The Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix and it's races at Schenley Park remain the nation's largest and longest continuous running vintage race event and is the only one run on city streets. Leggi tutto.
A great place to check out the Vintage Racers as they line up for their Race Groups 1-6: 1.Pre-WWII, 2.Under 1 Litre, 3.Sports & Formula Cars, 4.Under 2 Litre, 5.Over 2 Litre, 6. Small Bore Leggi tutto.
Turn 1 can be a very fast corner, with speeds approaching 60 mph and some very unsettling pavement bumps. With no run-off opportunity, drivers risk slapping the back end of the car against the Jersey Leggi tutto.
The "Hay Bale Chicane" designed to slow down the drivers and test their cornering abilities. Near the VietNam Veteran's Pavilion Leggi tutto.
Upon exit the speed quickly - but cautiously - builds again as drivers thread between drain culverts which threaten any wheel that strays too close. The course then shoots across Panther Hollow Bridge Leggi tutto.
Drivers hug the right curb, trying to squeeze between rough pavement to the left and the curbing on the right as they sweep past Phipps Conservatory and onto Schenley Drive. Leggi tutto.
The approach to turn 9 is a good passing zone. Cars enter far to the left, and those who can out-brake others can steal the corner. hard braking. Very hard braking. The Cortile is at the Fountain Leggi tutto.
This is a blind 90degree off-camber lefthander - a bad place for a car to get unsettled. Through this section, experienced drivers use a Pgh line: a path developed around the surface's 3-dim geometry Leggi tutto.
Demands a late apex that avoids a storm grate – right in the middle of the best line. Many drivers power out of this uphill turn into a well-controlled drift that nearly kisses the outside curb Leggi tutto.
18 becomes a test of brakes & nerves as drivers dive for the inside. The best get to pass here as all cars slow as they enter 18, so getting there first is more important than carrying excess Speed Leggi tutto.
Sharp, downhill switchback of Turn 19 requires drivers to look over their shoulder to see its apex. To complicate matters, both sides of the track are lined with stone walls. White Knuckle stuff! Leggi tutto.
This is the last turn on the circuit and it's a real good one. It is slightly downhill and a hairpin at that. Leggi tutto.