Also Z1 should put our screen names on our badges with our real names like they do at Zdayz.

Oh you mean the "stock" 370 with the amuse-ish kit and wheels. Yeah some things were definitely not 100% on the level, but all in all a great time.

Next time the rule of the game have your friends volunteer for judges!
You don't even have to exert much effort your guaranteed to win.

Keizen I failed to meet you.

There was a guy with his Z has a sticker of Kaizen on his windshield I thought that was you. Lol


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Damt... 2 grand for those lights??!!! I thought I was already freaking crazy! Lol

I saw that one also and LOVE those blue wheels, Kaizen is a shop and I'm Kaien(Z34)..

Oh I see.... My eyes are only meant for this type of creatures. My apologies. Lol

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Wish I had met more people to put names with faces !!

had a great time catching up with old friends and seeing alot of the forum's cars in person. That white nismo on work wheels "ttnismo" and the red 350z nismo, "HotZauce" were my favorites.

Glad to hear the girl that got injured will be okay, that was a scary thing to witness.

Great time at Z nationals...a lot of great looking cars and like everybody said, it nice to put a face and names to forum members...it was great to meet people that we all share the same interest....shot out to kaienZ34, zoren 370, mbreese and nomodsjk, it was great meeting you guys and having some nice conversations...hope to see you again next year and hopefully at Zday as well :tup:

Btw...does anybody know who won 1st and 2nd place for stock 370? (not sure there was a 3rd place)

Back atcha brother! Meeting the forum brothers was hands down the best part for me

I would have loved to meet more of y'all and talk and stuff....but I was hungover, woke-up late, showed up after 11am and spent most of my time there laying down in the shade by the Z Atlanta tent :P I left early too because I was so sick. This was my car though:

LoL I just noticed that I'm in this pic...I'm on the left side behind my car trying to rehydrate with water.

I love your Z! It was one of my favorites! I was parked on the hill right in front of you lol

Love the Z! :tup:
What front bumper is that?
(BTW, I was looking for you all day. :ugh:)

It's the Stillen front and sides....yeah I went a little over board Friday night. I was either laying down by the Z Atlanta tent or passed out inside on the couch by the bathrooms. NOT going to do that again lol

I thought that was the Stillen. I'm glad I got to see it in person. I was surprised to see how many people have stock bumpers. I saw stock and/or Amuse. :ugh2:

Firedan you started early having a hangover!

You like a fire starter type of guy? Lol

1st was that black z close to yours with the extreme dimensions amuse rep kit, I think it had aftermarket wheels also :icon14: ... Not sure how that's called stock, 2nd place was a silver one with stock body and wheels but exhaust and maybe sways I can't remember for sure.... So yeah even that had some weird shit going on.

One quick word about the judges/judging: I think the vast majority of the judging should be on the cleanliness of the car followed by a distant second with the mods done to it. I remember a couple years ago there was a blue 350Z vert that won something like best in show or best Z33 or something like that and everyone was like "wtf? his mods were so terrible!" In reality, he had the cleanest car there.

Long story short, it really depends on what the judges are looking for. Maybe there needs to be some clarification as to what they need to be looking for, I agree, but you are taking a person's opinion of a car and making a judgement on it. That's a hard thing to do in a close nit community like the Z crowd. A lot of people know Moses and have seen his car come from stock to what it is now. Everyone pretty much knows everyone else. I'm not going to say how I feel about the matter but the judges made their choice and it's final. Maybe I can help find some people from outside the community next year to do just the judging or something like that. We'll see. Lots to talk about for next year, that's for sure!

Now......................... on to the pictures :)

^ Definitly a lot improvement needs to be done with regards to the car show particularly with judging. Taking big considerstion on ones qulification/background knowledge about the nature of the Z. Not only by willingness or availability of volunteeres. As per cleanliness of the vehicle and amount of intensive manual labor done with mods without loosing the main essence of the Z should carry biggest weight. Innovation with design that exudes uniqueness but not looking to much tacky is another good criteria.
Transparency to participants of the following criterias with weight average is also warranted.

Like I said over all I am happy with event great idea on letting the car show participants to have the opening parade and entrance to the event.

I just fell many participants drove hundred of miles and spent a lot of money and time to prepare for the car show event and was handled poorly particularly with the 350 and 370 categories. Hands down to 240 all the way to 300zx was spot on as I understand the judges are true blue Z classic enthusiast.

No newbies please.

Now...Ok back to pictures can somebody post the picture of the 370 that won first place for the modified class as I understand it was not shown in the banquet overhead projector or I just missed it while I was busy judging the long slender legs of the girl sited next to me on the other table. Lol
Shut the front door!:tup:

Lmao ! Should have stayed for the banquet ! I will next year for sure !

I have a picture of it but it won't let me post it from my phone. I'll try when I get home

^ thanks in advance

it still won't let me embed or upload a picture for some reason so I had to screen shot it on my phone to upload it. But I wasn't at the awards banquet so I'm not 100% sure this was it but this is the only other carbon Z I remember seeing. So I'm sure it had to be it lol

^ thanks man but I think this one got the ultra modified category if Im not mistaken.

This one supposedly won over nomods wide carbonfiber Z.

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In terms of cleanliness and aggressive mods. Nomods is the ultimate ultra modified Z!

This another shot.

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Super charged Z

I rest my case.

Nomods took second the supercharged wide body ! And Moses the NOS CARBONZ took first !!!

That's crazy, the Wide Body carbon fiber Z34 was the sh*t. We was hovering around that Z like a bunch bees on coke can...LOL

Well the judges made their call and saw something that I haven't seen.
I give them my respect.!

But for the modified category does anyone have pictures?

The picture you posted is nomodsjk lol he was parked in the bay and the one I think took first was sitting out front

Edit: nevermind, didn't notice you were talking about the basic modified category lol

Yeah, myself and a couple others went out Friday night and got lit...well me more so lol. I chose my forum name because I'm a firefighter (or well was a firefighter...retired MSgt/E-7 Air Force Fire Protection) and my name is Dan....Fireman / Fire..Dan? Creativity at its finest. But yeah I don't start fires :D Only BBQ fires.

I did notice that the "stock", "modified", and "ultra modified" had no clear parameters. I saw "stock" Zs with a body kit? :ugh:

Nomod did I tell you that I recently registered and open a charitable institution!

I would take your Z anytime of the day! Lol

Lol. Nice try

It was a blast having most of you join us on the track and to meet a lot of you that were spectating. We also thank you for joining us at our open house and car show.

I do understand that a lot of people have a lot of good ideas for the next event, feel free to share those ideas as well as volunteer to help with the next show. With that said I would like to personally thank all forum members that helped us through both days as well as helping us with prep work weeks before the event.

The Z Nationals has proved to be a great event for friends, family and sponsors alike. In other words this event only comes together due to people such as yourselves. Also please remember this show is by enthusiast, judges by enthusiast and enjoyed by enthusiast.

Here is the modified winner
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PM me if you would like to be a judge next year ;)

That is my car brother lol. His was the one with the nos bottle in the back of the hatch

Not the best picture of my car but hey its there :rofl2:

I definitely understand and appreciate the amount of work that went into this event. I'm sorry if I'm dry crying too much about the judges in my category and honestly if it weren't for some other factors that I won't mention I wouldn't be so irritated. I'll definitely be back next year. You guys did an amazing job overall especially in regards to the accident that occurred. You did a great job of making us feel like an extended family which made the event for me and if you'll have me I'd love to volunteer next year. I would have this year but had no clue that's how it worked

I know bro the last statement below the picture is meant for your Z.

The beginning statement with an arrow pointed up ^ is in reference to the picture posted by another member with NOS.

Sorry for the confusion.