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  • Mystery Foto #8 Solved: The Packard Gray Wolf Approaching the LIRR Crossing in Queens
    Feb 23 2015

    Mystery Foto #8 Solved: The Packard Gray Wolf Approaching the LIRR Crossing in Queens

    This weekend's Mystery Foto documented a rarely photographed location for the Vanderbilt Cup Races. (8 comments)


  • Long Island Auto Manufacturers & Body Builders #2: J.T. Cantrell & Company of Huntington Part I
    Feb 21 2015

    Long Island Auto Manufacturers & Body Builders #2: J.T. Cantrell & Company of Huntington Part I

    Our second in a series on Long Island automobile manufacturers and body builders documents J.T. Cantrell and Company of Huntington and Huntington Station. Cantrell is considered the first designer and builder of woodie station wagon bodies. (12 comments)


  • ClassicCars.com Profile: The Old Timers Exhibition of the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race
    Feb 18 2015

    ClassicCars.com Profile: The Old Timers Exhibition of the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race

    Steve Evans has posted a "Classic Profile" of the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race on ClassicCars.com . (0 comments)


  • For the First Time in 34 Years: Photos of the Clody Farmway Bridge in the Melville Sand Pits
    Feb 17 2015

    For the First Time in 34 Years: Photos of the Clody Farmway Bridge in the Melville Sand Pits

    The most elusive Motor Parkway remnant has been the Clody Farmway Bridge located in the Melville Sand Pits...until today. (2 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #7 Solved: Jericho Turnpike in Floral Park Looking Towards the LIRR  Bridge
    Feb 16 2015

    Mystery Foto #7 Solved: Jericho Turnpike in Floral Park Looking Towards the LIRR Bridge

    Frank Femenias is challenging you once again to solve a Mystery Foto. (20 comments)


  • Chrysler’s Chrysler Heading South in March to CCCA Meeting and Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance
    Feb 14 2015

    Chrysler’s Chrysler Heading South in March to CCCA Meeting and Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance

    Chrysler's Chrysler is being prepared to participate in two major automotive events down south next month. (3 comments)


  • From the Gary Faules Collection: Drivers and Race Cars from the 1915 Vanderbilt Cup Races
    Feb 12 2015

    From the Gary Faules Collection: Drivers and Race Cars from the 1915 Vanderbilt Cup Races

    In the second post featuring photos from his collection, race car driver, team owner and writer Gary Faules has provided these up close images of drivers and race cars from the 1915 Vanderbilt Cup Race. (2 comments)


  • Long Island Presidents Car Club Council Reviews the 2015 Calendar of Events
    Feb 11 2015

    Long Island Presidents Car Club Council Reviews the 2015 Calendar of Events

    Last Sunday, officials from over 60 Long Island car clubs met and reviewed the 2015 calendar of events. (1 comments)


  • The Most Exotic Vanderbilt Race Course: The 1915 Race at the Panama Pacific International Exposition
    Feb 11 2015

    The Most Exotic Vanderbilt Race Course: The 1915 Race at the Panama Pacific International Exposition

    Of the 11 Vanderbilt Cup Races held from 1904 to 1916, the most exotic location was clearly the 1915 Vanderbilt Cup Race held in San Francisco. (1 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #6 Solved:The Western Terminus of the Motor Parkway at Rocky Hill Road Circa 1917-1924
    Feb 09 2015

    Mystery Foto #6 Solved:The Western Terminus of the Motor Parkway at Rocky Hill Road Circa 1917-1924

    Bill Bellmer has forwarded this amazing Mystery Foto from the collection of historian Vince Seyfried. (14 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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