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  • Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series: #11 Little Neck Road Motor Parkway Bridge in Queens
    Nov 03 2011

    Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series: #11 Little Neck Road Motor Parkway Bridge in Queens

    When the 48 miles of the Motor Parkway were completed in 1926, a total of 65 bridges were built by William K. Vanderbilt Jr. and his associates over and under the parkway. Going west to east, the next to last of the 12 Queens bridges was the trestle Motor Parkway bridge over Little Neck Road (later renamed Little Neck Parkway): (8 comments)


  • CSI Report:Montague Roberts and Robert Jardine in the 1905 American Elimination Trial
    Nov 02 2011

    CSI Report:Montague Roberts and Robert Jardine in the 1905 American Elimination Trial

    Steve Lucas forwarded a request from Barbara Russell, the Brookhaven Town Historian, to help identify two photos recently discovered in their archives. Steve wrote: "She was hoping that you could identify them as to date, event, place, and type of car. They appear to be a race and thought maybe one of the Vanderbilt Cup Races." (5 comments)


  • Highlights and Archives for VanderbiltCupRaces.com- October 2011
    Nov 01 2011

    Highlights and Archives for VanderbiltCupRaces.com- October 2011

    October 2011 Summary A total of 8,126 unique visitors (an average of 262 visitors per day and 3.8 pages per visit) viewed the website in October 2011, a 59% increase over October 2010. This represented the highest monthly viewership in the history of VanderbiltCupRaces.com . For the first ten months of 2011, a total of 57,011 unique daily viewers have visited VanderbiltCupRaces.com, a daily average of 187 and a 39% increase over YTD 2010 and a whopping 154% increase over YTD 2009. Thanks for… (0 comments)


  • Nov 01 2011

    Archives: Then & Now

    Links to related "Then & Now" posts on VanderbiltCupRaces.com (Updated August 7, 2011): (0 comments)


  • Nov 01 2011

    Archives: Vanderbilia

    Below are related links to Vanderbilia on VanderbiltCupRaces.com (Updated: February 1, 2012) (0 comments)


  • Archives: Alco-6 Racing History (1909-1911)
    Nov 01 2011

    Archives: Alco-6 Racing History (1909-1911)

    Index to posts related to the Alco-6 Racing History (1909-1911) Updated: December 1, 2011 (0 comments)


  • Nov 01 2011

    Archives: Long Island Motor Parkway Bridges- Nassau County

    Links to posts related to the Long Island Motor Parkway Bridges in Nassau County (Updated: January 25, 2012): (0 comments)


  • Archives: Films & Videos- Long Island Automotive Museum
    Oct 31 2011

    Archives: Films & Videos- Long Island Automotive Museum

    Links to posts related to films and videos related to the Long Island Automotive Museum (Updated: August 4, 2011): (0 comments)


  • Highlights from the First Annual Motor Parkway Parade
    Oct 31 2011

    Highlights from the First Annual Motor Parkway Parade

    The First Annual Motor Parkway Parade was successfully held last Sunday. Celebrating the completion of the Lake Ronkonkoma section of the Motor Parkway, the event was organized by the Lake Ronkonkoma Heritage Association and had been previously rained out on August 7, 2011. Some highlights: (2 comments)


  • Race Profile: The 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race- The First Use of A Checkered Flag
    Oct 29 2011

    Race Profile: The 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race- The First Use of A Checkered Flag

    No greater evidence of the success of the Vanderbilt Cup Race emerged than when popular culture embraced it. (0 comments)




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Apr 23 2026 Amazing job on the video Craig and Florence!

Apr 23 2026 Indeed Al! I had read about that in my research of her. Here’s a great article of her WW1 exploits.…

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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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