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Pages in category "Clubs and societies in the United States" The following 199 pages are in this category, out of 199 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
From 1957 until 1971, there was also a separate "America's Best Competition Car Award" presented at the show. [19] In 1974, the GNRS created an additional award to recognize the best non-roadster entry: the Al Slonaker Memorial Award. The award is open to all types of vehicles, Rods, Customs, Street Machines, Lowriders, VW's, and Trucks. [5]
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 Hot Rod Association (NHRA) is a governing body which sets rules in drag racing and hosts events all over the United States and Canada. With over 40,000 drivers in its rosters, the NHRA claims to be the largest motorsport sanctioning body in the world.
The Spruce Creek Rod and Gun Club is a historic, American clubhouse and associated outbuilding complex that is located in Franklin Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. [1]
In 1999, the Woodbury-Southbury Rod and Gun Club purchased the 238-acre (96 ha) Anderson Farm on Higbie Road, which the same family had operated for several generations. The property remained in farmland and served simultaneously as a fishing and bird hunting preserve.
The club has a rich history of golf, starting out in 1901 as only 9 holes on 85 acres (0.34 km 2) on the banks of the Genesee River in Rochester. The clubhouse was no more than a converted farm house. At the time, golf was a relatively new sport in America, and as popularity of the sport grew, so did the country club.
By 1907, country clubs were claimed to be “the very essence of American upper-class.” [5] The number of country clubs increased greatly with industrialization, the rise in incomes, and suburbanization in the 1920s. [5] During the 1920s, country clubs acted as community social centers. [5]