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39th Annual British Car Day – Pittsburgh

July 20, 2019 Staff 0

Show features 500 of England’s finest sports and luxury sports automobiles. The long-standing event is billed as the largest annual British-only car show in Pennsylvania. Coinciding with British Car Day at the same golf course is the Schenley Park Combined Car Show, featuring displays of German, Japanese, Italian and American cars, for a total field of some 2,000 cars Held in conjunction with Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix racing event on the streets of Schenley Park. Qualifying races Saturday, featured races Sunday.

British Car Day at Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix

July 14, 2018 Staff 0

One of the highlights of Grand Prix Race Weekend in Schenley Park is British Car Day, sponsored by the Western Pennsylvania Triumph Association (WPTA). It features over 500 of England’s best sport and luxury automobiles. 2018 will mark the 38th year of this great event and the 31st year that it has taken place in conjunction with the PVGP in Schenley Park. During that time the WPTA has raised $151,000 for the Grand Prix charities! Located in the middle of the golf course it is the anchor of our International Car Show. British Car Day is the largest annual British-only car show in Pennsylvania whose proceeds have always been contributed to charity. The WPTA’s British Car Day was first held at Hartwood Acres from 1981 to 1986. In joining the Grand Prix in 1987, an immediate synergy was evident. That relationship has continued […]

Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix

July 6, 2018 Staff 0

The Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix is 10 days of automotive enthusiasm and racing that features the best of vintage cars and best of Pittsburgh. What started as a single day race in 1983 has grown into a motorsport festival with two full race weekends and 10 days of parties, parades and car shows. There is something at the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix for anyone who has any kind of fondness for things that go “vroom.”

Kastner Cup 2018 at the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix

July 5, 2018 Staff 0

The 2018 Kastner Cup will be contested at the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix Historics at Pittsburgh International Race Complex in Beaver, Pa., July 6-8. Triumphs will run within their respective race groups with other sports cars throughout the weekend and the Kastner Cup will be a dedicated 40-minute all-Triumph race July 7 at approximately 4 p.m. The PVGP Historics started in 2004 and have grown over the past decade into a vintage race event that stands alone. Pittsburgh International Race Complex is the ideal venue for racing Triumphs. This purpose-built track, 40 miles northwest of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh International Race Complex expanded the track in 2015, adding 1.2 mile that stretches the entire circuit out to 2.8 heart pounding miles.

2018 Kastner Cup at Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix

November 10, 2017 Michael Carnell 1