Patrick Chio continues to race in the US Touring Car Championship (USTCC) with the Speed SF/ Z Car Garage Nissan 350z.  The events are televised on Final Drive TV with some great commentary and white-knuckle action!

 

Round 3 was held at Laguna Seca and Patrick started on the pole! Patrick finished 5th and had a DNF, videos below:

 

 

“I qualified pole position in Touring Car class. However, a slow start caused me to fall back to the 7th position. Climbed up to 4th and spun out due to oil on the track at 18:50 mark in the video.”

 

 

Round 6 was held at Sonoma Raceway and Patrick captured a 2nd place finish!!!. It was a very close battle with a very experienced pro driver. We will post the video soon. For now, check out this short recap from USTCC.com

 

“Sheehan, driving the GoGoGear.com / UTI / Konig Wheels Hyundai Genesis Coupe, thought he had the race in the bag after built a five second gap after the first lap but Patrick Chio, driving the Speed SF / Z Car Garage Nissan 350Z started clicking some fast laps and by lap 7 was less than half second behind. Sheehan had to drive as hard as he could to pull out a win. After the race Sheehan said, “I left nothing on the table. That’s all I had.” Finishing in third place was Justin Crickenberger in the Hawk/ Competition Clutch/ Sparta BMW M3.”

 

 

We are very proud of you Patrick!  If you missed it catch Round 1 and 2 results HERE

We will be closed on Tuesday 11/3 and Wed 11/4 to attend the SEMA show in Las Vegas. We will return to normal hours on Thursday. If you are going to SEMA please visit us at the OS Giken booth # 24929 and see the world’s first TC24-BZ1 powered LHD Datsun 240z! The dyno chart will also be posted for you folks wondering what the power output is. Stay tuned, after the show we promise a comprehensive, behind-the-scenes look at the OS Giken/Z Car Garage collaboration. Long Live the (twincam) Z!

 

 

We love the latest version of the Nismo 370z. In fact this is the aesthetic that should have been released from the start! Although the Nismo Z has improved cosmetically the drivetrain still summons the same 350 horses and 276 lb-ft of torque it has offered since the package first appeared in 2009(!).

 

Power junkies need not fear, Z Car Garage is here to help. With only 22k miles on the odometer, Rasheed B came to us with his stunning 2015 Nismo Z finished in Pearl White for a full Vortech supercharger kit.

 

Here are a few pictures of the Stillen Black Series supercharger kit installed:

 

Stillen 25-row oil cooler:

 

How does it perform?

 

Bone stock from the factory, the Z put down 295hp/242tq. The Stillen supercharger added 84hp/58tq to the wheels with the kit-supplied CAN tune:

Rob’s tuning yielded even more power with final numbers of 420hp/320tq, improvements of 125hp/78tq over baseline.

 

This Nismo 370z now has more power to back up those aggressive looks! Enjoy The Ride, Rasheed!

 

The final Canepa Cars & Coffee of the year was held on 10/11. To celebrate our good friend Lou S’ birthday we joined him for a morning drive to Canepa. Instead of taking the direct route via HWY 17 we Enjoyed the Ride though HWY9/Big Basin Way and Skyline.

 

A Skyline mountain blast wouldn’t be complete without a Skyline! Lou naturally chose to drive his classic R32 Skyline GT-R:

 

Adding to the fun our group also included Andy in the Mazda RX-4 wagon, Rob J’s beautiful S30, Henry’s R35 GT-R, my ’67 Datsun Roadster and Rob Fuller in a Porsche 911 Turbo (for sale soon):

 

 

When we arrived, Canepa’s parking lot was already full and our group was relegated to overflow parking, which was a car show in itself! Mandatory Datsun content: I found two S30s,  stock and with massive flares/Chevy V8 power

 

Canepa as usual were gracious enough to open their entire facility to the public. Touring the showrooms and shop areas with soft pretzels and strudels in hand was a great way to start the morning!

 

Looking pretty in red, a recently restored Ferrari 288 GTo and Testarossa:

 

Turbo Fan madness! Love these BBS icons on the several Porsche’s. The Rennsport prep was strong inside Canepa!

 

This ’32 fordor hot rod caught my eye with old-school tricks mixed with modern touches. Halibrand wheels, 6-piston AP calipers, 427ci small block with Gurney Weslake heads…

 

Back in the parking lot, more interesting cars show up. A crowd pleaser was this La Ferrari, parked next to Mclaren:

 

Lots of bathub and 911 Porsche’s:

 

Great Muscle Car attendance:

 

Gorgeous Alfa and Jaguar:

 

Many more pics in the gallery. See you at Canepa Cars and Coffee next spring!

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Steve B’s 2003 Nissan 350z is for sale. ZCG built, tuned and maintained it is ready to be enjoyed on the street street/track. For more information visit our For Sale page.