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Mar 01 2009

Highlights from February 2009


Highlights of February 2009 posts on VanderbiltCupRaces.com:


Alco-6 Black Beast Racer

-The Alco Team at the 1911 Elgin National Trophy Race

-Film: The 1911 Indy 500 Race

-Alco Mechanics at Work

-Harry Grant at the first Indy 500 Race

-A fun Alco gathering


Events

-Cars from the October 2008 Gymkhana

-Old 16 at Pebble Beach

-Sayville presentation "The Long Island Motor Parkway


Long Island Motor Parkway

-The Parkway Behind the Stewart School in Garden City

-Cool feedback from the Stewart School

-The Motor Parkway Bridge Under Old Country Road, Mineola

-The Stimulus Bill and the Motor Parkway

-The Toll Kiosks of the Motor Parkway

-The Ronkonkoma Lodge in 1930

-The opening of the Motor Parkway Bilke Path

-In search of the Nassau Boulevard Toll Booth


Vanderbilt Cup Races

-The Vanderbilt Cup Race Brassards

- Lou Meyer's crash during the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race

-The great mechanician Tony Scudelari


Vanderbilt Museum

-Film: The 1911 Indy 500 Race



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Apr 07 2026 Art, Part of the acreage was used for a cemetery.

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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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