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  • Mystery Foto #5 Solved: Jim Rathmann and Carroll Shelby at the 1960 Vanderbilt Cup Race
    Feb 03 2015

    Mystery Foto #5 Solved: Jim Rathmann and Carroll Shelby at the 1960 Vanderbilt Cup Race

    This weekend's Mystery Foto featured two prominent race car drivers. (11 comments)


  • New York Reintroduces Bill to Provide for One-Time Historic Vehicle Registration Fee
    Feb 01 2015

    New York Reintroduces Bill to Provide for One-Time Historic Vehicle Registration Fee

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  • New Series Long Island Auto Manufacturers & Body Builders #1:Bell & Post Motors of Farmingdale
    Jan 31 2015

    New Series Long Island Auto Manufacturers & Body Builders #1:Bell & Post Motors of Farmingdale

    With the advent of the automobile in the early 20th century, Long Island was not only the location for the first international road race in the United States but the home for several of the first automobile manufacturers and coachbuilders. (8 comments)


  • Saturday Request: Information on the Christie Racers from Barney Oldfield’s Great-Great -Nephew
    Jan 31 2015

    Saturday Request: Information on the Christie Racers from Barney Oldfield’s Great-Great -Nephew

    Wayne Peterson: "I am trying to get as much information as possible on the Christie Racer as it is being rebuilt." (16 comments)


  • Walt Gosden Article:“Going 114 MPH on the Motor Parkway in a Model S Mercedes in 1928”
    Jan 29 2015

    Walt Gosden Article:“Going 114 MPH on the Motor Parkway in a Model S Mercedes in 1928”

    Walt Gosden has written this article for VanderbiltCupRaces.com on the day author Eric Hatch drove his Mercedes 114 MPH on the Long Island Motor Parkway. (1 comments)


  • Concept Cars That Never Made It Part I
    Jan 27 2015

    Concept Cars That Never Made It Part I

    Bill K. has forwarded this photo series of 1950s concept cars "that never made it". (5 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #4 Solved: Roadside Signs in Lake Ronkonkoma in October 1930 (Updated: 1/28/2015)
    Jan 26 2015

    Mystery Foto #4 Solved: Roadside Signs in Lake Ronkonkoma in October 1930 (Updated: 1/28/2015)

    Gary Hammond forwarded this weekend's Mystery Foto of Long Island roadside signs. (15 comments)


  • The Fresh Meadows Golf Driving Range near the Motor Parkway Western Terminus
    Jan 24 2015

    The Fresh Meadows Golf Driving Range near the Motor Parkway Western Terminus

    After further examining our Mystery Foto #2, Mitch Kaften discovered another Queens landmark- the Fresh Meadows Golf Driving Range. (2 comments)


  • Saturday Search: A 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race Wooden Post?
    Jan 23 2015

    Saturday Search: A 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race Wooden Post?

    A New Jersey viewer has forwarded this photo of wooden post that was found in his father's attic. The post has markings that indicate it may be from the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race. (3 comments)


  • Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #53: Clody Farmway Bridge in Huntington (Melville Sand Pits)
    Jan 21 2015

    Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #53: Clody Farmway Bridge in Huntington (Melville Sand Pits)

    The 53rd bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Clody Farmway Bridge located in Huntington (now Melville). (2 comments)




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Apr 23 2026 Amazing job on the video Craig and Florence!

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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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