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 Summit AutoRama Piston Powered Car Show at the IX Center. This year our display will feature 6 classic cars representing the years from 1921 to 1966. 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 Corvette Donation Night Benefit Car Show this year is on August 6. It will feature live entertainment by Ricky and the Rockets, food trucks, numerous raffles with cash prizes totaling $3,000 and over 50 awards! Also this year we will be holding a special raffle to win a mini gas powered Corvette Go-Kart. Last year our club members, with the help of all our sponsors, food vendors and volunteers from Camp Quality/Ohio, raised $17,000 for this great charity! This year we are on track to do even better!!! See our ad in the Cruisin’ Times Magazine for more information.
If you want to learn more about us or see our 2024 schedule, club events and car show pictures, please visit us on our website: RNRCSM.COM , Facebook 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.