Our friend and fellow 350Z racer Scott Smith did track day with Trackmasters on 3/2/13.  Several ZCG cars were present including Allen B and George K. Enjoy the pics and videos, thanks Scott!

Allen, Jen, and I met George and his buddy promptly at 7:30am.  The GreenZ was loaded up, and the X5 made it’s maiden tow voyage with power, pride, and ease.  George was ready for a day of fun in his Nismo 370z with Toyo R888 race tires, as was Allen in his Vortech 350z (on same tires).  George’s friend in the C6 had never driven Seca, so he was excited.  Jen was excited to take her first laps – in a car – around Laguna, as she and Scott had walked the entire track last fall at a PCA event.

It was still chilly for the first session, which Scott and George were in, so Scott and Allen took out Scott’s new, 2010, completely stock X5 Bimmer (video).  Both were impressed at its control, handling, and sheer power.  Full throttle up past the sound check – score!

 

The day warmed up, and all 3 Zs performed flawlessly.  A few other ZCG customers were there as well in their Zs, as well as a plethora of 240Zs from the folks at Unique Towing.  Big dollar Ferraris, 911s, BMWs, a Maserati, Lotus, and even a McLaren were in the mix for the day.

 

 All-in-all it was a fun and safe day, and track temps were perfect.  Here are some laps in GreenZ! (SpecZ prepped):

 

 

Attention all Datsun racing fans! The Vintage Sedan Racers Group(VSRG) is hosting the 2.5 Challenge and the opening season event will be at Laguna Seca 3/23-24. This is a great opportunity to witness classic Datsuns driven in anger. Come out to ‘Seca and support your local racers!

Several fun events coming up starting with the ZONC Contra Costa Cruise this Saturday!

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Don’t forget to sign-up your vintage car for the April 20 Historic Japanese Car Gathering in San Leandro, CA. Register HERE

Pictures of last year’s Bayline gathering

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The Marin Sonoma Concours D’ Elegance will be held Sunday, May 19. This is a fun event and important for Japanese classic car fans: in addition to celebrating Corvette and Lamborghini 50th Anniversaries there will be a Japanese Manufacture category! Don’t forget the Historic races on Saturday!

This comes from our dear friend Forbes, thanks! Nismo released a short video highlighting their racing wins as seen on Jalopnik:

NISMO also shows off beginnings of its new headquarters:

http://youtu.be/qwRn3mtRrfY

Great news for Nissan Motorsports!

Congratulations to Patrick Chio for his 2nd place finish in the Unlimited RWD class at the 2013 Redline Time Attack race. Besides running his awesome CityTech track day group, Patrick is a heroic Nissan 350z driver on the track:

Here he is running his personal best and Time Attack winning lap time of 1:58.517 at Buttonwillow:

He was also selected to run in the SuperSession with top drivers from each class:

He brought his Porsche orange Z to us early last year for an UPREV tune. To be more competitive he came back to ZCG last month for more engine tuning and track-spec alignment in preparation for the Redline Time Attack racing series.

We installed a new and improved Kinetix SSV intake plenum and replaced his failing MAF/intake with a JWT POP charger and stock MAF intake pipe. Rob re-tuned the engine and the Z was corner-weighted and aligned. Icing on the cake was a Z Car Garage windshield banner 🙂 Great work Patrick! You are a beast behind the wheel and ZCG looks forward to working with you and getting that 1st place trophy!