Pinky and the Vans

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…

Sheila’s ’33 Cabster

Sheila Chavez' Redneck 33 Cabster

A Redneck 33 Cabster from Redneck Hot Rods in South Dakota. This car was Sheila Chavez’ father’s project. He is an avid hot rodder with about ten cars and this one he was going to finish after he retired. He…

Randy’s Hot Rod Garage

Randy Haapala's Hot Rod Garage

In Memoriam: Sadly Randy passed away a few months after our visit to his Museum and the Hot Rod Shop. Earlier we shared an article from Blacktop Magazine issue #27: Randy’s Drag Racing Museum. It showcased Randy Haapala’s NHRA Collection.…

Cruisin For A Cure with Pickups Limited

Pickups Limited at Cruisin For A Cure

We take a moment to stop at the Pickups Limited camp at the 2023 Cruisin’ For A Cure. Brandon Hamner shares how important Cruisin’ For A Cure is to their club. Pickups Limited hosts two events during the year and…

ALL NEW BDS 471 BILLET SUPERCHARGER

BDS 4:71 Billet Blower

Just unveiled by Blower Drive Service this second coming of the venerable 4-71, is the first ALL NEW 4-71 BILLET supercharger to hit the market since the original GM unit. CNC’d from a single block of billet 6061 aircraft quality aluminum it…

Cruisin’ For A Cure with Ron Cambra

Cruisin For A Cure with Ron Cambra

Today we meet up with Ron Cambra from Cambra Speed Shop at the 24th running of Cruisin’ For A Cure. The largest one-day charity car show in the country held at the Orange County Fairgrounds. Ron tells us what this…

Hard Black Anodized Serpentine Pulleys from BDS

BDS Hard Black Serpentine Pulleys

BDS is the industry leader and sets the standard for blower drive pulleys and these latest hard anodized serpentine units are no exception.Shown here are 2 BDS “LS” specific serpentine pulleys, one for car engines and one for truck engines.…

Randy’s Drag Racing Museum

Randys Drag Racing Museum

A Blacktop Archive from Issue #27 of Blacktop Magazine In Memoriam: Sadly Randy passed away a few months after our visit to his Museum and the Hot Rod Shop. Mark Soltan asked me to ride out to Randy Haapala’s place…

An OG Stocker

An Original Stocker, The Gober Sosebee '39 Ford Coupe

The Wild Indian Photos/Story by Mike Slade I originally pick up the assignment to shoot the feature on this Gober Sosebee 39 Ford coupe race car when I was covering the 1988 Daytona 500 for Circle Track Magazine. After getting…

Two-Stroke Trouble

An ArtMartyr Short Story While most of Southern California was in a drunken, coke-infested nightclub haze in the 70’s and 80’s there was one family that escaped that scene and took off on the weekends to hit the sand at…