Here is the show through a first-timer’s lens with a ton of passion and overwhelming energy! SEE MORE AT SEMA! The 2016 SEMA Show Overview The Cars of SEMA The Bikes of SEMA The Trucks of SEMA New Products at…
Texas Rich Hits the 2016 SEMA Show
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The 2016 SEMA Show Day One
An Industry Built on Passion The Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) announced the winners of the 2017 New Products Showcase Awards this morning at the 2016 SEMA Show. The awards are given to the most innovative and cutting-edge automotive aftermarket…
2013 Race of Gentlemen
Through the Artful Lens of Don Carrick at Studio 413 Photo. The 2013 Race of Gentlemen in Wildwood, New Jersey. Studio 413 Photo
Cruisin’ For A Cure
Now Showing on BlacktopTV: For the past 17 years, Debbie Baker and a crew of about 200 volunteers have successfully put on an incredible event. I don’t want to call it a car show, because it is so much more…
Bedlam at the Broiler 2016
I have written about Bedlam at the Broiler for Ol’ Skool Rodz three times now. I wanted to do something a bit different for each article. The last article, I penned it as if I was a 70-something year old…
Leadsled Spectacular
The Kustom Kemps Do It Again! The Kustom Kemps Of America Leadsled Spectacular is just that, Spectacular. Every year I attempt to make it down to Oakdale Park in Salina Kansas for this huge event. I’ve made so many friends over…
SEMA Open House – RPM Act
Hundreds of motorsports manufacturers, racers, celebrities and supporters gathered at the SEMA Garage’s annual Open House last week, where they got a firsthand look at SEMA’s state-of-the-art facility. The event underscored the ongoing uncertainty regarding how the motorsports industry is…
Cool Runnin’ Cruise
The 2016 Whitewall Nationals
There was certainly a lot of hub bub going on about this show, both before and after the event. Let’s take it from the beginning as I see it. Last year there was a new show in town called the…
Drag Racing History Continues!
DRAG RACING HISTORY MADE TWICE DURING JULY 2016 Two days in July 2016 will go down as important mile stones in the history of European drag racing and the restoration of Europe’s first dragster, Sydney Allard’s 1961 Allard Chrysler owned by…
2016 Collector Car Appreciation Day
I have been celebrating National Collector Car Appreciation Day since it was first developed in 2010. This year Blacktop Magazine hosted the event at their headquarters in the Historic C.W. Moss Building in Old Towne Orange, California. The SEMA Action Network…
So Cal Cycle Show and Swap Meet
Summer came pretty quick. We still have a couple of projects to finish. Time to start hitting the So Cal Cycle Swap Meet at Veterans Stadium. Here’s their schedule for 2016 June 26, 2016 July 31, 2016 August 28, 2016…