Flickr Gallery for 2025 PVGP Blacktie & Tailpipes Gala – Click image above to view the entire album.
Our Blacktie & Tailpipes Gala opens Grand Prix Race Week in formal style! This is a must for any auto enthusiast who enjoys shiny cars, fine dining and great company. In addition to being one of the city’s best summer parties, it is also a significant fundraiser for our charity partners.
We are excited to announce that the gala will make history in 2026 when we hold the event at the Kamin Science Center. The PVGP will have access to the entire facility, and chair Ev Kelly Searle is already planning this special event.
Our 2025 event at the Heinz History Center was spectacular. The Senator John Heinz History Center is Pennsylvania’s largest history museum and a proud affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution. As Pittsburgh’s “people museum,” the History Center preserves and interprets the history of Western Pennsylvanians through six floors of interactive exhibitions, featuring iconic artifacts such as the TV set from “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” and the world’s oldest Jeep. The Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum on the second and third floors celebrates the unsurpassed sports legacy of the City of Champions, from football to baseball and hockey to auto racing, including the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix display.
Thank you to our Generous 2025 Sponsors
2025 Sponsorships are available – PDF
Evelyn Searle – chairperson
Amy Hahn Beck
Deborah Davis
Michelle DelBianco
Beatriz Harrison
Kathy Hennessy
Bella Searle
Brenda Tenison
Mia Tepke
If you want to learn more or contribute an auction prize, please email Evelyn Searle.
