Antique vehicles take a ‘brake’ at first hangar party in Butler
PENN TWP — Michael Schindel’s 1974 911 Porsche will be flying through the streets of Pittsburgh at around 100 miles per hour Saturday, alongside dozens of other vintage race cars for the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix.
But on Thursday, Schindel, who is from Gibsonia, and his vehicle hunkered down at the Pittsburgh-Butler Regional Airport for the Passport to Elegance Jet Center Party, where he and a number of other vintage vehicle enthusiasts could talk about their rides before race day.
Schindel said vintage racing is known as “gentlemen’s racing” among enthusiasts for a reason.
“In vintage racing, people are more respective of the car,” Schindel said. “In professional racing, if you wreck a car, the sponsor will buy you a new one. You can’t do that with these vintage cars.”
The drivers in the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix took a pit stop in Butler for a “hangar party” Thursday evening, in the middle of a 10-day event that has taken them on a tour of Allegheny and Butler counties.
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