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  • The Wharton Graduate Emeritus Society honors Howard Kroplick with a Crandall Challenge Citation
    May 24 2025

    The Wharton Graduate Emeritus Society honors Howard Kroplick with a Crandall Challenge Citation

    The Wharton Emeritus Society consists of 11,000 Wharton MBA graduates who are now post 45th anniversary of graduation or retired. (0 comments)


  • Hagerty Channel Video: Barn Find Hunter: Shelby GT-350H and Holman Moody Challenger I
    May 21 2025

    Hagerty Channel Video: Barn Find Hunter: Shelby GT-350H and Holman Moody Challenger I

    Hagerty has posted a new episode of Tom Cotter's "Barn Find Hunter" finding an unrestored '66 Shelby GT-350H and the H/M Challenger I (0 comments)


  • Mystery Friday Foto #30 Solved: A 1954 Photo of Nassau County Park at Salisbury Golf Course
    May 20 2025

    Mystery Friday Foto #30 Solved: A 1954 Photo of Nassau County Park at Salisbury Golf Course

    Did you identify the Nassau County Park at Salisbury Golf Course? (8 comments)


  • Kleiner’s Korner: 100 Years Ago  on the Motor Parkway (May, 1925)
    May 17 2025

    Kleiner’s Korner: 100 Years Ago on the Motor Parkway (May, 1925)

    More happenings on the Motor Parkway a century ago! (7 comments)


  • Restoration Update #4: 1930 Duesenberg J Murphy Convertible Sedan Berline #2448 J-399 (5/13/2025)
    May 14 2025

    Restoration Update #4: 1930 Duesenberg J Murphy Convertible Sedan Berline #2448 J-399 (5/13/2025)

    The mighty 420ci Duesenberg powerplant is alive and running again at Stephen Babinsky’s Automotive Restorations shop in New Jersey. (2 comments)


  • Mystery Friday Foto #19 Solved: A Crowd Gathers at the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race
    May 13 2025

    Mystery Friday Foto #19 Solved: A Crowd Gathers at the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race

    Did you identify this crowd gathered for a speech? (3 comments)


  • From the Marty Himes Collection: Two Very Early Long Island Pocket Maps (1892 and 1917)
    May 10 2025

    From the Marty Himes Collection: Two Very Early Long Island Pocket Maps (1892 and 1917)

    Forwarded from the Himes family are a pair of very early tourist maps of Long Island. (5 comments)


  • Song of the Week: “What About This Time” by Dana Kyle Kroplick
    May 09 2025

    Song of the Week: “What About This Time” by Dana Kyle Kroplick

    To celebrate my birthday today, I am posting a new single by my daughter Dana Kyle Kroplick- What About This Time. (4 comments)


  • Helck Family Collection: Seven amazing photos at the Hairpin Turn during the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race
    May 07 2025

    Helck Family Collection: Seven amazing photos at the Hairpin Turn during the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race

    More treasures from the Helck Family Collection taken at the Hairpin Turn, Old Westbury during the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race. (1 comments)


  • Update 5/6/2025: Now open for further discussion and a new poll- Mystery Friday Foto #18: An Unknown Motor Parkway Location
    May 05 2025

    Update 5/6/2025: Now open for further discussion and a new poll- Mystery Friday Foto #18: An Unknown Motor Parkway Location

    Al Velocci once again challenges everyone with an unknown photo. Now updated with all bridge possibilities. (20 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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