Events
Friday, March 12, 2010: March/April Long Island Automotive Events Update
This is the weekly update of Long Island 2010 car events for the upcoming 30 days including; car club meetings, car shows, cruises and motor sports activities.
Friday, March 5, 2010: March/April Long Island Automotive Events Update
This is the weekly update of Long Island 2010 car events for the upcoming 30 days including; car club meetings, car shows, cruises and motor sports activities.
Saturday, February 27, 2010: February/March Long Island Automobile Event Update
This is the weekly update of Long Island 2010 car events for the upcoming 30 days including; car club meetings, car shows, cruises and motor sports activities.
Wednesday, 2/24/2010: Hold the Date: Third Annual Vanderbilt Autocross to be held on 8/08/2010
The Third Annual Vanderbilt Autocross will be held at Roosevelt Field on Sunday, August 8, 2010. The restored Alco-6 Black Beast Racer will once again participate and celebrate the centennial of the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race. Here is the film of the 2009 event.
Saturday: February 20, 2010: February/March Long Island Automobile Event Update
This is the weekly update of Long Island 2010 car events for the upcoming 30 days including; car club meetings, car shows, cruises and motor sports activities.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010: Future Alco “Black Beast” Long Island Events
The restored Alco-6 Black Beast Racer will be one of the featured cars in these two 2010 Long Island car shows to benefit various charities:
Saturday, 2/13/10:AACA Presentation and Feb. Event Update: Club Meetings, Car Shows and Car Cruises
This is the weekly update of Long Island February 2010 car events including; car club meetings, car shows, cruises and motor sports activities.
Saturday, 2/6/10: February Event Update: Club Meetings, Car Shows, and Car Cruises
This is the weekly update of Long Island February 2010 car events including; car club meetings, car shows, cruises and motor sports activities.
Thursday, February 4, 2010: Exhibit “Cars, Culture and the City” March 25 - August 8, 2010
The Museum of the City of New York has announced an upcoming exhibition Cars, Culture and the City” to run from March 25, 2010 to August 8, 2010. The exhibition will include photos, memorabilia and films on the Vanderbilt Cup Races and the Long Island Motor Parkway from my collection .
Saturday, January 30, 2010:New Weekend Feature: 2010 Long Island Car Shows, Cruises and Motor Sports
A new feature of VanderbiltCupRaces.com is a weekly update of 2010 Long Island car events including; car shows, cruises and motor sports activities. This is the update for January 30 to 31, 2010:
Thursday, 12/17/09: “The Vanderbilt Cup Races” to be Presented at 74th Annual Meeting of AACA
Howard Kroplick will be presenting “The Vanderbilt Cup Races of Long Island” at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA) on Friday, February 12, 2010. The seminar will be held at 3:00 PM in the Freedom Ballroom at the Sheraton Philadelphia City Center Hotel.
Friday, December 11, 2009: Great Crowd at the Southold Historical Society Presentation and 3 Updates
It was a great crowd last Tuesday at the Southold Historical Society with 67 people in attnedance to discuss “The Long Island Motor Parkway ath Peconic Landing in Southold.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009: Trucks, the Motor Parkway and the Vanderbilt Cup Races
On Wednesday night, I will be presenting “The Vanderbilt Cup Races, the Motor Parkway and Trucks” at the Long Island Chapter of the American Truck Historical Society. The presentation will be held at the Sound Beach Fire Department beginning at 7:30 PM. For more information contact Dennis Ryan at 1-631-821-4845.
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Recent Entries
- Saturday,3/13/10: Vanderbilia to be Displayed at Upcoming Museum of the City of New York Exhibition
- Friday, March 12, 2010: March/April Long Island Automotive Events Update
- Thursday,3/11/10: Article “Driving The Ford” & the Future of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race Winner
- Thursday, March 10, 2010: From the Pardington Papers: Original Parkway Names and Toll Gate Locations
- Tuesday, March 9, 2010: The Alco “White Beast” at the 1910 Worcester Dead Horse Hill Climb
- Sunday, March 7, 2010: Then and Now: the Woodbury Turn of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race
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The 128-page book by Howard Kroplick, a researcher and lecturer on the races, contains rare images of the races from the archives of major museums, libraries and private collectors. The book Vanderbilt Cup Races of Long Island will be available from Arcadia Publishing in March 2008.
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