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July 12th, 2008: What an outstanding day! Where to begin our story about the All Japanese Classic & Import Tuner car show ... the weather; how do we spell H O T - yes it was, and Mother Nature tossed in an ever so brief sun-shower just before trophy time so we all had the opportunity to put that dust-free shine to our vehicles for the final round of judging.

Our host, Hoselton Nissan, was most gracious and accommodating and their show parking space was perfect! As host for this event they came through big the way only a quality organization can!

The Merchant Street Smokehouse BBQ was out-of-sight, pulled pork and a side for $4-bucks, now that was mmmm, mmmm good deal!

Z-girls, yep we had 'em and boy did they hold up their end of our bargain, selling a Supra-large quantity of event raffle tickets assuring a great big 50/50 pot was available. And certainly all the sponsors who had come onboard gave us a big boost; they were many and most generous!

Volunteers, words can't sufficiently well express our thanks to Mike K. for launching ZCCR on the path to initiate an All-Japanese Vehicle gathering locally - his efforts pulling together an event staff and executing the show was a labor of love and we ALL appreciate that ... ya did good Dad! As for the club’s worker-bee’s, well they were many in number and truly crucial in assuring our success.

Visitors from distant places, sure, we had them! Ontario Canada, Buffalo, Syracuse, Albany, Maryland and many points in-between, it just wouldn’t be the same if we didn’t have brothers and sisters travel in to share stories, compete for trophies and break bread with. We had a heck of a time during the show itself, then after-hours we hit Champp's Sports Bar & Grill with a vengeance and closed out the day with great stories shared over brilliant food and even better desserts (just ask JT about his and Kim’s foot tall wedge of ice cream cake – O.M.G. that was unbelievable)!

Cars, did I mention the cars? Whoa Baby, they were spectacular! Z’s sure, Datsun’s yes, exotic’s and tuner machines – absolutely! Honda, Mitsubishi, Toyota, Infiniti were all represented and they were a most welcome addition which boosted the excitement of our annual car show event for all participants! These fellows were the big trophy winners at the end of the day:
Best in Show chosen by Hoselton Nissan: John Taddonio’s 1970 240Z
1st Place Z: Dave Lisiecki’s beautiful blue 240Z
2nd Place Z: Terry Weston’s 2003 350Z
3rd Place Z: Jimmy Kosowski and his 1979 280ZX
1st Place Non-Z: Carlos Torres’ crazy 1993 Honda Civic
2nd Place Non-Z: Kory Benson with his 1994 Nissan Hardbody pick-up
3rd Place Non-Z Al Scheuer’s 1965 Datsun 320 pick-up
Best Engine: Ed Serrano’s 1973 Datsun 240Z
Best Interior: Terry Weston and his 2003 350Z
Best Paint: Barry Brown’s 1971 Datsun Hot Wheels 510

All that said and done, you’ll recall that giving back to our community is a mission for ZCCR, its Board of Directors and the membership overall. Saturday we presented a check for $2,000.00 to be shared by our designated charities, The Wilmot Breast Cancer Center & The Strong Liver Transplant Center and there'll be more to follow those monies once we have our show numbers totalized. Both are organizations we’ve history with and both have helped members of our club who have been impacted by health issues most of us are lucky enough to avoid – they mean something special to us!

Three Cheers for the 1st Annual event which came off so smoothly, now let’s roll-up our sleeves and start work on next years event so we can trump all the numbers and grow this venue into a regional must-do date on everyone’s 2009 summer week-end calendar!

Life is Good Baby, Life with Z-Friends is Better!
Mike Noonan
gotmoxz@frontiernet.net
VP ZCCR
'72 for GO, '10th Anniversary for SHOW