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Speedhunters was a car culture juggernaut

After the culture-defining website mysteriously went dark this spring, we spoke to those who rode it out 'til the end to learn what really happened.

This was a clever initiative that enabled readers to post their photos on the site, effectively giving Speedhunters free content and also netting them some solid full-time talent down the road. This allegedly involved disabling the key Slack channels that creators used to pitch stories so they could “save a few bucks.” Site output was stifled as a result, and the collaboration that made Speedhunters what it once was faded away. Prior to Scene Media’s involvement, EA had a deal with “a designer guy in LA” to get the online storefront up and running, one source told me, but it never resulted in any gear being sold.

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