Video, watched his YouTube channel reach 1-million subscribers, a mega accomplishment on the video sharing site, one that any media company would be proud o…
https://www.hotrod.com/news/drag-racing-lives-forever-1320vi…
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web search NEUTRAL — Need to know. Kyle Loftis, the founder of the street racing YouTube channel, died at age 43 on May 5. The content creator's accounts have a combined following of over 10 million, covering speed racing…
https://www.aol.com/articles/kyle-loftis-founder-street-raci…
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Claim 4: “Loftis founded 1320Video in 2003”
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Multiple independent sources (including a dedicated tribute and a 'Who is Kyle Loftis' article) confirm he founded 1320Video in 2003.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lawrence Garrett Mitchell (born April 5, 1995), known professionally as Cleetus McFarland, is an American YouTuber and professional stock car racing driver. As of April 2026, he has over 4.6 million …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleetus_McFarland
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donnie Loftis (born September 7, 1956) is an American politician who has served in the North Carolina House of Representatives since November 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he represents the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie_Loftis
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Widow's Bay is an American comedy horror television series created by Katie Dippold for Apple TV, starring Matthew Rhys, Kate O'Flynn, and Kevin Carroll. The series premiered on April 29, 2026.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widow's_Bay
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Claim 5: “The Sarpy County Sheriff’s Office, based just south of Omaha, Nebraska, confirmed to People Magazine that officers responded to a death investigation”
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AOL reports that a spokesperson for the Sarpy County Sheriff's Office confirmed to PEOPLE that they responded to a death investigation regarding Kyle Loftis. Wikipedia confirms Sarpy County is in Nebraska.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mills County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,484. The county seat is Glenwood. The county was formed in 1851 and named for Major Frederick M…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mills_County,_Iowa
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pottawattamie County () is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. At the 2020 census, its population was 93,667, and was estimated to be 92,996 in 2025, making it the tenth-most populous county i…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sarpy County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 190,604, and was estimated to be 208,303 in 2025, making it the third-most populous county in …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarpy_County,_Nebraska
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Claim 6: “the Nebraska-based company’s merchandise can be found at racing events across the country”
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Sources confirm 1320Video is Nebraska-based (mentioning Omaha) and that it generates revenue through merchandise sales and events like the Ice Cream Cruise.
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web search NEUTRAL — 1320Video also made money through merchandise sales, partnerships with automotive companies, sponsored content, and branded collaborations connected to racing culture and performance vehicles.
https://www.bollywoodshaadis.com/articles/kyle-loftis-net-wo…
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web search NEUTRAL — Events connected to 1320Video, including the Ice Cream Cruise in Omaha, Nebraska, became popular among racing fans and helped strengthen the company’s name in car culture.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/international-spo…
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web search NEUTRAL — Loftis launched 1320Video in 2003 to document street racing and underground automotive culture that mainstream outlets largely ignored. Over two decades, the platform established a massive digital foo…
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/legacy-future-1320video-kyle-lofti…
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Claim 7: “Loftis first launched 1320Video.com as a passion project in 2003”
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Multiple sources confirm that Loftis launched 1320Video.com in 2003 as a project to document street racing.
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web search NEUTRAL — Loftis was an integral part of 1320Video’s beginnings and success. Learn about the late website founder here.It’s still unclear what happened to him, but he appeared in some of 1320Video’s social medi…
https://hollywoodlife.com/feature/who-was-kyle-loftis-1320vi…
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web search NEUTRAL — Kyle LoftisCredit: Kyle Loftis/Facebook. On its pages, 1320Video covers speed racing events, cars and drivers, with daily videos and posts in which Loftis was a regular fixture.
https://www.aol.com/articles/kyle-loftis-founder-street-raci…
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web search NEUTRAL — Kyle Loftis Kyle Loftis Facebook. Kyle Loftis, founder of the widely followed motorsports platform 1320Video, has died suddenly, leaving the global car community in shock.
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/kyle-loftis-1320video-founder-dies…
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