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Mercedes #3  (1908)

Stricker’s Mercedes passes under Carman Avenue Bridge in East Meadow (1908)
Stricker’s Mercedes passes under Carman Avenue Bridge in East Meadow
Courtesy of The Henry Ford

Running second, Emil Stricker drove the #3 Mercedes under the Carman Avenue Bridge in East Meadow during lap five. However, a broken fan blade gashed the radiator and the engine overheated on lap 10. Stricker finished in sixth place finish.

Featured Cars

  • Alco #8  (1909)
  • Alco #18  (1910)
  • Benz #16  (1910)
  • Chalmers-Detroit #7  (1909)
  • Christie #11  (1905)
  • Christie #17  (1906)
  • Clement-Bayard #12  (1904)
  • Darracq #18  (1905)
  • Darracq #10  (1906)
  • De Dietrich #2  (1904)
  • FIAT #4  (1905)
  • FIAT #16  (1905)
  • FIAT #4  (1906)
  • FIAT #8  (1906)
  • Frayer Miller  (1906)
  • Hotchkiss #6  (1906)
  • Isotta #6  (1908)
  • Knox #20  (1908)
  • Locomobile #7  (1905)
  • Locomobile #9  (1906)
  • Locomobile #1  (1908)
  • Locomobile #16  (1908)
  • Lorraine-Dietrich #18  (1906)
  • Marquette-Buick #29  (1910)
  • Mercedes #1  (1904)
  • Mercedes #5  (1904)
  • Mercedes X  (1905)
  • Mercedes #3  (1908)
  • Mercedes #5  (1908)
  • Packard #16  (1904)
  • Panhard #7  (1904)
  • Panhard #14  (1904)
  • Pope-Toledo #4  (1904)
  • Pope-Toledo #6  (1904)
  • Pope-Toledo #3  (1905)
  • Simplex #17  (1904)
  • White Steamer #19  (1905)

Feature

Book Cover Image

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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Stricker’s Mercedes passes under Carman Avenue Bridge in East Meadow
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