Truck Melanoma!

We’re on a mission to slap skin cancer in the face—one gearhead at a time. Truck Melanoma brings sun safety and early detection straight to the Motorsports and automotive world, meeting people where they wrench, race, and ride.
No lab coats. No lectures. Just real talk, real risks, and a reminder to "Protect your Trucking skin."
From the pavement to the dirt, we’re racing for awareness—and we’re not slowing down until we save lives.

Watch our video and learn more!

SPF = Sunscreen, Pints, Friends

Our ability to provide free skin checks, sunscreen, and life-saving education is made possible by the generous support of donors like you.

Help Us Drive Out Melanoma. Every day, people in the automotive, motorsports, and outdoor communities are exposed to dangerous UV rays—and most don’t realize the risk until it’s too late.
At Truck Melanoma!, we’re meeting them where they are—at the track, in the garage, and on the trail—with free skin checks, sunscreen, and life-saving education. But we can’t do it without you.

Your donation directly funds:

• Free skin cancer screenings at events across the country
• Sunscreen and SPF giveaways to high-risk audiences
• Awareness campaigns that make sun safety approachable, not scary
• Fuel, materials, and equipment to keep the LentiGO! and our mission on the road
  
• Melanoma is fast. So are we. Donate today and help us save lives—before the checkered flag.

We are PROUD to continue partnering with
Fuck Cancer

Team Truck Melanoma and Fuck Cancer are joining forces to provide free skin checks and vital melanoma education. This powerful partnership providing grant money to Truck Melanoma! aims to raise awareness about the dangers of skin cancer and promote early detection through accessible screenings. By combining their passion and resources with our reach and audience, they’re making a direct impact in the fight against melanoma—because awareness saves lives. Keep an eye out for upcoming events and take charge of your skin health! #FuckCancer #TeamTruckMelanoma #SkinCheckSavesLives

 Check out the official Truck Melanoma Merch here!
Every piece of merch you buy helps fuel our mission—supporting free skin checks, sun safety education, and the fight to end melanoma.
(Currently out of stock on the lifeguard style sun hats)

Street Legal with a Purpose: Our Partnership with Dirt Legal

We’re proud to be supported by Dirt Legal—official sponsor of Team Truck Melanoma!
Thanks to their help, we’re able to get to and from our outreach events fully street legal, no matter how modified our vehicles are.
If you’ve ever struggled to get your off-road build, race truck, or custom project registered for the road—you’re not alone. We’ve been there. Dirt Legal has made it faster, easier, and more affordable for us to get three vehicles and a flatbed hauler on the road, including our awareness truck, the LentiGO!.
Whether you drive lifted, swapped, or stripped-down, Dirt Legal can help you get it tagged, titled, and ready to roll.
📲 Scan the QR code below to learn more and get started.
(Using our affiliate link also helps support the mission of Truck Melanoma!)

Where Coffee Meets the Cause: Truck Melanoma + Beadlock

We’re thrilled to launch a new partnership with Beadlock Coffee Roasters—an Oregon-based company that shares our love for off-road adventure and bold, fuel-driven passion.
Now, when you order through the link below, you’re not only getting fresh, small-batch roasted coffee—you’re also supporting Team Truck Melanoma and our mission to fight skin cancer where it matters most.
☕ Whether you're wrenching in the garage or chasing sunlight on the trail, this is coffee that fuels more than just your morning—it fuels our outreach, skin checks, and life-saving education.
Hit the link, brew something bold, and back a cause that’s built for the long haul.
Beadlock Coffee Company is not owned or operated by Team Truck Melanoma.

TEAM TRUCK MELANOMA! PRIDE SHIRTS AVAILABLE NOW!

100% of the proceeds from the sale of these shirts go directly to supporting our outreach mission of reaching the Motorsports and automotive enthusiast community with the lifesaving message of melanoma and skin cancer awareness.

Most requested item at our events?
LIP BALM!
We have partnered with Rubber Ducky Sunscreen to give the Truck Melanoma! audience what they have been asking for!

SPF 44

Protect your trucking lips!

Rubber Ducky Sunscreen

Find them on amazon here:

Take Anywhere

Reef safe for all of your summer water activities

Notable mentions of our team in action:

Pay special attention to the first part of the video. Special thanks to Georges and the MisAdventure Lab crew for partnering with Truck Melanoma!

Check out the
KATU 2 Portland interview from the One Moto Show.

Check out Howlin Wolf Garage and the shout to Truck Melanoma! in their video!

Welcome to Team Truck Melanoma

We are a registered 501(c)3 non-profit melanoma outreach organization and team of motorsports, automotive and racing enthusiasts on a mission to spread melanoma awareness and early detection techniques to the motorsports community!

Racing for awareness

Meeting the Motorsports community where they're at.

Below are some TTM success stories


Feedback from the INDY Car Races, Aug 24-25:

Such an awesome job by your staff. Thank you so much!! Hope you guys make it back again. Seemed to be a hit

Testimonial from a member appreciation event at a local sporting facility:

"Sincere appreciation was expressed by one of the club members for the opportunity to participate in the Melanoma screening that was facilitated by the Club at out Member Appreciation Day event. Melanoma is the most serious type of skin cancer with some 200,000 US cases per year.
This member opted to wait in line, event though it was a very hot day and opted to have all three family members and themselves to be screened in the skin screening event being done by Team Truck Melanoma and OHSU Dermatology Chair Dr. Sancy Leachman.
The member's son had a couple of moles on his back that the doctor recommended be biopsied, and they were subsequently benign. The member had a small, pea-sized discoloration on his neck behind his ear that the doctor suggested be looked at right away, and probably biopsied.
The biopsy revealed a stage zero, superficial melanoma that required additional surgery to insure all of the potentially harmful cells were removed. The following surgery was a total success, and the member is completely healed.
He considers himself fortunate that early detection and treatment were successful and is very thankful."

Testimonial from our Gresham Beer Fest Event:

"I was recently repping our cider at a local beer festival when I came across the table giving free skin screenings setup by (Team Truck Melanoma) OHSU. Over the last couple years I have developed a strange spot on my skin that I thought would be worth looking into since the screening was completely free. I am sure happy I did!

I filled out the form and was shortly sent in the back to be screened and ended up finding after a closer look that the spot has the potential of being cancerous. I was highly encouraged by Sancy Leachman M.D. to get a further inspection/analysis of this spot and even gave me her contact information to make sure if I had any questions to reach out.

I am a 28 y/o M who works out 5 times a week and I'm very particular about eating healthy foods and living a healthy lifestyle. Spots like this would have never occurred to me to have the potential of being so dangerous and I especially would have never gone to get checked out in the first place because I rarely have any health concerns. I now have health insurance and I am going to get this spot checked in a couple weeks all because of this screening.

Thank you guys!"

Spreading awareness on and off the track.

Racing for Awareness, saving lives along the way.
Out race truck helps start conversations that can save lives. We talk about melanoma and skin cancers in a relatable, non-scary way.
Like an old-school horror movie, once you've seen the monster, it is much less scary!
Please take a moment to fill out our survey.
Your information is safe and will not be sold. The survey helps us to better know our audience and what they would like to see from our event activations.

Spreading melanoma and skin cancer awareness is our #1 goal

To date, our outreach events and skin screenings have seen over 15,000 samples of sunscreen given out, and identified 9 potential melanomas!

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Your support is what makes our work possible!
We cannot do what we do without YOU.

Recent interview with
TTM Director/Team Captain Ryan and
Andy Lilienthal of CrankshaftCulture.com

No act of kindness, no matter
how small, is ever wasted.

Aesop

Join us in supporting Team Truck Melanoma

Your support can help us continue our life saving outreach and free skin exams. Please consider making a donation today and help us continue our mission.

Your donations support outreach

Where your money makes a difference

At Team Truck Melanoma, your donation funds are used to support our outreach opportunities and the expansion of our programs. All the funds go directly to supporting our mission of taking melanoma awareness to fellow members of the Motorsports community and the community at large. You can rest easy knowing that your donation is being used to save lives in the fight against melanoma.

What We're About

Who We Are

We are Team Truck Melanoma, replace the T with an F and you will know how we feel about melanoma! Our team was founded by Ryan Kiernan CMA (AAMA). As medical assistant working in the field of dermatology for the last 10 years, he has assisted some of the best doctors in the area of early melanoma detection. He is also a Motorsports and automotive enthusiast. His interest for spreading melanoma awareness was initially instilled into him by his mentor, Dr. Glen Bowen. One day he decided to combine both passions in to one, talked to a few like minded individuals, and Team Truck Melanoma was born.

Why we do what we do

Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer, however, when detected early, it can be effectively treated. Our goal is taking melanoma awareness and early detection techniques to the Motorsports community. We offer outreach booths that incorporate free skin exams from local dermatologists. Our last event's impact was 25 skin exams done, 1 potential melanoma and 4 potential nonmelanoma skin exams found. Total for 2023-8 potential melanomas, and 16 potential non-melanoma skin cancers identified. By meeting our community where they're at, we are changing and potentially saving lives. Our race vehicle, the LentiGO, is an awesome conversation starter for melanoma awareness both on and off the track.

The ABCDEs of Melanoma

A stands for ASYMMETRY

• One side is not like the other.

B stands for BORDER

• The edges are irregular or ragged.

C stands for COLOR

• It has color variations, such as shades of brown or black, sometimes with patches of pink, red or white.

D stands for DIAMETER

• It’s more than 6 millimeters across (the size of a pencil eraser), though it can be smaller.

E stands for EVOLVING

• The mole may change in size, color or shape.

(Start Seeing Melanoma, 2023)

Melanoma can affect ANYONE

Everyone needs to check their feet for signs of melanoma. People of all races and colors get melanoma on their feet. In fact, about the same number of African Americans and Caucasians develop melanoma on a foot. For people of African or Asian ethnicity, the feet and hands are the most common places for melanoma to appear. (AAD, 2023)

We are enthusiasts, like you

We are car people. Automotive enthusiasts. Off-roaders. Racers. Motorcyclists. We are like you! We also have a passion about spreading melanoma awareness. As dermatology professionals, we have seen first hand how melanoma can effect people, families and communities.

We have aligned with other melanoma awareness groups, such as https://startseeingmelanoma.com who's motif in on the hood of LentiGO!, our race truck.

YOU are the HERO of this story

Our team is entirely supported by the generous contributions and donations of people in the community. These are the heroes that allow us to do what we do.

Our Goal; racing for awareness!

Our mission is to spread melanoma awareness and early detection techniques in a fun an unique way to a community that might otherwise not receive the message.
Your support is allowing us to become a common name in the motorsports community, and in doing so, raise awareness and ultimately lower melanoma deaths.

Education is key

Educating people about melanoma, and what to look for on their or their partner's skin is the key. Melanoma stands out. Most melanoma's arise in new moles, they don't look like other moles. Often referred to as ugly ducklings. If you see something concerning on your skin, contact your doctor. Another great resource is www.sklip.ai which is a Dermatoscope (allows you to really see the skin makeup) that attaches to any smart phone and allows you to send photos of you concerning spots. This can also help get you into a provider sooner.

Learn how to check your skin

"Knowing your own body — your moles, what's normal, what's not normal — is one of your most valuable tools for early detection. Generally, a skin cancer screening with a dermatology provider is recommended every year. Knowing how to screen yourself, and doing it consistently in-between visits can help you stay on top of your own skin health, potentially catching harmful changes in your skin as soon as possible."

Our History

Our team was formed in an idea that came to mind in the parking lot of a local 4x4 Store that was hosting a Rigs and Coffee event in Sherwood, Oregon. Ironman 4x4 USA. It was here that our team captain saw several Gambler 500 vehicles and a rally race car, as well as the info booth for TreadLightly. He thought, "someone should really spread melanoma awareness information like this!"

It began with an anonymous donation
The mission started to become a reality with a generous anonymous donation of $500 to purchase our race vehicle. We purchased it, towed it home and everything started to build from there. Team Truck Melanoma has been growing into a life form of it's own. From a donation we were born, and from donations we grow and expand.

Share our journey
Follow us on Instagram and twitter at @truck_melanoma, purchase one of our shirts, or just come say hi to us when you see us at events! We look forward to growing and sharing the journey with and BECAUSE of all of you and your continued support!

Volunteers with us!

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Join Our Team

If you're interested in volunteering with us, please fill out the form. We are especially looking for those that are good with social media, and those interested in approaching companies and influencers about working with and supporting Team Truck Melanoma and our cause.

Oregonians can support us through Oregon Bottle Drop Give!

Drop off your bottles and cans

When you recycle your bottles and cans through the Oregon Bottle Drop program you can help the environment AND Team Truck Melanoma!

Tell them to send the credit to our organization

You can designate Team Truck Melanoma as the recipient of your deposit credit when you drop your bottles and cans off.

We get an extra 20% back between Nov 20-Dec 2!

$0.10 Can really stack up!

Designating your deposit credit to Team Truck Melanoma is a easy, pain-free way you can help financially support our cause!

https://bottledrop.com/fundraiser/team-truck-melanoma/

YOU drive our cause
Your support and contributions enable us to do what we do and grow to better reach the community. Every little bit counts! We cannot do it without you!

Support Team Truck Melanoma's mission
Your donation can help us continue to our outreach and skin check programs. Please consider making a contribution and help us make a difference in the lives of others.

Use your DAF to support Team Truck Melanoma

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