Welcome to ZROC! 
Welcome to the Z Car and Roadster Owners web site. The ZROC membership area covers the central part of the State of Ohio. ZROC is an "inclusive" Club focusing on 35 years of Datsun/Nissan sports cars all leading to the 350Z. Visitors and Z owners are invited to attend any upcoming event to become acquainted with our membership.

 ZROC PHOTO BUCKET IS HERE!

ZPrez Steve Padavana has set up a Photo Bucket account.  Click the link above.

If you have photos from events last year please send them to  Steve at Steve@cpmmservices.com.  Please put the appropriate name on the photo, e.g. So and So on Westward Run 08, not IMG 4345632.   

News & Updates:

07.01.0-9 Arthritis Foundation Classic Auto Show and Cruise-In,

This is the Club's second turn at this great 500 + car event and charity fund raiser.  Your entry fee will go to help individuals with Arthritis in the Central Ohio area. Gregg set out an email last month with the following details, On Friday evening, around 3:30, ZROC will be setting up the Tiki hut under the trees in the back parking lot--usual spot.  Look for Andy D., myself and the ZROC flag--we plan on setting up early to guarantee a good spot. Friday is more of a social event so bring a chair.  Entertainment is Mike Albert. Saturday the ZROC contingent  showed last year with 40+ cars and had one class winner.  aka the big Lebowski in the orange 240Z.  The show host has considered making Datsan /Nissan the featured car for the 2010 show.  Let's make the Big Lebowski proud of ZROC! 

You can get more detail at    Arthritis Auto Show

06.30.09 Midwest Z show results.

Andy Doll, Phil Reynolds, ( a Charter Member of ZROC...back from Oakland for the month) Steve Padavana, Vince Beatty and Jim Corbett all received placing awards from the event. Photo will be appearing in the bucket very soon.

06.23.09 Departure time for Midwest Z -Early Group changed.

UPDATE!   The departure time for the early group was posted incorrectly, (sorry!)  The meeting place is still Meijer, see below, the departure time is 11:00A.M. If you are planning on going with either group...Please call Gregg at 614-571-1493 or Ernie, later group, at  614-329-3223

06.21.09 Details on Later Caravan to Midwest Z:

There is going to be a group departing late afternoon Friday  for the Midwest Show in Nashville, IN the tentative plans are to meet at 6:pm. We will probably meet at the W.Jeff  (I-70 West Bound between I-270 and RT 42 exit) ramp due to traffic. this will allow people that need to work on Fri. to make the trip. If you are interested call Ernie Lawson at 614-329-3223. for more details or to confirm your participation.


06.13.09 Barley's photo's are on the bucket.. Click the link above

06.21.08 Midwest Z Car/Regional Meeting Nashville, Indiana.(Updated)

Plans now are for anyone leaving Friday (departure is 12:35 PM, meet at the Meijers store on Rome Hilliard road  for the caravan. This is right off the I-70 Rome Hilliard exit. We are going to take the most direct path this year, same way we returned last year so we can avoid the clutter of Cincinnati as well as Columbus Indiana since the route took us directly through town. Weekend plans are pretty much hang out Friday at the Keg 'n Clean so we can socialize with the other attendees, get the cars in show condition Friday and then Saturday morning if necessary, park 'em for the car show and then either hang out there or walk up the street to the shops, etc, followed by the cruize after the car show (I think they have that scheduled) and then the usual ZROC gathering outside our block of hotel rooms for brews and tunes from the "mobile jukebox" of Mitch's car after dinner. Two years ago they had a pretty good band in the bar so we can gravitate over there as the night goes on. Of course all are welcome to go exploring on their own too; we do want everyone entered into the car show so we can get the points – it would be nice to take the Regional trophy home!

 If anyone wants to volunteer to be a judge at the show, let Jim know and we will pass that along to the Indy folks - as well, if Indy needs help with any other logistical issues, ZROC is known as the hands-on club! The ZROC board has been entertaining the thought of hosting next years event - our last turn was 2005 and we are probably due More on that as it develops....Hope to see a bunch of you in “back home again in Indiana!

Steve Padavana...The Z PREZ!

06.02.09 Saturday Cuize and Cruize-in at Barleys Dublin Rd..

The cruise in is from 1 to 4 PM for our members.  Possibly a drive on the back roads west of Hillard and meet back at the Barley Bin at 1 for the cruise in.  The management at Barley's was quite impressed with our Club's yearend dinner and decided to offer us the opportunity to participate in their first cruise in event.  Anyone who has not been able to participate in our last couple events, this is a great opportunity to get together and enjoy some of Barley's great barbecue and ale. Call Greg if you plan to attend. 614-571-1493

6.02.09  Please get you registration in for Midwest Regional

The deadline for the Indy Z Midwest Regional is 6/12/09...and you can't register on line.....snail mail.  Check the IndyZ website for details.

5.05.09 Big Turn out at Heritage Tour.

Great turn out at the Heritage Tour.  Thirty cars at the beginning. and a couple new members too!  Photo should be comming.

4.21.09  Heritage Tour This Weekend.

Please meet at Buckeye Nissan 10:00 -10:30 am on Saturday.  Tour goes to Nissan North and lunch, a short trip to Germain...after that stop an impromptu drive may occur. See you Saturday.

4.20.09 Ernie's Spring Run- Mountain Top Event update.

The May run will cover parts of N.E. Ohio. We will meet @ ST Luke Church 4456 Morse Rd. At 10am we will depart at 10:30. The route will be about 140 to 160 miles long, with lots of twisties. Lunch will be at Der Dutchman up there somewhere. If we have enough cars we will run 2 groups. You know the fast and the smart.  ZEEE you there!!! 

Ernie Lawson

3.26.09Test and Tune event- Cancelled!

ZROC'ers...we regret that the March Event has been cancelled.  Scheduling of a location for this early event unfortunately didn't work out as planned.  Gregg Egglestone was more concerned that the quality of the event was up to standard, rather than doing it poorly.

So the first in town event will be the Heritage Tour on April 25th.

 

3.25.09 Thanks from the Prez on Columbus Auto Show.

See more Photo's on the Photobucket Columbus Auto Show .

Steve's message about the show says it all!

Wanted to take a moment and thank everyone who participated in the Columbus Auto Show last week. Everyone from ZROC volunteers (voluntolds ?) to the Nissan folks and the attendees had nothing but words of praise for our display, and as Jim Corbett has often said, everyone had a Z Story to tell. Our presence at this event  should  boost our member ranks by at least several, and quite possibly more; most of the actual Z owners who visited had not heard of us despite our constant efforts at tagging vehicles and promoting the club through the various Internet forums, and they were pretty excited to hear that their was a club where they could indulge their 'sickness" with people who understand! Also I think we may have inspired several of them to get that old car out of storage and back on the road, and that is pretty exciting stuff.   I won't take the time here to list everyone individually; I'll leave that for the next newsletter,  but a lot of people gave a lot of their time to ensure the success of this venture, particularly those who displayed their cars. And I would like to personally thank Jim Corbett and Gregg Eggleston - they were the spark behind the fire and really stepped up to pull this off in a very short period of time. Also a word of thanks to Kevin Good for putting together the great DVD with pictures of our past events - he accomplished this while on a business trip last week and the result became a pretty cool centerpiece of our display. This event only serves to reinforce my opinion that ZROC is THE premier Z club when it comes to promoting the tradition of our cars, and it really is a pleasure to be associated with such a great group of people. Hope to see all of you soon at an upcoming event. Nobody rocks like ZROC!

Steve

 



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Members also receive discounts on replacement and performance parts at many Nissan/Datsun parts vendors such as Stillen and Z Motorsport.

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Next Event-

Arthritis Foundation Classic Auto Show and Cruise-In,

July 10th  and 11th

Friday -Saturday

Metro Center Office Park, Dublin , Ohio

details to the right>>>>

 

   
 

 


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