This year the Midwest Z Heritage Festival is being held in Chicago. Events planned so far including a cruise through the city with photo opportunities of your car against the Chicago skyline, car show, banquet, and touring laps at Autobahn race track. Its open to all years of Z's, G35's, and old school Datsuns.

We are expecting well over 200 cars to register for the events, let alone show up for the festivities.

I'll follow up with registration and event details in the next couple of weeks.

We are currently looking for volunteers to judge the car show. We will be using ZCCA casual rules for the show.

 

2008 Midwest Z Heritage Fest – June 6, 7, 8

The Windy City Z Club and ChicagoZ.com forum are hosting the 9th annual Midwest Z Heritage Fest. Last year 95 Z cars from all over the Midwest attended this event in Nashville, Indiana. This year we are also inviting other old school Datsuns, and new school Infiniti Gs, and GTRs to the event.

Host hotel:
Hickory Ridge Marriott in Lisle on RT 53.
1195 Summerhill Drive
Lisle, Illinois 60532
Phone 1-630-971-5000
A block of discounted rooms are reserved. More info to follow.

Event Costs:
• $35 pre-registration before May 1st. $40 after May 1st or at the event. Includes car show entry, track touring, t-shirt, goodie bag, and raffle ticket. Obtain form at windycityzclub.com.
• Dinner $25.00/person. Outside bar-b-que style diner at hotel.
• $5 per/person entrance fee to enter at Autobahn Country Club (paid to and at Autobahn Country Club). Applies to anyone entering including track tourers and spectators.

EVENT SCHEDULE
Friday
• 11:00 am start of registration
• 8:00 Start of driving tour into Chicago – itinerary TBD

Saturday Car Show and Autobahn Track Touring
• AM car cleanup starts, leave for track 10:00 am
• Check in and grid at track 11:00ish
• Autobahn Country Club C track touring Saturday – noon to 1 pm
• Clean up continue after return from track
• Judging starts by 1pm, Must be ready for judging by 4pm cut-off
• Dinner starts at 7:30pm
• Awards start by 8:30

Sunday
• Open day. Possible destinations to explore Chicago or local (Volo Car Museum, Chicago downtown, Morton Arbotetum, etc.)
• GRD Sponsored free Dyno Day/ BBQ!

Registration is available at www.windycityzclub.com

Confirmed Sponsors so far are Continental Nissan, Autobarn Nissan, GRD, THMotorsports, with many more to be announced!

In addition to car show judges, we are looking for volunteers to help with car staging for the show, caravan leads to Autobahn and gridding cars for touring at Autobahn. Also other miscellaneous duties.

 

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This is gonna be a blast. We have a ton of cars coming out!

 

Registration forms are now up.
http://www.windycityzclub.com/

 

Great news! GRD has signed up for a free Dyno Day/ BBQ on Sunday!

 

Bump! Make sure to get your registrations in. Things are shaping up nicely.

 

Get your registrations in and reserve your hotel now if you are coming. This is going to be an awesome event. In the car show, there are three categories, Modified, Daily Driver, and Stock, each with 1st, 2nd, 3rd places for the G35. You are also eligable for Best of Show and People's Choice!

 

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Fest starts tonight! Hope to see you there!