Vanderbilt Cup Races

Jan 11 2010
The Motor Parkway Tollgate Inns That Were Never Built

In October 1906, William K. Vanderbilt Jr. and his associates announced "the first automobile speedway ever constructed in this or any other country". (0 comments)

Jan 09 2010
The 1906 Westbury Grandstand & the Current Battle over the Hitchcock Property

Last Sunday, the locations of the grandstand and officials' stand/press box for the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race were documented between Powells Lane and Hitchcock lane on Jericho Turnpike. After moving to Mineola in 1905, the Start/Finish Line returned to its original Westbury location with a larger grandstand and press boxfor the 1906 race. (0 comments)

Jan 08 2010
“Black Beast” Featured in “Old Cars Weekly” Article

The Alco "Black Beast" was one of the cars featured in the September 3, 2009 Old Cars Weekly article "The Iconic & The Obsure". (1 comments)

Jan 07 2010
Favorite Website: Chronicling America-Access to Historic Newspaper Articles

Art of Art's Long Island Motor Parkway Site has recommended Chronicling America as a favorite website for VanderbiltCupRaces.com. Here's Art's description of a website that provides access to many historic newspaper articles dating back to 1690: (2 comments)

Jan 06 2010
Another View of the Westbury 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race Grandstand

The location of the Westbury grandstand on Jericho Turnpike for the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race was documented last Sunday.. (0 comments)

Jan 06 2010
The Motor Parkway Weathervane in Garden City

Walter, as discussed last week, in 1929 a new Garden City office was built for Alfred J. Kienzle, the Motor Parkway's General Manager from 1911 to1938. As seen in this December 2009 photo, the building, now a private residence, does not currently have a weathervane. (0 comments)

Jan 04 2010
The Vanderbilt Cup Races, LIMP and LILCO

Al Velocci and I enjoyed meeting 50 members of the National Grid Retiree Club and presenting “The Vanderbilt Cup Races, the Motor Parkway and LILCO”. Here are several photos and slides from today's presentation: (0 comments)

Jan 02 2010
The Location of the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race Grandstand in Westbury

Tony, thanks for the question. Both the 1904 and 1906 grandstands and press boxes were in similar locations on Jericho Turnpike between Hitchcock Lane and Powells Lane. These 1904 race photos will document the location of the grandstand on the south side of Jericho Turnpike (in Westbury) and the press box on the north side (in Old Westbury). (0 comments)

Jan 01 2010
Favorite Website: OldLongIsland.com

Zach, a historic preservation graduate student, has created the website OldLongIsland.com dedicated to the preservation of Long Island's "Gold Coast" estates and other thing old". This excellent website has photos and details on over 175 Long Island estates including several mansions related to Vanderbilt Cup Race personalities. (3 comments)

Dec 31 2009
Banner Year for VanderbiltCupRaces.com and December 2009 Highlights

VanderbiltCupRaces.com recorded an amazing year in 2009 with 34,700 unique visitors, a 75% increase over 2008. This represented 95 visitors per day with an average of 4 page views and a 3.3 minutes view time. Visitors came from 121 countries including; China, Slovenia, Serbia, Pakistan, South Korea, Cuba, Vietnam, Mongolia, Bahrain, Iceland and Uzbekistan. Thanks for visiting! (1 comments)