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• May 11 2021

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  Please give a big welcome to VanderbiltCupRaces.com columnist Greg Oreiro. Greg O's Garage first post: Sometime in 1904/1905, the idea of having a pre-mounted tire and tube with air on a removable rim was beginning to take form. And unlike today, it was a big deal then.

• Mar 27 2019

  The Winning Thomas Flyer at the Long Island Automotive Museum

  As requested by Sam Berliner III, this is a photo of the 1907 Flyer that won the 1908 New York to Paris Race in the Long Island Automotive Museum in Southampton. Courtesy of Walter McCarthy.

• Jan 11 2016

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• Jan 08 2016

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• Nov 02 2013

  Cousins of Drivers Montague and Mortimer Roberts Reunited With the Help of VanderbiltCupRaces.com

  On November 2, 2011, VanderbiltCupRaces.com published a post on driver Montague Roberts. Little did I know that it would help to reunite a family.

• Jul 06 2012

  Race Profile: The 1906 American Elimination Trial

  As in 1905, an American Elimination Trial determined the five racers to represent the United States in the Vanderbilt Cup Race. Of 16 entries, 12 cars survived the practice runs to race on Saturday, September 22, 1906.

• Feb 15 2012

  Images of Driver Montague Roberts

  Robert Thomas: "Montague Roberts was my great uncle."

• Jun 09 2010

  Mystery Foto: The Five Drivers in the 1940 Mystery Photo

  Congratulations to Michael Ferner of Bitburg, Germany for correctly identifying the drivers in VanderbiltCupRaces.com's first Mystery Photo Contest. Here are the five drivers who posed at an Automobile Oldtimers Club meeting in November 1940.

• Nov 20 2009

  Starting Lineup: The 1906 American Elimination Trial

  As in 1905, an American Elimination Trial determined the five racers to represent the United States in the Vanderbilt Cup Race. Of 16 entries, 12 cars survived the practice runs to race on Saturday, September 22, 1906. Here are images and profiles of all 16 cars. (Remember to click…