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  • Mystery Foto #1 Solved: Jim Rathmann and Carroll Shelby at the 1960 Vanderbilt Cup Race
    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)


  • The Top 30 VanderbiltCupRaces Posts of 2020
    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)


  • Update From the Pickering Collection: Images of the Vanderbilt Cup Races and Long Island
    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)


  • 1958-1967 tours of the Long Island Motor Parkway #4: Garden City
    Dec 30 2020

    1958-1967 tours of the Long Island Motor Parkway #4: Garden City

    From 1958 to 1967, unidentified couple(s) documented their tours of the Motor Parkway with over 70 photos taken from the Western Terminus in Queens to the Eastern Terminus (Lake Ronkonkoma). In the fourth of this series, these seven photos feature our favorite parkway in Garden City. (31 comments)


  • Kleiner’s Korner: Part 2 - The Race that Brought Willie K. “Racing” to America”
    Dec 29 2020

    Kleiner’s Korner: Part 2 - The Race that Brought Willie K. “Racing” to America”

    Here are the next set of photographs of the participants of the 1903 Paris to Madrid race. Courtesy of the Helck Family Collection. (5 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #52 Solved: The Long Island Cloverleaf that destroyed the Hamlet of Jericho
    Dec 28 2020

    Mystery Foto #52 Solved: The Long Island Cloverleaf that destroyed the Hamlet of Jericho

    Did you solve the final Mystery Foto of 2020? (20 comments)


  • 1958-1967 tours of the Long Island Motor Parkway #3: New Hyde Park & Searingtown
    Dec 26 2020

    1958-1967 tours of the Long Island Motor Parkway #3: New Hyde Park & Searingtown

    From 1958 to 1967, an unidentified couple documented their tour of the Motor Parkway with over 70 photos taken from the Western Terminus in Queens to the Eastern Terminus (Lake Ronkonkoma). In the third of this series, these five photos feature our favorite parkway in New Hyde Park & Searingtown. (6 comments)


  • Kleiner’s Korner: Part 1 - The Race that Brought Willie K. “Racing” to America”
    Dec 23 2020

    Kleiner’s Korner: Part 1 - The Race that Brought Willie K. “Racing” to America”

    Found in the Peter Helck Family Collection are over 30 photographs of the 1903 Paris to Madrid race of which Willie K., Foxhall Keene and Fernand Gabriel participated. (3 comments)


  • 1958-1967 tours of the Long Island Motor  Parkway #2: Lake Success
    Dec 22 2020

    1958-1967 tours of the Long Island Motor Parkway #2: Lake Success

    From 1958 to 1967, an unidentified couple documented their tour of the Motor Parkway with over 70 photos taken from the Western Terminus in Queens to the Eastern Terminus (Lake Ronkonkoma). In the second of this series, these nine photos feature our favorite parkway in Lake Success. (3 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #51 Solved: The Garden City Lodge on the move on March 11, 1989
    Dec 21 2020

    Mystery Foto #51 Solved: The Garden City Lodge on the move on March 11, 1989

    Al Velocci challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto. (28 comments)




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Aug 02 2026 Auto enthusiast opportunity of a lifetime. Thanks so much for this detailed share.

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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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