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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Who actually owns your domain name? If your web designer registered it under their account, they control your website. Part ways badly and your site can go dark. Check your registrar. Make sure the registrant is you. #PGHDMA #SmallBusiness #WebsiteTips

Web designer registered your domain under their account, they own your website, check registrar

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Quick win: Google gives every business a free review link. It's in your Business Profile under 'Ask for reviews.' Put it on receipts, invoices, and a QR card at the counter. Happy customers will leave reviews. They just won't hunt for the link. #PGHDMA #GoogleReviews #LocalSEO

Google's free review link on receipts and QR cards makes leaving a review one tap

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Myth: email marketing is dead. Reality: it returns about $36 for every $1 spent on average, per Litmus. Your email list is the one audience no algorithm decides you can reach. One good monthly email to past customers still brings in calls. #PGHDMA #EmailMarketing #SmallBusiness

Email marketing is dead. It returns about $36 per $1 on average, per Litmus

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

If your last Facebook post is from 2023, customers don't think 'bad at marketing.' They think 'did this place close?' And they won't call to find out. One recent photo a month keeps the pulse visible. #PGHDMA #SmallBusiness #SocialMedia

Social feed dead since 2023 makes your business look closed, one post a month shows a pulse

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The Great Race turns 49 this Sunday, Sept 27. Pennsylvania's largest 10K, Frick Park to Downtown, 9:30 a.m. The official course description says "predominantly downhill." Every runner here knows what "predominantly" is doing in that sentence. #PGHDMA #Pittsburgh #GreatRace

Great Race turns 49, Sept 27 2026, PA's largest 10K, Frick Park to Downtown, mostly downhill

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Every October, Pittsburgh's first cold night sends a wave of 'furnace repair' searches to Google. Same spike every year. You can see it on Google Trends. If your site and ads still lead with AC tune-ups, you're marketing for August. #PGHDMA #HomeServices #LocalSEO

Heating searches spike every October, update home services sites and ads in September

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Myth: SEO is a one-time job. Google's own guidance: most improvements take 4 months to a year to show results. And rankings aren't a trophy you keep. Competitors publish, Google updates, your 'done' site slides. It's a lawn, not a fence. #PGHDMA #SEO #LocalSEO

SEO is a one-time job. Google says 4 months to a year, rankings need ongoing tending

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The Steelers open the season at home Sunday against the Falcons, 1 p.m. at Acrisure. Only the 2nd time in 12 years they've started a season on the North Shore, and it's game one of the McCarthy era. Gonna be loud. #PGHDMA #Steelers #HereWeGo

Steelers 2026 home opener Sept 13 vs Falcons at Acrisure, first game of the McCarthy era

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

You click a local business site and before you've read a word, a popup wants your email. Nobody signs up with a site they've known for 2 seconds. Popups can work. Ambush timing doesn't. Fire it after a scroll, not on arrival. #PGHDMA #WebDesign #SmallBusiness

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Quick one: call your own business number today. Count the rings, listen to the greeting, make sure the voicemail box isn't full. That 30 seconds is the first impression every caller gets, and most owners have never heard it. #PGHDMA #SmallBusiness #LocalBusiness

Call your own business number today, hear what customers hear, fix rings and voicemail

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Still emailing customers from yourcompany412@gmail.com? They notice. A domain email runs under $10 a month, looks legit, and stays yours when staff changes. Small fix, real trust. #PGHDMA #SmallBusiness #Pittsburgh

Free Gmail business email reads like a side hustle, domain email is under $10/mo and yours

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Worried one bad review will sink your business? Northwestern research found buyers get skeptical of perfect 5.0 ratings. Purchase likelihood peaks between 4.0 and 4.7 stars, then drops near 5.0. Real beats spotless. #PGHDMA #GoogleReviews #SmallBusiness

A bad review sinks your business. Buyers trust 4.0-4.7 stars over a perfect 5.0

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

PSA for Pittsburgh business owners: Google doesn't robocall you threatening to suspend your listing. Scammers do. The FTC has sued over these exact calls. Hang up, log into your Business Profile directly, and check for yourself. It's free. #PGHDMA #ScamAlert #SmallBusiness

Robocalls threatening to suspend your Google listing are scams, Google doesn't cold-call

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Quick win for anyone running their own Google Ads: open the Search Terms report. It's the actual searches your budget went to, not the keywords you picked. You'll probably find junk. Add it as negative keywords and stop paying for it. #PGHDMA #GoogleAds #SmallBusiness

Google Ads search terms report, add negative keywords to stop paying for junk clicks

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

When's the last time you filled out your own contact form? They break quietly. A plugin update, a changed email, and quote requests start vanishing into spam. Nobody tells you it's broken. They just call someone else. Test yours today. #PGHDMA #SmallBusiness #WebsiteTips

Untested contact forms break quietly and lose quote requests, send a test message monthly

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Myth: post every day or the algorithm buries you. Reality: the algorithm ranks engagement, not your streak. Two solid posts a week with real photos beat seven rushed ones. Post when you have something worth showing. #PGHDMA #SocialMediaMarketing #SmallBusiness

post every day or the algorithm buries you. Engagement beats streaks, quality beats volume

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The Pittsburgh Irish Festival turns 35. Sept 11-13 at the Carrie Blast Furnaces in Rankin. Celtic music under old iron stacks is about the most Pittsburgh pairing there is. Always the weekend after Labor Day. #PGHDMA #PghIrishFest #Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh Irish Festival Sept 11-13 2026, 35th year, at Carrie Blast Furnaces in Rankin

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

A lead that filled out your form 5 minutes ago is hot. Tomorrow morning it's a name in a spreadsheet. HBR research: respond within an hour and you're about 7x more likely to qualify the lead. The first business to call back usually gets the job. #PGHDMA #SmallBusiness #Leads

Speed to lead: respond within an hour, about 7x more likely to qualify it, HBR study

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Closing for Labor Day? Google doesn't know unless you tell it. Set special hours on your Business Profile for Monday, Sept 7, or Google shows you as open, customers drive over, and the door's locked. They blame you, not Google. 2-minute fix. #PGHDMA #LocalSEO #SmallBusiness

Closed Labor Day but Google says open, set special hours or customers hit locked doors

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Myth: boosting a post is the same as running an ad. The Boost button optimizes for likes and comments. Ads Manager optimizes for calls, leads, and website visits. Same money, very different outcomes. #PGHDMA #FacebookAds #SmallBusiness

Boosting a Facebook post is not running an ad, boosts buy likes, Ads Manager buys leads

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

A Fair in the Park returns to Mellon Park Sept 11-13. 57th year, still run by the artists themselves, 85+ makers over three days. Some of Pittsburgh's best small businesses fit inside a booth. #PGHDMA #Pittsburgh #ShopLocal

A Fair in the Park, Sept 11-13 2026, Mellon Park, 57th year artist-run fine craft festival

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Nobody reads your Google reviews without checking the dates. A 4.6 with reviews from last week beats a 5.0 that's been quiet since 2023. If your newest review is months old, that's the first thing to fix. #PGHDMA #GoogleReviews #LocalSEO

Review recency: fresh Google reviews beat a perfect star rating from 2023

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

If your Facebook page is your whole online presence, you're renting, not owning. One locked account, one policy change, and it's gone overnight. People Googling what you do are finding websites. Own your home base. #PGHDMA #SmallBusiness #WebsiteTips

Facebook page as your only web presence, one lockout and customers can't find you

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Cheapest marketing report you'll ever run: for one week, ask every caller and walk-in how they heard about you. Keep a tally by the phone. It's rough data, but it beats guessing, and most owners are surprised by what tops the list. #PGHDMA #SmallBusinessTips #MarketingTips

Ask every caller how they found you for one week, tally it, learn which marketing works

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Myth: more keywords = higher rankings. Google's spam policies literally name keyword stuffing as spam. Repeating 'plumber Pittsburgh' 40 times sinks you, and real visitors bail before they call. Write pages humans can read. That's what ranks. #PGHDMA #SEO #LocalSEO

More keywords rank you higher, Google calls keyword stuffing spam, write for humans

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Huzzah, Pittsburgh. Ren Fest opens Saturday in West Newton and runs weekends through Sept 27, plus Labor Day Monday. Running since 1994. Jousting, turkey legs, and 20 acres of small vendors earning every sale face to face. #PGHDMA #Pittsburgh #RenFest

Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival opens Aug 22 2026 in West Newton, weekends through Sept 27

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

That 'Best Contractor in Pittsburgh 2026' email? You didn't apply, and the plaque costs money. Real awards don't invoice you. If you're paying for the trophy, you're buying an ad. Your earned reviews say more than any purchased plaque. #PGHDMA #SmallBusiness #Pittsburgh

Pay-to-play 'Best of' award emails: if the plaque costs money, it's an ad, not an award

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Quick 2-minute win: set a free Google Alert for your business name at google.com/alerts. You'll get an email whenever it pops up somewhere new online. A news mention, a forum thread, a review site you didn't know existed. #PGHDMA #SmallBusiness #LocalBusiness

Free Google Alert on your business name catches new mentions online

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Grab your phone and tap the phone number on your own website. If a call doesn't start, you're making mobile visitors memorize it and type it in. Plenty just go back to Google and call someone else. One line of code fixes it. #PGHDMA #SmallBusiness #WebDesign

Website phone number not tap-to-call on mobile, visitors give up and call rivals

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

'Nobody clicks Google ads.' You skip them when you're browsing. Your customers aren't browsing. Someone searching 'emergency plumber' at 9 pm taps the first number on the screen, and on mobile, ads are the first screen. #PGHDMA #GoogleAds #LocalBusiness

Nobody clicks Google ads, high-intent local searchers click ads and call

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Homeowners can spot stock photos fast. The slightly crooked shot of a finished deck in Brookline builds more trust than the model in a spotless hard hat. Three shots on every job: before, during, after. A month of that beats a year of stock. #PGHDMA #ContractorMarketing #SmallBusiness

Real job photos beat stock photos, take before, during, and after shots on every job

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Liberty Ave shuts down next week and Bloomfield goes full Italian. Little Italy Days runs Aug 13-16, free to get in, with food, live music, and vendors from Ella St to Gross St. The region's biggest Italian heritage festival. Go hungry. #PGHDMA #Pittsburgh #Bloomfield

Little Italy Days Aug 13-16 2026, Liberty Ave Bloomfield, region's largest Italian festival

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Subscription creep is the quietest bill in your business. $19 here, $29 there, a price hike you never approved. The model counts on you being too busy to check. Pull one card statement and cancel what you haven't opened in 60 days. #PGHDMA #SmallBusiness #SaaS

Subscription creep: software pricing counts on small businesses forgetting to cancel

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

"Email is dead" is a myth that costs small businesses real money. It returns around $36 for every $1 spent, and no algorithm decides who sees it. Your list is the one audience you actually own. #PGHDMA #EmailMarketing #SmallBusiness

Email marketing is dead, it returns about $36 per $1 and you own the list

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Does your web designer own your domain name? If it's registered in their account, they control your web address and your email. Log in to the registrar and check the registrant. If you can't log in at all, that's your answer. #PGHDMA #SmallBusiness #DomainName

Web designer registered your domain in their account, they own your web address

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

When's the last time you replied to a Google review? The reply isn't for the reviewer. It's for the next 20 people reading your profile before they call you. Knock out your last 5 this week. 10 minutes, real payoff. #PGHDMA #GoogleReviews #SmallBusiness

Reply to your last 5 Google reviews, replies persuade the next reader, not the reviewer

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Fall gets booked in August, not October. Pittsburgh homeowners line up furnace tune-ups and gutter cleanings weeks before the first cold night. Launch fall campaigns now, not when the schedule's already full. #PGHDMA #HomeServices #SmallBusiness

Fall home service demand starts in August, launch fall campaigns now not October

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Pittsburgh Restaurant Week is back August 10 through 16, early access August 7 through 9. Special menus across the city, a tradition since 2012. Book early, the good spots fill fast. pittsburghrestaurantweek.com #PGHDMA #Pittsburgh #PittsburghEats

Pittsburgh Restaurant Week Summer 2026, Aug 10-16, early access Aug 7-9, running since 2012

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Myth: SEO is a one-time job. You pay once, you rank, you're done. Reality: Google updates all year and competitors keep publishing. Rankings are a lawn in July. Stop mowing and see what happens. #PGHDMA #SEO #LocalSEO

SEO is a one-time job, Google updates and competitors mean rankings need upkeep

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Yelp's new OpenAI deal puts 330 million reviews and 8 million listings into ChatGPT's local answers. Your Yelp page is now an AI-visibility factor. Most owners haven't opened theirs in years. Worth 10 minutes this week. #PGHDMA #LocalSEO #Yelp

Stale Yelp profiles now feed ChatGPT local answers via July 23 OpenAI deal

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Barrel & Flow Fest is back Sat, Aug 8 at The Stacks in the Strip District. 35+ Black-owned breweries, live music, and art collabs pairing brewers with Black artists. Named the best beer festival in the country. It started here. #PGHDMA #Pittsburgh #CraftBeer

Barrel & Flow Fest Aug 8 2026 at The Stacks, Strip District, 35+ Black-owned breweries

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Quick one for small business owners: open your last sent email. If there's nothing under your name, you're wasting the most-read line you send. Add your phone, website, and what you do. 5 minutes in settings. #PGHDMA #SmallBusiness #EmailTips

Blank email signatures waste free ad space, add phone, website, services line

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Small business myth: "We're not allowed to ask for Google reviews." You are. Google's guidelines allow asking. What's banned is paying for reviews or only asking happy customers. Yelp discourages asking. Google doesn't. Different platforms, different rules. #PGHDMA #GoogleReviews #SmallBusiness

Asking customers for Google reviews breaks the rules, Google policy allows it

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

New site launch: Wexford Detail is live. Premium auto detailing for Wexford and the North Hills, from paint correction to ceramic coating. wexforddetail.com #PGHDMA #Pittsburgh

Wexford Detail website launch, premium auto detailing in Wexford and the North Hills

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Most owners don't know this: competitors can bid on your business name in Google Ads. It's allowed. Search your name in incognito. If someone else's ad shows above your site, a small branded campaign fixes it, and branded clicks are usually the cheapest ones you'll buy. #PGHDMA #GoogleAds #PPC

Competitors can bid on your business name in Google Ads, cheap branded ads fix it

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Steelers camp opens at Saint Vincent College next week. Players report July 28, first open practice July 29 at 11 a.m. Year 59 in Latrobe. An hour east, every summer, same campus. Some things don't need reinventing. #PGHDMA #Steelers #Pittsburgh

Steelers training camp opens July 28 2026, 59th year at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Call your own business tonight, after close, from your cell. Full voicemail box? Endless ringing? That's what every evening lead hits too. Most won't leave a message. They just call the next name on Google. #PGHDMA #SmallBusiness #LeadGeneration

Full voicemail box after hours, most callers won't leave a message, they call rivals

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The 'post every day or the algorithm punishes you' myth needs to retire. Feeds reward engagement, not attendance. A local business posting 3 solid posts a week beats 7 pieces of filler every time. Post less, say more. #PGHDMA #SocialMediaMarketing #SmallBusiness

You have to post on social media every day, engagement beats posting frequency

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Google can edit your Business Profile without asking. Anyone can suggest a change, and some go live before you're notified. Search your business name and check what customers actually see. Hours, phone, categories. Takes 2 minutes. #PGHDMA #LocalSEO #SmallBusiness

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Pittsburgh Digital Marketing Agency @pghdma.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Vintage race cars on the actual public roads of Schenley Park. That's this weekend. The 44th Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix runs July 18 and 19. $15 online, kids 12 and under free, all for charity. pvgp.org #PGHDMA #Pittsburgh #PVGP

44th Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix, Schenley Park race weekend July 18-19, 2026

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