Vanderbilt Cup Races - Blog

Sep 25 2021
Classic Motorsports January 2004: Hotrod Falcons: From Economical Grocery-Getter to International Racing Star

Classic Motorsports published this 2004 Challenger excerpt from Tom Cotter and Al Pearse's book Holman Moody: The Legendary Racing Team. (1 comments)

Sep 22 2021
Kleiner’s Korner: And Now For Something Completely Different: Part 5 (Motor Parkway - 1907 - 1929)

Additional newspaper articles from 1907 through 1929 mentioning our favorite highway, The Long Island Motor Parkway. Most are from the "Brooklyn Daily Eagle". (4 comments)

Sep 21 2021
Greg O.‘s Garage: From the Helck Family Collection: Barney Oldfield on Ormond Beach in his own words

Peter Helck and Barney Oldfield began a friendship shortly before Barney's passing (2 comments)

Sep 20 2021
Mystery Foto #38 Solved: Working on a 1906 Locomobile in Lake Success

Greg O. challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto. (15 comments)

Sep 18 2021
Highlights from The Bridge V: The Alco Black Beast

Switching from drag racing in New Hyde Park last Sunday, the Alco Black Beast was exhibited today with over 300 amazing automobiles at the Hampton's coolest garden party. (6 comments)

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)

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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.