{"id":101047,"date":"2025-05-29T09:15:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T16:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=101047"},"modified":"2025-05-29T09:15:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T16:15:22","slug":"mitzis-motor-mavens-reckless-penny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/mitzis-motor-mavens-reckless-penny\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitzi&#8217;s Motor Mavens: Reckless Penny"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.racingjunk.com\\\/news\\\/mitzis-motor-mavens-reckless-penny\\\/\"}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-101047 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/mitzis-motor-mavens-reckless-penny\/mitzi-valenzuela-dpp_496103-min\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-DPP_496103-min-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Mitzi&#039;s Motor Mavens: Reckless Penny\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-101053\" data-attachment-id=\"101053\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/mitzis-motor-mavens-reckless-penny\/mitzi-valenzuela-dpp_496103-min\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-DPP_496103-min-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mitzi&amp;#8217;s Motor Mavens: Reckless Penny\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;click__begin&quot;&gt;Click Here to Begin Slideshow&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;h2&gt; This week&amp;#8217;s Motor Maven, Reckless Penny, hails from down under and dreams of a chopped &amp;#8217;38 Ford Coupe.&lt;\/h2&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Reckless Penny is Australia\u2019s Cooly Rocks On Rockabilly Queen\u2014a high-voltage retro renegade with a love for green leopard print and kustom cars. When she\u2019s not cruising in her bagged \u201965 C10 Kustom, she\u2019s hard at work as an industrial sparky and an advocate for women in trades. Off the job, she pours resin, shapes metal and fights for the furry ones as a passionate voice for animal rescue. Her dream ride? A chopped \u201938 Ford Coupe, sleek but full of attitude. With grease on her hands and compassion in her soul, Reckless Penny proves you can be a hands-on hot rod honey and 100% unstoppable.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;click__begin&quot;&gt;Click Here to Begin Slideshow&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-DPP_496103-min-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-DPP_496103-min-1024x683.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-101053'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"click__begin\">Click Here to Begin Slideshow<\/a>\n\n<h2> This week&#8217;s Motor Maven, Reckless Penny, hails from down under and dreams of a chopped &#8217;38 Ford Coupe.<\/h2>\n\n \nReckless Penny is Australia\u2019s Cooly Rocks On Rockabilly Queen\u2014a high-voltage retro renegade with a love for green leopard print and kustom cars. When she\u2019s not cruising in her bagged \u201965 C10 Kustom, she\u2019s hard at work as an industrial sparky and an advocate for women in trades. Off the job, she pours resin, shapes metal and fights for the furry ones as a passionate voice for animal rescue. Her dream ride? A chopped \u201938 Ford Coupe, sleek but full of attitude. With grease on her hands and compassion in her soul, Reckless Penny proves you can be a hands-on hot rod honey and 100% unstoppable.\n\t\n<a class=\"click__begin\">Click Here to Begin Slideshow<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/mitzis-motor-mavens-reckless-penny\/mitzi-valenzuela-dpp_496058-min\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-DPP_496058-min-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Mitzi&#039;s Motor Mavens: Reckless Penny Slide 2\" data-attachment-id=\"101052\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/mitzis-motor-mavens-reckless-penny\/mitzi-valenzuela-dpp_496058-min\/\" 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\/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/mitzis-motor-mavens-reckless-penny\/mitzi-valenzuela-dpp_496036-min\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-DPP_496036-min-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Mitzi&#039;s Motor Mavens: Reckless Penny Slide 3\" data-attachment-id=\"101051\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/mitzis-motor-mavens-reckless-penny\/mitzi-valenzuela-dpp_496036-min\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-DPP_496036-min-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1707,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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href='https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/mitzis-motor-mavens-reckless-penny\/mitzi-valenzuela-dpp_495949-min\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-DPP_495949-min-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Mitzi&#039;s Motor Mavens: Reckless Penny Slide 4\" data-attachment-id=\"101049\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/mitzis-motor-mavens-reckless-penny\/mitzi-valenzuela-dpp_495949-min\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-DPP_495949-min-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1707,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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href='https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/mitzis-motor-mavens-reckless-penny\/mitzi-valenzuela-dpp_496031-min\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-DPP_496031-min-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Mitzi&#039;s Motor Mavens: Reckless Penny Slide 5\" data-attachment-id=\"101050\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/mitzis-motor-mavens-reckless-penny\/mitzi-valenzuela-dpp_496031-min\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-DPP_496031-min-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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