Greetings ZDayZ Fans! Welcome to the long overdue update of our website! Over the next few weeks, you will see many changes and updates as we refresh our look and content.

As has been the case the past four years, staff are hard at work securing sponsors, planning activies, and building excitement for what we expect will be one of our greatest ZDayZ events yet! This is our 5th year of ZDayZ and we are hoping all our old friends and plenty of new ones are planning to attend to make the event one of the best regional Z-car meets in the country.

You will notice we already have a start on our club and company sponsors. So far, seven clubs and seven companies have elected to sponsor ZDayZ 2008 and we expect more to be added in the coming weeks. Again, watch these pages as we add sponsors. Our partner sponsors' websites can be reached through the static logo links to the left (and, of course, through the company sponsor page when it is updated). In addition, all sponsor clubs and companies can be reached through the rotating link window in the upper right of all pages. We hope this will help you reach your favorite sponsors more quickly. Be sure to mention ZDayZ when you visit them or make a purchase! : )

Also, it is not just the look of our website that is changing. There are some key changes happening with ZDayZ itself. These will be described in more detail on the Schedule page when it is updated, but there is one everyone should know about immediately. Some of you may have heard that there will be no car show at ZDayZ 2008. This is 100% true. For a variety of reasons, we have removed the car show from the schedule this year. This does not mean the show is gone for good. One of the reasons we removed the car show is because ZDayZ was started more as a meet, greet, and drive event. The car show kind of departs from this philosophy since those participating must devote a lot of time to show prep. So, we thought we would try to shift the emphasis back to the fantastic mountain roads and just hanging out with others in the Z community. Rest assured there will be plenty of other great activities both on the roads and at Fontana Village to fill your time. Another consideration was resources necessary to run the car show. Whether you are aware or not, it takes a lot of extra planning and an enormous amount of people to pull off a great car show. Instead of focusing heavily on one activity, we can now spread that planning and resource time out to more activities, giving attendees more choices of things to do. We think the changes will enhance the ZDayZ experience and feel you will agree after ZDayZ 2008 has ended.

Finally, if you are planning to attend, be sure to book your rooms/cabins soon. As of Monday, Jan 21st, Fontana Village was almost completely booked! This is nearly a month earlier than normal, leading us to believe this will be the biggest ZDayZ ever!!! To make reservations with Fontana Village, call them at 800-849-2258. We will soon have our Lodging link updated with alternate locations to find a room that are within a short drive of Fontana Village.

More updates soon.