52nd Annual NSRA Street Rod Nationals

Surpassing the half-century mark is a big deal in any one of life’s ventures. This is especially true with the 52nd Annual National Street Rod Association’s Nationals, a four-day event from Thursday through Sunday of the first full week in August each year. Since 1997 it’s been held yearly at Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky.

For the most part, the NSRA, its events, and we rodders have overcome the many pitfalls heaped upon us during 2020, so now it’s time to move forward. While the pandemic of 2020 piled mountains of woes on individuals and businesses alike, the NSRA and rodders were able to work our way through the malaise of pitfalls, not the least of which was the COVID-19 virus.

While the majority of rodding events in 2020 were postponed or canceled, the NSRA was able to pull off the 51st Nats, but it too struggled. As 2021 came around the outlook was optimistic, but not without its problems for the 52nd annual get-together. It’s been said