Vanderbilt Cup Races - Blog

Feb 25 2024
Damianos Realty Group pays tribute to the Long Island Motor Parkway and the Vanderbilt Cup Races

Over the last three years, this distinctive Hauppauge building at 150 Motor Parkway has undergone major capital improvements including a tribute to the Long Island Motor Parkway and the Long Island Motor Parkway. (4 comments)

Feb 23 2024
Book Reviews: The Master Driver of the World- The 1914 Cactus Derby

Author, early auto racing historian and my friend Mark Dill has penned another master book on racing icon Barney Oldfield Here are some of the great reviews. (1 comments)

Feb 21 2024
Kleiner’s Korner: A 1909 Motor Parkway Construction Update

Readers of The Brooklyn Daily Eagle received an update on the progress of constructing The Motor Parkway in August, 1909. (2 comments)

Feb 20 2024
Mystery Friday Foto #7; Solved; Gentlemen, Start Your Engines for the 1912 Milwaukee Vanderbilt Cup Races!

Did you identify the race and cars at the starting line? (2 comments)

Feb 17 2024
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Unpublished Long Island Automotive Museum Photos from 1958 to 1962 Part 3

Here is a deep dive into more images from the Long Island Automotive Museum. Included is a look at the vehicles as they were in previously unseen images, museum postcards, and information on where the cars are today. (5 comments)

Feb 16 2024
Video of the Week: William K. Vanderbilt Jr.‘s Summer Estate: Eagle’s Nest - Centerport, NY

Beth Frank has posted this 2019 walk around Willie K's Eagle Nest residence in Centerport. (2 comments)

Feb 14 2024
The Roslyn Hill Climb in the 1901 Long Island Endurance Test

A look at the 'contests-within-a-contest' during the Long Island Endurance Run on April 20, 1901. (13 comments)

Feb 13 2024
Mystery Friday Foto #6 Solved: #7 Locomobile at the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race starting line

Did you identify this racer at the starting line? (4 comments)

Feb 10 2024
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Unpublished Long Island Automotive Museum Photos (1958 to 1962) Part 2-The 1907 Thomas Flyer

Richard Weir has forwarded 21 never-before published photos of the Long Island Automotive Museum. In this post we deep dive into the historic Thomas Flyer that raced around the world. (9 comments)

Feb 09 2024
Video of the Week: The man who had his Tucker Car seized by the US Marshals and sent to the Smithsonian Museum!

Mike and Sean Tucker's "Preston Tucker's Speed Shop" YouTube channel has posted this 9-minute film of how Rich Axelrod's Tucker 1039 ended up in the Smithsonian Museum. (0 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.