Vanderbilt Cup Races - Blog

Aug 29 2026
Kleiner’s Korner: May 1926 Motor Parkway News

This month's news centered around the Vanderbilt's Idle Hour estate, the Motor Parkway being incorporated into a larger network of LI roads and items including an accident, a fire and a lawsuit brought by the owner of a gas station on the Motor Parkway. (0 comments)

Aug 28 2026
Automotive Shows & Events - August 2026

Upcoming automotive events. (5 comments)

Aug 28 2026
Upcoming Kroplick Car Shows, Concours, Presentations, Events and Exhibits Updated 8/20/26

Upcoming 2026 car shows, concours, presentations and exhibits for Howard Kroplick. (21 comments)

Aug 28 2026
Weekly Cruises and Cars & Coffees on Long Island

A guide to cruises, weekly Cars & Coffees and meet-ups. (0 comments)

Aug 27 2026
Mystery Friday Foto #35: A Streamlined Race Car

Can you identify this gentleman next to his powerful race car? (0 comments)

Aug 26 2026
InstaGRAM Report: The Racing History of Deer Park Speedway / Speedrone

Online records of Deer Park Speedway are sparse; this article connects the dots from newspapers and photo captions and showcases photographs rarely seen publicly (thanks to the archive collections of the Marty Himes family and the Revvs Institute.) (2 comments)

Aug 25 2026
Mystery Friday Foto #34 Solved: The Incredible and Historic ‘First’ North American Transcontinental Flight

The Cradle of Aviation had challenged you to identify this weekend's mystery photo of Cal Rodgers and the incredible 'first' Transcontinental flight (7 comments)

Aug 22 2026
Back in Automotive Time: The January 1957 Car Life Magazine Part 1: America’s First Super Highway

Richard Salamon forwarded a January, 1957 Car Life magazine to the VanderbiltCupraces.com archives with articles on our favorite Parkway and much more (3 comments)

Aug 19 2026
Old Cars Weekly: Imperial Dynasty

The September 1, 2026 edition highlights the Chrysler Imperial exhibit at the AACA Museum in Hershey, Pa. (0 comments)

Aug 18 2026
Mystery Friday Foto #33 Solved: The Well-Known ‘Woodbury Turn’

Did you identify the 'Woodbury Turn' on the 1908 course? (2 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.