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Aug 11 2016
Starting Lineup: The 6 Cars of the 1909 Massapequa Sweepstakes

The 10 lap, 126.4 mile race had a small but competitive field of six entries: two Chalmers-Detroit “30’s,” one Hudson and three Maxwells. (1 comments)

Jan 19 2015
Mystery Foto #3 Solved:Driver Arthur Chevrolet After His Marquette-Buick Broke Down in the 1910 Race

This weekend's Mystery Foto showed the importance of the Vanderbilt Cup Races to the drivers of the era. (9 comments)

Jan 16 2013
Favorite Website: ChampCarStats.com

ChampCarStats.com provides comprehensive history of races and drivers. (0 comments)

Feb 16 2012
The 1910 Wheatley Hills Sweepstakes

For the 1910 races, three simultaneous races were planned, with the running of the Massapequa and Wheatley Hills Sweepstakes with the Vanderbilt Cup Race. Different, though, was the order in which they would run. Instead of starting the smaller Wheatley Hills cars first, the new plan called for them to… (1 comments)

Jan 26 2012
The 1909 Wheatley Hills Sweepstakes Won by Ray Harroun in a Marmon

During the 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race, two other sweepstakes races (the Massapequa Sweepstakes and the Wheatley Hills Sweepstakes ) were run simultaneously for commercially available stock cars. The Wheatley Sweepstakes had only four entrants for the "sub-class 3" stock cars with engines 231 to 300 cubic inches. The winner received… (1 comments)

Jan 16 2012
1909 Massapequa Sweepstakes Results

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Mar 14 2011
What A Difference a Century Makes: Statistics from 1910

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Aug 01 2010
Archives: 1960 Vanderbilt Cup Race

Newsreel "1960 Vanderbilt Cup Race, Roosevelt Raceway, New York"

The Dagradas and the 1960 Cornelius Vanderbilt Cup Race at Roosevelt Raceway
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Aug 01 2010
Archives: 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race

Links to related posts on VanderbiltCupRaces.com (Updated: October 31, 2011):
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Aug 01 2010
Archives: 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race

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The six Vanderbilt Cup Races held on Long Island from 1904 to 1910 were the greatest sporting events of their day, and the first international automobile road races held in the United States. The races had a far-reaching impact on the development of American automobiles and parkways. This site provides comprehensive information on the races, the Long Island Motor Parkway and current Long Island automotive events, car shows and news.