Vanderbilt Cup Races

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)

Jan 13 2009
The Alco Black Beast Racer Arrives Back in the US

I am pleased to announce that the restored Alco Black Beast Racer has arrived in the United States and has passed Customs. The above photo was taken last Friday at a New Jersey warehouse. (0 comments)

Jan 11 2009
Vanderbilt Cup Races of Long Island Cited in Roslyn News “Year in Review”

The January 9, 2009 issue of The Roslyn News cited the book Vanderbilt Cup Races of Long Island in an article 2008: The Year in Review by Joe Scotchie: (0 comments)

Jan 11 2009
Efforts to Save the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum

Efforts to save the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum were described in the January 10, 2009 issue of the New York Times Enjoy, Howard Kroplick (0 comments)

Jan 09 2009
The Alco at the 1911 Indy 500 Race

Driver Harry Grant with mechanician Frank Lee drove the 1909 Alco Black Beast in the greatest races of its time; two Vanderbilt Cup Races, two Elgin National Trophy Race, one American Grand Prize and the Inauguaral Indy 500 Race in 1911. (2 comments)

Jan 08 2009
The Henry Ford Museum Cites VanderbiltCupRaces.com

The Henry Ford Museum has cited VanderbiltCupRaces.com as the only source for information on the races. (1 comments)

Jan 07 2009
A Fresh Meadows View of the Western LIMP Terminus

Over the last five years, I have been documenting the 44-mile right-of way of the Long Island Motor Parkway from Fresh Meadows, Queens to Lake Ronkonkoma, Suffolk County. The most elusive area to research has been the most westerly section of the Motor Parkway In Queens. This entrance from Horace Harding Boulevard was opened by the Long Island Motor Parkway, Inc. in 1928. (0 comments)