1910 Massapequa Sweepstakes
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May 18 2013
In Search of the Grandstand, Press Box/Officials Stand and Pits in Levittown
From 1908 to 1910, the center of the auto racing world was a 200-yard strip of the Long Island Motor Parkway in the Hempstead Plains, now Levittown. (8 comments)
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May 07 2013
Mystery Foto #14 Solved: East Meadow/Westbury: Location for Six Vanderbilt Cup Race Courses
This 1949 aerial is looking north towards East Meadow (my childhood hometown) and Westbury. (6 comments)
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Apr 24 2013
1910 Massapequa Sweepstakes Racer #53 Abbott Detroit Found In Sweden
Derek W. (Ottawa, Ontario): "I came across your wonderful site while looking for photos of my father- in- law's 1910 Abbott Detroit that was driven by Mortimer Roberts in the 1910 Massapequa Sweepstakes. The car is currently in Sweden. Do you have any photos of the car? " (4 comments)
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Jan 16 2013
Favorite Website: ChampCarStats.com
ChampCarStats.com provides comprehensive history of races and drivers. (0 comments)
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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. (3 comments)
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Dec 21 2012
Race Profile: The 1910 Massapequa Sweepstakes
For the 1910 races, three simultaneous races were held, with the running of the Massapequa and Wheatley Hills Sweepstakes with the Vanderbilt Cup Race. (2 comments)
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Dec 30 2011
Views from the Pits of the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race
One innovation of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race was the first use of service racing pits in an American automobile race.The 1908 rules allowed only the driver and mechanician to work on the car. However, the rules were modified in 1910 to allow two of the pit crew to replenish… (3 comments)
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Nov 30 2011
Archives: Starting Lineups
Below are related links to Starting Lineups on VanderbiltCupRaces.com (Updated: February 16, 2012):
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Apr 28 2011
Starting Lineup: The 6 Cars of the 1910 Massapequa Sweepstakes
During the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race, two other sweepstakes races were run simultaneously for commercially available stock cars. The Massapequa Sweepstakes had six entrants for the smallest stock cars who competed for 10 laps over 126.4 miles. Here are images and information on the two Coles, three Abbott-Detroits and one… (0 comments)
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Mar 07 2011
Rare Image Series #3: Louis Chevrolet- The Most Famous “Name” in the Vanderbilt Cup Races
Louis Chevrolet drove in four Vanderbilt Cup Races (1905, 1908,1909 &1910), more than any other driver. These are rarely seen photos of Louis Chevrolet, whose name became and continues to be one of the most recognizable brands in American car history:
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Thanks to Howard Kroplick and http://www.vanderbiltcup races.com for Keeping American Automotive Racing History & my…