For the 10th anniversary of modern-day vintage racing at Put-in-Bay, the event's organizers are going back to the race's origins–back when they welcomed lowly sedans, at a time when they were not eligible for most competition events. “Put-in-Bay was pretty much a low-key event put on by unwashed Midwesterners, so sedans were permitted to fill in the classes,” explains Race Director Jack Woehrle. …
Jordan, is that top color photo a Riley? Racing where?
Anyone with an interest or curiosity of what sports car racing was like "back inna day" should really, really make the effort to attend..
On second thought, if this becomes even half as popular as it should be, our little piece of retro racing paradise will be overrun and ruined. So everybody else continue with your packed, overcrowded, expensive big-time events & leave us alone... Just kidding! (Not)
Are any 'Classic Motorsportsters' who'll be attending this PIB event interested in informaly meeting up somewhere? No matter your taste in cars or racing classes, everybody eats.
In reply to Coventrywood :
It is a Riley from their 1959 race at Put-in-Bay.
We had a Riley 1.5 racing here in the Pacific Northwest back in the day. Interesting combination of B series driveline mated to an A series suspension and rear end. Neat thing was that if you put a built MGB motor in them and replaced the rear end (I think the MG Magnette was a pretty diret swap, albiet with different bolt pattern) and using all the suspension tuning tricks learned from Sprites, including a disc brake conversion, they were darned quick (if illegal), as they weighed about the same as an MGB.
I owned a couple of them. Sadly, many succumbed to tin worm over the years.
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