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May 31 2025
Rob Ida and his restored classics honored at the Greenwich Concours D’Elegance

The 2025 Greenwich Concours D'Elegance honored our friend Rob Ida as its featured restorer. As part of this well-deserved honor, a special class "Custom Cars of Rob Ida" including Tucker 1044 and Tucker 1051 was highlighted at Saturday's Concours De Sport and tomorrow's Concours D'Elegance. (0 comments)

May 28 2025
Tucker 1044 at the Peconic Bay Car Club’s 1st Annual Spring Dust Off & Blessing of the Cars Car Show in Riverhead

Tucker #1044 was awarded 'Best of Show-Post-World War' honors at the inaugural 1st Annual Spring Dust Off & Blessing of the Cars car show in Riverhead. (1 comments)

May 27 2025
Friday Mystery Foto #31 Solved: An Antique Lithograph of the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race

Did you identify this antique lithograph? (5 comments)

May 24 2025
The Wharton Graduate Emeritus Society honors Howard Kroplick with a Crandall Challenge Citation

The Wharton Emeritus Society consists of 11,000 Wharton MBA graduates who are now post 45th anniversary of graduation or retired. (0 comments)

May 21 2025
Hagerty Channel Video: Barn Find Hunter: Shelby GT-350H and Holman Moody Challenger I

Hagerty has posted a new episode of Tom Cotter's "Barn Find Hunter" finding an unrestored '66 Shelby GT-350H and the H/M Challenger I (0 comments)

May 20 2025
Mystery Friday Foto #30 Solved: A 1954 Photo of Nassau County Park at Salisbury Golf Course

Did you identify the Nassau County Park at Salisbury Golf Course? (8 comments)

May 17 2025
Kleiner’s Korner: 100 Years Ago on the Motor Parkway (May, 1925)

More happenings on the Motor Parkway a century ago! (7 comments)

May 14 2025
Restoration Update #4: 1930 Duesenberg J Murphy Convertible Sedan Berline #2448 J-399 (5/13/2025)

The mighty 420ci Duesenberg powerplant is alive and running again at Stephen Babinsky’s Automotive Restorations shop in New Jersey. (2 comments)

May 13 2025
Mystery Friday Foto #19 Solved: A Crowd Gathers at the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race

Did you identify this crowd gathered for a speech? (3 comments)

May 10 2025
From the Marty Himes Collection: Two Very Early Long Island Pocket Maps (1892 and 1917)

Forwarded from the Himes family are a pair of very early tourist maps of Long Island. (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.