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  • The Top Twenty 2014 Posts on VanderbiltCupRaces.com
    Dec 31 2014

    The Top Twenty 2014 Posts on VanderbiltCupRaces.com

    In celebration of the upcoming New Year and the 315 posts placed on the website this year, here's a list of my top 20 posts placed on VanderbiltCupRaces.com in 2014. (3 comments)


  • From the Luttgen Album: Driver Foxhall Keene Taking the Turn at Colyers Corner in Plainview
    Dec 30 2014

    From the Luttgen Album: Driver Foxhall Keene Taking the Turn at Colyers Corner in Plainview

    This is another gem from the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race album of driver William Luttgen provided by his grandson Robert Luttgen. It is the first documented Vanderbilt Cup Race photo discovered that was taken at Colyers Corner in Plainview. (3 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #100 Solved:The Jerusalem Avenue Bridge in Hempstead  Plains Under Construction in 1908
    Dec 29 2014

    Mystery Foto #100 Solved:The Jerusalem Avenue Bridge in Hempstead Plains Under Construction in 1908

    Art Kleiner forwarded this Mystery Foto and needed your assistance in identifying this Motor Parkway Bridge. (11 comments)


  • VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive:The 1908 Race Album of William Luttgen & William K. Vanderbilt, Jr.
    Dec 27 2014

    VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive:The 1908 Race Album of William Luttgen & William K. Vanderbilt, Jr.

    William Luttgen participated in four Vanderbilt Cup Races, three as a driver (1904, 1906, and 1908) and one as a mechanician (1905). Today, I met with his grandson Robert Luttgen of Key Biscayne, Florida, who brought along a rare photo album of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race. (4 comments)


  • Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy 2015!
    Dec 24 2014

    Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy 2015!

    A very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all! (1 comments)


  • Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #52: The Old Bethpage Motor Parkway Bridge
    Dec 23 2014

    Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #52: The Old Bethpage Motor Parkway Bridge

    The last Long Island Motor Parkway bridge to be profiled in 2014 is the Old Bethpage Bridge located in the Old Bethpage Village Restoration. (4 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #99: The Wright Flying Field in Mineola Circa 1916/1917
    Dec 23 2014

    Mystery Foto #99: The Wright Flying Field in Mineola Circa 1916/1917

    Allan Routt of Fairborn, Ohio forwarded this never-before-published photo of a Long Island Motor Parkway sign as this weekend's Mystery Foto. (11 comments)


  • The 1907 Vanderbilt Cup Race Board Game
    Dec 20 2014

    The 1907 Vanderbilt Cup Race Board Game

    One of my favorite pieces of Vanderbilia that I own is a complete set of the 1907 board game The Vanderbilt Cup Race. (8 comments)


  • Two Videos: Mission to Cuba and The Classic Cars of Cuba
    Dec 17 2014

    Two Videos: Mission to Cuba and The Classic Cars of Cuba

    Today's restoration of US diplomatic relations with Cuba brought back memories of my visit to Havana in March 2009. (4 comments)


  • Rare View of the Bethpage Lodge and Its Lodgekeepers
    Dec 16 2014

    Rare View of the Bethpage Lodge and Its Lodgekeepers

    Gary Hammond has forwarded this photo of the Bethpage Lodge. (4 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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