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  • Exclusive: Glenn Ethridge in the Isotta Fraschini that Won the 1908 Briarcliff Trophy Stock Car Race
    Feb 07 2015

    Exclusive: Glenn Ethridge in the Isotta Fraschini that Won the 1908 Briarcliff Trophy Stock Car Race

    A relative of Glenn Ethridge, the mechanician of the winner of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race Old 16, has forwarded this photo and requesting assistance: (1 comments)


  • Saturday Search: A Jericho Ford Fire Truck (Updated: 2/15/2015)
    Feb 06 2015

    Saturday Search: A Jericho Ford Fire Truck (Updated: 2/15/2015)

    Betsey Murphy, local history librarian for the Jericho Library, is researching this fire truck. (3 comments)


  • Concept Cars That Never Made It Part II
    Feb 04 2015

    Concept Cars That Never Made It Part II

    Bill K. has forwarded Part II of this photo series of 1950s concept cars "that never made it". (4 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #5 Solved: Jim Rathmann and Carroll Shelby at the 1960 Vanderbilt Cup Race
    Feb 03 2015

    Mystery Foto #5 Solved: Jim Rathmann and Carroll Shelby at the 1960 Vanderbilt Cup Race

    This weekend's Mystery Foto featured two prominent race car drivers. (11 comments)


  • New York Reintroduces Bill to Provide for One-Time Historic Vehicle Registration Fee
    Feb 01 2015

    New York Reintroduces Bill to Provide for One-Time Historic Vehicle Registration Fee

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  • New Series Long Island Auto Manufacturers & Body Builders #1:Bell & Post Motors of Farmingdale
    Jan 31 2015

    New Series Long Island Auto Manufacturers & Body Builders #1:Bell & Post Motors of Farmingdale

    With the advent of the automobile in the early 20th century, Long Island was not only the location for the first international road race in the United States but the home for several of the first automobile manufacturers and coachbuilders. (8 comments)


  • Saturday Request: Information on the Christie Racers from Barney Oldfield’s Great-Great -Nephew
    Jan 31 2015

    Saturday Request: Information on the Christie Racers from Barney Oldfield’s Great-Great -Nephew

    Wayne Peterson: "I am trying to get as much information as possible on the Christie Racer as it is being rebuilt." (16 comments)


  • Walt Gosden Article:“Going 114 MPH on the Motor Parkway in a Model S Mercedes in 1928”
    Jan 29 2015

    Walt Gosden Article:“Going 114 MPH on the Motor Parkway in a Model S Mercedes in 1928”

    Walt Gosden has written this article for VanderbiltCupRaces.com on the day author Eric Hatch drove his Mercedes 114 MPH on the Long Island Motor Parkway. (1 comments)


  • Concept Cars That Never Made It Part I
    Jan 27 2015

    Concept Cars That Never Made It Part I

    Bill K. has forwarded this photo series of 1950s concept cars "that never made it". (5 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #4 Solved: Roadside Signs in Lake Ronkonkoma in October 1930 (Updated: 1/28/2015)
    Jan 26 2015

    Mystery Foto #4 Solved: Roadside Signs in Lake Ronkonkoma in October 1930 (Updated: 1/28/2015)

    Gary Hammond forwarded this weekend's Mystery Foto of Long Island roadside signs. (15 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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