Z Car Garage is excited to participate in the Velocity Invitational at Sonoma Raceway May 29-31. This is a must attend historic racing event for Nissan/Datsun fans with IMSA GTU Z cars, exotics and more to enjoy. Tickets are still available, to purchase simply click HERE, and read below for a preview.

  

Z Car Garage Racers

Z Car Garage is excited to be racing and supporting 6 cars in the 1972-1980 IMSA GT, GTX, AAGT and 1966-1979 Historic SCCA B & C Sedan groups. We are stoked for the return of the #49 Joel Anderson IMSA GTU Datsun 240Z, driven by Rob Fuller:

  

The Corky Bell U2.5L Trans Am 510

 

Z Car Garage restored it back to its former glory with Trans Am livery and Corky drove it for the first time in 52 years at the 2024 Velocity Invitational. This year, Rob Fuller will pilot the Corky Bell 510! Full feature coming to zcarblog.com

 

#68 Noah’s Datsun 510

 

#72 Tom Dockery

We have helped Tom build and prepare his Ex-Norm Balzer/Koobation 510 for several years. Z Car Garage restored this 510, making a triumphant return to this year’s Velocity event.

 

#64 Kenny Tse

Kenny is a steady ZCG trackside support client, running the Ex-Ted Gruner 510.

  

Friday Night Meet with Sung Kang and Larry Chen

 

Lifelong car guys Sung Kang  and Larry Chen are bringing the spirit of Daikoku PA to Sonoma Raceway for a one-of-a-kind Friday night meet. Bring your ride, or just revel in the atmosphere. Z Car Garage will also have #49 Joel Anderson IMSA GTU Datsun 240Z and Corky Bell U2.5L Trans Am Datsun 510 on display!

 

SUNG KANG
Star of DRIFTER, Fast & Furious, and Lifelong Car Guy

Sung will be on-hand at Velocity Invitational Friday during the day (and well into the evening) to meet fans, and show off Lola, his AE86 Trueno drift car, his co-star in DRIFTER.

Sung will be presenting the Northern California debut preview of his upcoming feature film, DRIFTER, at Velocity Invitational, and will be doing a special Q&A with fans following the preview.

Formula Drift champion and Hollywood stunt driver Dai Yoshihara will be on hand as well to meet fans and do demo drift laps in Lola.

LARRY CHEN
Automotive Photographer, Hagerty Personality

With more than two decades of experience documenting car culture around the world, Larry’s work captures the people, passion, and stories behind the machines.

Larry is the host of Capturing Car Culture on the Hagerty YouTube channel, where he explores the global car scene through in-depth features and behind-the-scenes access. He is also a contributor to Turnpike, where he shares long-form editorial pieces focused on automotive lifestyle and culture.

Larry is known for his longstanding role as an official photographer of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb and Formula DRIFT series.

As a veteran photographer of Velocity Invitational, Larry will be on-hand to both capture the 2026 event, as well as meet fans, and host the Friday Night Meet with Sung Kang.

Friday Night Meet Details

Load in starts at 5pm!

Sonoma Raceway – 29355 Arnold Dr, Sonoma, CA 95476

Get your tickets HERE

Historic B & C Sedan

Photo by Kris Poulin

Historic B&C Sedan has partnered with Velocity Invitational to gather a collection of 30+ real historic B and C sedan cars this upcoming weekend! Several cars among them have real Trans Am Under 2L and Two-Five Challenge history like the Datsun 510s of Corky Bell and Bob Finn.

 

The Historic B and C Sedan race is one of the most exciting run groups so don’t miss out! Race car driver and Datsun Historian Glenn Chiou will be racing his Ex-Bob Finn U2.5L Trans-Am Datsun 510! This car features our Z Car Garage CV Axles

 

We also provided dyno tuning services for the fresh Rebello L18 with Solex/Mikuni 44phh induction and BRE intake:

 

Listen to this 510 make sweet L-Series music on our dyno in the video below. There is also race/paddock action with Glenn behind the wheel:

 

See you at the Velocity Invitational!

 

View the Race schedule (TBD)

 

Join us for the 2026 Vintage Racing Season!

 

Z Car Garage is amped for more racing this year. Please check the CSRG website and zcarblog.com for upcoming race events. Do not miss the next event: CSRG’s Corkscrew Classic June 12-14.

 

 

On April 17-19, Classic Sports Racing Group (CSRG) hosted the David Love Vintage races at Sonoma Raceway. Z Car Garage raced and supported several client’s Datsun 510 race cars running in the B-Sedan Group. It was great weekend filled with competition, camaraderie and plenty of Alfas, BMWs and Datsuns sharing the track. Enjoy our race report with photos and video below.

 

Z Car Garage Races Ands Supports 4 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.

Video of Dyno tuning of all four 510s below, Enjoy the sweet L-series music!

Our lineup of 510 racers…

#64 Kenny Tse

Kelvin is a steady ZCG trackside support client, running the Ex-Ted Gruner 510.

  

Noah’s Bluebird Coupe

 

#52 Kelly McCarty

Kelly recently acquired this 510 from Jim Froula. It features our Z Car Garage CV Axles and race preparation.

 

#40 Rob Fuller

ZCG owner Rob Fuller, in the #40 Corky Bell U2.5 Trans Am Datsun 510

 

Z Car Garage restored it back to its former glory with Trans Am livery and Corky drove it for the first time in 52 years at the 2024 Velocity Invitational. This was the first time Rob Fuller raced the Corky Bell 510! Full feature coming to zcarblog.com

 

B-Sedan Racing Action!

All of our clients finished the race and had a blast. Rob recaps the weekend…

ROB: The David Love season opener for CSRG, man did it feel like it was forever since we’ve been on the race track. Kelly McCarty purchased Jim Froula’s #52 car so we did a little bit of prep to make sure it was ready to rock and Kelly was back in action. It was super awesome. Noah’s Bluebird was there and both Noah and Kenny are really picking up the pace, we worked on all the things that will keep us staying competitive and fun in the front.

 

ROB: I will be driving the U2.5 Corky Bell Trans Am challenge car in both the Velocity Invitational event and the Rolex so we were sorting the car out. I had some really fun close racing with Tony Delane. He was kicking but in his 2002. We built this 510 in period and there wasn’t enough support in the fiberglass hood, so it was really funny to develop the “Fuller Flap” over the weekend 🙂 The car was super competitive and now we know what to do to for a bit more juice. Super excited to be part of the B-Sedan group with Bell car.

 

Video

Watch Rob Fuller battle for P1 with Tony Delane in the BMW 2002 plus paddock action in the video below:

Full in-car race video from Rob in the Corky Bell 510 is HERE

Full in-car race video from Noah in the Bluebird Coupe is HERE

Kenny’s Porsche 997 GT3 Cup

 

This very special Porsche is the 2006 FIA European GT3 Championship winning car that was driven by Sean Edwards. It is a 997 GT3 Cup S Prototype and our client Kenny Tse races this throughout the season with CSRG and Rolex events.

ROB: Also on the racetrack was the Formula Ford group with a large field and they put on a great show. The Club Wheelhouse Classic Cup includes Porsche 996/997 cup cars with race livery and private cars that were built by Porsche. They had about 12 cars and it was really fun to watch them run. Both Kenny and Noah raced their 911s: Noah’s car is more developed 996 and both these guys are out there giving it the business.

 

Vintage Spec Miata

 

 

The Classic Sports Racing Group (CSRG) is excited to welcome Vintage Spec Miata (1990-1997) to all of their events! This is a fun, affordable way to get into vintage racing.

ROB: “Little Butters”, our 1991 Vintage Spec Miata that will be available for rental throughout the vintage race season. Contact Rob at ZCG for details. Since this is a new build for I drove it for the weekend to make sure it was sorted and ready to rock for any client that wants to enjoy it. It has a competitive race engine, Penske shocks which are the current suspension for SCCA Spec-Miatas. Just to pay tribute to how wonderful Mrs. Butters Z (our Series 1 shop 240z) is, we painted it Safari Gold. It’s nickname is Little Butters,  Josh likes to call it “I can’t believe it’s not Butters” and then we picked the number 23 because we are Nissan dorks.

 

ROB: Tom Dockery’s B-Sedan Datsun 510 is undergoing prep work for the upcoming Velocity Invitational and Rolex Reunion events. This is something that Tom has aspired to accomplish, his first time attending these two big shows. So he was driving Little Butters to get some seat time and then Ross “the hammer” Lindell was with us in the most important Miata, Randy Pobst’s first National Championship-winning Miata (1992). This car has only been a race car since it was built and it’s fantastic, full feature coming zcarblog.

 

A Fan-Friendly Race Event

 

Our friends from The Z Owners of Northern California (ZONC) hosted a car corral on Saturday to support the David Love Vintage Races at Sonoma Raceway! Super cool to see our clients Linda Williams’ 1972 Datsun 240Z OMS Pace Car Duplicate  and Lora’s Series 240Z participating.

LINDA: Great day at Sonoma Raceway on Saturday for the CSRG David Love Vintage Races. Congrats to Rob Fuller for the win on Saturday afternoon. What a fun race to watch with Rob moving into the front on the next to the last lap and pulling off a fantastic race in the Corky Bell 510 #40 ! The weather was perfect and not too warm. We had a good turnout for the car corral and getting to take 3 laps for the parade laps.

     

A weekend of great racing and good times

 

We enjoyed sharing this experience with our friends and CSRG family. Special shoutout to ZCG crew including Cooper and Josh. Running all of the cars above would not be possible without them. Thanks to Ning Recio, Joel johnson and others for sharing photos with us (see full gallery below). Check out high-res track photos from WGG. Next up is the Velocity Invitational at Sonoma May 29 with a special Friday night gathering including Sung Kang and Larry Chen with ZCG race cars on display. Then we have the CSRG Corkscrew Classic at Laguna Seca in June.

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Join us for the 2026 Vintage Racing Season!

Z Car Garage is amped for vintage racing this year. View our race schedule listed below, and follow the CSRG website and zcarblog.com for more information. Check out last year’s David Love race report.

Z Car Garage Trackside Support Services

 

It is our pleasure to bring more enthusiasts into the world of vintage racing. Our trackside services include full race support and car-preparation to help make client’s race days seamless and worry-free so they can focus on driving. From arrive-and-drive service to on-track support and coaching…we love to help. Check out the Z Car Garage experience with our client Todd and his B-Sedan Datsun 510

 

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 a video of the race cars we prepared this week with dyno passes and a walk around the shop. Enjoy!

 

 

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Z Car Garage wishes you a Happy 5/10 Day! We love driving Datsun 510s on the street and at the race track. Here are a few 510s at the shop, with more photos in the gallery below. Hope you get to Enjoy the Ride in your Dime today too!

 

We have several Datsun 510s in the shop today, here’s a short preview with full features coming to zcarblog.com.

SR20DET-powered Bluebird Coupe:

 

Sean’s SR20-powered (Mikuni induction) 510:

 

We always have many racing 510s in for tuning/sorting:

5/10 Days of the Past

We have plenty of 510 content for you to enjoy, starting with the most famous Dime of all time…when the Brock Racing Enterprises (BRE) Datsun 510 #46 race car arrived at Z Car Garage.

 

Despite being against all odds, our hero John Morton drove this 510 to SCCA Trans-Am series championship victories in 1971 and 1972, putting Nissan on the map and fueling every Datsun enthusiast’s passion. In preparation for the Velocity Invitational at Laguna Seca we dyno tested this legendary race car. Turn those speakers up and enjoy the video!

Enjoy some of our favorite 510s at the shop:

 

Rob Fuller’s 1971 Datsun 510 featured on Hoonigan Autofocus with Larry Chen

 

Rob’s Turbo6 80’s-revival project:

   

Enjoy The Boost in this video of the 510s in action:

 

 

Gary’s 1978 Datsun 280Z featuring a GM LS3/6-speed drivetrain is for sale. This S30 has been with Z Car Garage since 2007 where it received a bare-metal restoration and performance development to its current form.

 

Fantastic fit/finish with chassis upgrades like our Z Car Garage Big-Brakes, Z Car Garage CV Axles and full suspension with 17″ Panasport C8 wheels transformed this Z. The interior features Recaro Specialist leather seats, A/C, power steering, power windows and more. Turn-key, ready to enjoy. See more details below and serious inquiries only please contact rob@zcargarage.com

 

A full feature documenting the restoration and upgrades with more photos and video can be viewed HERE

 

Interior

 

A complete dash restoration was performed with full HVAC/ducting and A/C refurbishment:

 

Recaro Specialist seats in leather are our favorite upgrade to the S30 interior. Gary enjoys modern creature comforts like Bluetooth, back-up camera, power steering and full sound system:

Suspension

 

The chassis was treated to a full suspension rebuild with new parts, bushings, Ground Control coil-overs (Koni struts with our spring rates) and ST sway bars front and rear:

 

Z Car Garage Big-Brakes

Not to be confused with our current Z Car Garage Big-Brakes (for small wheels), this Big-Brake kit was our initial setup from over a decade ago. This 328mm sized kit requires 17″ diameter wheels and the massive ST-42 calipers are finished in bright red.

A few more detail shots of the Big-Brakes, they really pop behind the black Panasport wheels:

        

Panasport Wheels

 

Gary also got a set of our custom Panasport Racing C8 wheels. These 3 piece, 17×8 wheels allowed fitment of a 255/40/17 tire under stock fender flares:

 

Our Z Car Garage CV Axles help transmit power to the ground and ensure smoother operation compared to your standard half shafts. We have over 250 CV axle kits on customer cars and we are stoked with all of the positive feedback.

  

We built Gary a set of CV Axles, shown below:

 

LS3 V8 Power

 

The LS3-crate motor came with a warranty from GM and weighs less than the L-Series engine it replaced. Engine and 6-speed transmission were installed using the Hoke Performance kit:

 

The larger, twin-fan radiator and A/C plumbing and wiring:

 

Ovalized exhaust from headers to catalytic converter help with ground clearance:

 

Dyno Tuning

The LS3/6-speed T56 drivetrain was dyno tuned after installation, making 405hp/410tq at the wheels, a significant increase of 115hp/206tq compared to the L-Series:

 

Enjoy this video with dyno run, in-car driving, cruising and fly-by action with Gary’s LS3-powered 280Z:

See more details below and serious inquiries only please contact rob@zcargarage.com.
A full feature documenting the restoration and upgrades with more photos and video can be viewed  HERE

 

Larry Chen’s 1970 Datsun 240Z featuring  Z Car Garage Big-Brakes , Z Car Garage KW coil-over suspension., dyno-tuned SR20DET and full engine bay restoration. Photos by Larry Chen from the recent gathering in Los Angeles…

 

“My oldest project car, Ole Orange Bang 🍊
1970 Datsun 240z number 2868, I bought it on my 21st birthday for $3000. It’s gone through so many revisions and modifications. It’s not near its final form, but as it sits this car is so much fun to drive. It’s a rocket ship just weighing in at 2150 lbs and it makes 300whp.”