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The Fairlane That Drove Fireball Roberts to Eight Wins in 1957 Spent Decades Forgotten in a Backyard
Lot S247 at Mecum’s Nashville 2026 sale doesn’t look like much beyond a boxy red-and-white two-door with a hand-painted number…
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A 1946 Solar Midget That Raced Chicago’s Meanest Bullrings Is Heading to Mecum’s Nashville Block With No Reserve
Lot S224 at Mecum’s Nashville sale this month doesn’t have a supercharger, doesn’t have air conditioning, and definitely doesn’t have…
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Shaquille O’Neal Dumped His Tesla Cybertrucks for a Cadillac Escalade IQ, and It’s All About Range
Shaquille O’Neal has forgotten more cars than most people will ever own, and he means that almost literally. He’s admitted…
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A 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air Packing a Supercharged 525-HP LSA V8 Is Heading to Barrett-Jackson’s Las Vegas Auction With No Reserve
Lot 744 at Barrett-Jackson’s Las Vegas auction is a 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air Custom Coupe, and if you’re picturing a…
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Nearly 300 Cars Are Heading to a Colorado Field Sale, and the 50-Cent Opening Bid Is the Least Interesting Number
Three generations of car collecting are about to change hands in a field outside Eaton, Colorado. On September 19, VanDerBrink…
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Have This With Your Coffee: Your Backfire News Round-Up for September 12
Rise and shine — here’s everything that ran on Backfire News yesterday, all in one place before you start scrolling…
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The First Officially Licensed Eleanor Mustang Ever Built Is Now For Sale
Every officially licensed Eleanor Mustang built over the last two decades owes its existence to one specific fastback. Custom shop…
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Paul Newman’s Daytona-Winning Mustang Cobra Was Never Really a Mustang Underneath
Paul Newman had just picked up a Best Actor Oscar nomination for Nobody’s Fool when, at 70 years old, he…
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Ferrari’s Only Factory Matte-Black Enzo Is for Sale, and Nobody Will Put a Number on It
Somewhere in a climate-controlled facility in Ontario sits a Ferrari that shouldn’t technically exist on paper. Ferrari built exactly 399…
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The Ferrari Raquel Welch Kept After a Movie Nobody Remembers
“Fathom” cost 20th Century Fox $2.2 million to make in 1966 and clawed back barely $1 million in North American…
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Ducati Didn’t Announce the 2027 Diavel V4 S — California’s Emissions Paperwork Did
Ducati has a very deliberate way of introducing new motorcycles. It’s called the World Première, a rolling calendar of teaser…
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Kyle Busch’s Nickname Goes Before Clark County Tuesday, and a 1988 Rule Says Only One ‘Rowdy’ Gets to Exist
Las Vegas Motor Speedway has asked Clark County for a pair of street signs, and the request is far more…