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.
Appleton Police Want the Driver Who Towed a Car, With Two People Aboard, Over a Taco Bell Drive-Thru Bollard Cars lined up at a Taco Bell drive-thru at night

Appleton Police Want the Driver Who Towed a Car, With Two People Aboard, Over a Taco Bell Drive-Thru Bollard

Shawn Henry October 23, 2026 0
Appleton police are asking for help identifying a white work truck whose flatbed trailer, carrying a car...
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Parents Charged After Their 13-Year-Old Died on an E-Moto at 43 MPH — Prosecutors Say Dad Bought It After a Broken Leg A red Sur-Ron electric dirt bike on display

Parents Charged After Their 13-Year-Old Died on an E-Moto at 43 MPH — Prosecutors Say Dad Bought It After a Broken Leg

Shawn Henry October 23, 2026 0
Orange County prosecutors say a Santa Ana father bought his 13-year-old a faster e-moto after a broken...
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Dania Beach Deputies Say a Dealership Worker Asked a Coworker to Price Repairs on the Sonata That Killed a Man 2024 Hyundai Sonata SEL, front three-quarter view

Dania Beach Deputies Say a Dealership Worker Asked a Coworker to Price Repairs on the Sonata That Killed a Man

Shawn Henry October 22, 2026 0
Broward deputies say Keila Maldonado, 21, left a fatal crash on Sheridan Street and then asked a...
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Sam Hard Wants Yenko Accreditation for the ‘2 Fast 2 Furious’ Camaro. One Problem: It Was Never a Yenko Blue 1969 Chevrolet Camaro with white stripes displayed as the 2 Fast 2 Furious Yenko at the 2024 Brussels Motor Show

Sam Hard Wants Yenko Accreditation for the ‘2 Fast 2 Furious’ Camaro. One Problem: It Was Never a Yenko

Shawn Henry October 22, 2026 0
British mechanic Sam Hard says he bought a screen-used 2 Fast 2 Furious Camaro and wants Yenko...
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Memphis Owner Found His Stolen 2014 Corvette Before Police Did. Inside: A Non-Original Key and a Full-Auto Rifle Representative 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Z51 (C7)

Memphis Owner Found His Stolen 2014 Corvette Before Police Did. Inside: A Non-Original Key and a Full-Auto Rifle

Shawn Henry October 22, 2026 0
A Memphis man tracked his stolen 2014 Corvette to a Southeast Memphis lot, where police found two...
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NASCAR Hits Zane Smith With a $50,000 Fine for His Phoenix Hit on Carson Hocevar, Says He Ignored a July Warning Carson Hocevar's No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet parked on the grid at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

NASCAR Hits Zane Smith With a $50,000 Fine for His Phoenix Hit on Carson Hocevar, Says He Ignored a July Warning

Shawn Henry October 21, 2026 0
NASCAR fined Zane Smith $50,000 for hitting Carson Hocevar after the Phoenix Cup race and says a...
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Troopers Say a Waterford Man Fled at 150-Plus MPH, Then Claimed His Burned-Out Corvette Was Stolen. Now He’s Charged With Lying New York State Police Troop G Dodge Charger patrol car, rear view

Troopers Say a Waterford Man Fled at 150-Plus MPH, Then Claimed His Burned-Out Corvette Was Stolen. Now He’s Charged With Lying

Shawn Henry October 20, 2026 0
State Police say the Corvette’s owner drove it away from troopers at over 150 mph, then wrote...
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Fort Collins Police Say the Silverado Saw the Pedestrians at 23 Feet. Its 88-Year-Old Driver Had the Pedal at 99% Gray 2021 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 RST crew cab parked on a street, rear three-quarter view

Fort Collins Police Say the Silverado Saw the Pedestrians at 23 Feet. Its 88-Year-Old Driver Had the Pedal at 99%

Shawn Henry October 20, 2026 0
A Fort Collins police affidavit says Van Lemaster's 2021 Silverado detected pedestrians and had emergency braking on,...
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A TikTok Account Slapped ‘Wheelies Mean Jail’ on an Ormond Beach Police Clip. Florida Law Says Not Without a Street Takeover — Watch Two uniformed Ormond Beach Police Department officers seated in front of a department backdrop

A TikTok Account Slapped ‘Wheelies Mean Jail’ on an Ormond Beach Police Clip. Florida Law Says Not Without a Street Takeover — Watch

Shawn Henry October 20, 2026 0
A TikTok video posted by the account Snarp shows two uniformed Ormond Beach, Florida, police officers seated...
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The ‘Cursed’ Car Franz Ferdinand Died In Didn’t Kill a Dozen Owners. It’s Been Sitting in a Vienna Museum for Decades The Gräf & Stift Double Phaeton Archduke Franz Ferdinand was riding in when he was assassinated, on display at the Museum of Military History in Vienna

The ‘Cursed’ Car Franz Ferdinand Died In Didn’t Kill a Dozen Owners. It’s Been Sitting in a Vienna Museum for Decades

Shawn Henry October 19, 2026 0
Franz Ferdinand's Gräf & Stift is real and sits in a Vienna museum. The curse that supposedly...
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5 Underrated Muscle Cars, Led by a 1-of-164 Buick GS Stage 1 Convertible That Sold $14,400 Under Estimate 1970 Buick GS 455 Stage 1 coupe in Desert Gold

5 Underrated Muscle Cars, Led by a 1-of-164 Buick GS Stage 1 Convertible That Sold $14,400 Under Estimate

Shawn Henry October 14, 2026 0
A Buick GS Stage 1 convertible sold under estimate at RM Sotheby's Hershey sale, and four other...
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