Sherri Candland – Kulture Ambassador

Story: Blacktop Staff, Photos: Supplied by Bleu Door Marketing In what is looking like a series of significant women in the automotive world, we have recently met Sherri Candland. Her name may not be nationally recognized as yet, but she is behind some key builders and aftermarket companies, mostly helping with their marketing. A car nut […]

Cleaning Rusty Gold

Cleaning Parts with Evapo-Rust Story: John Oro, Photos: Blacktop Media Staff Watching the American Pickers on the History Channel you hear the term Rusty Gold quite a bit. Uncovering the layers of history to find a truly valuable and unique item is a whole lot of fun. When we picked up the B.A.D. Bike from it’s […]

Birthday Autocross and MORE!

Street Machine and Musclecar Nationals Story/Photos/Video: T-Bone This story is more than a simple report about an awesome event. There was quite a bit going on, so let’s take it to the beginning. I haven’t heard much about this new event coming to town. The O’Reilly Autoparts Street Machine and Musclecar Nationals presented by Lucas […]

JET Performance Installation Tour

Installing a Performance Module Photos/Video/Story: T-Bone. Click pic above for video on BlacktopTV Call us crazy, but we enjoy working with people we like. I would bet a bottom dollar that you tend to buy products or work with people who you like to hang around with too. In the competitive world of Performance Modules […]

A Visit to Burns Stainless

Aerospace Quality Race Exhaust Photos/Story: T-Bone In the Summer and Fall of 2013 I started receiving e-mail news about a new stainless steel polish called Manifold Destiny from Burns Stainless. The e-blasts said they would be at the SEMA Show, so I made it a point to stop by their booth. Like many of you, […]

Hillco Super Cruise

Going for the Goal Video – Blacktop Media Network Our buddy Gary Morin from Rusty Relic Photography has said throughout the year that we should hit the annual Hillco Fastener Warehouse Super Cruise. This year we woke up early and headed out to have some breakfast at the nearby Dennys then caravan over. After a […]

E-Stopp Shop Tour

Entrepreneurial Inspiration Photos/Story: T-Bone At the recent SEMA Show there was a cool green patina’d Buick hot rod with electric chair seats and an electric motor. Like good booth dressing, the vehicle was the exclamation point on the exhibitor’s products. In this case, the exhibitor showed only one product. Pretty risky move we say. That’s […]

On Track at MaxTrac Suspension

A 2013 SEMA Show Find: Photos/Story: T-Bone and Billy (photo of the Silverado: from MaxTrac) Our ride to the SEMA Show in Billy’s Blacktop Baller was smooth going. Friday before the show we installed a set of Helo HE879’s and some Nitto Trail Grapplers from The 401k Club Hot Rod Shop. We are running stock […]

Celebrity Sightings at the 2013 SEMA Show

Some of the famous faces at SEMA Photos and Story: T-Bone What can an exhibitor do to drive traffic to their booth? Some look to the fantastic figures of the local models with logo’d mini-skirts and imaginative revealing outfits, where others call on their television celebrity friends. I have had the pleasure of meeting Dennis […]

SEMA Show Products

Here’s a list of some the neat products we saw at the SEMA Show. Photos/Story: T-Bone The SEMA Show is the premier event to showcase new products for cars, trucks and powersports. This year at the SEMA Show Billy and I were on the hunt for new products like never before. On Tuesday morning, just […]