Ramsey Potts Returns Home to Serve as the Grand Marshal of the 2025 PVGP

March 14, 2025 – Ramsey Potts, founding partner of Broad Arrow Auctions, is making the journey north to serve as the 2025 Grand Marshal for the 43rd annual Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix during the July 19/20 Race Weekend in Schenley Park.  With his mother hailing from Oakmont, his father from Ligonier, and being one of eight relatives to graduate from the University of Pittsburgh, it’s a return to a city that has played a pivotal role in his life.  Attending his first PVGP in 1987 and being present for many since, Ramsey is honored to play a role in one of the most unique automotive events in North America.

“I do not have words to express my gratitude to serve as the Grand Marshal.  I firmly believe the PVGP is wholly unique and one of the country’s most significant collector car events – it is, as we say in the collector car auction world, an unrepeatable opportunity!”  In Ramsey’s global travels to work with car collectors, he can be heard extolling the virtues of what he believes are the three most important collector car events in the US:  The Amelia Concours, Pebble Beach Car Week, and the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix.  “I usually receive a quizzical expression when I mention the PVGP, and that’s my opening to tell the story of an event unlike any other in America, where committed volunteers present 10 days of collector car gatherings and vintage racing on the streets of a city that is at its very best every July.”

Ramsey will also be racing in the Panther Hollow Hillclimb in his 1987 Porsche 944 Firehawk.  “I can race under no safer and more attentive eyes than the countless volunteers who watch over the Schenley Park circuit and freely give so much of their time to bring the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix to life!”

“I can’t think of a more fitting person to serve as our Grand Marshal than Ramsey Potts,” exclaimed PVGP Executive Director Dan DelBianco. “He has been an ambassador for our event for decades, speaking about the PVGP with such eloquence and conviction—it’s amazing. We are thrilled he is bringing his Porsche 944 to town to kick off the inaugural Panther Hollow Hillclimb.”

Ramsey’s automotive-related career began following high school when he attended Vale Automotive Technology Institute in Blairsville, Pennsylvania, earning his ASE Technician status before moving on to a bachelor’s degree from Pitt.  In 1993, he opened his first insurance agency in Lancaster, PA, and would make that his vocation for the next 25 years.  In 2017, Ramsey returned to his first passion and signed on as the oldest rookie at RM Sotheby’s, a well-recognized collector car auction house.  In 2021, Ramsey was presented with the opportunity to be a founding partner of a new collector car auction house, Broad Arrow Group.  “I was familiar with the incredibly talented partners, and with the business lessons I learned from my past, I jumped at the opportunity to bring a new and different auction house to life.”

Today, Broad Arrow is part of the Hagerty family of brands is quickly becoming a global leader in collector car auctions, private sales, and financing for some of the most important car collectors in the world.

Ramsey resides in Jacksonville, Florida, with his wife of 30 years, Dr. Joelle Potts. He also works alongside his longtime friend and fellow Broad Arrow Car Specialist, Ray Shaffer, a past PVGP Grand Marshal.

Ramsey Potts being interviewed by KDKA-TV back in 2022. You can feel his passion and excitement for his hometown event and why he was a natural choice to represent the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix as the 2025 Grand Marshal.

About the PVGP
The Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix stands as the nation’s only vintage street race and ranks among the most significant vintage racing events in the world. Spanning 10 action-packed days, it features two thrilling race weekends alongside car shows, parties, parades, and motorsport events. Since its founding in 1983, the PVGP has been driven by its mission: ‘To stage a world-class vintage automotive race to raise funds to provide residential care, treatment, and support for individuals with autism and intellectual/developmental disabilities in western Pennsylvania.’