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• Races
• 1904
• Creating the First International Road Race in America
• The 1904 Course and Headquarters
• The Start-Finish Line in Westbury
• They’re Off: Heading to the Hamlet of Jericho
• Action During the 1904 Race
• Controls in Hicksville and Hempstead
• The Fatal Accident
• The 1904 Finish
• 50 Years After the Race
• 1904 Race Statistics
• 1904 Race Summary
• 1905
• 1904 Success leads to Second Vanderbilt Cup Race
• Entrants for the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race
• Start of the 1905 Race in Mineola
• Action During the 1905 Race
• Lancia Leads Heath and Hemery
• The 1905 Finish
• Hemery and the Darracq Win for France
• 1905 Race Statistics
• 1905 Race Summary
• 1906
• “The Vanderbilt Cup”: The Broadway Musical
• The 1906 American Elimination Trial
• Preparing for the 1906 Race
• The Start of the 1906 Race
• Crowds on the Course
• The Hairpin Turn in Old Westbury
• Action in Manhasset
• Action Around the Course
• The Trials and Tribulation of Shepard’s Hotchkiss
• The 1906 Finish
• 1906 Race Statistics
• 1906 Race Summary
• 1907
• Long Island Motor Parkway
• 1908
• The Motor Parkway Sweepstakes
• Preparing for the 1908 Race
• Action during the 1908 Race
• The Action in Jericho
• Locomobile Challenges for the Lead
• Crowds Swarm Course
• The Winner George Robertson
• Locomobile Company Celebrates
• 1908 Race Statistics
• 1908 Race Summary
• 1909
• Preparations for the 1909 Race
• Action During the 1909 Race
• Action at the Hicksville Turn
• Action at the Westbury Turn
• The 1909 Finish
• 1909 Race Statistics
• 1909 Race Summary
• 1910
• Preparations for the 1910 Race
• The 1910 Start
• Action During the 1910 Race
• Louis Chevrolet Crashes
• The 1910 Finish
• The Race Aftermath
• 1910 Race Statistics
• 1910 Race Summary
• 1911-1960
• Races From 1911-1960
• 1914 Vanderbilt Cup Race
• 1915 Vanderbilt Cup Race
• 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race
• Summary of 1911-1960 Races
• Entrants
  • Cars
    • Moon #34 (1909 Wheatley Hills Sweepstakes)
    • Columbia #33 (1909 Wheatley Hills Sweepstakes)
    • Marion #31 (1909 Wheatley Hills Sweepstakes)
    • Pope-Toledo #12 (1905 American Elimination Trial)
    • Franklin #9 (1905 American Elimination Trial)
    • Thomas #8 (1905 American Elimination Trial)
    • Royal Tourist #7 (1905 American Elimination Trial)
    • Christie #6 (1905 American Elimination Trial)
    • White #4 (1905 American Elimination Trial)
    • Matheson #3 (1905 American Elimination Trial)
    • Pope-Toledo #2 (1905 American Elimination Trial)
    • Haynes #1 (1905 American Elimination Trial)
    • Pope-Toledo #2 (1906 American Elimination Trial)
    • Thomas #6 (1906 American Elimination Trial)
    • Frayer-Miller #8 (1906 American Elimination Trial)
    • Marquette-Buick #27 (1910)
    • Knox #32 (1910)
    • National #31 (1910)
    • Royal Tourist #30 (1910)
    • Apperson #28 (1910)
    • Houpt-Rockwell #26 (1910)
    • Stoddard-Dayton #24 (1910)
    • American #23 (1910)
    • Pope-Hartford #22 (1910)
    • Marmon #21 (1910)
    • Jackson #19 (1910)
    • Oldsmobile #20 (1910)
    • Pope-Hartford #17 (1910)
    • Stoddard-Dayton #15 (1910)
    • Corbin #14 (1910)
    • Columbia #12 (1910)
    • Simplex #11 (1910)
    • National #10 (1910)
    • Amplex #9 (1910)
    • Benz #8 (1910)
    • Benz #7 (1910)
    • Simplex #6 (1910)
    • Mercedes #4 (1910)
    • Marquette-Buick #3 (1910)
    • Lozier #2 (1910)
    • National #1 (1910)
    • Apperson #10 (1906 American Elimination Trial)
    • Isotta #17 (1909)
    • Mercedes #16 (1909)
    • Fiat #14 (1909)
    • National #11 (1909)
    • Marmon #12 (1909)
    • National #10 (1909)
    • Chalmers-Detroit #9 (1909)
    • Apperson #6 (1909)
    • Atlas #5 (1909)
    • Fiat #4 (1909)
    • Simplex #3 (1909)
    • Fiat #1 (1909)
    • Thomas #4 (1906 American Elimination Trial)
    • Itala #19 (1906)
    • Fiat #16 (1906)
    • Clement-Bayard #15 (1906)
    • Haynes #14 (1906)
    • Itala #12 (1906)
    • Frayer-Miller #5 (1906)
    • Mercedes #3 (1906)
    • Panhard #2 (1906)
    • Thomas #1 (1906)
    • Knox #2 (1908)
    • Thomas #19 (1908)
    • Mercedes #18 (1908)
    • Thomas #12 (1908)
    • Acme #11 (1908)
    • Hotchkiss #9 (1908)
    • Thomas #8 (1908)
    • Matheson #7 (1908)
    • Chadwick #4 (1908)
    • Fiat #20 (1905)
    • Pope-Toledo #15 (1905)
    • Fiat #12 (1905)
    • Renault #10 (1905)
    • Mercedes #9 (1905)
    • Fiat #8 (1905)
    • De Dietrich #2 (1905)
    • Mercedes #1 (1905)
    • Mercedes #5 (1908)
    • Mercedes #7 (1906)
    • Fiat #19 (1904)
    • Mercedes #18 (1904)
    • Panhard #15 (1904)
    • Renault #11 (1904)
    • Fiat #10 (1904)
    • Mercedes #9 (1904)
    • Mercedes #8 (1904)
    • Renault #17 (1908)
    • Buick #15 (1909)
    • Marquette-Buick #29 (1910)
    • Matheson #15 (1908)
    • Darracq #6 (1905)
    • Mercedes #5 (1905)
    • Marmon #32 (1909 Wheatley Hills Sweepstakes)
    • Marmon #25 (1910)
    • Locomobile #12 (1906 American Elimination Trial)
    • Royal Tourist #3 (1904)
  • Drivers
    • Philip Wells
    • R.W. Wilcox
    • A. Monsen
    • Willie Winchester
    • Montague Roberts
    • Ralph Mongini
    • Frank Nutt
    • Bernd Rosemeyer
    • Frank Lee (Mechanician)
    • Al Poole (Mechanician)
    • Lee Frayer
    • Dario Resta
    • Glenn Ethridge (Mechanician)
    • Ralph DePalma
    • Bob Burman
    • Fred Belcher
    • Robert (P.H.) Jardine
    • Louis Disbrow
    • Harry Hanshue
    • Carl Limberg
    • Tobin DeHymel
    • E.F. Scheifler
    • Jack Fleming
    • Joe Matson
    • Harold Stone
    • Franz Heim
    • Walter Jones
    • Ralph Beardsley
    • Ralph Mulford
    • Arthur Chevrolet
    • Al Livingston
    • Spencer Wishart
    • Harry Stillman
    • Charles Merz
    • Johnny Aitken
    • Lee Lorimer
    • Hugh Harding
    • Elmer Knox
    • Eddie Hearne
    • Leland Mitchell
    • Gustave Caillois
    • Maurice Fabry
    • Aldo Weilschott
    • John Haynes
    • Alessandro Cagno
    • Frank Lawwell
    • Hubert Le Blon
    • P. Gill
    • George Saltzman
    • Cyrus Patschke
    • H.J. Kilpatrick
    • Joe Seymour
    • James Ryall
    • Willie Haupt
    • Emil Stricker
    • Al Denison
    • Joe Florida
    • Emanual Cedrino
    • John Warden
    • Ferenc Szisz
    • Camille Jenatzy
    • William Wallace, Jr.
    • Frank Croker
    • George Teste
    • Henri Tart
    • Maurice Bernin
    • Paul Sartori
    • Wilhelm Werner
    • Edward Hawley
    • Fernand Gabriel
    • A.C. Webb
    • Albert Campbell
    • Lewis Strang
    • Tazio Nuvolari
    • Joe Dawson
    • Ray Harroun
    • Walter White
    • Elliott Shepard, Jr.
    • Charles Schmidt
    • Joe Tracy
    • Edward Parker
    • Felice Nazzaro
    • William Knipper
    • Arthur Duray
    • Albert Clement, Jr.
    • Bert Dingley
    • William Bourque
    • David Bruce-Brown
    • George Arents, Jr.
• LIMP
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• Vanderbilts
• Blog
  • ALPCA Long Island Region 35th Annual Meet
  • Amelia Island 2012 Concours D’Elegance
  • 2012 Presidents Car Club Council Meeting
  • Annual Flea Market- Vanderbilt Cup Region-AACA, Smithtown, NY
  • Three Vanderbilt Cup Race Winners Together in 1936
  • Newsday April 5, 1998 Article “History Takes the High Road”
  • Highlights and Archives for VanderbiltCupRaces.com- January 2012
  • Then & Now: Krug’s Corner in Mineola
  • Willy T. Ribbs and Wendell Scott- Pioneer African American Drivers
  • George Robertson’s Last Drive
  • Long Island Automotive News and Recent Comments-Saturday, January 28, 2012
  • The 1909 Wheatley Hills Sweepstakes Won by Ray Harroun in a Marmon
  • Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series:#16 New Hyde Park Road Motor Parkway Bridge in Searingtown
  • Welcome to the New VanderbiltCupRaces.com!
  • Walter P. Chrysler,  the American Locomotive Company and a 1932 Newsreel
  • From the Malcolm Collum Collection: More Classic Images of “Old 16”
  • Willie K’s Sister Consuelo Vanderbilt: The Duchess of Marlborough
  • A 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race Pennant Sold for a Record $10,625
  • Art Kleiner’s Exploration #4:  The Motor Parkway in the Five Towns College Area in Dix Hills
  • Classic Photos of “Old 16” Locomobile
  • Race Profile: The Vanderbilt Cup Race Heads to Savannah in 1911
  • Then & Now: A Hidden Section of the Motor Parkway in Western Suffolk
  • The Mulford Special: “A Roadster That Saved a City”
  • Driver Profile: Camille Jenatzy-  “The Red Devil” and His Tragic Death
  • The Milhous 1913 Alco Six Five-Passenger Touring Car Up For Auction
  • From the Walter McCarthy Collection: Ledyard Pfund’s 1906/1907 Renault “Vanderbilt Racer”
  • The Greatest 33 Profile: Ray Harroun
  • From the Walter McCarthy Collection: Old 16 at the 1988 Vanderbilt Cup Race Celebration
  • Article “The 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race” by Peter Helck
  • Another Vanderbilt Cup Race Mystery: Was Eddie Rickenbacker the Mechanician in this 1906 Photo?
  • Update: VanderbiltCupRaces Exclusive- Inside William K. Vanderbilt Jr.‘s Hangar and Seaplane
  • Highlights and Archives for VanderbiltCupRaces.com- December 2011 and a Record-Breaking 2011
  • The Top 20 2011 Posts on VanderbiltCupRaces.com
  • Searching for the Renault Vanderbilt Racers- the Ferrari Enzos of Their Day
  • Archives: Art Kleiner’s Explorations
  • Archives: Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society
  • Archives: Indy 500 Races
  • Archives: Vanderbilt Cup Races
  • Views from the Pits of the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race
  • Archives: William K. Vanderbilt, Jr.
  • Archives: Long Island Automotive Museum
  • The New Home Page on VanderbiltCupRaces.com
  • Archives: Old 16 Locomobile
  • The New Blog on VanderbiltCupRaces.com
  • Article “The Long Island Motor Parkway” By Howard Kroplick & Al Velocci
  • Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series:#15 The Smith Farmway Bridge in Lake Success
  • Article “The 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race” by Peter Helck
  • Spectacular Aerials of Roosevelt Field and Roosevelt Raceway (1924-1938)
  • Archives: Long Island Motor Parkway
  • Winter Holiday Scenes of the Long Island Motor Parkway and the Vanderbilt Cup Race Courses
  • Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series: #14 Lakeville Road Motor Parkway Bridge in Lake Success
  • Details on the “Thermos The Bottle” Truck at the 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race
  • At the Starting Line on Jericho Turnpike in Mineola: The 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race
  • Article “The 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race” by Peter Helck
  • Profile: #10 Darracq- Winner of the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race
  • A Family Inquiry:  Jefferson De Mont Thompson- Chairman of the Vanderbilt Cup Commission
  • Profile:Louis Wagner- Winner of the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race& the First American Grand Prize (1908)
  • Then & Now: The Motor Parkway near Burrs Lane,  Half Hollow Hills
  • Profile: The #7 Panhard Racer- First Winner of the Vanderbilt Cup Races
  • At the Starting Line on Jericho Turnpike in Westbury: The 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race
  • Then & Now: The 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race “S Turn” in Albertson
  • MASCD&CS Meeting: “Santa Claus is Arriving in a Mustang Boss 302” on Tuesday, December 13, 2011
  • Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series: #13 Marcus Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge in Lake Success
  • Old Cars Weekly Article: “Always Austie: Remembering old car hobby icon Henry Austin Clark, Jr.”
  • Update: The Last Intact Motor Parkway Bridge in Suffolk County
  • Highlights from the 3rd Clean Up the Old Bethpage Motor Parkway Bridge Day &Tonight’s LIMPPS Meeting
  • Presentation “Motor Parkway: From Round Swamp Road to Broad Hollow Road” on Tuesday, December 6th
  • Hemmings Classic Car Article “A Car from the Dawn of Cars”
  • Archives: The Walter McCarthy Collection
  • Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series: #12 The Vanderbilt Farmway Bridge in Queens
  • Archives: Alco-6 Black Beast Racer
  • Archives: Films and Videos
  • Archives: Drivers and Mechanicians
  • Highlights and Archives for VanderbiltCupRaces.com- November 2011
  • Archives: Starting Lineups
  • Archives: Monthly VanderbiltCupRaces.com Highlights (2008-2011)
  • Archives: Cars
  • Long Island Car Clubs Directory
  • Archives: Courses and Crowds
  • Archives: Favorite Websites
  • The Dramatic Untold Story of the Marmon Wasp During the 2011 Indy 500 Parade Lap
  • Sportscardigest.com Race Profile: “The Vanderbilt Cup, America’s First International Series”
  • Film “The Greatest Vintage Automobile Event Ever Held on Long Island”
  • VanderbiltCupRaces.com Updates and Comments- Saturday, November 26, 2011
  • Third Clean Up the Old Bethpage Motor Parkway Bridge Day Scheduled for Saturday, December 3, 2011
  • A Vanderbilt Cup Race Physician and the Jericho Friends Meeting House
  • A 1931 Long Island Motor Parkway Plate Being Sold on Ebay
  • Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum Selling a Special 1937 Chrysler Imperial
  • The 50th Anniversary of the First Vanderbilt Cup Race on October 9, 1954
  • More Memories: Return of the Alco Racer to the Indy 500
  • Heavy Equipment Crew Visits the Old Bethpage Motor Parkway Bridge
  • Preserving the Maine Maid Inn and the Vanderbilt Cup Races
  • From the Frank P. Krug Family Collection: Unique Views of Krug’s Hotel
  • Article: “Classics Gather Where Lindbergh’s Flight Began”
  • VanderbiltCupRaces.com Updates and Comments- Saturday, November 12, 2011
  • May 7, 1911 The World :  Harry Grant Practicing on the Motor Parkway at 107.8 Miles Per Hour
  • Highlights from the Second Clean Up the Old Bethpage Motor Parkway Bridge Day
  • The 1931 Caddy with Two Long Island Motor Parkway Plates
  • Hemmings Blog: “Miller Club to celebrate Milwaukee Vanderbilt Cup centennial”
  • Video “The First Annual Motor Parkway Parade”
• Events
• ALPCA Long Island Region 35th Annual Meet
• Amelia Island 2012 Concours D’Elegance
• 2012 Presidents Car Club Council Meeting
• Annual Flea Market- Vanderbilt Cup Region-AACA, Smithtown, NY
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