Category: Featured Person

Featured motorsports and kustom kulture personalities

Rich Taylor of Boneyard Artillery

Rich Taylor Boneyard Artillery

An ArtMartyr – In Memorial repost of his article in Issue #26. When I first met Rich it was at BYOB Bring Your Own Boogie Van In and Show. He was displaying his t-shirts and artwork next to his ’64 Dodge…

McGee Roadster Goes To the Petersen

The McGee Roadster

Bruce Meyer Donates World’s Most Famous Hot Rod to the Petersen Automotive Museum Donation of the “McGee Roadster” honors the hot rod’s celebrated history while highlighting the importance of legacy donations. A recent donation to the Petersen Automotive Museum will…

ArtMartyr: The Painted Pinups of Kirt Pettey

Painted Pinups of Kirt Pettey

After being introduced to Photoshop by a friend who worked at Disney, Kirt Pettey created a card for Pinup Model; Briana Fraga and utilized a “painted” effect. The card gained a lot of attention, so Kirt seeked out Chad Scott…

It’s All About Having Fun

Rodney Flournoy and the So Cal Blower Boyz Here’s a Fuel Fed Feature interview of Top Fueler and Funny Car driver Rodney Flournoy and the So Cal Blower Boyz with Amber Elizabeth at the Lions Automobilia Foundation and Museum in…

Benchracing with Rob Cleland

Early Chevy Van Burn outs and Wheelies We meet up with our buddy Rob Cleland from Xtreme Xhaust in Northern California at the recent SEMA Show. We get his take on what he likes about the show, and talk about…

NHRA Breakfast at the 2022 SEMA Show

NHRA Breakfast SEMA 2022

A full hour of fun stories from some of drag racing’s most notable characters. Enjoy the 2022 SEMA Show NHRA Breakfast panel discussion moderated by Brian Lohnes and featuring Lee Beard, Don “Snake” Prudhomme, “King” Richard Tharp, and Frank Hawley…

Guy Salazar Art

An ArtMarty Feature So I am walking around the 2022 Mooneyes New Years Party Car Show and Drags. My eyeballs popped when I came across Guy Salazar’s booth.  The vendor area is always cool with independent regional artists and makers…

YESTERDAY’S RIDE

Cool Old Stuff

Jim Simpson’s Cool Old Stuff Photos/Story: Mike Slade, Yep! That Mike Slade. Jim Simpson is one of the best known residents of Williamston, South Carolina. Jim has lived in this town which is one of those small South Carolina, towns …

Vintage Stock Car Racing

MAGIC HAPPENS ON THE TRACK My neighbor had a 1966 Ford Galaxie sitting in his driveway for a good couple of years. I would pester him, to gut it and build it into a replica of a NASCAR racer. It…

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…