{"id":95373,"date":"2024-03-22T11:06:56","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T18:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=95373"},"modified":"2024-03-22T11:06:56","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T18:06:56","slug":"mitzis-motor-mavens-mitzi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/mitzis-motor-mavens-mitzi\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitzi&#8217;s Motor Mavens: Mitzi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.racingjunk.com\\\/news\\\/mitzis-motor-mavens-mitzi\\\/\"}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-95373 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-mitzi\/mitzi-valenzuela-img_3162-min\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-IMG_3162-min-scaled-e1711130779127-150x150.webp\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Mitzi&#039;s Motor Mavens: Mitzi\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-95376\" data-attachment-id=\"95376\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/mitzis-motor-mavens-mitzi\/mitzi-valenzuela-img_3162-min\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-IMG_3162-min-scaled-e1711130779127.webp\" data-orig-size=\"640,363\" 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: Mitzi\" 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;p&gt;I finally decided to step in front of the camera this year in celebration of my 20th year in business. Photos taken by my good friend T.J. Rogue at the Grand National Roadster last month. I&amp;#8217;ve been sharing pinups- here on Racing Junk for many years now and have never shared any photos of myself. Of course I had to pose with a beautiful classic pickup truck at the show.\u00a0&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\/2024\/03\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-IMG_3162-min-scaled-e1711130779127-300x170.webp\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-IMG_3162-min-1024x683.webp\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-95376'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"click__begin\">Click Here to Begin Slideshow<\/a>\n\nI finally decided to step in front of the camera this year in celebration of my 20th year in business. Photos taken by my good friend T.J. Rogue at the Grand National Roadster last month. I&#8217;ve been sharing pinups- here on Racing Junk for many years now and have never shared any photos of myself. Of course I had to pose with a beautiful classic pickup truck at the show.\u00a0\n\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-mitzi\/mitzi-valenzuela-img_3157-min\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-IMG_3157-min-150x150.webp\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Mitzi&#039;s Motor Mavens: Mitzi\" data-attachment-id=\"95375\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/mitzis-motor-mavens-mitzi\/mitzi-valenzuela-img_3157-min\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-IMG_3157-min-scaled.webp\" data-orig-size=\"1706,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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href='https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/mitzis-motor-mavens-mitzi\/mitzi-valenzuela-img_3102-min\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-IMG_3102-min-150x150.webp\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Mitzi&#039;s Motor Mavens: Mitzi\" data-attachment-id=\"95378\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/mitzis-motor-mavens-mitzi\/mitzi-valenzuela-img_3102-min\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-IMG_3102-min-scaled.webp\" data-orig-size=\"1706,2560\" 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: Mitzi\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-IMG_3102-min-200x300.webp\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-IMG_3102-min-683x1024.webp\" \/><\/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-mitzi\/mitzi-valenzuela-img_3126-min\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-IMG_3126-min-150x150.webp\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Mitzi&#039;s Motor Mavens: Mitzi\" data-attachment-id=\"95379\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/mitzis-motor-mavens-mitzi\/mitzi-valenzuela-img_3126-min\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Mitzi-Valenzuela-IMG_3126-min-scaled.webp\" data-orig-size=\"1707,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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