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Jun 15 2010
The 2010 Greenwich Concours D’Elegance
The 2010 Greenwich Concours D'Elegance held on June 5th and 6th drew large crowds and an amazing collection of unique cars including my 1966 Shelby Mustang GT-350H Hertz Rent-A- Racer. (0 comments)
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Jun 14 2010
Postcards from the Long Island Automotive Museum (#1-6)
The Long Island Automotive Museum in Southampton, New York was the foremost car museum on Long Island from 1948 to 1980...and is sadly missed. Founded and owned by the prominent collector and writer Henry Austin Clark, Jr., the museum featured a vast display of unique antique cars. (11 comments)
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Jun 13 2010
Vincenzo Lancia in Action During the 1905 and 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Races
One of the most celebrated drivers to race in the Vanderbilt Cup Races was Italian Vincenzo Lancia. In both the 1905 and 106 races, he drove a Fiat...just missing winning both races, (0 comments)
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Jun 11 2010
Mystery Photo Contest #2 Solved: 1911 Indy 500
This is is a comprehensive listing of spring and summer automotive events scheduled to be held in the Long Island area over the next six months. Updated: June 17, 2010. (3 comments)
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Jun 10 2010
The Royal Tourist in the Vanderbilt Cup Races (1904-1910)
In 1903 Edward Schurmer acquired control of the Hoffman Automobile and Manufacturing Company based in Cleveland, Ohio. He reorganized the company as the Royal Motor Car Company for the production of a new car called the Royal Tourist. As with many other automobile companies, Royal promoted their cars by entering the Vanderbilt Cup Races of 1904 , 1905 and 1910. (2 comments)
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Jun 09 2010
Mystery Foto: The Five Drivers in the 1940 Mystery Photo
Congratulations to Michael Ferner of Bitburg, Germany for correctly identifying the drivers in VanderbiltCupRaces.com's first Mystery Photo Contest. Here are the five drivers who posed at an Automobile Oldtimers Club meeting in November 1940. (0 comments)
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Jun 09 2010
Press Release “Black Beast” at Klingberg in June”
The "Black Beast" will be making its third trip to Connecticut over the last two years with an appearance at the Klingberg Vintage Motorcar Festival in New Britain on Saturday, June 19, 2010. The festival has recently issued a press release on the race car. (1 comments)
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Jun 07 2010
“Black Beast” at the 2010 Old Westbury Gardens Show
A great Old Westbury Gardens Car Show last Sunday....over 300 cars, a great setting and no rain! Hats off to the Greater New York Region of the AACA for a big success. Some highlights, featuring my favorite race car: (0 comments)
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Jun 05 2010
The Day the Garden City Lodge Moved- March 19, 1989
The Garden City Lodge was the fifth toll lodge built for the Long Island Motor Parkway. It was one of the six toll lodges designed by John Russell Pope with living quarters for the toll-takers and their families. (0 comments)
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Jun 03 2010
“Babe” Stapp: Driver of the Topping-Miller Special and Maserati V8Ri
Elbert "Babe" Stapp (1904-1980) was an American driver active in racing from 1923 to 1940. He drove in 12 Indy 500s and both the 1936 and 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Races. Babe Stapp was inducted in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1994. (5 comments)
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