By Brian Lohnes

BangShift.com

You’re going to get familiar with the names Gary and Pam Beineke. We invaded their privacy to shoot and video several cars from their way awesome collection, and we’ll be featuring those cars in coming weeks. Most are cars that the couple built from scratch, but there’s one that they just picked up along the way. That’s this one, a 1987 Buick GNX that the couple bought brand new back in 1987 and has held on ever since.

Ironically, every other piece in their collection is a Mopar product, but this Buick holds a special place in their hearts. As one of only 547 ever produced, there are plenty of reasons why.

The GNX was basically the parting shot fired by Buick when it came to be known that the Grand National would be dead at the end of 1987. Buick teamed up with ASC/Mclaren to design a package that would totally optimize the drivetrain and upgrade the suspension of the car to levels previously unheard of in factory cars. The name was an homage to the legendary GSX moniker that was used on the highest performing Buicks from 1970-1972. They used 455ci to shred tires, this car used less than 250 to haul the mail.

The devil is totally in the details, so click here to see the gallery that’s loaded with photos and captions that spill the beans on this pinnacle Buick.

Oh yeah, right below there’s also the kickass video of the 8,000-mile original shredding tires. The ones it rolled out of the factory on.

By Dan Strohl

Hemmings

We never know what we’ll see in the Hemmings parking lot, and one recent morning was no exception. Josh Recave of Falmouth, Massachusetts, stopped by on his way to a woodie gathering in Waterloo, New York, hauling his Campbell-bodied 1942 Plymouth Deluxe woodie station wagon. Josh knows it’s a rather rare bird, and he said he’d like to finish the restoration some day (the wood was redone in 1992), but we think it’s great, Driveable Dream material as is. In fact, we may just shoot it for HCC, so keep your eyes peeled there for more of the woodie. More pics at Hemmings

By Speedhunters

Car Culture At Large

I’ll be honest and tell you straight away, I never knew that Volkswagen made a car called the Derby….. But it seems that the car in the picture is called just that. From what I can gather, VW called the saloon version of the Polo the Derby…. but they dropped the name in 1984. This car reminded me in some ways of a Japanese build car with its wide arches and wheels. The custom made diffuser and centre exhaust hint at its capacities.

Does anybody have more info on this car?

By Jeroen Willemsen

By Jim Brennan

UDMan

Welcome to the CarDomain Obscure Muscle Car Parking Lot, a regular feature which aims to expand the notion of what a muscle car is, and to see if a Supercharged bomb can be included. Ford was fighting for dominance at the stock car tracks throughout the country, and was neck and neck with it’s crosstown rival Chevrolet. Little did anyone know, Ford had an ace up it’s sleeve. Lets discover the 1957 Ford Supercharged “F” Series. And no, that was not the truck!

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By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Another great one from Jalopnik. You know the drill: Come up with a caption for the picture below by noon PST next Thursday. If you submit the funniest one, we’ll send you some CarDomain swag. Three entries per member max. Good luck!

By Alex Vickers

Katakuna

Since joining CarDomain, I’ve noticed that some people create new accounts for the sole purpose of  telling someone how ugly their car is, or to dispute performance specs, or in general just to be a prick. I haven’t just noticed them, I encounter them frequently. Some people just can’t seem to wrap their mind around the fact that yes, my car will reach sixty miles per hour in under eight seconds.

One user, whose name I shall not mention, opened their account right before he told me off and proceeded to type out numerous insults towards me. Since he doesn’t have a ride up yet, I tell him privately that he’s wrong. These exchanges go on for a week before he starts getting personal. Now I could care less how this person feels towards me, because once someone gets personal, it’s a sign they’ve lost and can’t think of any other way to argue. This whole thing means I pretty much owned him (yay for e-thugs!).

By now you may be thinking, “Why is this guy telling us this?” I’m telling you because there’s a difference between a healthy debate and a downright hateful screaming !@#$%fest. Most of us know what our cars are capable of. My advice to you when someone gets like this is to ignore them at all costs, because it makes you look a fool if you argue with a tool.

So, I pose this question: Have you been in an argument like this? How did you handle it?

By John Coyle

Deputy Editor

While I’m sure a quick search would allow me to find out exactly what happened to this poor Rolls,  everyone knows I’m way to lazy for that, so I’ll just guess it’s due to an octogenarian confusing the gas for the brake. But you guys had some better ideas, so we’ll get right to announcing this week’s winner. Obviously, there were a ton of good submissions. But because CPmurkage’s seemed to have a perfect British-style sense of understatement, he took the win with; “Attention shoppers, there’s a gray sedan parked in aisle 11. Your headlights are running.” Congrats man! Stay tuned next week for the next installment of our borderline-criminal Caption Contest!

By Weston Henderson

Weston Henderson

I just had the chance to review the first episode of Jesse James is a Dead Man. It’s the new show by Spike that follows the chopper icon “Jesse James” through a series of challenges. The premise of the show is all about putting the hardcore biker through mind bending tests of human endurance that are designed to test his fear of death! In the first episode Jesse is pitted against a nitro-methane powered motorcycle, capable of moving at over 250mph and pushing over 6 G’s with nearly 1000HP under the frame. At one point they told Jesse that the G forces on this bike were great enough to knock him unconscious!

More after the jump!

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By John Coyle

Deputy Editor

Redline’s Time Attack series has steadily been gaining visibility for the last few years, and anyone who’s been to an event can tell why they’re becoming so popular with competitors and fans. Previously, folks who couldn’t make it out to the track have had to rely on sometimes spotty coverage, but this year, the series has decided to counter that will full in-depth shows dedicated to each race. Two episodes will be posted every event weekend, with the first being a breakdown of what happened in practice, and the second being a full re-cap of the races. You can watch the first pre-grid show below, and read the press release after the jump.

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By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Check out all the latest pics from the Rolex Sports Car Series and KONI Sports Car Challenge! I really dig this shot of the Team Polizei GT3.