WE LOVE RACING! This coming weekend (October 2-3), Classic Sports Racing Group (CSRG) is hosting the Charity Challenge at Sonoma Raceway. Z Car Garage is participating and supporting several client’s Datsun 510 race cars running in B-Sedan Group 9 (John Morton Cup). This vintage racing event is totally FREE to spectators so please join us! Bring the family and enjoy cool cars and even charity rides around the track. Again, no admission or ticket fees to enjoy the races!

Z Car Garage Supports Four Datsun 510s!

 

It is our pleasure to bring more enthusiasts into the world of vintage racing. Our services do include full race support and car-preparation to help make client’s race days seamless and worry-free so they can focus on driving. One of our specialties is dyno tuning. Before a race weekend we confirm that your car is running well and make necessary adjustments while on the chassis dyno. Here is Rob dyno tuning Larry Oka’s B-Sedan:

 

Video of two Datsun 510 B-Sedans (Rob and Tom) and Kelvin in the second video on the dyno. Enjoy the sweet L-series music!

 

 

We also provided testing support last week for Tom, Kelvin and Larry at Sonoma. A “test day” offers our clients piece of mind and a great way to kick off the actual race weekend.

 

 

Z Car Garage racers this weekend include:

#92 Larry Oka

#7 Rob Fuller

ZCG owner Rob Fuller, Bay Area Datsun Dealers tribute car

    

 

#7 Kelvin Tse

 

#72 Tom Dockery

Tom Dockery in his  Ex-Norm Balzer 510.

 

Race schedule!

See you there!

 

The iconic, 1976 IMSA GTU Championship-winning Transcendental Racing Z is at Z Car Garage! This early 1970 production 240Z has an exciting history battling against factory-backed teams with names like Jack Scoville, Brad Frisselle and John Morton behind the wheel.

 

The chassis was also highly-developed by a team of All-Stars including Joe Cavaglieri (Crew Chief), John Knepp (engine), Trevor Harris, Mac Tilton (suspension) and Yoshi Suzuka (chassis, roll cage and body). Current owner Randy Jaffe has commissioned Z Car Garage to bring this Z back to period livery, refresh the chassis and drivetrain components, and re-assemble the interior before traveling to its new home in Atlanta.

 

The Z came with many spares, period photos and even original molds for the bodywork!

 

Getting the livery sorted has begun, with a proper “Frisselle” windshield banner (left) based on period photographs (right)

 

Here is a short video of the Z as it arrived to the shop early this week. Dyno testing with video coming soon!

 

Always Meet Your Heroes

 

The “Frisselle” car captivated us for many years. We watched it race locally and and eventually shared track time with previous owner David Martin (RIP) at major historic events. (Below, Left) David Martin and Rob Fuller (#49 Joel Anderson car) in the Corkscrew and (Right) Rob with David and Brad Frisselle at the RMMR 2018.

 

You can imagine how excited we are to have this iconic race car at Z Car Garage. Big thanks to Randy for always believing in us. More photos from my brief visit:

 

 

Enjoy these videos we’ve captured over the years racing with David Martin piloting the Transcendental Racing 240z:

 

In a moment of sheer happiness, Rob Fuller can be seen driving the #47 Brad Frisselle Z through the paddock back in 2015!

 

A David Vs. Goliath History

Ever wonder about the history behind this famous 1976 IMSA-GTU Championship-winning 240z? Check out www.my240z.com. Our friend Glenn Chiou created this website to document the racing provenance for previous owner David Martin (RIP):

 

Glenn’s impressive knowledge of historic Nissan/Datsun racing is bolstered by hundreds of scanned photos, some never seen before along with stories from ex-drivers Brad Frisselle, Jack Scoville and John Morton. We are even given new insight on the R&D effort that went into the Frisselle car making it by far, “the best race engineered 240z in its period”.

 

So if you want to know “what’s it all mean?” check out www.my240z.com!

 

LONG LIVE THE Z!

 

 

Twenty years in the waiting, but the Classic Sports Racing Group (CSRG) is returning to Laguna Seca this weekend, June 5-6! They are hosting a (FREE) car corral in the paddock of Laguna Seca with a limited number (30) of parking spots available for your vintage car. This event is not open to the general public, only parking corral participants! To get your car corral parking spot please contact Geoff at CSRG: race.director@csrgweb.org
Get ready for some B-Sedan Racing action!

 

Here is a map of the paddock with car corral parking area and race schedule. You will need to fill out the following form HERE
This info will be provided to Laguna Seca for use on the gate list. NOTE: One driver and one passenger per car, masks on, and no pets please. This is all part of Laguna’s COVID-19 protocols.

 

Z Car Garage will be racing and supporting our clients. Rob Fuller, Kelvin and Tom will be racing their Datsun 510s in Group 9:

 

Rob will also be racing the #49 Mazda Miata in Group 8:

 

 

Our customer Randy Jaffe’s 1970 Datsun 240Z is featured on the latest episode of Hoonigan Autofocus with Larry Chen. Rob Fuller and Larry discuss this historically significant, record-setting Z and take it for a spin. Enjoy!

  

 

Stay tuned for a full zcarblog.com feature where we will take a closer look at our revival of this wild race car.

LONG LIVE THE Z!