DAYTON - Thirty four vintage racecars converged on Dayton over Labor Day weekend for their annual 200 mile endurance run. The cars and their owners are members of the Northwest Vintage Speedsters club, out of Portland.

Lower left: A driver studies his course map before proceeding on the endurance run.

According to event organizer DaJuan Recknagle, the cars drove a 200 mile route on Sunday, which put them on city streets and county roads, all within ten miles of Dayton. The drivers had no information about the course until they were handed maps when the run began. Drivers and owners spent the weekend at the Best Western Hotel.

Recknagle said that the speedsters are all 1934 and older cars that have been converted to racers. Many are constructed from Model T Ford chasses and have hand-built bodies.

Northwest Vintage Speedsters was formed in Portland in 1975. The group holds several events each summer. Recknagle, who lives in Tri-Cities, said this is the group's first event in the Touchet Valley.

For more information about Northwest Vintage Speedsters, go to nwvs.org.