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Mar 19 2014
Henry Austin Clark Jr. 1974 Article: “The Vanderbilt Cup Races- Part I: 1904”
Tony Kaye has forwarded a September 1974 article by Henry Austin Clark Jr. on the Vanderbilt Cup Races describing many of the breakdowns and accidents. Here is the section on the 1904 race. (2 comments)
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Mar 18 2014
Video: “Black Beast Wins INDY 500…100 Years Later!”
Chris Collora of Patch.com created this video of the Alco Black Beast's participation in the 2011 Indy 500 Pre-Race. ThIs nine-minute film features an extended interview with me describing my first Indy experience. (2 comments)
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Mar 17 2014
Mystery Foto #59 Solved: The Van Ausdall’s Hotel in Cold Spring Harbor, NY Circa 1914
Bruce Adams provided this Mystery Foto courtesy of Robert Hughes, Town of Huntington Historian, and forwarded by Robert “Toby” Kissam of the Huntington Historical Society. Yes, Toby is related to William Kissam Vanderbilt Jr.'s Kissam relatives. (15 comments)
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Mar 15 2014
Alco-6 Racer at the 2011 Lime Rock Historic Festival
In September 2011, car rally expert Steve McKelvie posted on his SteveMcKelvie.com blog about seeing the Alco Black Beast at the 2011 Lime Rock Historic Festival. (4 comments)
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Mar 14 2014
Great Turnout at Book Revue “North Hempstead” Book Signing!
It was a wonderful turnout on Friday's book signing at Book Revue in Huntington. A total of $740 was raised for the Sid Jacobson JCC's "Let's Do Lunch" Early Onset Program. (3 comments)
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Mar 12 2014
Carlo Demand and the Alco “Black Beast” on Long Island
In 2011, I met car rally enthusiast Steve McKelvie at the Lime Rock Historic Festival. I recently discovered two blog posts by Steve McKelvie concerning the Alco Black Beast. This SteveMcKelvie.com post focused on artist Carlo Demand's painting of the Alco Black Beast and the Corbin Cannonball during the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race. (0 comments)
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Mar 11 2014
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #45: Central Avenue/LIRR Railroad Bridge in Bethpage
The 45th bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Central Avenue/Long Island Railroad Bridge in Central Park (now Bethpage). (5 comments)
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Mar 10 2014
Mystery Foto #58 Solved: The White Steamer at Bulls Head Corner in Greenvale in 1905
This week's Mystery Foto featured the only steam-powered car to race in the Vanderbilt Cup Races. (16 comments)
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Mar 08 2014
Video of the Week: Ferrari F1 Pit Stop Perfection
Rog Patterson has forwarded this Video of the Week of a Ferrari F1 Pit Stop in Melbourne, Australia. (3 comments)
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Mar 05 2014
Hemmings Blog (2010) “Sand Special Riding: Ralph Hamlin’s 1911 Franklin Special desert racer”
Max Axen has forwarded this 2010 Hemmings article by David Traver Adolphus on one of the "few survivors of the Guided Age"-Ralph Hamlin's 1911 Franklin Special desert racer. (2 comments)
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