Vanderbilt Cup Races - Blog

Jan 20 2024
Kleiner’s Korner: Another Murder on the Motor Parkway!

As a follow-up to a recent Greg O. post, here's another murder mystery on the Motor Parkway that appears to remain unsolved. (7 comments)

Jan 19 2024
Video of the Week: Suffolk County Moments in History- The Vanderbilt Cup

The Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum has posted this 6:47 minute video on the Vanderbilt Cup. (1 comments)

Jan 17 2024
The Long Island Automotive Museum Southampton Location Today

Property owner Emil 'Skip' Norsic's tribute to Henry Austin Clark's LI Automotive Museum (12 comments)

Jan 16 2024
Mystery Foto #2 Solved: The 2012 awarding of the 1937 Chrysler’s Chrysler at the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum.

Did you identify this 2012 Mystery Foto? (4 comments)

Jan 13 2024
Video: 1948 Tucker 1021 sold today for $1.7 million at the Mecum Auctions in Kissimmee

Watch Tucker 1021 being auctioned today at Mecum Auctions in Kissimmee, Florida. (1 comments)

Jan 12 2024
Hagerty Magazine: Tucker: The man, the machine, the dream

The June 2023 issue of Hagerty Magazine profiled the Tucker automobile with a shout-out to Tucker 1044. (1 comments)

Jan 10 2024
Kleiner’s Korner: The Great Automobile Parkway (aka The Motor Parkway)

Similar as to how the Motor Parkway was used in Al Velocci's 1908 Ronkonkoma map (featured here last week) the Parkway was used a year earlier in advertisements promoting the development of Wyandanch and Deer Park. (1 comments)

Jan 09 2024
Mystery Friday Foto #1: Solved; The Hazardous Woodbury Turn

Jena challenged you to identify this Christmas gift from her husband. (2 comments)

Jan 06 2024
A 1908 Aeromap of Lake Ronkonkoma, the Motor Parkway Inn and an Automobile Parkway under construction

At the October 2023 meeting of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society, Al Velocci presented a 1908 "aeromap" of Lake Ronkonkoma. Here are up-close scans of Al's unique map. (3 comments)

Jan 03 2024
Kleiner’s Korner: The Motor Parkway’s Contribution to Military War Games

The Long Island Motor Parkway, being the main thoroughfare on LI in the early 20th century, was used by military planners in several training exercises leading up to and during times of conflict. (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.