FUN WITH PINKY
AT THE 2024 GRAND NATIONAL TRUCK SHOW We had the opportunity to roll with Pinky Swear around the second annual Grand National Truck Show at the Los Angeles Fairplex, in Pomona, California.
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2024 Women N Wheels Event
Each year in March the Zimmerman Automobile Driving Museum in El Segundo hosts the Women N Wheels car show event. The neat thing about this show is the women are asked to dress in the era of their vehicle. Very few did that this year, although Mercifuls member Steffie Hands went all out with her […]
Pinky and the Vans
Like any great event, there are events within the event. This is true at the recent and very first Grand National Truck Show! The event is promoted by Rod Shows the same team that puts on the Sacramento Autorama and the Grand National Roadster Show. In-fact, at this years Roadster Show, John Buck and his […]
Pandemonium Express
Shiney Mike’s Hot Rod Shop Truck For as long as he can remember, Mike Grawunder has always wanted a hot rod truck. For his 65th birthday his wife Wendy was all about granting that wish. Mike is a retired trucker who has a passion for polishing metal. The seductive, almost zen-like process allows all […]
2023 Steel In Motion
At Union Dragway, South Carolina By Mike Slade The Steel In Motion car and truck show has grown in popularity over the last ten or twelve years and draws participants from all up and down the east coast and points west of the Mississippi River. I don’t believe the members of the Geargoyles car club […]
A Sunday Drive
Rolling with Gerry and Cathy Orozco in their 1939 Pontiac What started out as a cloudy cool morning, turned into another great day out on the backroads with the family. It’s time for A Sunday Drive. Gerry Orozco and his wife Cathy work hard for these precious moments. Gerry always wanted a historic ride like […]
Amber Won’t Quit!
You can tell at first sight this little green 1976 Datsun 620 truck lived a good life. For 45 years this tin can showed the years unashamedly. Little would you know this beat up Datsun truck means a whole lot for a whole lot of people. In 1976 Stephanie Thompson’s dad Ralph Long bought it […]
Inside Blacktop Magazine #27
The Post-War Issue By Candie This Full Featured Fuel Fed Fanzine is bursting at the get-go with the incredible Angela Ryan! We start off this special issue with a jump on the blacktop for a road trip up Ventura Highway and visit with Magnuson Superchargers, we sneak into Derby’s Hide-Away, and then see a barn […]
Blacktop Betty Collector Card Set
Vol. 1 – The Mitzi and Co. Photography Set The first set of Blacktop Betty Collector Cards is now available. The boxed set contains 10 cards from the covers of Blacktop Magazine shot by Mitzi Valenzuela. Cards include internationally famous burlesque performer Ruby Champagne and many of her friends who have won highly acclaimed pinup contests […]
The ArtMartyr Issue
Blacktop Magazine Special Print Edition #26 – The ArtMartyr Issue is chock-full of creativeness! We explore the world of Kustom Kulture with artists like Space Giant, Rebel 13 Photography, Wicked Lines Pinstriping, Dale Sizer, Boneyard Artillery, Trisha Turner, Doug DoRr, BOMONSTER, and James Owens. Also in these pages we have our Daily Driver Report, #KidWrencher […]
GIRL’s of Irwindale
GORGEOUS IRWINDALE RACING LADIES The Gorgeous Irwindale Racing Ladies (G.I.R.L.) is an organization that was founded by CEO Kelly Anderson on June 9th, 2020 to encourage women and bring them together in a predominantly male sport. The organization is led by Amber Marquardt, President, Tatiana Weiss, Vice President, Nikki George, Race Captain, and Tanya Toothman, […]
Good Times Block Party
Coverage of our first monthly good times block party the Cambra Speed Shop Open House Event. Brought to you by Cambra Speed Shop, Reids Rod Parts, Cyclepath Cycle and Blacktop Magazine good times were sure found. With cackle cars Instigator and Beaver Hunter II the nitro burning blown hemi’s roared the crowd of enthusiasts, models, […]