Vanderbilt Cup Races

Nov 20 2019
1927 Map Showing the Long Island Motor Parkway and Proposed Highways & Parkways East of Queens

In August 1927, New York Governor Alfred E. Smith requested that his Cabinet's Committee on Public Improvements develop a map of the proposed highways and parkways in Nassau County and Western Suffolk County. The map also featured the Long Island Motor Parkway. (3 comments)

Nov 19 2019
Kleiner’s Korner: Removal of the (Old) Westbury Road Motor Parkway Bridge in East Meadow

This next installment of my Motor Parkway bridge removal series takes us to the Westbury Road Bridge in East Meadow. (6 comments)

Nov 18 2019
Mystery Foto #46 Solved:A View of the Motor Parkway looking West from the Officials’ Stand/Press Box

Did you identify another section of the Motor Parkway that was used for the Vanderbilt Cup Races? (12 comments)

Nov 18 2019
Mystery Racers: The 1914 Indy 500 Race

In the second of the Mystery Saturday Auto series, Steve Ludwiski forwarded these amazing photos discovered in a scrapbook from Dr. Frederick Stengel. (7 comments)

Nov 16 2019
Vintage Motorsport: Up, Up And Away-U.S. Hillclimbing’s Heyday

Charles B. Camp has written an informative article on the heyday of hillclimbing in the United States in the November/December issue of Vintage Motorsports. The article includes a description and photos from the 1910 Dead Horse Hill Climb where Harry Grant drove the Alco "White Beast" to a second place finish. (0 comments)

Nov 13 2019
Garden City Archives: The “Snake Turn” of the 1908-1910 Courses of the Vanderbilt Cup Races

As a follow-up to Mystery Foto #45, my favorite co-author Al Velocci and I visited Garden City historian Bill Bellmer and reviewed the one-of-a kind 1908 Motor Parkway Construction Book. Below is documentation of the "Snake Turn" of the 1908-1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race courses. (2 comments)

Nov 12 2019
Kleiner’s Kolumn: Revisiting the Transformation of the Motor Parkway into Salisbury Park Drive

Several comments to last month's Mystery Foto #43 (identification of the Motor Parkway west of Newbridge Road in Levittown) pertained to Salisbury Park Drive. Additional documents provided by the Nassau County Department of Public Works (NCDPW) uncover improvements to the Motor Parkway in this location and its incorporation into the county highway system. (11 comments)

Nov 11 2019
Mystery Friday Foto #45 Still Open for Discussion: A Motor Parkway Bridge Built on a Curve

My favorite co-author Al Velocci challenged you to identify this Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge that was built between 1908 to 1910. (37 comments)

Nov 09 2019
Hemmings Motor News: Show Coverage 2019 Hemmings Concours d’Elegance

Matthew Litwin reports on the 2019 Hemmings Concours d'Elegance in the December issue of Hemmings Motor News. The Best in Show winners were the 1948 Tucker 1044 and a 1928 Isotta Fraschini TIPO 8A SS. (2 comments)

Nov 08 2019
Mystery Saturday Auto #1: A Very Early Automobile

Alene Scoblete, archivist & local history librarian for the Rockville Centre Public Library needs your help to identify this vehicle. (8 comments)