Vanderbilt Cup Races - Blog

Dec 21 2024
(Update 12/24/24) A Close Look at the Duesenberg J Instrumentation

For a car as advanced when it was introduced in December 1928, the Duesenberg Model J had an equally advanced dashboard with all the instrumentation one would expect of an automobile so ahead of its time (6 comments)

Dec 20 2024
Video of the Week: This Car Won a Race Around the World! - 1907 Thomas Flyer - UP CLOSE

A look at the 1907 Thomas Flyer. (0 comments)

Dec 18 2024
Kleiner’s Korner: 100 Years Ago on the Motor Parkway (Oct. - Nov., 1924)

Fire, robbery, pirates and more! (7 comments)

Dec 17 2024
Mystery Friday Foto #49 Solved: George Washington Vanderbilt II at the Wheel

Did you identify George Washington Vanderbilt II at the wheel? (6 comments)

Dec 14 2024
Alert: Fake Images of the Long Island Motor Parkway Using Artificial Intelligence

With the advent of Artificial Intelligence, a number of 'fake' Long Island Motor Parkway images have been circulating online. (17 comments)

Dec 14 2024
Video of the Week: A Slice of Long Island history

Newsday presents A Slice of Long Island History (0 comments)

Dec 11 2024
Restoration Update #1: 1930 Duesenberg J Murphy Convertible Sedan Berline #2448 (12/17/2024)

Getting down to all the Duesenberg nuts and bolts at Steve Babinsky's Automotive Restorations shop in Lebanon, New Jersey. (5 comments)

Dec 10 2024
Mystery Friday Foto #48 Solved: Driver Louis Chevrolet and Mechanician Salvatore Barbarino

Art Kleiner challenged you to identify Driver Louis Chevrolet and Mechanician Salvatore Barbarino (2 comments)

Dec 07 2024
Tucker 1013 Comes to life with help from Penn College and Ty Tucker

Ty Tucker, son of Mike Tucker, Great-Great-Grandson of Preston Tucker and student at Pennsylvania College of Technology, helps restore the Swigart Museum 's Tucker 1013. (3 comments)

Dec 06 2024
Video of the Week: Inside the Chrysler Family Mansion in Kings Point

This week's video is an inside look at Walter Chrysler's immense mansion in Kings Point Long Island-the first home of Chrysler's Chrysler. (5 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.