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Jan 16 2021
Kleiner’s Korner: A Commemorative 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race Stamp Designed by Walt Gosden
Discovered in a 1982 publication of "The Best of Old Cars Weekly" was a Henry Austin Clark, Jr. story of a never to be issued stamp commemorating the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race and the winning racer "Old 16". Here is the story behind the stamp as told by its creator and Motor Parkway and VanderbiltCupRaces.com friend Walt Gosden. (0 comments)
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Jan 15 2021
An opportunity to win a tour of the Black Beast Garage and support Preservation Long Island next Saturday
Please join me next Saturday night for Preservation Long Island's Trivia Night Benefit and the opportunity to win a tour of the Black Beast Garage. (0 comments)
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Jan 13 2021
The Alco Black Beast passes a dyno test
Rob Ida conducted a dyno test on the Alco Black Beast today. Here is his analysis and 1-minute video. (5 comments)
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Jan 12 2021
Alco Black Beast visits Ida Automotive
The Alco Black Beast paid a visit to Rob Ida and his team today. (3 comments)
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Jan 11 2021
Mystery Foto #2 Solved: A 1956 aerial of the new opened Roosevelt Field and almost completed Meadowbrook Parkway
The Cradle of Aviation Archives challenged to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto. (14 comments)
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Jan 09 2021
Road & Track September 1966: Henry Austin Clark, Jr. and his 1948 Ferrari 166 Spyder Corsa
The September 1966 issue of Road &Track featured this cover article "Ferraris: Oldest & Newest". The article featured the Ferrari 166 Spyder Corsa 004C owned by Henry Austin Clark, Jr. from 1965 to 1973. (6 comments)
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Jan 05 2021
Kleiner’s Korner: A Newspaperman’s Memorable Adventure On and Above the Motor Parkway in the 1920s
Sometime around 1920, newspaperman Thornton Fisher of The New York Evening World spent an exhilarating day in the air and on the ground racing on the Motor Parkway. Here is his illustrated account which appeared in the Evening World on March 23, 1921. (6 comments)
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Jan 04 2021
Mystery Foto #1 Solved: Jim Rathmann and Carroll Shelby at the 1960 Vanderbilt Cup Race
Did you identify the first Mystery Foto of 2021? (11 comments)
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Jan 02 2021
The Top 30 VanderbiltCupRaces Posts of 2020
To celebrate a much happier and healthier 2021, here is my list of the 30 top posts for 2020! (2 comments)
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Jan 01 2021
Update From the Pickering Collection: Images of the Vanderbilt Cup Races and Long Island
Roslyn resident William Pickering (1865-1929) was one of the earliest Long Island photographers documenting many of the people, buildings and events in Nassau County including the Vanderbilt Cup Races. In 2009, Catherine Pickering shared with me these photos and postcards taken by her grandfather. (5 comments)
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