Z Car Garage is excited to participate in the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion August 12-15 at Laguna Seca. The event will honor the icons of Japanese motorsport as the featured marque. ZCG will be racing and supporting nine vintage Datsuns, see below for a preview and event schedule. It’s already shaping up to be a Nissan/Datsun fan’s dream like the 2018 RMMR :

 

Z Car Garage Racers

Here is a preview of vintage Datsun race cars we prepared and dyno tuned for the Rolex event. Volume up and enjoy that L-Series music!

 

Group 9

Peter Gregg Trophy (1973–1981 IMSA GT, GTX, AAGT, GTU and FIA)

Rob Fuller will pilot the #49 Joel Anderson IMSA GTU Datsun 240Z. You might recall the story behind this special, 1972 IMSA GTU 240z as it was owned, built and raced in the 70’s by none other than Joel Anderson. ZCG restored #49 back to its former glory and it debuted at RMMR 2014. John Morton would drive #49 at RMMR 2015.

 

Larry Oka’s Ex-Glemik IMSA Z

Group 3

Ken Miles Trophy (1955–1967 SCCA Large Displacement Production Cars)

Race car driver, restorer and Datsun Historian Glenn Chiou will race his FAR Performance 240Z. This Z has a very rich racing history, driven in the 70’s by Loren St. Lawrence in VIPS Restaurant livery.

 

Group 8

Bob Sharp Cup (1966–1979 Historic SCCA B & C Sedans)

 

Historic B&C Sedan is proud to announce its participation in the upcoming Monterey Rolex Motorsports Reunion and Pre-Reunion at the legendary Laguna Seca Raceway. With an impressive field of 48 historic sedans set to be exhibited and raced, fans can expect a spectacular showcase of vintage touring car competition. This year’s featured marque celebrates Japanese icons, and the Historic B & C Sedan group is exceptionally well represented, highlighting many of the era’s most influential and beloved Japanese racing machines. From the paddock to the corkscrew, it’s sure to be an unforgettable celebration of motorsports history.

The Corky Bell Trans Am 510

 

Rob Fuller will be racing the Bell 510. Famed engineer and race car driver Corky Bell ran this Datsun 510 in the early 70’s Trans Am series. Z Car Garage restored it back to its former glory with Trans Am livery and Corky drove it for the first time at the Velocity ’23 event. We will dedicate a separate blog post to the restoration and Corky’s story. Here are a few photos of the car during the revival:

   

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

#72 Tom Dockery

We have helped Tom build and prepare his Ex-Norm Balzer/Koobation 510 for several years.

 

Bill Ockerlund’s Ex-Greg Schmidt Datsun 510

 

Group 2

John Morton Trophy (1950s–1960s SCCA Small Displacement Production Cars)

We prepared 2 Datsun Roadsters for this exciting race group:

Bruce White’s 1967 Datsun 2000

 

Gregg Walsh’s 1966 Datsun 1600

 

 

Events!

Grand Marshal Peter Brock will join the Unser Family Cup group for photo opportunities and autographs before their afternoon race.

Autograph session: Saturday, August 15 · 11:30 AM–12:15 PM · Heritage Display

 

Kaiju Company x Super Drive — JDM Legends Display

JDM Legends Car Show August 14-15 within the lakebed at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.

 

See the BRE Datsuns!

 

Nissan will be displaying the 1971 #46 BRE Datsun 510 and BRE Datsun 240Z

 

View the race schedule HERE.

View the list of entries and race groups HERE.

View previous RMMR race reports HERE.

Z YOU AT SECA!

 

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: The Monterey Motorsports Reunion at Laguna Seca August 12-15th.

 

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For Sale
2003 Nissan 350Z
138,212 miles
LeMans Sunset
6-speed manual transmission
APS Twin Turbo kit
3.5″ Downpipes with Nismo exhaust
Stoptech Big-Brakes F/R
Eibach springs with Koni shocks
Hotchkis sway bars
18″ 350z Touring wheels

Price: $15k OBO

 

This 2003 Nissan 350Z has been in the Z Car Garage family since 2008. The original owner was a ZCG client and we performed an APS Twin Turbo kit installation at 38k miles. At about 40k miles we purchased the Z. The 6-speed transmission was replaced with the updated unit and new clutch. The first lady of Z Car Garage (see license plate) Meghan Fuller has driven this Z for many years. It has 100,000 miles on the turbo kit and runs flawlessly, making 400hp/400tq. Supporting mods and upgrades include 3.5″ downpipes into a custom Nismo exhaust system, Stoptech Big-Brake kit front (355mm) and rear (328mm), Eibach springs with Koni shocks and Hotchkis sway bars. The interior features Burnt Orange leather power/heated seats and aftermarket stereo.

Please view the photo gallery and driving video below. Full photo gallery can be viewed HERE. Contact Rob Fuller for more information: rob@zcargarage.com or 408-452-0350 (leave a VM).

 

Exterior

 

Full photo gallery can be viewed HERE.

Interior

 

Engine Bay

 

Driving Video

 

Photos from 2008:

  

Full photo gallery can be viewed HERE.

 

 

For Sale SOLD
1992 Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo
Single owner car
68,310 miles
Automatic transmission
3″ downpipes, 3 mid-pipes
Stillen cat-back exhaust system
JWT Pop Charger intake
Stage 3 Power Upgrade
AP Racing Big-Brakes front and rear
Nissan 350Z 17″ wheels

Price: $15k OBO

 

This Z32 Twin Turbo is a low-mileage, single-owner car that was stored indoors for many years. It is now prepared and ready to go by Z Car Garage. Please view all photos in gallery below plus driving video and contact Rob at the shop for more details: rob@zcargarage.com or call 408-452-0350 (leave a VM).

Exterior

 

Interior

 

Engine

 

Driving Video

See more photos in full listing: https://www.zcarblog.com/for-sale-1/1992-nissan-300zx-twin-turbo-2

 

One of ZCG’s greatest achievements is the development of our Z Car Garage Big-Brakes in collaboration with StopTech. Many satisfied clients are running these brakes on their S30s. Unfortunately, due to supply issues, we no longer offer that kit. The good news is that we’re excited to introduce our new Big Brake Kit!

 

Version 2 has a slightly larger rotor with 4-piston calipers front and rear. It is in final testing, and will be released soon. Here are a few photos from our test drive last weekend in “Mrs. Butters”, our 1971 Series 1 240z shop demo car fitted with the V.2 Big-Brake Kit:

 

Stay tuned for more photos, details and pricing.

  

 

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On June 12-14, Classic Sports Racing Group (CSRG) hosted the Corkscrew Classic vintage race at Laguna Seca. Z Car Garage supported several client’s Datsun 510 race cars running in B-Sedan Group. It was a great weekend filled with competition, camaraderie and plenty of Alfas, BMWs and Datsuns sharing the track. ZCG clients running at the Corkscrew Classic included:

#6 Noah’s Bluebird Coupe

 

#88 Todd R.

Todd and his B-Sedan Datsun 510 have enjoyed our Z Car Garage Trackside Services for several years. He had a great time at the Corkscrew Classic:

 

#52 Kelly McCarty

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

Here is Rob with a race report, enjoy the photo gallery below!

ROB: The ZCG team for the weekend covering for Joshua Corwin was Rob, Cooper and Meghan. Cooper is an absolute rockstar. We made it to Laguna Seca hassle-free and got the cars tech inspected. We had Todd in his Datsun 510, Kelly and his new 510 (formally the 52 car of Jim Froula) and we had Noah in the Bluebird and everybody had a good time.

 

The cars worked flawlesly until the end of the weekend when Todd’s 510 had a fuel starvation issue from the FuelSafe. Need to refresh, but will handle that before the Charity Challenge. Great job to Troy Ermish and the Hoosier 2.5 Challenge out there and everybody seem to be behaving and going pretty quick. Lots of cool cars in the paddock, lots of cool friends and perfect weather. The peanut butter pretzels were delicious. The red vines were divine and good times racing.

 

Hoosier Tire 2.5 Challenge

 

CSRG featured the Hoosier 2.5 Challenge TA/BS. This is an action-packed race group with B-Sedans battling for points in the series!

 

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: Newcomer Steve Albert rented Little Butters for the Corkscrew Classic. He had never been in a Miata before and we had a wonderful weekend with him and his wife hanging out getting to know the Z Car Garage crew. Steve did a great job in Little Butters, picking up nine seconds from start of the weekend to the end. He had some epic battles with the Porsche 912 of Mario M and it was Battle of the Butters 🙂

 

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: The Monterey Motorsports Reunion at Laguna Seca August 12-15th.

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