Vanderbilt Cup Races

Tag: 1903 Paris-madrid Race

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  Feb 03 2021

  Kleiner’s Korner: Part 3 - The Race that Brought Willie K. “Racing” to America”

  The final part of this series provides additional photographs of the race participants and their automobiles, including as Peter Helck notes, the "illustrious" Madam du Gast. Courtesy of the Helck Family Collection.

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  Dec 29 2020

  Kleiner’s Korner: Part 2 - The Race that Brought Willie K. “Racing” to America”

  Here are the next set of photographs of the participants of the 1903 Paris to Madrid race. Courtesy of the Helck Family Collection.

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  Dec 23 2020

  Kleiner’s Korner: Part 1 - The Race that Brought Willie K. “Racing” to America”

  Found in the Peter Helck Family Collection are over 30 photographs of the 1903 Paris to Madrid race of which Willie K., Foxhall Keene and Fernand Gabriel participated.

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  Jan 04 2020

  Helck Family Collection:  Original Transcript- Willie K. and the “Race to Death”

  Among the treasures of the Helck Family Collection is an original typewritten profile of William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. dated November 26, 1969. This section of the article describes Vanderbilt's participation in the 1903 Paris-Madrid Race which became known as the "Race of Death".

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  May 14 2010

  William K. Vanderbilt Jr- “Un Millionaire Recordman” and Auto Race Driver

  From 1902 to 1903, William K. Vanderbilt Jr. traveled throughout Europe. Here he found magnificent open roads to drive as fast as he dared and an education in the new sport of automobile racing. On May 2, 1902, he set the world’s kilometer record in a 40-horsepower Mercedes, averaging 110…