Events
Roadsters at Carlisle 2027
Carlisle Import and Performance Nationals, May 14 and 15, 2027, Carlisle PA Fairgrounds. Datsun roadsters parked together on the show field with the East Coast Z Nationals.
Why Carlisle
If you own a Datsun roadster on the West Coast, you have a calendar: Solvang in April, the Mount Shasta Roadster Meet, Canby, JCCS in Long Beach, Route 66 JDM. On this side of the country there's the Watkins Glen gathering in the fall, which is great, and then nothing. Carlisle is the spring bookend. It's one of the largest import shows in the country, a reasonable drive from the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, and most of the Midwest, and the Datsun and Nissan section of the show field already exists. In 2026 it had a strong Z turnout, a few 510s, and not one roadster.
Mason and I are committing to be there every year with at least one of our roadsters, usually both. If a handful of owners do the same, the row grows a little each year, and East Coast roadster people get two reasons a year to see each other in person instead of only online.
How it works
- Register your car
- Through Carlisle Events. Pre-registration (Gate-N-Go) saves about 10 percent and usually closes mid-April.
- Club affiliation
- When the form asks for a club, select East Coast Z Nationals. That parks us together on the field next to the Zs and counts toward the club tent.
- Judging
- Saturday ECZN judging is open to roadsters. A few extra dollars, sign up at the show by 10 AM.
- Hotel
- Homewood Suites by Hilton Carlisle, 50 Carlisle Springs Road. A half mile from the gate and the only hotel you can walk from. It sells out months ahead for this weekend.
- Friday night
- Plan to come. Dinner and meetup details will be posted here once set.
- Caravans
- Once the roster fills in, we'll group people by direction and post meetup points here and by email.
- The thread
- Discussion lives on the 311s.org forum thread (link coming) and in the Datsun roadster Facebook groups.
Who's coming
Confirmed means registered with Carlisle Events with East Coast Z Nationals selected. Tentative means planning on it. New signups show up here once we've read them.
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Confirmed means two things
You've registered your car for the Import and Performance Nationals with Carlisle Events, and you selected East Coast Z Nationals as your club affiliation. That's what gets you parked with us.