Archive: 2014
Apr 23 First Brigade of Irish Volunteers Guard the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race Course
Apr 22 Film “1957 Bridgehampton Race Circuit Inauguration”
Apr 21 Mystery Foto #64 Solved:George Robertson & Glenn Ethridge at the 50th Anniversary of the 1904 Race
Apr 18 Ford Mustang Returns to New York to Celebrate 50 Years
Apr 16 Video: “The Hairpin Turn of the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race”
Apr 15 Chrysler’s Chrysler Chronicle IX: Putting It Back Together
Apr 15 Mystery Foto #63 Solved: The Abandoned Motor Parkway and North Hempstead Turnpike in Fresh Meadows
Apr 12 Chrysler’s Chrysler’s Specifications
Apr 09 The Seven Buicks of the Vanderbilt Cup Races
Apr 08 Then & Now: Deadman’s Curve in Bethpage (1908-2014) Updated: April 8, 2014
Apr 07 Mystery Foto #62 Solved: The Grand Central Parkway Bridge over the Motor Parkway in Queens
Apr 05 Vanderbilt Cup Race Historical Marker Unveiling Ceremony to be Held on Saturday, April 26, 2014
Apr 02 Presentation: “Chrysler’s Chrysler: History, Discovery and Restoration”, Malverne, NY
Apr 01 Video: “The Vanderbilt Cup Races and the Black Beast”
Mar 31 Mystery Foto #61 Solved: The Nibbe Farmway Bridge in Central Park (Bethpage)
Mar 29 Rare Vanderbilia Unveiled at Huntington Motor Parkway Lunch & Learn
Mar 26 Vanderbilia Postcard Series #4: The Petit Trianon in Lake Ronkonkoma
Mar 25 Images of Automobile Designer/Driver Lee Frayer For His Family
Mar 24 Mystery Foto #60 Solved :Motor Parkway Near Round Swamp Road in Bethpage, Old Bethpage & Farmingdale
Mar 24 Behind the Scenes: Velocity Channel’s AmeriCarna Vanderbilt Cup Race Episode
Mar 22 Video: “The 1937 Chrysler’s Chrysler Being Restored- April 2013”
Mar 19 Henry Austin Clark Jr. 1974 Article: “The Vanderbilt Cup Races- Part I: 1904”
Mar 18 Video: “Black Beast Wins INDY 500…100 Years Later!”
Mar 17 Mystery Foto #59 Solved: The Van Ausdall’s Hotel in Cold Spring Harbor, NY Circa 1914
Mar 15 Alco-6 Racer at the 2011 Lime Rock Historic Festival
Mar 14 Great Turnout at Book Revue “North Hempstead” Book Signing!
Mar 12 Carlo Demand and the Alco “Black Beast” on Long Island
Mar 11 Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #45: Central Avenue/LIRR Railroad Bridge in Bethpage
Mar 10 Mystery Foto #58 Solved: The White Steamer at Bulls Head Corner in Greenvale in 1905
Mar 08 Video of the Week: Ferrari F1 Pit Stop Perfection
Mar 05 Hemmings Blog (2010) “Sand Special Riding: Ralph Hamlin’s 1911 Franklin Special desert racer”
Mar 04 Chrysler’s Chrysler Chronicle VIII: New Paint, Many Pieces
Mar 04 Mystery Foto #57 Solved: Sam Berliner III and Al Velocci in Battle Row in Old Bethpage
Feb 28 Film of the Week: “Tazio Nuvolari Wins Vanderbilt Cup (1936)”
Feb 26 The 1909 Alco 40-HP Runabout Sold for $280,500 by Gooding & Company at Amelia Island
Feb 25 Roslyn Times:“Kroplick to speak at Landmark Society” at 7:45pm, Tonight at Atria of Roslyn
Feb 24 Mystery Foto #56 Solved: Paul Sartori in Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt’s 250-HP Custom Built F.I.A.T.
Feb 22 Exclusive Firsthand Account of the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race: “A Very Successful Trip”
Feb 21 Video of the Week: “The Vanderbilts - An American Dynasty”
Feb 20 Images of the 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Race from the Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Feb 18 Providence Journal: “Vanderbilt and friends competed on Middletown track at the dawn of auto racing”
Feb 17 Mystery Foto #55 Solved: Walter Christie Driving the #9 Christie in Mineola on September 21,1906
Feb 15 Williston Times/Roslyn Times “North Shore’s role in road races revisited ”
Feb 14 Film of the Week: “Crazy Cars: 1906 -1950”
Feb 12 Film Producer is Looking to Make Your Car A Star: Updated 3/18/2014
Feb 11 Sports Car Illustrated “110 years ago William K. Vanderbilt Jr. sets new speed record”
Feb 09 Highlights:Presentation “Then & Now in the Willistons: The Motor Parkway & the Vanderbilt Cup Races”
Feb 07 Film of the Week: “The Cool Hot Rod” (1953)
Feb 06 Mystery Foto #54 Solved: Officials of the 1908 Motor Parkway Sweepstakes
Feb 05 Herb Lytle Winning the 1908 Motor Parkway Sweepstakes
The partially completed train crossing is obviously Mineola or Albertson. Staring at the picture it could easily be…