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Feb 01 2009

Highlights from VanderbiltCupRaces.com: January 2009


Highlights of the January 2009 posts on VanderbiltCupRaces.com are linked below:


January 2009 Highlights

Alco-6 Racer

-When the Alco-6 warmed up for the first Indy 500 Race

-The Alco-6 Racer at the 1911 Indy 500 Race

-The Alco-6 Arrives Back in the US

-The Alco-6 Arrives on Long Island

-Newsday reports "Beast" race car on display

-Video: Alco-6 gets fired up


Long Island Motor Parkway

-The four-lane Motor Parkway and a 1924 aerial view of Queens

-A Fresh Meadows view of the western LIMP terminus

-Alley Pond Striders on the LIMP Greenway

-The Bethpage Toll Lodge (1908-1960)


Vanderbilt Cup Races

-Electric timing of the Vanderbilt Cup Races

-The dangerous role of the mechanician

-The revival of the Vanderbilt Cup Races in 1936 and 1937

-The beautiful 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race poster


Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum

-Efforts to save the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum

-A tour of the Vanderbilt Museum


The Alco-6 Racer

-Links to information of the Alco-6 Racer


Videos and Films

-Links to videos and films on VanderbiltCupRaces.com


2008 Highlights

-VanderbiltCupRaces.com year in review



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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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