Vanderbilt Cup Races

Update: March 9, 2014: Feb 26 2014: The 1909 Alco 40-HP Runabout Sold for $280,500 by Gooding & Company at Amelia Island

Update December 30, 2013: Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #42: Wantagh Avenue Bridge in Hempstead Plains

Update: November 24, 2013: The Demon of the Sky Versus The Daredevils of the Earth

Update: November 15, 2013: Cars of the Stars: Part III

Update: October 31, 2013: Then & Now: The Bethpage Bikeway Section of the Motor Parkway in Old Bethpage

Update October 30, 2013: Mystery Foto #39 Solved: The Alco Racer Practicing at the Indy 500 Track Announcement of the 1911 Indy 500

Update October 25, 2013:Happy 105th Anniversary- The 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race Added film "Old 16- An American Legend"

Update: October 20, 2013: A Historic Event: A Motor Parkway Director’s Horse Returns to Roslyn

Update: October 19, 2013: "An Evening with Marty Himes"

Update: September 3, 2013:Mystery Foto Solved: The FIAT Team for the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race More information on Lancia's mechanician.

Update: August 29, 2013: Mystery Friday Foto #21: Do You Have Information on this 1906 B.L.M. Racer?  Photo of Charles Lawrance in  1906 B.L.M. added.

Update: June, 2013: Clean Up the Historic Deadman’s Curve in Bethpage on Saturday, June 22nd  Links added to Deadman's Curve website pages.

Update June 7, 2013: The Motor Parkway Toll Collection Structures: #9 Meadow Brook Lodge in Westbury 1931 and 1937 aerials added.

Update June 3, 2013:  Then & Now: Alva Vanderbilt Belmont’s Beacon Towers in Sands Point More images and aerials added

Update June 2, 2013: Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #33: The “Roosevelt Field”  Motor Parkway Bridge in Westbury 1928 aerial added.

Update May 25, 2013: Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society Meeting & Presentation “Deadman’s Curve”, Bethpage Photos from the meeting.

Update May 20, 2013: The Motor Parkway North of Westbury Avenue on the Carle Place/Mineola Border Newsday reports encroachment on the Motor Parkway.

Update May 15, 2013: School Project: The Black Beast and the Long Island Motor Parkway in Lake Success Video "Motor Parkway" wins an Akidemy Award at Great neck Middle School.

Update May 12, 2013: Inspiration for the Mansions of “The Great Gatsby” & The Hempstead House Screening Gala Images of the inspiration for Jay Gatsby's mansion added.

Update May 11, 2013: VanderbiltCupRaces.com Selected as One of the Five Best in the World for “Car Sites & Car Culture Winner announced.

Update May 10, 2013 : The Amazing North Hempstead Clean-Up Day of the Motor Parkway in East Williston Roslyn Times article added.

Update May 2, 2013 : The Amazing North Hempstead Clean-Up Day of the Motor Parkway in East Williston Roslyn News article added

Update May 2, 2013 : The Amazing North Hempstead Clean-Up Day of the Motor Parkway in East Williston New photos added.