RENDEZVOUS 928 July 23 – 24, 2022 at the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix

RENDEZVOUS 928 July 23 – 24, 2022 at the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix
Join your 928 Community and enjoy one extraordinary opportunity. Not only the RENDEZVOUS 928 2022 event but this is the Porsche Marque year!=12.0pt
 The main dates for the actual car show on the golf course lawn and the vintage races through the streets are Saturday and Sunday July 23 -24, 2022. On Friday, July 22d, the Porsche specific festivities start in earnest with a fun run through the countryside, with a dinner gathering of many Porsches afterwards, creating an impromptu Porsche car show in the parking lot.   

With Porsche as Marque of the Year, this is going to be a very special PVGP. There will be hundreds of Porsches on the lawn. Let's do the sharks proud like was done at Amelia. We plan to have some very special and significant 928's there too.
 Hotel Location: DoubleTree by Hilton – Pittsburgh Cranberry
910 Sheraton Drive Mars, PA 16046

Group Name: Porsche 928 Car ClubHotel reservations: Arrival Date: 07/21/22 - Departure Date: 07/24/22
 This is the direct reservation link: www.hilton.com/en/book/reservation/deepl...mId=HILTONLINKDIRECT
The last day to make a reservation at the discounted rate will be June 30, 2022.

If anyone wants to call to make their reservation they can do so by dialing 724 776 6900 and referencing Porsche 928 Car Club. Please note that if a guest has a very specific reservation request or wants to arrive/depart outside of the dates listed below then it would be best for them to call the hotel directly then press zero. Kate Knecht (Director of Sales and Marketing) is the main contact. E-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

Here are the highlights of the activities to enjoy:

Friday, July 22:

• Tour Rally - this starts the weekend of festivities, with a countryside tour though W PA, including lakes, twisties and Amish country. It is approximately a 3 hour tour that starts and ends at the place for the Welcome Party (Welcome Party location TBD); Typically, driver's meeting at 12:45 pm and wheels up at 1 pm. Final details will be announced.

• Weekend kick-off Party – our local Club (ARPCA) will host the out of town clubs and Porsche people travelling to participate in the PVGP activities. Depending on where the Club chooses as the gathering place, we may participate with them. We may select our own gathering place for after the Tour. More to follow, but plan for Friday evening, starting at 5 pm to ?

Saturday, July 23:

All registrants:

• Your Porsche in the International Car Show on the Golf Course at Schenley Park – over 3000 cars on display (Porsche is the PVGP Marque for 2022)
• Cool Chinese Auction items
• PVGP package
• Cold beverages all day
• Watch the Vintage Racing Time Trails (come see many classic and vintage Porsches and other great marques participating in the races throughout Schenley Park.)

Premium Registrants also get each day:

• Your Porsche in the International Car Show on the Golf Course at Schenley Park
• ARPCA Catered Tailgate Party with full hot lunch, dessert, snow cones (starts at 12:00 Noon)
• Top 10 Peoples’ Choice Concours (open to all premium registered Porsches)
• Door prizes

Sunday, July 24:
All registrants:

• Your Porsche on the Golf Course
• Cool Chinese Auction items
• PVGP package
• Cold beverages all day
• Race Day - Watch the Vintage Races

Premium Registrants also get each day:

• Your Porsche in the on the Golf Course
• ARPCA Catered Tailgate Party with full hot lunch, dessert, snow cones (starts at 12:00 Noon)
• Top 10 Peoples’ Choice Concours (open to all premium registered Porsches)
• Door prizes

PVGP prices are as follows (this does not include the separate Rendezvous registration; there will be a separate cost for that):

Premium –

• SATURDAY registration for 1 car and TWO people: $150 (includes parking, door prizes, lunch and soft beverages)


• SUNDAY registration for 1 car and TWO people: $150 (includes parking, door prizes, lunch and soft beverages)


• Both days together registration for 1 car and TWO people: $275 (includes parking, door prizes, lunch each day and soft beverages)


• Additional meal ticket for either day: $20 per person (must be premium registered to purchase extra lunch tickets)

Non-Premium -

• SATURDAY registration for 1 car and TWO people: $75 (includes parking, PVGP package and soft beverages)


• SUNDAY registration for 1 car and TWO people: $75 (includes parking, PVGP package and soft beverages)


• Both days together registration for 1 car and TWO people: $150 (includes parking, PVGP package and soft beverages)


· Note – there are no lunch tickets for non-premium; there are many places throughout the grounds to get lunch, however.
 

NOTE - DO NOT REGISTER FOR THE EVENT THROUGH THIS PVGP SITE .  INSTEAD, REGISTRATION FOR THE PVGP EVENT WILL NEED TO GO THROUGH OUR LOCAL PCA CLUB WEBSITE - ARPCA. THAT WILL GO LIVE IN MARCH AT SOME POINT. ALSO, THERE WILL BE SEPARATE REGISTRATION FOR RENDEZVOUS ITSELF. There will be two separate registrations, and neither will be through the PVGP website.


Also, for those travelling to the PVGP without a shark ( or other Porsche), you will not be able to park in the Porsche corral with the other 928's/Porsches. There is patron parking with shuttle busses just outside of the golf course (see the PVGP.org site for details on that).

Big thing to note  - if you are not bringing a Porsche and parking on the golf course, you DO NOT have to register for the PVGP through the Allegheny Region PCA (ARPCA) website. You will not be able to just buy a lunch at the Porsche display, but there are plenty of other places around the event on the premises where you can purchase lunch, so no big deal. You certainly can bring your lawn chairs and hang out with everyone who did bring a shark to the event. So, if you are not bringing a car to display, do not spend the dollars to register for the PVGP.

DO however, register for Rendezvous  in order to participate in the Saturday evening cookout and get the coin and other swag. I think Scott will have those registration details for us pretty soon.

Questions, call or email me. (Phone is 412-32 ate- four 7 four oh), and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

In addition, there are many other events taking place in the week and a half up leading up to race weekend, including:

· Big Bore Historics at Pitt Race, Jul 14 -17  www.pvgp.org/events/historics/

· The exclusive, invitational car show gathering at Walnut St, Jul 18,  www.pvgp.org/events/walnut-street/#

· Waterfrront Car cruise, with 1000’s of cars Jul 19,  www.pvgp.org/events/cruise/ , bring your shark

· The parade and Downtown Car show – enter your car in these events, July 20,  www.pvgp.org/events/parade/

· Wednesday night Tune Up party, July 20. We’ll try to get some of our very special 928’s entered into the display here.  www.pvgp.org/events/tune-up/

· Jet Center Party – I’d really like to get some special sharks entered into this event, July 21,  www.pvgp.org/events/jetcenter/

· Forbes Ave Speed Parade – Friday eve, July 22 (if you don’t want to hang with us),  www.pvgp.org/events/drivers-reception/ .



As you can see, this is a significant car event, and tons of fun. Come early, or come just for the weekend. The official Rendezvous part is Friday – Sunday, July 22 – 24. If you want to register for the other events listed immediately above, like the Big Bore races or the Jet Center party, register directly for those events, and only those events, through the PVGP website directly,  www.pvgp.org .

 

RENDEZVOUS 928 2022 AND PITTSBURGH VINTAGE GRAND PRIX (PVGP) GROUP RATE HOTEL INFORMATION


DoubleTree by Hilton – Pittsburgh Cranberry
910 Sheraton Drive Mars, PA 16046

Group Name: Porsche 928 Car Club

LINK
www.hilton.com/en/book/reser...LTONLINKDIRECT
(If you don't get to the reservation site the first time when you click this link, try again or maybe a couple times. It didn't go there for me at first either.)

Arrival Date: 07/21/22 | Departure Date: 07/24/22

The last day to make a reservation at the discounted rate will be June 30, 2022.

If anyone wants to call to make their reservation they can do so by dialing 724 776 6900 and referencing Porsche 928 Car Club. Please note that if a guest has a very specific reservation request or wants to arrive/depart outside of the dates listed below then it would be best for them to call the hotel directly then press zero. Kate Knecht (Director of Sales and Marketing) is the main contact. E-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

More rooms will be available if needed. THERE IS A HOSE THERE TOO TO WASH YOUR CAR



 

I've booked my room and my flight out!  Looking forward to a great time.

Registration at ARPCA for the PVGP is now LIVE!!!!  HERE IS WHERE YOU GO:  arpca.com/pvgp-2022/

So, some reminders - For those travelling to the PVGP without a shark (or other Porsche), you will not be able to park in the Porsche corral with the other 928's/Porsches. There is patron parking with shuttle busses just outside of the golf course (see the PVGP.org site for details on that). So, big thing to note - if you are not bringing a Porsche, you DO NOT have to register for the PVGP through the Allegheny Region PCA (ARPCA) website. You will not be able to just buy a lunch at the Porsche corral and food tent however, but there are plenty of other places around the event on the premises where you can purchase lunch, so no big deal. You certainly can bring your lawn chairs and hang out with everyone who did bring a shark to the event. So, if you are not bringing a car to display, do not spend the dollars to register for the PVGP.

DO however, register for Rendezvous in order to participate in the Saturday evening cookout and get the coin and other swag. I think Scott will have those registration details for us pretty soon.

As far as the event at Schenley Park goes - there are 2 levels. A premium level at $150/day or $275 for the weekend. It gets you a lot of things and you can read about them on the website. It is apparently limited to the first 250 cars, so if you want this package for one or both days, sign up NOW.

The non-premium package parks beside the premium group, and that is $70/day, either day. That gets you the PVGP program and water. Food is available throughout the grounds at the various vendors. (note - you get 2 lunch bands with a premium registration - so if you are coming alone, think about giving the extra lunch band to someone who signs up for the non-premium package or who isn't bringing a shark)

No matter which package you sign up for, the plan is to have all 928's park together on the lawn, probably in the area between the premium group and non-premium group. Rick (WyattsRide) has this part of the event in his wheel house and can chime in.

On Friday, there is the Countryside tour - the donation for that is $25 per car. It starts and ends at the restaurant where we will have the Friday night get together. Details are on the ARPCA website. NOTE - we may change the location for the Friday night get together to another place - more to follow on that later. We still plan to do the tour as a group, with the rest of the Porsches, for anyone interested.

Saturday night we will have our special Rendezvous gathering at Maxx Restaurant in Warrendale, PA, real close to the hotel ( maxx-restaurant.business.site/ ). That will begin at 6 pm and go to whenever. We will have libations and Rendezvous swag. Scott can fill in the details on that. Afterwards, the party will roll back to the hotel parking lot, in the finest 928 tradition! NOTE - I need a rough count to give to Maxx's.

Also, there are a lot of other things going on during car week, which I outlined above. You can visit the PVGP website and register for these other events directly through the PVGP. We will have a special display of a couple of sharks at the Jet Center Party and the Wednesday night Tune Up Party, among other things. The Jet Center Party is a bit pricey - $375. But if you register before May 15, it is $295 per person, and if enough folks get together, a group of 8 or more gets you $275 per ticket before May 15th.

In addition, Joel R is making a special batch of brew - we need a headcount, the sooner the better. Not sure what the charge will be, but it'll be good and it'll be a great piece of Rendezvous history (special label).

As to hotel issues - Rick and I will work on that. We may be out of rooms already (I know well over 30 have reserved so far). More to follow.

So a final thought - REMINDER: DO NOT REGISTER FOR THE LAWN EVENT THROUGH THE PVGP WEBSITE . INSTEAD, REGISTRATION FOR THE PVGP EVENT ON THE LAWN WILL NEED TO GO THROUGH OUR LOCAL PCA CLUB WEBSITE - ARPCA, WHICH IS LIVE NOW. THERE WILL BE SEPARATE REGISTRATION FOR RENDEZVOUS ITSELF (coming soon). There will be two separate registrations, and neither will be through the PVGP website.SPACE IS LIMITED FOR PORSCHE PREMIUM PACKAGE SO SIGN UP NOW IF YOU WANT THAT.

updates and consolidated info here: rennlist.com/forums/928-forum/1297494-re...22-pvgp-details.html

OK Folks - it's June 1st - time is running out - if you are bringing a shark and you have not registered to be on the lawn at Schenley Park yet, do so now! Likewise, register for the Friday driving countryside tour. Don't forget the Jet Center Party, where there will be a special display of #1 and the last one. I will also have a VIP spot where the other sharks will be gathered and displayed front and center in the immediate perimeter of the main display. There are a ton of other things to register for too.

See the Rennlist thread and this post for additional details: rennlist.com/forums/928-forum/1270673-re...-4.html#post18175835

OK Everyone - here is some important info about the show at Schenley Park on July 23/24 - This is the Map of the golf course, and how to get in: pvgp.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Map-...GP-Schenley-Park.pdf.

Note - enter at the top of the hill on Forbes Ave at Schenley Drive. Drive down the hill, and Porsche is the last gate on the left; our parking area is clearly shown on the map (at #33). You can't enter the golf course any other way. The map shows all other entry points closed.

The Rendezvous 928 was an outstanding success!  Thanks to all who supported and attended the event.

Attached is my summary of the event, split into two parts. 

 

What a sight!  

Thanks Rich - great write up and pictures! So glad you were able to make it!