Put-in-Bay Road Races

Annual reunion features car shows, picnics, roundtable discussions, a vintage car parade, and films of early races when European cars sped at 100 mph on the otherwise quiet public roads of Put-in-Bay, Ohio, on Lake Erie, nearly 60 years ago. CLICK ON ANY IMAGE TO VIEW FULL PHOTO, START SLIDE SHOW.

Enlarge | Buy This Photo Tourists watch as the historic, foreign cars in the Put-in-Bay Road Race parade finish their first lap around ... THE BLADE/LORI KING

Enlarge | Buy This Photo One of the many commemorative stones along the parade route. THE BLADE/LORI KING

Enlarge | Buy This Photo Put-in-Bay Road Race parade coordinator Bob Williams discusses last minute details about the route with Put-in-Bay ... THE BLADE/LORI KING

Enlarge | Buy This Photo Dan Jadwisiak gets a kiss from Scarlet, his pet African Grey bird, as he sits by his 1969 MGC during ... THE BLADE/LORI KING

Enlarge | Buy This Photo Roger Sieling lifts the hood of his 1958 Lotus 11, which was raced by a former owner in the original ... THE BLADE/LORI KING

Enlarge This 1964 Triumph, from England, is owned by Mark Rollinson. LORI KING

Enlarge | Buy This Photo Mary Costich, from New Hampshire, holds the checkered flag as the car cross the finish line downtown. THE BLADE/LORI KING

Enlarge | Buy This Photo Local vintage cars, like this German Volkswagen, were invited to join the Put-in-Bay Road Race parade around the Ohio island. THE BLADE/LORI KING

Enlarge | Buy This Photo These historic race cars went about 35 miles per hour around the former race track, compared to the 100 miles ... THE BLADE/LORI KING

Enlarge Spectators can now watch a leisurely parade whereas Put-in-Bay visitors once stood on the streets as cars whizzed ... LORI KING