WHERE W ERE YOU IN…? August
By Debra Starbird Vogele
O n the cover of the August ’89 issue and
registration of 3,402. In “National News,” the third decade of NSRA Street Rod Nationals would kick-off by holding the event in Columbus, OH, in 1990. In “Street Sweeper,” the Street Rod
getting involved in the street rodding hobby as indicated by the tremendous increase in NSRA membership in the last year… 40,000 members to the current 45,000. Plus, a couple of people in Texas were recognized for At the Quad Cities Vintage Rods 17th Rod Run “Back to School in a Street Rod” in Moline, IL, Dick Walsh won Best Engineered honors for his ’20 Ford Track T roadster.
featured inside, the 16th Annual Street Rod Nationals East in York, PA, the first Divisional event to top 3,000
Nationals would be celebrating its 20th edition this year and more people were
registered street rods with a total
S un-up or sun-down cruising is a main activity at the 23rd Western Street Rod Nationals in Bakersfield, CA, Upwards of 85% of the 1,825 registered participants were taking part. Elsewhere in the issue the 26th Nationals East in York, PA, this year’s attendance seen on the cover of the ’99 issue and featured inside. O n the cover and inside of the ’09 issue the 36th Nationals East in York, PA, had well over 3,500 participants attend. Elsewhere the 26th Mid-America Nationals were covered where over 2,000 street rods
equaled the past year’s record setter and license
plates revealed that cars were from all over the country. In “National News,” due to increases in operating costs the NSRA membership fee would increase to $28 a year— only the third time in 15 years.
The Ramblin’ Rebels hosted their 24th Fun Run at the North Carolina Plantation Inn, the hit of the show was “Stop on a Dime.” Hang a ring from the bumper, place a dime in the middle of a big circle, see how close you put the ring to the dime. Seen here, Buzz Miller measures Buddy Mason’s attempt.
older age requirement to participate. Looking back at 1970 when the NSRA decided on the ’48- year break, those cars
were only 22 years old, but with the new year break they
Yosemite Sam Radoff, Dean Arnold and Jerry Titus. New additions to the NSRA Street Rod Division Officials included: Iowa State Safety Inspector Darrell Hansen and Lenny Early, South New Jersey Safety “29 Below” featured 16-year-old Austin Hawks from Bakersfield, CA, and his Chevy truck he had been working on since the age of 14.
invaded Springfield, MO. In “Curbside,” new SS editor Tom Vogele writes his first editorial “Change is in the Wind,” ushering
are 30 years old. In “Street
Sweeper,” Jerry Kugel of Kugel Komponets was inducted into the
in a new era announcing all NSRA events next year would have a rolling 30-year-and-
Darryl Starbird’s National Rod & Custom Car Hall of Fame along with Gary Howard,
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