
Cars make their way North on State Road 55 at 153rd Avenue during the Cobe Cup Car Cruies on Saturday morning.
CROWN POINT — It wasn’t the Indy 500, but gentlemen were still starting their engines.
The Regional Streeters Car Club of Indiana hosted the 112th running of the Cobe Cup Cruise on Saturday. Starting from the Lake County Fairgrounds, drivers cruised through Crown Point, Cedar Lake and Lowell before returning to the fairgrounds for awards.
Regional Streeter Ray Miranda was anticipating 160 entries.
“They want to be a part of history,” Miranda said. “There’s no cruise like this. People can go to car shows and sit, but here you can drive on the roads they used 100 years ago.”
The race-turned-cruise dates back to 1909, when Louis Chevrolet stood on the east steps of the Crown Point Courthouse after winning the Cobe Trophy Race,