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Aug 23 2012
Hemmings Daily: Savoring Milwaukee’s best: The Milwaukee Masterpiece
Hemmings Daily has posted an article on this weekend's Milwaukee celebration of the 1912 Vanderbilt Cup Race. (0 comments)
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Aug 22 2012
The Amazing Roslyn Estate of a 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race Spectator
Clarence Mackay (1874-1938) was the heir to the Comstock silver fortune and a major figure in the development of the international telegraph business. Before and after the Vanderbilt Cup Races, Mackay would host huge parties for friends and business associates at his 648-acre Harbor Hill Estate overlooking the village of… (5 comments)
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Aug 21 2012
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Contest: Identify This Rare Motor Parkway Photo
Calling all Motor Parkway fans! This is your opportunity to show your expertise in the first VanderbiltCupRaces.com contest of 2012. (8 comments)
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Aug 20 2012
Then & Now: The Woodbury Turn of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race Part II
The closest the Vanderbilt Cup Race courses of Long Island Island ever came to Suffolk County was the Woodbury Turn at the intersection of Woodbury Road and Jericho Turnpike. (1 comments)
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Aug 18 2012
Then & Now: The East Norwich Turn of the Vanderbilt Cup Races
The north-east corner of the 1905 and 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Races was the East Norwich Turn located at the intersection of Jericho-Oyster Bay Road and North Hempstead Turnpike (25A). Here is a "Then & Now" analysis. (2 comments)
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Aug 17 2012
Long Island Automotive Events This Weekend (August 18-19, 2012)
Ten Long Island automobile events are on the schedule for this weekend. (0 comments)
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Aug 16 2012
Presentation:“The Incredible Vanderbilt Cup Races of Long Island: Racing on Roslyn Roads”, Roslyn NY
As part of the lecture series sponsored by the Roslyn Landmark Society, Howard Kroplick will be presenting an overview of the Vanderbilt Cup Races with a focus on racing in the Roslyn area. (1 comments)
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Aug 15 2012
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series:#22 Oyster Bay LIRR Bridge Williston Park & East Williston
One-third through documenting the 65 Long Island Motor Parkway bridges going west to east, the 22nd bridge is the Oyster Bay Long Island Rail Road bridge between Williston Park and East Williston. (1 comments)
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Aug 14 2012
CSI Challenge: How Many People Attended the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race?
The CSI (Cup Scene Investigation) Team of VanderbiltCupRaces.com has been asked to estimate the number of people who actually attended the six Vanderbilt Cup Races held on Long Island. First up, the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race held on a 30.24-mile triangular course in Nassau County and Queens. (0 comments)
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Aug 13 2012
The continuing story of Joan Newton Cuneo: “Those daring young (wo)men in their racing machines”
As a follow-up to the May 2012 post on pioneer driver Joan Newton Cueno, reporter Mike Eldred has forwarded his article on Cueno's 1910 automobile exhibition held in Wilmington, Vermont. (3 comments)
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Never figured out why a gatehouse was erected in this area.