Shawn Henry

Shawn Henry is the guy who remembers the weird trim option nobody ordered and can tell you why it mattered. At Backfire News he covers off-road trucks and trail builds, performance cars, racing and the collector market, plus the new tech headed for your driveway. He'll get into the technical weeds, but he figures people read about cars because cars are fun, not because they want a spec sheet. His best stories are about people: the builds they pour money into, the road trips, the communities that form around one shared obsession.
Orange County Has Charged 12 Parents Over Kids’ E-Motos and Is Eyeing 50 More, and a Dead 13-Year-Old’s Parents Are in Court Nov. 12 Electric dirt bike on display

Orange County Has Charged 12 Parents Over Kids’ E-Motos and Is Eyeing 50 More, and a Dead 13-Year-Old’s Parents Are in Court Nov. 12

Shawn Henry November 4, 2026 0
Twelve Orange County parents have been charged since January over their kids’ electric motorcycles, and District Attorney...
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Virginia Beach Dealer Co-Owner Pleaded Guilty to Straw-Buyer Scheme on 61 Navy Federal Loans, Got 74 Months and Owes $980,541.43 Dodge Challenger R/T Scat Pack, representative image

Virginia Beach Dealer Co-Owner Pleaded Guilty to Straw-Buyer Scheme on 61 Navy Federal Loans, Got 74 Months and Owes $980,541.43

Shawn Henry November 3, 2026 0
A straw purchase put 61 Navy Federal car loans in other people’s names. Here is the federal...
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Police Say a Stolen Car With Seven Teens Inside Ended Up in Maine’s Sabattus Pond, and the 16-Year-Old Driver Is Charged With Kidnapping Main Street in Sabattus, Maine, with the Main Street Market storefront

Police Say a Stolen Car With Seven Teens Inside Ended Up in Maine’s Sabattus Pond, and the 16-Year-Old Driver Is Charged With Kidnapping

Shawn Henry November 3, 2026 0
Sabattus police say a car reported stolen from Auburn carried seven juveniles into Sabattus Pond. The 16-year-old...
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Retired NYPD Detective Posted $1 Million Bail on a Manslaughter Charge in George Washington Bridge Shooting — Now He’s Indicted for Murder Traffic on the upper deck of the George Washington Bridge beneath the suspension cables

Retired NYPD Detective Posted $1 Million Bail on a Manslaughter Charge in George Washington Bridge Shooting — Now He’s Indicted for Murder

Shawn Henry November 1, 2026 0
A Manhattan grand jury indicted Victor Romero, a 62-year-old retired NYPD detective, on a second-degree murder charge...
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Palm Beach Deputies Say Shoeless Chef Hit 102 MPH in a 35 Zone, Blew 0.146 — Now He Faces a Felony Over a Red Cooler Southbound I-95 in West Palm Beach with overhead signs for Okeechobee Boulevard and Miami

Palm Beach Deputies Say Shoeless Chef Hit 102 MPH in a 35 Zone, Blew 0.146 — Now He Faces a Felony Over a Red Cooler

Shawn Henry November 1, 2026 0
Palm Beach deputies say a Boca Raton chef hit 102 mph in a 35 zone and blew...
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Ex-Office Manager at San Antonio Ferrari Dealer Accused of Charging $45,600-Plus in H-E-B Trips and Utility Bills A 2018 Ferrari 488 GTB; the Justice Department lists a 2016 and a 2018 Ferrari 488 among the seized vehicles

Ex-Office Manager at San Antonio Ferrari Dealer Accused of Charging $45,600-Plus in H-E-B Trips and Utility Bills

Shawn Henry October 31, 2026 0
Texas Department of Public Safety agents arrested a former office manager at Ferrari of San Antonio on...
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Mate Rimac Posts Footage of Someone Opening a Bugatti Chiron’s Door Near Zagreb Under the Text ‘Hmm, anyone looking?’ — Now Intent Decides the Penalty Bugatti Chiron Sport on display at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show

Mate Rimac Posts Footage of Someone Opening a Bugatti Chiron’s Door Near Zagreb Under the Text ‘Hmm, anyone looking?’ — Now Intent Decides the Penalty

Shawn Henry October 31, 2026 0
Mate Rimac posted camera footage of someone opening a Chiron's door near Zagreb. What it shows, what's...
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Off-Duty ICE Agent Pepper-Sprayed After Road-Rage Stop on Maryland’s Beltway — Now State Police Have Made No Arrests Heavy traffic on a multi-lane highway at sunset, stock photo

Off-Duty ICE Agent Pepper-Sprayed After Road-Rage Stop on Maryland’s Beltway — Now State Police Have Made No Arrests

Shawn Henry October 31, 2026 0
Maryland State Police made no arrests after an off-duty ICE agent was pepper-sprayed on I-495 in Montgomery...
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Galpin Motors President Beau Boeckmann Is Selling 129 Cars in Arizona With No Reserve, Including a One-Off Ford GT Rebuilt After a Wreck A black hot rod roadster with a red grille at a car show

Galpin Motors President Beau Boeckmann Is Selling 129 Cars in Arizona With No Reserve, Including a One-Off Ford GT Rebuilt After a Wreck

Shawn Henry October 29, 2026 0
RM Sotheby’s will sell 129 cars from the collection of Galpin Motors President Beau Boeckmann: 59 at...
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A Driver Fleeing Harris County Deputies in a Stolen Vehicle Fell Out Mid-Chase, Deputies Say. Then It Ran Him Over. A Harris County Sheriff's Office Ford Police Interceptor Utility patrol vehicle

A Driver Fleeing Harris County Deputies in a Stolen Vehicle Fell Out Mid-Chase, Deputies Say. Then It Ran Him Over.

Shawn Henry October 28, 2026
Harris County deputies say a driver fleeing in a stolen vehicle opened the door, fell out, and...
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Solon Police Say a Man Traded His 82-Year-Old Mom’s Car for Drugs. A $375 Cigarette Heist Is How They Found It. A 7-Eleven convenience store storefront

Solon Police Say a Man Traded His 82-Year-Old Mom’s Car for Drugs. A $375 Cigarette Heist Is How They Found It.

Shawn Henry October 28, 2026
Solon, Ohio police say an 82-year-old woman's car, which her son had permission to use, was traded...
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Court Commissioner Halves Bail for Kenosha Hellcat Race Suspect With a Prior Conviction for the Same Felony White car with purple stripes driving on road

Court Commissioner Halves Bail for Kenosha Hellcat Race Suspect With a Prior Conviction for the Same Felony

Shawn Henry October 28, 2026 0
Jose Daniel Alvarez Nunez stood before Kenosha County Court Commissioner Daniel E. Kellum for six minutes on...
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