Grand National Roadster Show

In 1949, while Al Slonaker was preparing for his first automobile show at the Oakland Exposition, an Oakland area hot rod club convinced him to exhibit ten of their cars . The Inaugural show was a massive success, attracting over 100 cars and 27,674 attendees. The next year, Slonaker decided to focus solely on hot rods, but concerned for potential bad press, he promoted it as the "National Roadster Show." Between 1998 and 2003, the show was held at a variety of other San Francisco-Bay Area venues before relocating to Southern California's Fairplex in 2004. According to the show promoter, Rod Shows Inc., the GNRS features more than 600 vehicles over seven indoor pavilions, Over seven decades, the GNRS has been covered extensively in national automotive publications, including Hot Rod, Street Rodder, and Rod & Custom, with several AMBR Award winners gracing their covers. == Awards ==

Since the show's inception in 1950, the grand prize has been the "America's Most Beautiful Roadster" or AMBR award. It is a 9-foot "megatrophy" with the names of past winners engraved on its base. From 1957 until 1971, there was also a separate "America's Best Competition Car Award" presented at the show. 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. == List of AMBR Award Winners ==

See "America's Most Beautiful Roadster" (AMBR) Award == List of Al Slonaker Memorial Award Winners ==