Our car club officially started in 1986 when a group of car enthusiasts got together and formed the Rock-N- Roll Capital Street Machines Car Club holding their first car show on Memorial Day 1987. At that time Cleveland was in the planning stages of becoming the Rock-N-Roll Capital due to its building the Rock-N-Roll Hall of Fame in downtown Cleveland. The members wanting the name to encompass the entire Cleveland area and also wanting to represent the fact that it is a car club, added the words “Street Machines” to its name. Thus The Rock-N-Roll Capital Street Machines Car Club was born! Since then we have grown from a small group of members hosting a car show attracting around 100 cars behind Pal’s Drive-In located in Bedford Hts., to a much larger group of members hosting a car show attracting up to 500 cars every Tuesday evening from May through September on Enterprise Parkway in Solon!

One of the many activities our club takes part in yearly is the IX Piston Powered Car Show at the IX Center. This year our display featured 6 classic cars representing the theme: Rat Fink’s Top 20 Rock-Themed Ride Songs. One of the most popular Rock Tunes composed about a car is “The Hot Rod Lincoln.”  We were fortunate to have one of our members own the actual Hot Rod Lincoln that belonged to the composer of the song. The actual Hot Rod Lincoln was on exhibit in our club’s display!  Other activities we participate in are car cruises to auto museums (always included is a stop at one of the area’s fine restaurants), various car shows hosted by other local car clubs, club picnics, clambakes and always ending the year with a holiday party.

Starting from the first Tuesday in May through the last Tuesday in September we are one of the only car clubs in Ohio to host a weekly car cruise from 4PM-8PM. We feature theme nights, a DJ, food vendors, door prizes and a 50/50 raffle . For just $1 registration fee you can have a chance to win a beautiful plaque from one of our many great sponsors and from our club. We have out-of- town businessmen who plan their business trips so they can be in Solon on Tuesday nights. We even had a couple from Australia, traveling cross-country, stop by because they were told this is a stop they need to make while on their trip. For many years our club has been voted the #1 large weekly cruise in the Cruisin’ Times Magazine survey. On a beautiful summer night, if it’s Tuesday and you love cars, you’ve got to be in Solon!

Once a year on a Tuesday we dedicate the evening to a charity the club voted upon earlier in the year. Several of these charities in the past were Make-A-Wish, Ronald McDonald House and Fisher House for Veterans. For the past several years our charity has been Camp Quality Ohio. Camp Quality Ohio is an organization which provides free year-round support activities for the families with children who have cancer and blood disorders. Included in these activities is a one week long summer camp for these children. Our Charity Show Donation Night this year was held on August 5. It featured live entertainment, food trucks, numerous raffles with cash prizes totaling $3,000 and over 50 awards! Also this year, along with our main raffle, we held two special raffles. They were for a SBC 383 Stroker Engine and for a1970 Honda Z 50 A Mini Bike!  This year (2025) our club members, with the help of all our sponsors, food vendors and volunteers from Camp Quality/Ohio, raised an unbelievable $40,000 for this great charity!

If you want to learn more about us stop by our tent on Tuesday nights or call Dennis Maczko (216-244-5852) or Ray Papesh (440-773-1283). We meet at the Solon Community Center the third Monday of each month at 7PM. Please join us—we’d love for you to become a member.