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  • Walter McCarthy Provides the Answers to His Mystery Photo Challenge
    Jan 15 2013

    Walter McCarthy Provides the Answers to His Mystery Photo Challenge

    Last week, VanderbiltCupRaces.com contributer Walter McCarthy provided this challenge to all viewers to identify this photo. (10 comments)


  • Three Amazing Photos from the Starting Line of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race
    Jan 14 2013

    Three Amazing Photos from the Starting Line of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race

    Three amazing photos of cars preparing for the start of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race. Courtesy of Paul Osika. (3 comments)


  • Black Beast Highlighted on the DVD Cover of “Men Who Built America”
    Jan 12 2013

    Black Beast Highlighted on the DVD Cover of “Men Who Built America”

    The DVD for the History Channel's series "Men Who Built America" will be released on January 22, 2013. John Hammond, Town Historian of Oyster Bay, received a pre-release copy of the 3-disc collection and has forwarded copies of the amazing DVD's covers. (4 comments)


  • Resource Guide to the Motor Parkway in Queens
    Jan 09 2013

    Resource Guide to the Motor Parkway in Queens

    To assist in the development of Wayne Consolla's new online map of the Long Island Motor Parkway, a resource guide of VanderbiltCupRaces.com posts related to the Queens section has been developed. (0 comments)


  • Mechanician Joe Marx in the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race
    Jan 08 2013

    Mechanician Joe Marx in the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race

    Jack T: "I was going through some of my Dad's (age 87) pictures and found two photos of the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race. It appears my great-grandfather, Joe Marx, was a mechanic for the #7 car driven by William Luttgen. " (3 comments)


  • A Tour of Stephen Babinsky’s Automotive Restorations In New Jersey
    Jan 07 2013

    A Tour of Stephen Babinsky’s Automotive Restorations In New Jersey

    Last Saturday, members of the Long Island Sound Region of the Classic Car Club of America and the Long Island Buick Club were invited by Stephen Babinsky to tour his Automotive Restorations shop in Lebanon, New Jersey. (2 comments)


  • Video: “Celebrating the Long Island Motor Parkway”
    Jan 05 2013

    Video: “Celebrating the Long Island Motor Parkway”

    Karen Miller of PATV (Public Access Television) has created this 14-minute video celebrating the history and restoration efforts for the Long Island Motor Parkway. (1 comments)


  • Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series: #28 Westbury Avenue Motor Parkway/Trolley Bridge
    Jan 03 2013

    Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series: #28 Westbury Avenue Motor Parkway/Trolley Bridge

    The 28th bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the parkway bridge over Westbury Avenue on the bordering of Mineola and Carle Place. (5 comments)


  • A New Online Map of the Long Island Motor Parkway
    Jan 02 2013

    A New Online Map of the Long Island Motor Parkway

    Wayne Consolla of Viewtown, Virginia has developed an online map of the Long Island Motor Parkway. (12 comments)


  • VanderbiltCupRaces.com: Highlights and Blog Archives for December 2012 and a Record-Breaking 2012
    Jan 01 2013

    VanderbiltCupRaces.com: Highlights and Blog Archives for December 2012 and a Record-Breaking 2012

    Here are highlights and a summary of posts placed on VanderbiltCupRaces.com during December 2012. (0 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.

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