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Backfire Chronicles

Backfire Chronicles tells the stories automotive history left behind — the cars that misfired, the engines that almost changed everything, and the moments the industry would rather forget.

Every episode covers one car, engine, or era: the ambition behind it, what went wrong, and the lesson the industry learned the hard way. From spectacular flops to quiet failures that reshaped entire brands, this is automotive history told through its mistakes.

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16:44

Smokey Yunick Built an Engine That Broke Zero Rules. NASCAR Panicked

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Smokey Yunick Cheated Legally, and NASCAR Had to Rewrite the Rules

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17:25

1950s American Cars Italy Built by Hand... And History Buried

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18:56

Junior Johnson’s Throwaway Engine Made $200,000 Before It Died

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15:42

Smokey Yunick Hid 5 Cheats Inside the Most Boring Part of a Race Car

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The Man NHRA Tried to Stop From Winning: Bob Glidden

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Smokey Yunick's Forbidden Rear Axle Tricks — 5 Cheats That Fooled NASCAR

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11:07

NASCAR Banned Him 50 Times... But Never Caught His Craziest Trick

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12:32

The $4 Hack Junior Johnson Used to Dupe NASCAR Officials

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11:39

NASCAR Checked This Car 2X — Here's What They Never Caught

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10:05

Why GM Almost Collapsed in 1958 (Then Shocked Everyone in 1959)

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This "Underdog" HEMI Wasn't Built to Win — Then It Wrecked the Wedge

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10:24

"This Volvo Was TOO PERFECT To Redesign... So They Didn't"

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16:11

1970s "Land Yachts": The Wild Story Behind America's Biggest Cars

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Ford Made a $100 Engine That Crushed Every Racecar in America — Then Made It Disappear

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10 Fastest American Cars Of 1954, Before Muscle Cars Existed

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Black Ghost: The Legend of a Street-Racing Hemi Challenger

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