Thursday, July 16 Events
There are several options available to do today depending on your interests. Italian Car owners are welcome to get a four day temporary membership to Fiat Club America to participate in their planned events. Cost $20
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Schedule Overview
08:00am - 02:30pm PVGP Countryside Tour (PVGP) 09:00am - 04:00pm Pittsburgh City Bus Tour, Departs Doubletree (FCA) 10:00am - 04:00pm Pittsburgh City Craft Beer Brewery Tour (FCA) 12:00pm - 04:00pm Karting at Pitt Race Complex (FCA) 07:00pm - 11:30pm PVGP Cars & Guitars at the Hard Rock (PVGP) 11:30pm - ??? Fiat Club of America Midnight Drive (FCA) |
The following is a tentative schedule for 2015 Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix Cortile Fiat Club America's Fiat FreakOut 2015. #FFO15
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FCA City BUS Tour09:00am - 04:00pm
Departs & Returns to Doubletree Inn Monroeville, PA 
A study in contrast takes you to the old and the new in Pittsburgh. Our tour begins with a ride on the historic Duquesne Incline to the top of Mt. Washington for a spectacular view of Pittsburgh's Golden Triangle, Three rivers and Point State Park. It includes Pittsburgh's crown Jewel, PPG Place and Oakland, the City's Cultural Center, a visit to the University of Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning and it's Nationality Rooms. Journey past the Carnegie Science Center, PNC Park, Heinz Field, Andy Warhol Museum and the Strip District
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FCA Craft Beer Tour10:00am - 04:00pm
Departs & Returns to Doubletree Inn Monroeville, PA 
Brew Tour takes our guests to the THREE iconic breweries of Pittsburgh that helped kick-off the craft beer movement in the Pittsburgh area! Penn Brewery, Church Brew Works and East End Brewing Company have won numerous national awards and have been providing the Steel City with fantastic beer for years! PA Brew Tours spotlights these brewing stalwarts of the steel city with behind-the-scene tours, beer samples and quirky details of Pittsburgh and its brewing history!
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FCA Freakout Karting at Pitt Race
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Noon - 4pm
The 9.5 hp Birel go-karts are designed to give a very close experience to the professional karts raced by pro-karters around the world.
Designed with side, front and rear impact zones, it’s very safe as you push to the limit. These are the fastest outdoor rental go-karts in PA. You can also check out the track that the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix held the "Historic" races the previous weekend! |
Jump off of your couch and get into the driver's seat of one of theirr fast 9.5 hp rental go-karts. Ever wondered how the pros feel? This is your chance to get the same adrenaline rush.
When you get there just sign an insurance waiver, receive a driver briefing, strap on a helmet and race against other Fiat Club drivers while being scored by the computerized timing system. |
PVGP Countryside Tour
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08:00am - 02:30pm
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If Karting isn't your cup of tea and DRIVING your classic sports car is your main passion, the PVGP invites Fiat Club members to join them for the 2015 edition of Countryside Tour. Conceived and created for classic sports & GT cars (it IS a part of Vintage Grand Prix, after all!), the tour will depart from the lovely and historic Century Inn in Scenery Hill, PA at 8:00 AM and depart at 9:00 AM, and follow a delightful collection of scenic, twisting, lightly-traveled back roads through Pennsylvania’s beautiful Laurel Highlands. Travelling in groups of three or four cars only, to enhance both safety and the driving experience, we will work up a good thirst and an appetite, which will be slaked during our visit to Countryside Tour sponsor The Coventry Inn in lovely Indiana, PA. Innkeeper Charles Runyan and his capable staff do a wonderful job for us, each year, in making this a high-point of the Tour.
Following lunch at The Coventry Inn, Tour participants can depart for Pittsburgh at approximately 2:30 PM. You can also enjoy a self-guided tour of actor Jimmy Stewart’s home town, before heading back to the Pittsburgh area Registration is $75.00 and includes both morning & afternoon tour segments, as well as lunch and refreshments at The Coventry Inn. For dinner, at The Century Inn, you will need to call the Inn and make your own reservations. Tell them you are part of Countryside Tour, so that they can plan seating, together, for all of us. (www.centuryinn.com) (724) 945-6600. |
FCA Welcome Night Dinner
06:00pm - 07:00pm Reception and cocktails
07:00pm - 09:00pm Dinner
Thursday Dinner includes: Barbeque Pulled Pork and Beef Buffet, Mixed Greens Salad, Coleslaw, Potato Salad, Mac & Cheese, Corn on the cob, Cornbread Muffins, Peach Cobbler, Coffee, Hot or Iced Tea
07:00pm - 09:00pm Dinner
Thursday Dinner includes: Barbeque Pulled Pork and Beef Buffet, Mixed Greens Salad, Coleslaw, Potato Salad, Mac & Cheese, Corn on the cob, Cornbread Muffins, Peach Cobbler, Coffee, Hot or Iced Tea
#PVGP "Cars & Guitars" at the Hard Rock
Thursday July 16: 7:00pm - 11:30pm
Tickets are now available $20 per person, A limited amount of reserved tables of 6 are available for only $150.
Paul MacIntyre, who with his wife Sue has been a volunteer at the PVGP since 1983 puts together a wonderful mixture of music for this event that was created in 2013.
You can learn more about the local Pittsburgh Music scene from the Grand Prix’s own Paul MacIntyre’s blog or visit his facebook page.
- This is a PVGP event and welcome to Fiat Club America members.
Tickets are now available $20 per person, A limited amount of reserved tables of 6 are available for only $150.
Paul MacIntyre, who with his wife Sue has been a volunteer at the PVGP since 1983 puts together a wonderful mixture of music for this event that was created in 2013.
You can learn more about the local Pittsburgh Music scene from the Grand Prix’s own Paul MacIntyre’s blog or visit his facebook page.
FCA Midnight Drive
- This is a preregistered event for Fiat Club of America members only.
Departing from the Hard Rock and traversing up Sycamore Avenue the tour stops near the Monogahela incline and the 'mushroom' shaped viewing spots and then moves along Grandview Avenue for the next stop at the Duquesne Incline and Museum. It a great tour of the cityscape of Pittsburgh.
A MUST DO Stop at the Duquesne Incline, voted 1 of the Top 10 sites for viewing a cityscape in the world by USA Today, is on the agenda! Since 1877, this funicular railway has served the residents and businesses of the Duquesne Heights and Mount Washington sections of Pittsburgh. From the cars there are great view out over the city. Utilizing two original 1877 cable cars, the Duquesne Incline is a working museum, with the upper station providing photos and displays on the history of the incline. Visitors can also see the inner workings of the incline. The Duquesne and Monongahela Inclines, are the oldest continuous inclines in the world. Be sure to ask to see the wooden gears that still drive the cars!
Learn more about the History of Mt Washington << at this link.
Last Update to this page: 29 May 2015
