Tag: Midget Racing


  • Feb 21 2012

    Aerial Views of Roosevelt Raceway After 1937

    After the 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Race, no major road race was held at Roosevelt Raceway. But, as documented by these aerials, the track was soon used in for midget racing and then harness horse racing.

  • Apr 29 2011

    VanderbiltCupRaces.com Forum #11- Saturday, April 30, 2011 (News, Events, Comments &  Feedback)

    Feedback and sharing of information are much appreciated on VanderbiltCupRaces.com. Today's Forum provides news, this weekend's car events (beautiful weather is predicted), an update of the clean-up of the Old Bethpage Village Restoration Motor Parkway Bridge and recent comments:

  • Apr 16 2011

    Midget Auto Racing at Roosevelt Raceway in 1939

    Only two major road races were ever held at the Roosevelt Raceway in Westbury- the 1936 and 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Races. As described in Joel E. Finn's book American Road Racing The 1930s, "there was no future for Roosevelt Raceway as an automobile racing facility... two strikes and out". However,…



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