Vanderbilt Cup Races

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• Nov 28 2020

  Update: Photos of the 1936 and 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Races from the Philadelphia Free Library

  These 11 photos are courtesy of the Automotive Reference Collection of the Philadelphia Free Library.

• Dec 13 2019

  Film of the Week: An Amateur Color Film of 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  I just found this amateur color film of the 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Race held at Roosevelt Raceway in Westbury from the AACA Library & Research Center.

• Feb 13 2019

  Jerry Helck: Anyone Here Ever Seen A Vanderbilt Cup Race?

  Jerry Helck, former owner of Old 16 Locomobile and the son of artist icon Peter Helck, wants to know if anyone else is a member of the two Vanderbilt Cup Races Club?

• Jan 05 2019

  Updated: 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Race Photos From the NYC Municipal Archives

  A search of the New York City Municipal Archives revealed these six photos of the 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Race.

• Jun 12 2017

  Mystery Foto #23 Solved: Bernd Rosemeyer’s Last Ride

  This weekend's Mystery Foto documented a race car attempting to set a speed record.

• Sep 06 2016

  The Selling of the George Vanderbilt Cup Trophy at the 1994 Hershey Region AACA Meet

  While looking through a collection of magazines from the Helck Family Collection today, I came across an ad that really caught my attention- the selling of the one and only George Vanderbilt Cup Trophy used for the 1936 and 1937 races. Details follow.

• Dec 11 2015

  Film of the Week: British Movietone- The 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  The British Movietone Archives has posted this 49 second news clip of the 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Race.

• Feb 20 2014

  Images of the 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Race from the Works Progress Administration (WPA)

  Florence Ogg, former Director of Collections and Archives of the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum, has forwarded links to photos of the 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Race from the collection of the NYC Municipal Archives Collections.

• Aug 24 2013

  Then & Now: The George Vanderbilt Cup Trophy

  For the revival of the Vanderbilt Cup Races in 1936, a new Vanderbilt cup was designed and produced by Cartier.

• Mar 08 2012

  Rare Images of the Auto Union Practice Runs for the 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  Martin Schröder, an automotive historian on Auto Union Grand Prix racing, has forwarded these rare images of the two Auto Union Type-C racers that competed in the 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Race.

• Apr 20 2011

  From the Hank Wieand Bowman Collection: Vanderbilt Cup Races (1915-1937)

  Hank Wieand Bowman was considered the premier author of boating articles in the 1950s. Bowman also wrote several books on automobiles including; "Sports Cars in Competition" and "Famous Old Cars". In developing his research, he accumulated a large collection of automobile and boating photos. Tony Sundstrom has forwarded several Vanderbilt…

• Feb 21 2011

  Film “A Tribute to Bernd Rosemeyer- Winner of the 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Race”

  Girlracer.com of the United Kingdom has posted an article "Blast from the Past … Bernd Rosemeyer" including this touching two-minute tribute:

• Aug 01 2010

  Archives: 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  Links to related posts on VanderbiltCupRaces.com (Updated: December 31, 2011):

• Jun 02 2010

  Film “Rosemeyer’s Victory in the 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Race”

  This one-minute film highlights Bernd Rosemeyer's victory at the 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Race at Roosevelt Raceway in Westbury, New York. Rosemeyer drove an Auto Union Type C averaging 82.564 MPH over the 300-mile race.

• Mar 16 2010

  Favorite Website: The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing

  Leif Snellman has developed this marvelous website The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing providing "race-by-race account of Grand Prix and Voiturette racing during the period 1934-1940". Among the races reviewed are the 1936 and 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Races.

• Mar 20 2008

  Newsreel “1937 Vanderbilt Cup Race”

  This newsreel highlights the 1937 George Vanderbilt Cup Race held on July 5, 1937 at Roosevelt Raceway on Long Island. The winner of the race was German Bernd Rosemeyer averaging 82.6 mph in an Auto Union.