Vanderbilt Cup Races - Blog

Sep 14 2021
Highlights from the amazing Dash Drags New Hyde Park

The first legal drag race on Long Island in over 30 years was held last Sunday in New Hyde Park. The Alco Black Beast team had a blast. (3 comments)

Sep 13 2021
Mystery Foto #37 Solved: The Allen-Kingston Racer during the 1909 Readville Races

Jim Fahey of Rhinebeck, New York challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto auto. (11 comments)

Sep 11 2021
My Favorite Alco Black Beast videos and films (2009 to 2021)

In celebration of the Alco's first ever drag race tomorrow in New Hyde Park, here is a compilation of my favorite Alco Black Beast videos and films over the last twelve years. (0 comments)

Sep 08 2021
Kleiner’s Korner: Construction Details of the Old Country Road Highway Bridge

From the Motor Parkway collection of maps and surveys come these 1908 construction plans of the Old Country Road highway bridge which is classified this way due to the parkway running under the bridge. (0 comments)

Sep 07 2021
Restoration Update: Video: HotRod Jen recreates the hand-painted #26 racing numbers and bullets for the Holman Moody Challenger III

Rob "Hurricane" Ida reports that artist HotRod Jen worked on the Challenger III in his Morganville, New Jersey shop last week. (7 comments)

Sep 06 2021
Mystery Foto #36 Solved: Four Speed Merchants- Robertson, Christie, Strang and Oldfield at Atlanta Speedway in 1909

The Helck Family Collection challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto. (6 comments)

Sep 04 2021
From the Bryant Local History Collection: Road Tripping with the William Donaldson family of Roslyn from 1912 to the 1920s

The Bryant Library has posted historical photos and road trip reminiscences from Stewart Donaldson, Clarence Mackey's chauffeur. (4 comments)

Sep 01 2021
Kleiner’s Korner: The 1906 “Vanderbilt” Automobile Road Club Proposal by E.R. Thomas

Auto manufacturer E.R. Thomas of Buffalo authored a proposal in 1906 at the request of Jefferson Du Mont Thompson pertaining to the proposed "Vanderbilt" Automobile Road Club and a related enterprise that "could be made exceedingly profitable". (0 comments)

Sep 01 2021
Greg O’s Garage: From the Helck Family Collection- The 1915 Panama-Pacific Expo and the 1915 Vanderbilt Cup Race

The official Pan-Pacific Expo Program found in the Helck Family Collection archives provides insights into the Expo and the 1915 Vanderbilt Cup Races. (8 comments)

Aug 30 2021
Mystery Foto #35 Solved: Robert C. Watson, Jr. was Willie K’s mechanician at the 1904 Ormond Daytona Tournament

Did you identify this weekend's Mystery Foto that had stomped me for 16 years? (10 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.