It was really great to get over to LeMans Karting in Fremont to meet with all of you and see the cars that everyone brought out. This was the 10th annual Freakmont show which says a ton about Team Driven who hosts this event. I have only attended the last two years at the LeMans Karting venue but this is an event that I will continue to attend in the future.
Anyways… on to the days happenings!!
Devon and I left the shop at around 12:30 pm after washing the two cars we were taking (Rob’s 300zx TT and my 1971 Datsun 510.) By the way Devon is a new mechanic for ZCG and he rocks. He’s definitely helping us get the cars back into the owners hands sooner, win-win situation!! So we leave the shop at I’m excited to see cars on the freeway that are obviously heading to the same show. This usually means a good turn out was in order, and we were not let down!
There were cars already lining the entire front parking lot and even all the way up to the entrance. My 510 was the second one there but there were already a host of really clean 300zx’s around. After we parked I made my way to the event staff to hand out the four gift certificates that Z Car Garage was putting up for the raffle, two for 3 free dyno pulls and 2 for $100 off parts/labor. Not bad huh? Do you wish you had gone now?
We made our way to the back of the show and were instantly caught off guard by how many Nissan Sentra/Infiniti G20s were in attendance. These cars featured all sorts of SR engine swaps and every form of preparation from track-only race to show-quality. Nice turn out indeed. The other few random cars included a few Altimas and Maximas with some tasteful changes as well a slammed mid-nineties Infiniti sedan that looked like the springs had just been cut. I’m not knocking it, it was just random. There were also a couple of clean 200SXs one which had a clean CA18T swapped into it. I like.
On to the 240sx section. There multiple cars from most generations and the drifting theme carried over here very heavily as one can imagine. There were carbon doors, hoods, trunks, spoilers, everything. If someone makes it in carbon it was probably bolted to one of these 240s. There were a couple of clean stock looking cars and even a convertible that looked like it had been taken care of!! The 240SXs usually get beaten on and sent to the crusher so it was nice to see at least a couple of originals. The nicest car in my eyes though had to be an S13 Silvia, right-hand-drive and all. I’m not sure if it was a conversion or an actual non-USDM car but it was clean, nice owner too.
Right next to the announcing booth was all the FREE food. Plenty to go around with beverages to match any taste. Well done Team Driven, Devon and I approve.
On the other side of the announcing booth were our friends at PhotoShootMyCar.com. They were out promoting their site as well as showing off the new-to-them R33 GT-R. This car rules. We installed a set of upgraded turbos on this GT-R just over a year ago and it put down nearly 450whp without breaking a sweat. (If you are wondering, on the early GT-Rs you can simply remove the front drive shaft to tune them on a 2wd dyno.) Anyways the car looked great. They also brought out their Toyota Matrix car that was featured at SEMA a couple of years ago. Check these guys out if you want any sort of professional pictures taken of your car.
Heading back up to the front I find that two more Datsun 510s have joined the group as well as a 610 and an early four-door skyline with the appropriate “SKYRINE” license plate. The front of LeMans Karting is now thoroughly packed with Zs and Gs of all sorts. I spot our ZCG 370z in the corner parked next to a really cleanly modded G37. Everything was blacked out on this car, see photos. I’m in love. Next I moved the 370z along side the R33 GT-R just to bring it into the front of the show to bring a little more attention to it, side note on the ZCG 370z: we have a track event coming up very soon! Wicked!
Its now about 4pm and things are starting to wind down so we start to say our good byes and gather our things. The show was a tremendous hit in my eyes and that people and atmosphere were amazing. I really enjoyed talking with all of you so don’t be shy if you see us at a show!
Until the next event, Keep the Nissan faith!!
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