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Nov 12 2010
News and Article “The Black Beast- A Vintage Warrior Returns Home”
Yesterday, the Riverhead Town Board cancelled the Riverhead Resorts "Ski Mountain" project. Details are below with an opportunity to vote for a motorsports complex for the property.
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Oct 30 2010
National Speed Sports News “Black Beast Is Among Last Of A Unique Era of Racers”
In the October 27, 2010 issue of National Speed Sports News magazine, an article by Ron Hedger Black Beast Is Among Last of A Unique Era of Racers" provides a summary of the Alco Black Beast.
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Sep 09 2010
The Alco Practicing for the 1911 Indy 500: The License Plate & Mystery Car
Prior to the 1911 Indy 500 Race, the #18 Alco conducted practice runs on the Long Island Motor Parkway. On these runs, a New York license plate M1067 was placed on the front of the car. (Post corrected on November 10, 2011- Original post indicated the Alco was practicing for… (1 comments)
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Jun 30 2010
North Shore Sun Article “Motorsports just seem to be more ‘us’ ”
Hats off to Michael White for supporting the development of motorsports facility on Long Island in the June 25, 2010 issue of Riverhead's North Shore Sun. Highlights of Michael's column are as follows:
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Sep 25 2009
Roslyn News “Classic Autos Still Have Plenty of Firepower”
The September 10th issue of the Roslyn News reported on the Sixth Annual Vanderbilt Cup Centennial Celebration held at the Nassau County Museum of Art on Sunday, August 30th. Reporter Joe Scotchie noted; "Large crowd turned out to view Vanderbilt Cup Racer...It was another well-attended event as the organizers… (0 comments)
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Jan 11 2009
Vanderbilt Cup Races of Long Island Cited in Roslyn News “Year in Review”
The January 9, 2009 issue of The Roslyn News cited the book Vanderbilt Cup Races of Long Island in an article 2008: The Year in Review by Joe Scotchie:
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Dec 24 2008
Alco Black Beast Racer Makes the News!
Check out page 6 of today's Newsday for an excellent article by reporter Bill Bleyer.
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Sep 18 2008
Long Island Motor Parkway Featured in August Model A News
An article by Bruce Adams on the Long Island Motor Parkway was recently printed in the magazine MODEL A NEWS. Images in the article were from the collections of Bruce Adams, the Garden City Archives, the Garden City Chamber of Commerce and the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum. (0 comments)
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Aug 29 2008
Motoring with Bob Barauskas: August 2008 Issue of Blue Smoke Newsletter
MOTORING WITH BOB BARAUSKAS
Blue Smoke Newsletter
August 2008
A reprint of an article by Bob Barauskas (past president of the Peconic Bay Region of A.A.C.A.) in the August 2008 issue of the "Blue Smoke" newsletter. (0 comments)
hi, how do you date the chassis of a car with the fedco plate? my fedco plate read
YYY EEE ZERO THRE ONE WWW, so the…