Featured Artist: Chris Rasnick

You know from the moment you meet Chris, he is passionate about the historic techniques used by lettering artists, sign-painters and pinstripers. I was fortunate enough to meet him when he joined the Mercifuls So Cal Car Club. You can’t help but be friends with Chris. He has a pleasant and friendly personality as if […]

Benedict Castle Concours

Kustoms for a Kause Photos/Story: Blacktop Staph, err Staff. For a couple of month’s there has been talk about a new show nestled along side a castle in the foothills around Riverside, California. I have lived in Southern California for most of my life, and bet I’ve seen every episode of California’s Gold but I […]

Hillco Super Cruise

Going for the Goal Video – Blacktop Media Network Our buddy Gary Morin from Rusty Relic Photography has said throughout the year that we should hit the annual Hillco Fastener Warehouse Super Cruise. This year we woke up early and headed out to have some breakfast at the nearby Dennys then caravan over. After a […]

Best Of 2013

It’s Been An Incredible Year Story/Photos: T-Bone We are truly blessed to have dedicated readers and fans like you. From 1997 till April of 2011, Blacktop Magazine was a hobby of sorts for me and my son Billy. What started as a National listing for car shows, we turned into a diary of sorts for […]

Celebrity Sightings at the 2013 SEMA Show

Some of the famous faces at SEMA Photos and Story: T-Bone What can an exhibitor do to drive traffic to their booth? Some look to the fantastic figures of the local models with logo’d mini-skirts and imaginative revealing outfits, where others call on their television celebrity friends. I have had the pleasure of meeting Dennis […]

SEMA Show Products

Here’s a list of some the neat products we saw at the SEMA Show. Photos/Story: T-Bone The SEMA Show is the premier event to showcase new products for cars, trucks and powersports. This year at the SEMA Show Billy and I were on the hunt for new products like never before. On Tuesday morning, just […]

The Ventura Nationals

This is my idea of hitting the beach. Story/Photos: T-Bone It wasn’t too early. I met up with the boys from the Mercifuls Car Club for a run up to the Ventura Nationals. I decided to keep the Fairlane at home and roll up with Jared in his chopped ’51 Oldsmobile. The car was recently […]

Price Automobilia Tour

A Sunday Afternoon Roll Photos/Video/Story: T-Bone • Click to watch the video on Blacktop TV Jared went on a Poker Run. It may be his last for a while. He went and got his wife pregnant without club approval. But that’s another story for another time. I think we won the winning hand on that […]

Cruisin’ For A Cure

The “SAVE YOUR LIFE” Show Story: T-Bone, Photos: Gary Morin (Rusty Relic), Tony Colombini That’s a pretty bold statement. And it’s true. Over one hundred of our car cruisin’ buddies’ lives have been saved from Prostate Cancer this year alone.  We have tested over 10,000 men and literally saved well over 3,000 men from this […]