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One Of Just 2,610: This Numbers-Matching 1963 Split-Window Corvette Fuelie Can Be Yours, Plus $20,000 Cash awgwukb3tiiifhn5hmel

One Of Just 2,610: This Numbers-Matching 1963 Split-Window Corvette Fuelie Can Be Yours, Plus $20,000 Cash

Eve Nowell June 10, 2026

The 1963 Chevrolet Corvette split-window coupe is one of the most coveted shapes General Motors ever put...

Inside The $630K Truck-Theft Ring That Rented Stolen Semis To Clueless Businesses, And The Dozens Still Missing 19241120_ncsbi-arrests-img

Inside The $630K Truck-Theft Ring That Rented Stolen Semis To Clueless Businesses, And The Dozens Still Missing

Shawn Henry June 9, 2026

Two men in North Carolina are accused of running a scheme that turned stolen trucks into a...

The Ferrari-Killing Ford GT40 Is Getting A Successor, And It’s Coming From A Company You’ve Never Heard Of Cape-Advanced-Vehicles-Ford-GT40-Recreation-Exterior-001-Rear-Three-Quarters

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The Ferrari-Killing Ford GT40 Is Getting A Successor, And It’s Coming From A Company You’ve Never Heard Of

John Lloyd June 9, 2026

The Ford GT40 earned its legend by humiliating Ferrari on the biggest stage in motorsport, and now...

GMC’s Wild Hummer X Is The EV Off-Roader Enthusiasts Have Begged For, So Why Won’t GM Actually Build It? GMC-Hummer-X-SUV-Concept-Press-Photos-Exterior-002-side

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GMC’s Wild Hummer X Is The EV Off-Roader Enthusiasts Have Begged For, So Why Won’t GM Actually Build It?

John Lloyd June 9, 2026

GMC just showed off an electric off-roader that looks meaner, tougher, and more interesting than anything currently...

This 130-MPH ‘Cannonball’ Sedan Killed Its Own Headlights To Outrun Colorado Cops, And It Still Got Caught I-25-US_87_NB_from_US_285-CO_30_overpass

This 130-MPH ‘Cannonball’ Sedan Killed Its Own Headlights To Outrun Colorado Cops, And It Still Got Caught

Shawn Henry June 9, 2026

A late-night pursuit along Interstate 25 in northern Colorado ended with two people behind bars and a...

Jason Momoa Yanked The Engines Out Of His Vintage Land Rovers And Harleys, And Enthusiasts Are Furious momoa-on-the-roam-electrogenic-ev-conversions

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Jason Momoa Yanked The Engines Out Of His Vintage Land Rovers And Harleys, And Enthusiasts Are Furious

Eve Nowell June 9, 2026

Jason Momoa just took a torch to one of the oldest arguments in car culture, and he...

Audi Secretly Built A 987-HP Supercar That Embarrasses Lamborghini, And It’ll Cost You Nearly $700,000 4de94a16-a2e6-40b8-abc2-1a34c71f4ee2

Audi Secretly Built A 987-HP Supercar That Embarrasses Lamborghini, And It’ll Cost You Nearly $700,000

John Lloyd June 8, 2026

Audi just dropped a 987-horsepower hybrid supercar on the world, and almost nobody saw it coming. The...

Gas Monkey’s Six-Wheel Ferrari Nearly Died In Another Shop’s Hands. Here’s The Real Story Behind The F6 419c7dd9303739de0a0c0bec50ff5396

Gas Monkey’s Six-Wheel Ferrari Nearly Died In Another Shop’s Hands. Here’s The Real Story Behind The F6

John Lloyd June 8, 2026

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The Cars of Prince: What the Estate’s Records Actually Reveal white and yellow cat graffiti on blue wall

The Cars of Prince: What the Estate’s Records Actually Reveal

John Lloyd June 8, 2026

When a music legend like Prince passes, myth tends to outrun fact. Stories of fleets of purple...

Two Classic 4x4s Just Sold For $10 At No Reserve, And The Seller Actually Lost Money 1980_international-harvester_scout-ii_pxl_20260519_233701684-69319

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Two Classic 4x4s Just Sold For $10 At No Reserve, And The Seller Actually Lost Money

Eve Nowell June 8, 2026

A no-reserve auction on Bring a Trailer just ended at $10, and the winning bidder walked away...

A One-Off Czinger 21C Just Surfaced With Exposed Blue Carbon, and the Spec Sheet Is Pure Money One-off-Czinger-21C-3

A One-Off Czinger 21C Just Surfaced With Exposed Blue Carbon, and the Spec Sheet Is Pure Money

Shawn Henry June 8, 2026

Someone just commissioned a one-of-one Czinger 21C, and the spec is a lesson in restraint that still...

Maryland Drag Racer Thomas Logue Killed in Nitrous Bottle Explosion at Home Hand holding pink nos bottle in car

Maryland Drag Racer Thomas Logue Killed in Nitrous Bottle Explosion at Home

Shawn Henry June 7, 2026

The drag racing community is grieving after 33-year-old Maryland racer Thomas Logue was killed in a nitrous...

Backfire News Weekly Recap: June 4–6, 2026 Formula 1 Race Car on Track

Backfire News Weekly Recap: June 4–6, 2026

Eve Nowell June 6, 2026

It was a packed week on Backfire News, with coverage spanning Formula 1, NASCAR history, truck culture,...

Mooresville Dragway Is Becoming a $50M Motorsports Country Club Aerial view of a drag strip and surrounding land slated for redevelopment

Mooresville Dragway Is Becoming a $50M Motorsports Country Club

Elizabeth Puckett June 6, 2026

Mooresville Dragway, one of North Carolina’s most storied quarter-mile strips, is getting a $50 million makeover —...

Why This 550-HP Barrett-Jackson Ford F-150 Restomod Is Turning Heads and Could Soon Belong to One Lucky Driver

Eve Nowell June 5, 2026

The classic truck market has become a battleground for collectors, builders and enthusiasts chasing the perfect mix...

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One Of Just 2,610: This Numbers-Matching 1963 Split-Window Corvette Fuelie Can Be Yours, Plus $20,000 Cash

Inside The $630K Truck-Theft Ring That Rented Stolen Semis To Clueless Businesses, And The Dozens Still Missing

The Ferrari-Killing Ford GT40 Is Getting A Successor, And It’s Coming From A Company You’ve Never Heard Of

GMC’s Wild Hummer X Is The EV Off-Roader Enthusiasts Have Begged For, So Why Won’t GM Actually Build It?

This 130-MPH ‘Cannonball’ Sedan Killed Its Own Headlights To Outrun Colorado Cops, And It Still Got Caught

Jason Momoa Yanked The Engines Out Of His Vintage Land Rovers And Harleys, And Enthusiasts Are Furious

Audi Secretly Built A 987-HP Supercar That Embarrasses Lamborghini, And It’ll Cost You Nearly $700,000

Gas Monkey’s Six-Wheel Ferrari Nearly Died In Another Shop’s Hands. Here’s The Real Story Behind The F6

The Cars of Prince: What the Estate’s Records Actually Reveal

Two Classic 4x4s Just Sold For $10 At No Reserve, And The Seller Actually Lost Money

A One-Off Czinger 21C Just Surfaced With Exposed Blue Carbon, and the Spec Sheet Is Pure Money

Maryland Drag Racer Thomas Logue Killed in Nitrous Bottle Explosion at Home

Backfire News Weekly Recap: June 4–6, 2026

Mooresville Dragway Is Becoming a $50M Motorsports Country Club

Why This 550-HP Barrett-Jackson Ford F-150 Restomod Is Turning Heads and Could Soon Belong to One Lucky Driver

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