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The street rods have been a tradition in York for five decades now, the first weekend in June reserved for a colorful parade of custom and restored pieces of vehicular art − or horrific traffic ...
The Goodguys Rod & Custom Association is the largest association in the U.S. catering to street rods, custom cars and show cars. The Goodguys Association has over 70,000 active members worldwide. Goodguys stages 15 annual rod & custom car show events throughout the United States as well as vintage drag races.
Wells was a partner with Ray Brock in Rod Action, a street-rod publishing venture, and set up the NSRA headquarters office in the magazine's business suite. [ 2 ] By 1973, Wells had set up thirty volunteer state representatives who advised the NSRA headquarters of regulatory developments, and also engaged with local officials and attended ...
The National Street Rod Association (NSRA) was formed and began hosting events. By the 1970s, the 350 cu in (5.7 L) small-block Chevy V8 was the most common choice of engine for hot rods. [17] [18] Another popular engine choice is the Ford Windsor engine. [19] During the 1980s, many car manufacturers were reducing the displacements of their
The Street Rod Nationals is viewed as a showcase of street rodding and over 150 new items were introduced there in 2006. The Street Rod Nationals is known as one of the world's largest automotive participation events [ citation needed ] with more than 70,000 visitors, and up to 15,000 cars attended the last event, according to the National ...
A liberal Facebook group that encouraged the boycotting of businesses whose owners are believed to have supported President-elect Donald Trump shut down following intense backlash from the community.
The "Hot Rod Power Tour" is an organized tour where hot rodders drive a pre-planned route throughout the United States. It began in 1995 when Hot Rod staff members decided to take some of their project cars on a cross-country drive from Los Angeles, California to Norwalk, Ohio. Thousands of people participated along the way but only seven ...
Richard Hartman, a crew chief for NHRA Funny Car driver Tim Wilkerson, rebodied a former Wilkerson Funny Car chassis into an Altered, reaching 4.92 seconds in the quarter-mile with a terminal velocity of 304.53 MPH. [22] It is the fastest quarter-mile car currently in the NHRA, as Top Fuel and Funny Car both run only to 1,000 feet.