WHERE W ERE YOU IN…? October
a row the event took another giant leap in attendance with the total number of registered By Debra Starbird Vogele
T he growing was definitely not in question at the 19th Street Rod
popularity of Street Rodding NSRA-style
Rod Manufacturing & Marketing Assoc. (SMMA) was held with 144 people in attendance. On Saturday evening they awarded Juliano’s Interior Products with the “Outstanding Commercial Display” award and Engineered The Swedish SRA car owners were all awarded an “International Long Distance” award, seen here with NSRA’s Jerry Kennedy presenting.
participants hitting 10,870, up 1,408 over 1987, and an increase of over 4,000 (40%) over the past two years. On Wednesday night the first annual general membership meeting of the Street
Nationals in Louisville, KY, featured and seen on the cover of the October ’88 issue. For the second year in
C omplete coverage of the 29th Street Rod Nationals in Louisville, KY, dominated the October ’98 issue. For the third time
facilities of the Kentucky Fair & Exposition Center would be the home of the Street Rod Nationals through the year 2010. There were 283 commercial
in four visits to Louisville, the Nationals’ registered participants
vendors in one huge building filling more
numbered more than 12,000. In “Curbside,”
On the way to the Nationals, SS editor Joe Mayall (L), wife Lois and Jerry Johnson stopped at the Corvette Museum and assembly plant in Bowling Green, KY, for a tour of the facilities.
than 400,000 sq.ft. of floor and the Swap Meet was
announced during a press conference in Louisville on Wednesday, the city of Louisville and the T he October ’08 issue featured the Street Rod Nationals with full coverage throughout and on the cover. The
nearly 6 acres in size.
Kentucky Exposition Center which increased the total area to 659,000 sq.ft. (equivalent to more than 11 football fields,
39th held in Louisville, KY, drew 10,711 registered participants to four days of
including the end zones). With 372 exhibitors plus Women’s World and a generous food court, this was certainly a part that captivated everyone. Outside on
tally was 357 street rods inspected and the New Products area debuted 169 items. TEA’s Design’s special display chronicled the company’s 25 years in business. Pictured Tom Ashton, founder of the company in 1983.
street rodding bliss. It would be the first year that all commercial exhibitors were indoors, thanks to the newly- completed wing at the
the grounds there were a variety of
contests with a total of 42 outstanding street
rods receiving awards. The NSRA Safety Inspections final
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