Vanderbilt Cup Races

Feb 01 2009
Sayville Presentation “The Long Island Motor Parkway” on February 15, 2009

The Sayville Historical Society will be sponsoring a Motor Parkway presentation on Sunday, February 15th from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM. I will be presentating my favorite images from our book The Long Island Motor Parkway and show memorabilia from the Vanderbilt Cup Races and the Motor Parkway. (0 comments)

Feb 01 2009
Highlights from VanderbiltCupRaces.com: January 2009

Highlights of the January 2009 posts on VanderbiltCupRaces.com are linked below: (0 comments)

Jan 27 2009
Newsday Reports ‘Beast’ race car on display

Sunday's Newsday published an article on the temporary display of the restored Alco in the lobby of the Waterfront Building at (0 comments)

Jan 24 2009
The Alco-6 Racer Gets Fired Up

On Saturday, January 24, 2009, the restored Alco-6 Black Beast Racer was fired up for the first time since its return to the United States. (9 comments)

Jan 24 2009
The Beautiful 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race Poster

For the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race, William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. commissioned a poster to publicize the race. The watercolor was painted by Jean de Paleologue who used the pseudonyn PAL. His PAL signature can be seen to the right of the front tire. (3 comments)

Jan 22 2009
Alley Pond Striders on the Long Island Motor Parkway Greenway

Lynn Henry has submitted information on the Alley Pond Striders. This running and walking club has over 250 members and serves the communities of Eastern Queens and Nassau County. (2 comments)

Jan 20 2009
When the Alco Black Beast Warmed Up for the First Indy 500 on the Motor Parkway

Mark Dill has discovered an Indianapolis Star article published on May 21, 1911 describing how Harry Grant warmed up the Alco Black Beast for the first Indy 500 Race. The Alco reached a speed of over 107 mph on a practice run on the Long Island Motor Parkway. (0 comments)

Jan 19 2009
Excellent Article on Eddie Rickenbacker

The website absolute astronomy.com has a new article on Eddie Rickenbacker. (0 comments)

Jan 15 2009
Video: The Alco Black Beast Racer Arrives On Long Island

The restored 1909 Alco-6 Black Beast Racer arrived on Long Island on Tuesday, January 13, 2009. (10 comments)

Jan 14 2009
The Revival of the Vanderbilt Cup Races in 1936 and 1937

American Auto racing in the 1930’s had dwindled in the face of the Great Depression. Road racing was dead. Gone, too, were the wood plank bowl speedways of the roaring twenties, leaving the Indianapolis 500 as the one occasion each year to spotlight the sport. The spirit of American road racing survived, however, in the hearts of men like George Robertson, the burly, determined competitor that had unabashedly staked a claim for America as an international force with his stirring triumph in… (0 comments)