53rd NSRA Nationals

In the north central area of the Bluegrass State...aka Kentucky, along the banks of the Ohio river is the city of Louisville. One thing we have learned after many trips to this great city, the way you pronounce the city name is LOO-Ville. Not LOUISville or Louieville...but LOOVille.

LOO-Ville is home for the NSRA Street Rod Nationals for many years now. In 2022 the NSRA clicked off #53 at the Kentucky State Fairgrounds in fine fashion once again Hot rodders, street rodders, gearheads and car people from across the USA and the world came to LOO to be part of the BIG Show again in 2022.

In the north central area of the Bluegrass State...aka Kentucky, along the banks of the Ohio river is the city of Louisville. One thing we have learned after many trips to this great city, the way you pronounce the city name Ville. Not LOUISville or Louieville...but LOOVille.

Ville is home for the NSRA Street Rod Nationals for many years now. In 2022 the NSRA clicked off #53 at the Kentucky State Fairgrounds in fine fashion once again Hot rodders, street rodders, gearheads and car people from across the USA and the world came to LOO-Ville to be part of the BIG Show again in 2022.

The 53rd NSRA Nationals saw a good turnout of cool rides as seen no matter where you walked around the fairgrounds. Even with some liquid sunshine present the first couple of days, gearheads came out to have a good time at this great event.

A lot of people tend to want to judge an events success on how many registered vehicles were there. While that is an indicator, we don’t think it should be the only indicator of an events success. Happy rodders really are the true measure of an events success in our opinion. Happy rodders come back year after year as they KNOW they will have a good time. Just for clarification sake.. As of writing this story, we had not heard an official car count, but by the photos...the place was loaded.

One of the event features that everyone loves is the Builders Showcase inside the exposition hall. All those cool cars and trucks inside air conditioned comfort makes for a nice break.

The PRO’ PICKS on Friday afternoon

gives hot rodders a chance to show off their cool rides to a celebrity panel of judges who know cars inside and out. The judges had a hard time for sure with the quality of the builds on display.

The hall was full of vendors to check out and score some deals on new parts. The NSRA and various street rod companies had training sessions going on, to help rodders with their projects or teach some new tricks for a future build. The NEW PRODUCTS area was busy with rodders looking over the latest products. The swap meet area was busy with people looking for a deal on some pre-used parts and rusty gold.

Saturday afternoon was exciting as a rodder was headed home with the NSRA Grand Prize of a 1934 Ford built by Nichols Paint & Fab in Watseka IL

For the 2nd year, some nitro fueled fun was on hand with NSRA’s Cacklefest area. This one is fast becoming a fan favorite.

Add in live music all weekend long, food and refreshments from one end of the fairgrounds to the other. And YES.. A good time was had by all. You can tell if you stand by the gate when cars are leaving each day...everyone is smiling a little bigger than when they pulled in early this morning.

We told you last year and we'll say it again...make plans now for #54 In LOOVillle...you will have fun.

Our guy on the ground at the NSRA Nationals, Big Al Liebmann, caught a ride in early one morning in this ‘32 Roadster. What’s so special about the roadster? Well...It just flipped 177,000 miles on the odometer...that's what!! Bart Caliro truly owns a DRIVER!

2022 NSRA Grand Prize 1934 Ford Coupe Built by Nichols Paint & Fab

Each year the NSRA has a featured builder at the Nationals, This year it was Danny Mink, owner of Danny’s Rod Shop. Danny brought some of his cool collection along with him for the special display.