Vanderbilt Cup Races

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• Dec 13 2011

  Profile: The #7 Panhard Racer- First Winner of the Vanderbilt Cup Races

  The three 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Panhard racers were the elite of the 18 car field. The Panhards of winner George Heath and teammate George Teste led all but two of the race’s 10 laps. Albert Clement in another French car, the Clement-Bayard, led the other two laps.

• Nov 28 2011

  Sportscardigest.com Race Profile: “The Vanderbilt Cup, America’s First International Series”

  Art Evans has written a race profile in Sportscardigest.com on the Vanderbilt Cup Races. Here are highlights:

• Sep 07 2011

  Race Profile: The 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race- The First International Road Race in the USA

  The inaugural William K. Vanderbilt Jr. Cup Race in 1904 was the first major international road race in the United States. Although William K. Vanderbilt Jr. was only 26, he was heir to a transportation fortune and had figured prominently in auto racing for nearly 10 years since sponsoring…

• Sep 01 2011

  Race Profile: The 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race- France Captures Second Consecutive Race

  The First William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., Cup Race held in 1904 was an immediate success among the public and supporters of automobile racing. America had finally created a major road race that attracted great drivers and cars from around the world. Newspapers and automobile trade journals helped to build the interest…

• Aug 01 2010

  Archives: 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race

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• Aug 01 2010

  Archives: 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race

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• Aug 01 2010

  Archives: 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race

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• Dec 05 2009

  Film “The 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race Course”

  The course for the first Vanderbilt Cup Race in 1904 covered 30.24 miles of public roads in the center of Long Island. This 10-minute film documents the course using some of my favorite photos and clips from the American Biograph & Mutoscope film of the race.

• Sep 18 2009

  Five More Vanderbilt Cup Race Photos from the Pickering Collection

  As discussed this week, on Wednesday I met with Catherine Pickering, the granddaughter of William Pickering, one of Long Island's first photographers. Our examination of her grandfather's photo collection revealed several Vanderbilt Cup Race photos, many never published before. In an exclusive to VanderbiltCupRaces.com, five more race photos…

• Jun 24 2009

  Chevrolet Challenges Heath during the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  Louis Chevrolet in a FIAT challenging George Heath in a Panhard during the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race was captured in this dramatic photo published in the French publication Les Sports Modernes in October 1905.

• Mar 09 2008

  Film “1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race”