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Minnesota Street
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A brief history
 The Minnesota Street Rod Association was founded over thirty years ago by
a group of Twin Cities rodders. The original 12 members met at a Pizzeria
in Minneapolis. They created an association of local car clubs to serve as
a forum to get information about the hobby to other clubs and rodders in
the area.
One of the first events
the new Association hosted was a cruise night. They invited 200 friends to
meet at St. Paul's Midway Shopping Center parking lot. After an impromptu
car show some of the members took off to cruise to a local theater. They
filled the streets with rods and customs as the film "American
Graffiti" let out. Just imagine the shock of the patrons leaving the
theater to see the film come to life on the streets of St. Paul! After a
couple of years, they moved the event to the Minnesota State Fairgrounds.
They call this get together Back to the 50's!
MSRA
Today
From those humble beginnings, the MSRA has grown to exceed 13,000 members
world wide. Back to the 50's now hosts over 11,000 cars and over 100,000
spectators. It is the second largest car show of its kind in the world ...
second only to the NSRA Street Rod Nationals.
The MSRA Web page is
visited every hour of every day from somewhere in the world. It has
been viewed by over 300,000 visitors from more than fifty countries.
The MSRA's award winning
LineChaser newsletter has grown to a 70-page monthly magazine with a circulation
of over 10,000.
MSRA® is an
all-volunteer association. The Association is governed by a Board of
Directors who are also volunteers. As a non-profit organization all
profits are returned to the members in the form of the Web page, LineChaser,
subsidized picnics, dances, banquets and campouts. Membership dues have
remained unchanged for twenty years.
Back to the 50's®
has been featured in Street Rodder and Rod and Custom magazines and has
been highlighted on My Classic Car on the TNN cable network. The event
has also been covered by Nitro Magazine, a car magazine in France. With members in
Australia, Canada, Great Britain, New Zealand and the United States, the MSRA
is a "world-class" car club.
The
Future
MSRA is still about Friends,
Food, Fun and Fellowship...but most about having fun with cars! So
lean back and let's go cruisin'!
This
site is designed and maintained by
Tim
Taylor
MSRA #2762
Copyright © 2001-2008. Minnesota Street Rod Association. All rights reserved.
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