Musclecars

Benchracing With Musclecars Part 2

Benchracing with Jersey and T-Bone Benchracing with Jersey and T-Bone. In this Part Two episode we explore the high-performance world of Musclecars! We learn Jersey’s favorite musclecar and dig deep into the GM COPO programs of Nickey, Dana, Yenko, Mr. Norms, and Royal. Pop a top and enjoy the show. Leave a comment on the […]

2023 Motorsports Media Trade Conference

The MPMC Media Trade Conference. “Motorsports Parts Manufacturers Council” or MPMC is a council in the SEMA Professional Trade Association. SEMA consists of specialty groups within the membership called Councils. ARMO is the Automotive Restoration Market Organization, HRIA is the Hot Rod Industry Alliance, and many more for different sectors in the automotive aftermarket such […]

Musclecars Part 1

Benchracing with Musclecars Part 1

Benchracing With Jersey and T-Bone In this Part One episode we explore the high-performance world of Musclecars! We try to define what a Musclecar is, the origins of Musclecars, and Jersey shares his favorite of all! We dig into early musclecars like the ’64 GTO, and even the ’49 Olds Rocket 88. Or what about […]

HOT ROD Magazine: 75 Years

I can hear the muffled sounds of Mannix on the old boob tube downstairs in the den. Dad would occasionally yell up the stairs: “Be quiet up there and go to sleep!” My little brother and I have been “in bed” for an hour, supposed to be sleeping and my two older brothers are passing […]

NHRA Breakfast SEMA 2022

NHRA Breakfast at the 2022 SEMA Show

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 as they tell fascinating and hilarious stories from decades of competing against each other.

Andy Warhol Cars Petersen Museum

Andy Warhol Cars at the Petersen

The Mercifuls So Cal Car Club took a field trip out to the Petersen Automotive Museum. In the Armand Hammer Foundation Gallery was an exhibit of Andy Warhol art and classic Mercedes Benz automobiles from 1886 through 1970. Below is the description from the museum: Commissioned on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the […]

Did You See Us On “Garage Dreams”

We are honored to be included in the recent season of Garage Dreams on MotorTrend+. See the story behind Blacktop Magazine as father/son duo Tony and Billy talk about working together in the garage on their 1956 Ford Fairlane Club Sedan “Riff-Raff”. We were featured on Season 2 episode 4. Garage Dreams is a half […]