Cruizin’Cruizin’ NewzNewz The Official Magazine of the Z Series Car Club of America SUMMER 2020 President’s Message! - Jon Moorhead www.zscca.org ZSCCA Board of Directors & Staff Jon Moorhead • President Salida, CO Be Like Ella [email protected] • 719-221-1891 I spent 36 years in education. One of the Glenn Kraft • Vice President days that caused me the most anxiety was Canton, GA [email protected] • 678 770-0364 “Observation Day”. That’s when the school Robert Van Zandt • Secretary administrator is scheduled to come into my Yorktown, VA classroom for a walk-through for the formal [email protected] observation which transfers to my perfor- Chuck Krblich • Treasurer mance review for rehire. Prior to the visita- Fort Lauderdale, FL tion, I have planned for every contingency, [email protected] • 954.295.0277 prepped the lesson, prepped the kids, antici- Jim Dunn • Membership Liaison [email protected] pated every question and have rehearsed Seattle, WA multiple answers to all of them. Materials Please take a moment and enjoy what “are hung from the chimney with care.” We Chris Wootten she came up with…search YouTube for Strategic Relationships Ambassador are READY!!! “Ella Fitzgerald - Mack the Knife - Ella Easton, MD [email protected] in Berlin”. (https://www.youtube.com/ Then Murphy’s Law strikes – anything that watch?v=qs3oCqdkNuc) Reenie Paley Marshall can possibly go wrong will. Or the corollary Special Projects Manager – things that work in theory never work in Midlothian, VA Did the critics pan her performance? Did [email protected] practice, things that work in practice never the audience boo her off the stage? Did she work during the game. feel like a failure after embarrassing herself Brian Roces Technology & Social Media Director in front of a packed house? Quite the con- New York, NY A trombone has been part of my life since trary! Because of that rendition of Mack the [email protected] 5th grade, the piano since 3rd grade, and Knife, she won a Grammy for Best Female Rob Kaminski my undergrad diploma states that my major Performance on a Single and Best Female Member at Large was music, education was my minor. Before Pittsburgh, PA Performance on an Album. The recording is Steel City BMW Z’s becoming a school counselor, I taught kids in in the Grammy Hall of Fame. [email protected] band and choir. Given a choice when learn- Facebook: Steel City BMW Z’s ing a new piece of music, we always listened So what am I trying to say with this? Mur- Jay Parnes - Area Rep Manager to a live recording, (captured music) over a phy’s Law hit and we had to improvise. Rochester, NY studio recording, (manufactured music.) [email protected] • 585.737.2784 COVID-19 caused ZFEST Snowmass to be Andy Hartwell • Editor rescheduled for 2022. Our Area Represen- Selden, NY Live recordings capture the passion and tatives had exciting events planned and for [email protected] enthusiasm of the moment. They are raw, a period of time, they were put on hold be- Ric Genthe unfiltered expressions of the musicians and cause of federal, state, and local authorities Creative/Production Director the music. You can’t put make up over the placing orders and restrictions which com- Madison, WI blemishes. They are there for all to see. [email protected] • 608.575.9285 promised the events. Ainsley Jacobs • Web Master Alpharetta, GA A lot like my classroom, on Observation In order to keep a feeling of togetherness, 267.738.2134 Day. we provided Tuesday evening Zoom ses- Wayne & Amy Lester • Founders Emeritus sions featuring Ed McKernan, Nick Parks, Nebo, NC In 1963, Ella Fitzgerald and the Paul Smith [email protected] Hagerty Insurance, a virtual Cars & Coffee, Quartet were in Berlin to record “Ella in and Eric Peck announcing the dates and lo- Contributors: Berlin.” Like me, they were highly trained cation for ZFEST 2021 (Greensville, SC, July Ed McKernan - Sr. Technical Editor professionals who had rehearsed and pre- [email protected] 5-11, 2021). We used Facebook to stay in pared for hours before taking the stage that touch as well. We learned to adapt and be Jay Parnes - Technical Editor night. flexible. We hung in there! [email protected] ZSCCA Vendor Partners: Then Ella forgot the words to Mack the I foresee a bright future though. There will Parks Detailing • [email protected] Knife. And being a live recording, it is saved be “Grammy-worthy award winning per- BimmerBum • [email protected] for posterity. Hagerty • www.hagerty.com formances” by our area reps in scheduling exciting and fun events. ZSCCA is strong She couldn’t stop and start over. The audi- ZFEST, ZSCCA and their graphic representations and our momentum for a successful future are registered trademarks of the Z Series Car ence was there and the quartet was play- Club of America. Reproduction of them requires is “pedal to the metal”. written approval. ing. She had to improvise and come up with something. 1 from the Editor! I hope that everyone else made it safely pages how he came to be the owner of a - Andy Hartwell through the ‘C’ spell and, like me, is chomp- second one. ing at the bit to go for a tall ride in a small Z. 2021 marks the 25th anniversary of the With the worst hopefully now behind us, introduction of the Z3. The first Home- I would like to take a minute to say how coming was held at the factory the follow- heartened I am by the number of new ing year. We really can’t think of a better faces who contributed to this issue. We venue for this landmark event and we all have ‘Z Stories’ from a half dozen folks who owe a debt of gratitude to Eric for lead- were only too happy to share their early ing the effort to secure BMW’s support. Z experiences with us. In addition, Wayne Eric has provided early bits of information and Amy Lester, the two people most di- about the event in these pages, and as the rectly responsible for the formation of this month’s progress, more details and specif- club, have provided us with the tale of how ics will be made available on the ZSCCA it all came about. The Lester’s remain ac- Facebook page, and on the website. tive in the ZSCCA and they drive a 1997 Roadster with over 400,000 miles on the We hope to see everyone at ZFEST 2021! odometer! It would be fantastic to see hundreds of us gathered together at the birthplace – the Robin and Gene Warren, two veterans of ‘maternity hospital’ – that birthed all of the the art of enjoying fast times, and sharing Z3s ever made. No hospital gowns – and that joy with others, have also contributed hopefully, no masks – required to see ‘the their story of how they came to be a part babies’. of the Z family. It would seem speed is the “Some beautiful paths essence of their driving existence and when Please enjoy this issue and remember you can’t be discovered you add in their skills at setting up driving can order a print copy at our cost, or just without getting lost.” events it isn’t hard to grasp that they really download the PDF version for free! Sign in do ‘keep their speed up’. to the ZSCCA website for the details. – Erol Ozan We are also pleased to introduce Michael Oh yes. Always remember we love to hear Attiani, a talented cartoon artist who en- your stories about your Z – the rides you So, how was your spring? What’s that? You joys creating humorous, single panel car- take, the places you visit, the people you feel like spring sprinted past without let- toons related to cars. We interviewed Mi- meet and the fun you have - so send in ting you bask in the sunshine and cruiZe chael for his back story and he has agreed your thoughts anytime to [email protected]. some new roads whose edges were rapidly to take on the task of supplying us with blooming with new life? I know I felt that more cartoons to appear in future issues. way. Once again, our Technical Editor, Jay Parnes, Keep your speed up! Having caught the Covid-19 virus myself, has put together an illustrated DIY article even if those roads were open to visit my on fixing flat tires. Our vendor partner, Nick body just wanted me to sleep. I have since Parks, has prepared an article on ceramic recovered but the months of April and May wheel coating that we think some of you were mostly spent with me in a prone posi- will find very interesting. And this is prob- tion with my eyes closed. The good news ably a good time to remind everyone that – sort of – is that I lost my appetite during Nick is now offering all current ZSCCA “Sometimes the most my ‘C’ spell and lost a total of 23 pounds. members a 10% discount on Parks Detail- scenic roads in life are Having recovered from the virus I now find ing products. my capacity for caloric consumption has al- the detours you didn’t most returned to full operating parameters. Our Vice-President, Glenn Kraft, already mean to take.” I really would like most of those pounds to owned one Z but now he relates in these stay away though. Maybe if I lock the fridge? – Angela N. Blount cover photo by Brian Bednar back cover photo by Robin Warren photographed in the Cleveland area Photo from atop the Tower at Big Walker Lookout near Wythesville, https://www.ohioanderiecanalway.com/plan/listings/md-garage/ Va during ZFEST 2020.