Just wanted to pass this along to the Spridget community: MG has been named
Marque of the Year at next year's Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix. This is a
huge honor (considering that the purpose of PVGP is to raise money for
charity and they always pick marques that are currently producing
automobiles) and a BIG DEAL.
For those unfamiliar with Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix, it is the only
vintage sports car racing event running on public streets. Specifically,
the course winds it's way up, down and around beautiful, old, wooded
Schenley Park, with the races being the centerpiece of a huge party
celebrating vintage automobiles. It's a family-friendly event (my wife and
I brought our kids..the youngest at age 3 months..to the event every year
and now they come back with their kids), with something to amuse all of
them, whether they really like cars of not.
With PVGP now acting as their own race sanctioning body, the 60s and 70s era
production cars (Spridgets, Bs, etc.) can now race at Schenley Park. There
have always been a bunch of T-series MGs, as well as MGAs racing there, but,
now we are seeing MGBs, and Spridgets in respectable numbers, as well as
Minis (REAL Minis, I mean), Sunbeams, Lotus (Loti?), Lola, Elva, etc.
The region within a 100 mile radius of Pittsburgh offers some great
recreational opportunities (bicycling, camping, canoeing, kayaking, white
water-rafting), B&B lodging, historical sites/museums, Spridget-driving
roads, etc. You could spend two weekends watching vintage racing in
Pittsburgh, while roaming the surrounding area for the week in between....or
you could attend any/all of the PVGP-related events in and around Pittsburgh
during the week between race weekends.
The dates for the Schenley Park segment of PVGP are July 21 and 22, 2012.
Check it out at: www.pvgp.org
Bud Osbourne
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