1909 Massapequa Sweepstakes


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    Feb 10 2010

    The Vanderbilt Cup Race Pits: An American Innovation

    One innovation of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race was the first use of service racing pits in an American automobile race.

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    Jun 30 2009

    Then & Now: The Massapequa Lodge

    Continuing our "Then and Now" series, this photo captured Old 16, the eventual winner of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race, climbing the Long Island Motor Prarkway bridge over Massapequa-Hicksville Road. To the right is the Massapqua Lodge, one of the three John Russell Pope-designed toll lodges opened… (0 comments)


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    Jun 27 2009

    Film “The Levittown Vanderbilt Cup Race Grandstand”

    Mush, I have several hundred photos of the races that went throught the heart of the Hempstead Plains, now Levittown, from 1908 to 1910. I will be more than happy to send you copies of some of my favorites.

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