Vanderbilt Cup Races

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• May 04 2021

  Kleiner’s Korner: The 1910 Buick VCR Team at Sea

  Soon after the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race, the Buick team headed to Savannah, GA to participate in the Nov. 12th Grand Prize Race. The team and other auto enthusiasts returned after the race to New York on the steamship "SS City of Savannah" which featured in its on-board publication an…

• Jun 27 2020

  Hemmings Classic Car: Racing in Riverhead-The Long Island Stock Chassis Competition of 1909

  My good friend and automotive historian Walt Gosden explored the 1909 Long Island Stock Chassis Derby in the August 2020 issue of Hemmings Classic Car. Walt also discovered what happened to Willie K's 90 HP Mercedes.

• Jul 04 2018

  When 1909 Alco “White Beast”  Raced on July 4th at Indy

  In celebration of the 4th of July, here is a holiday repost from June 2014.

• Jul 18 2017

  Mystery Foto #28 Solved: The 1909 Buick Factory Racing Team in Flint, Michigan

  This weekend's Mystery Foto featured a factory racing team and several drivers who participated in the Vanderbilt Cup Races.

• Jan 30 2017

  Mystery Foto #4 Solved: A View of #54 Lancia Crashing at the Massapequa-Hicksville Road Turn in 1910

  Chuck Rudy, Jr. challenged you to identify this panoramic view of an accident from a Long Island Motor Parkway bridge.

• Oct 01 2016

  John E. Roosevelt Family Photo Album: The 1909 Long Island Stock Car Derby

  The third post from the John E. Roosevelt Family Album features rare photos of the 1909 Long Island Stock Car Derby, also known as the Long Island Motor Derby and the Long Island Derby.

• Aug 23 2016

  John E. Roosevelt Family Photo Album: Action in Hicksville During the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  In the second post from the John E. Roosevelt Family Photo Album, Gladys Roosevelt, the daughter of John E. Roosevelt and the second cousin of President Teddy Roosevelt, captured accidents and breakdowns that occurred at her viewing location at Old Country Road in Hicksville.

• Feb 25 2015

  Starting Lineup: The 1911 Vanderbilt Cup Race, Savannah, Georgia

  For the first Vanderbilt Cup Race held outside of Long Island, a total of 14 entries raced on a 17.1 mile road course in Savannah and Effingham on November 27, 1911.

• Oct 22 2014

  Starting Lineup: The 1915 Vanderbilt Cup Race in San Francisco, California Updated: 10/10/2016

  The 1915 Vanderbilt Cup Race was held in conjunction with the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, California.

• Apr 09 2014

  The Seven Buicks of the Vanderbilt Cup Races

  Buick entered seven race cars in the Vanderbilt Cup Races and its associated sweepstakes from 1908 to 1910.

• Jan 28 2014

  Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #43: Massapequa-Hicksville Motor Parkway Bridge in Plainedge

  The 43rd bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Massapequa-Hicksville Road Bridge in Plainedge.

• Mar 18 2013

  Mystery Foto #6 Solved: Driver Bob Burman and his Mechanician Jack Gable at the 1915 Indy 500 Race

  Congratulations to Arejan Bos, Jean-Yves Lassaux and Randy Reed for correctly identifying the Mystery Friday Foto: Driver Bob Burman and his mechanician Jack Gable with a Peugeot at the 1915 Indy 500 Race

• Dec 27 2012

  A View of the Vanderbilt Cup Races From the Massapequa-Hicksville Road Motor Parkway Bridge

  One of the most exciting spots to view the 1909 and 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Races was from the Long Island Motor Parkway bridge over the Massapequa-Hicksville Road.

• Jul 14 2012

  Race Profile: 1915 Vanderbilt Cup Race in San Francisco, California

  In 1915 both the Vanderbilt Cup Race and the American Grand Prize were held in conjunction with the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, California.

• Jun 23 2012

  First Races on the Long Island Motor Parkway: The 1908 Motor Parkway Sweepstakes

  When the Long Island Motor Parkway was completed in October 1908, the first race using the completed 9 miles of the road was not the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race, but a series of five concurrent races called the Motor Parkway Sweepstakes. The story of these races and photo highlights are…

• Aug 01 2010

  Archives: 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race

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

• Jul 06 2010

  Starting Lineup: The 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  A large field of 30 cars raced in the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race held on October 1, 1910. The race was run on the same course as in 1909- a total of 12.64 miles including 5.15 miles of the Long Island Motor Parkway. The winner needed…

• Jan 22 2010

  Starting Lineup: The 1908 Garden City Sweepstakes Updated: 2/15/16

  On September 10, 1908, the AAA Race Commission announced plans to christen the Motor Parkway with an event called, “The Long Island Motor Parkway Sweepstakes.” Five concurrent stock car races were scheduled for October 10, 1908. The idea was to create an opportunity to test the new course, timing systems,…

• Apr 21 2009

  Film “A.R. Pardington and the 1911 Indy 500 Race”

  A.R. Pardington was William K. Vanderbilt, Jr.'s right-hand man and helped develop both the Vanderbilt Cup Races and the Long Island Motor Parkway. Last March, a family member Marshall Davies Llyod emailed VanderbiltCupRaces.com requesting photos and films of A.R. I found the photos but no films... until…

• Jan 01 2009

  The Buick Team at the 1909 Lowell Races

  Andrew, my best guess is the photo shows your relative Joe Grenon standing with drivers Bob Burman, Louis Disbrow, and Jack Tower at the Merrimack Valley Course near Lowell, Massachusetts in September 1909. Grenon, Burman and Disbrow all drove Buicks in these races.

• Apr 16 2008

  Calling All Vanderbilt Cup Race Families

  VanderbiltCupRaces.com has heard from several relatives of participants in the Vanderbilt Cup Races including George Robertson, Frank Lee, Al Poole and Harry Grant. If your relative participated in the Vanderbilt Cup Races as a driver or mechanician, leave a post or contact us and I will send you complimentary images…