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  • VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: From the Helck Family Collection- Driver Louis Wagner
    Aug 19 2016

    VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: From the Helck Family Collection- Driver Louis Wagner

    For 23 years, artist Peter Helck was a close friend of Louis Wagner, the winner of the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race. This friendship was marked a multitude of correspondence between France and the USA, including artwork from Helck and photos from Wagner. (4 comments)


  • Frederick Gilbert Bourne- President of Singer Sewing Machine & a Long Island Motor Parkway Director
    Aug 17 2016

    Frederick Gilbert Bourne- President of Singer Sewing Machine & a Long Island Motor Parkway Director

    Oakdale resident and historian Philip Selvaggio has identified Frederick Gilbert Bourne in several of the photos from the June 6, 1908 ground-breaking ceremony for the Long Island Motor Parkway. (5 comments)


  • Tazio Nuvolari in Victory Lane After Winning the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race
    Aug 16 2016

    Tazio Nuvolari in Victory Lane After Winning the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race

    Nobody enjoyed winning a Vanderbilt Cup Race more than Tazio Nuvolari in 1936. Here's the proof. (1 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #33 Solved: Cornelius Vanderbilt IV, Donor of the 1960 Vanderbilt Cup Trophy
    Aug 15 2016

    Mystery Foto #33 Solved: Cornelius Vanderbilt IV, Donor of the 1960 Vanderbilt Cup Trophy

    This weekend's Mystery Foto challenged you to identify this member of the Vanderbilt family. (3 comments)


  • Starting Lineup: The 6 Cars of the 1909 Massapequa Sweepstakes
    Aug 11 2016

    Starting Lineup: The 6 Cars of the 1909 Massapequa Sweepstakes

    The 10 lap, 126.4 mile race had a small but competitive field of six entries: two Chalmers-Detroit “30’s,” one Hudson and three Maxwells. (1 comments)


  • VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Photos from the John E. Roosevelt Family Photo Album  (1909-1910)
    Aug 10 2016

    VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Photos from the John E. Roosevelt Family Photo Album (1909-1910)

    I am pleased to announce that the Bayport Heritage Association and the Suffolk County Parks Department have provided over 100 photos from the John E. Roosevelt Family Photo Album to be posted on VanderbiltCupRaces.com. (5 comments)


  • October 23, 1958 Newsday: The Races That Made History
    Aug 09 2016

    October 23, 1958 Newsday: The Races That Made History

    On the 50th anniversary of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race, Newsday published a celebratory article "The Races That Made History." The article is particularly noteworthy because it included one of the last interviews with George Robertson, the winner of the 1908 race. (2 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #32 Solved:#M32 Rainier and #P43 Simplex Racing on the Opening Day of the Motor Parkway
    Aug 08 2016

    Mystery Foto #32 Solved:#M32 Rainier and #P43 Simplex Racing on the Opening Day of the Motor Parkway

    Frank Femenias challenged you once again to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto. (11 comments)


  • VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: The 100 Planned Bridges Over & Under the Long Island Motor Parkway
    Aug 06 2016

    VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: The 100 Planned Bridges Over & Under the Long Island Motor Parkway

    Brian McCarthy has forwarded this question: How many Motor Parkway bridges were planned but never built? (3 comments)


  • The Classic Car Summer 2016 Magazine: The Boca Raton Grand Classic
    Aug 03 2016

    The Classic Car Summer 2016 Magazine: The Boca Raton Grand Classic

    The Summer 2016 issue of "The Classic Car", the official magazine of the Classic Car Club of America, highlighted February's Boca Raton Grand Classic. The 1937 Chrysler's Chrysler was among the seven grand classics judged as a 100 Point Classic. (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.

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