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May 28 2022
Kleiner’s Korner: Long Island’s Other Proposed Motor Speedways

Several attempts were made to develop motor speedways on Long Island before and after the creation of the Motor Parkway. Here are a few. (3 comments)

May 25 2022
Videos: The Alco Black Beast takes a tour of the historic Village of Roslyn

Earlier this week, the Alco Black Beast did a five-mile tour of the historic Village of Roslyn. (0 comments)

May 24 2022
Greg O’s Garage: The 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race Course in Motoring and Boating

A panorama of the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race course in the September 28, 1904 issue of Motoring and Boating (4 comments)

May 23 2022
Mystery Friday Foto #21 Solved: The Fairchild FC-2 NC6370 flying over the Motor Parkway in East Meadow courtesy of the Fairchild Airplane Manufacturing Corporation (circa 1928-1932)

Greg O. challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto. (8 comments)

May 18 2022
Greg O’s Garage: The first Automobile Publication; The Horseless Age-Part 1

A new series of posts examining the first automotive publication, The Horseless Age (9 comments)

May 17 2022
Savoy Automobile Museum invites Moms to visit Walther Chrysler’s gift to his wife Della

Savoy Automobile Museum is promoting Chrysler's Chrysler which is currently on loan for their Art Deco exhibit. (1 comments)

May 16 2022
Mystery Friday Foto #20 Solved: The 1904 Mercedes Sport Touring purchased by Henry Austin Clark, Jr, for $500 in 1950

The Walter McCarthy Archives challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto. (5 comments)

May 14 2022
Kleiner’s Korner: Baseball Great Ty Cobb’s Connection to the Vanderbilt Cup Race

Detroit Tiger slugger Ty Cobb was an auto enthusiast as previous posts have documented. Here is a connection between Cobb and the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race I've recently uncovered. (2 comments)

May 10 2022
Kleiner’s Korner: The Horse and the Automobile Getting Along in the Early 1900s (Part 1)

Tying in with Greg O's recent post concerning the value of horses in the early age of the automobile I offer several cartoons depicting the wild ride both animal and machine had in the early 1900s. (1 comments)

May 09 2022
Mystery Friday Foto #19 Solved: The 1907 Reunion of Oldsmobilists at the Empire City Track in Yonkers

Jeanne Booth, an archivist at the Hicksville Public Library, was looking for your assistance to identify two Mystery Fotos found in their archives. (9 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.