Rides and Cruises
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 than a bunch of cars sitting in a parking lot all day. Cruisin for a […]
The earliest racing machines enjoy a huge presence, rarity and price tag to match, the alternative? A US Speedster that offered ‘muscle’ long before the phrase became popular. It matters not your personal taste in motor vehicles, some machines just rock you down to your boots. This is true of the American La France Type […]
Texas Correspondent Rich Stops By. Sue was born in Taiwan to a family of farmers where she learned her hard work ethic. She moved to the United States in 1984 with her husband and children. While working at a Chinese restaurant a friend knew of an auto upholstery shop that was for sale, and after her friend […]
A Cycle Stunt Legend Takes Us On A Trip Down Memory Lane [EDITOR: We just learned today 12/23/20 that Lee passed away last night. Rest in Peace Brave Soul.] The other day, I got a message from our buddy Keith at Sunnymead Cycles. Keith is a great guy and helped us out quite a bit […]
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 the years since attending my first event back in 2010 and who I have managed […]
Tea Fest Car Show, Tea, South Dakota In the Upper Plains for 4 to 5 months of the year car people work on, improve, prep and polish their beloved rides. This is because in this part of the country it is too cold to have the vehicles out. We wait until the temp comes up and […]
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 Port Nationals it was hosted by two friends, Carly DeVille and Eddie G. This year, […]
Have you ever been to an event and all of sudden the room get’s silent, the people disappear, and a bright light hits you in the eyes? This happened to me the other day. I was stumbling through the Whitewall Nationals and this blue baby stopped me dead in my tracks. This is exactly what […]
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 the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu. Since 2007 the Allard Chrysler Action Group, headed by Chairman […]
What a beautiful Sunday, even with the clouds. To pretty of a day to spend doing nothing. Options, 1) go cruizin’, na option 2) get with a buddy that is also a photographer and do some shooting. Just so happens that he knows an aspiring pin up model and I have and a friend have […]
Rolling to Santa Maria with the Mercifuls So Cal Spent the weekend celebrating the West Coast Kustoms’ Cruisin’ Nationals in Santa Maria, California. Be sure to subscribe to BlacktopTV on YouTube and get first hand news of new videos.
