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  • Chrysler’s Chrysler Featured on the Cover of the December 2015 Issue of Hemmings Motor News
    Nov 01 2015

    Chrysler’s Chrysler Featured on the Cover of the December 2015 Issue of Hemmings Motor News

    The December 2015 issue of the Hemmings Motor News features all the entrants to the 9th Annual Hemmings Concours d'Elegance held on September 27, 2015. The 1937 Chrysler's Chrysler is highlighted on the cover as Best in Show. (6 comments)


  • Two Car Shows on Long Island This Sunday
    Oct 31 2015

    Two Car Shows on Long Island This Sunday

    There will be three car shows on Long Island this weekend. The 1937 Chrysler's Chrysler will be participating in the Hilton Head Island Concours d’ Elegance in South Carolina on Sunday. (1 comments)


  • Exclusive Photos: The Mustang II Prototype Concept Car Making Its Debut at the Watkins Glen in 1963
    Oct 28 2015

    Exclusive Photos: The Mustang II Prototype Concept Car Making Its Debut at the Watkins Glen in 1963

    The Ford Mustang II Prototype concept car made its debut at a 1963 Formula I race at Watkins Glen, New York on October 6, 1963. Mike Carroll of the Jaguar Drivers Club of Long Island captured the arrival of the Mustang II at Watkins Glen in these photos. (6 comments)


  • Ultimate Car Trivia Part I
    Oct 27 2015

    Ultimate Car Trivia Part I

    Below is part I of a new series for VanderbiltCupRaces.com: Ultimate Car Trivia. (3 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #43 Solved: The Start of the 1909 Wheatley Sweepstakes
    Oct 26 2015

    Mystery Foto #43 Solved: The Start of the 1909 Wheatley Sweepstakes

    This weekend's Mystery Foto documented the start of a Long Island Race. (8 comments)


  • Hemmings.com: America on Wheels to Open Streamline Moderne/Art Deco Exhibit
    Oct 24 2015

    Hemmings.com: America on Wheels to Open Streamline Moderne/Art Deco Exhibit

    Hemmings Daily has posted an article by Terry Shea on the upcoming exhibit at the America on Wheels Museum in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The exhibit will be the winter home for the 1937 Chrysler's Chrysler. (7 comments)


  • This Sunday’s Three Car Shows on Long Island
    Oct 23 2015

    This Sunday’s Three Car Shows on Long Island

    There will be three car shows on Long Island this Sunday. (1 comments)


  • Remnants of Long Island Motor Parkway Discovered in Queens
    Oct 21 2015

    Remnants of Long Island Motor Parkway Discovered in Queens

    Eric Shaffer has forwarded photos of apparent remnants of the Motor Parkway that he found in Queens. (10 comments)


  • Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #57: Wellwood Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge in Melville
    Oct 20 2015

    Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #57: Wellwood Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge in Melville

    The 57th bridge in the series documenting the 65 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Wellwood Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge in Melville. (0 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #42 Solved: The Vehicles and Many Cool Things in this 1908 Freeport Garage Photo
    Oct 19 2015

    Mystery Foto #42 Solved: The Vehicles and Many Cool Things in this 1908 Freeport Garage Photo

    This weekend's Mystery Foto was courtesy of the 2016 Calendar "Historic Long Island". (17 comments)




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The six Vanderbilt Cup Races held on Long Island from 1904 to 1910 were the greatest sporting events of their day, and the first international automobile road races held in the United States. The races had a far-reaching impact on the development of American automobiles and parkways. This site provides comprehensive information on the races, the Long Island Motor Parkway and current Long Island automotive events, car shows and news.

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