Darrell Sapp, Post-Gazette A red MG TD is parked in front of the Heinz History Center and Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum in the Strip District. The car is owned by Jeff Brown, of Scott, and before that belonged to his father. Brown plans to race the car in the Vintage Grand Prix next month. Click photo for larger image.

Automobile enthusiasts will be treated to 10 days of car shows and vintage races beginning July 6 as the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix celebrates its 25th anniversary. Almost 175 race cars dating as far back as the 1930s will compete in Schenley Park, making the event the largest vintage car race in the country, and the only one run on city streets, organizers said.

At a press conference this morning, Mayor Luke Ravenstahl unveiled a prototype of the historical marker which will be erected in Schenley Park to commemorate the 1,200 volunteers who put on the event.

Because of these volunteers, said Daniel DelBianco, executive director of the PVGP Association, the event has raised over $2 million for the Autism Society of Pittsburgh and Allegheny Valley School.

The event grew from a single-day race into a two-week festival which now draws over 250,000 spectators.

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More details in tomorrow's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.