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Mar 30 2024
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Unpublished Long Island Automotive Museum Photos from 1958 to 1962, Part 6

Part 6 of our ongoing series of articles takes a look at the images Richard Weir took during his visits to the Long Island Automotive Museum. (13 comments)

Mar 27 2024
InstaGRAM Report: Rob Ida discusses the Holman and Moody Falcon Challenger III discovery and restoration

In this post, Rob Ida tells us about the Holman and Moody Falcon Challenger III discovery and restoration. (0 comments)

Mar 26 2024
Mystery Friday Foto #12 Solved; William K. Vanderbilt Jr. with Family and Friends on a Caribbean Cruise

Did you identify Willie K. with family and friends in this photo? (4 comments)

Mar 23 2024
The Irish Volunteers at the Vanderbilt Cup Races

Author and Mitchel Field historian Paul R. Martin III's wonderful excerpt from his book 'Beneath the Shadows of Wings' about the Irish Volunteers and the Vanderbilt Cup Races (1 comments)

Mar 20 2024
Kleiner’s Korner: Three Unbridged Motor Parkway Crossings

Three never built Motor Parkway bridges in the Half Hollow Hills area. (3 comments)

Mar 19 2024
Mystery Friday Foto #11 Solved; The Petit Trianon Construction in Lake Ronkonkoma

Frank Femenias challenged you to identify the Petit Trianon under construction. (12 comments)

Mar 16 2024
VanderbiltCupRaces.com cited in the “Nation of Speed” exhibit at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.

The website has been cited as a contributor to the ongoing "Nation of Speed" exhibit, a collaboration between National Air and Space Museum and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. (1 comments)

Mar 12 2024
A Lodge Keeper’s 1933 Motor Parkway Plate

Bill Cruickshank has forwarded this image of his grandfather's 1933 Long Island Motor Parkway plate. (0 comments)

Mar 12 2024
Mystery Friday Foto #10 Solved; Theodore Roosevelt goes for an automobile ride

Did you solve this weekend's Mystery Foto? (17 comments)

Mar 09 2024
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Unpublished Long Island Automotive Museum Photos from 1958 to 1962, Part 5

This is our 5th article focusing on never-before-published color slides of the Long Island Automotive Museum. Richard Weir took these images between 1958 and 1962 during repeat visits to the beloved automotive museum. (5 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.