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Dec 01 2010
Archives: Long Island Motor Parkway-Garden City
Links to posts related to the Long Island Motor Parkway in Garden City (Updated: July 1, 2011): (0 comments)
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Dec 01 2010
Archives: Drennan Collection
Links related to images from the Drennan Collection (Updated: September 12, 2011): (1 comments)
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Dec 01 2010
Archives: Images from the Nassau County Division of Museum Services
Links to posts related to the Nassau County Division of Museum Services: (0 comments)
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Dec 01 2010
Archives: 1908 Course
Links to related posts on the 1908 Course on VanderbiltCupRaces.com (Updated: October 31, 2011): (1 comments)
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Dec 01 2010
Archives: Cablevision’s Neighborhood Journal Film Series: Vanderbilt Cup Races
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Nov 30 2010
Another Monthly Record for Viewership & November 2010 Highlights
Setting a viewership record for the fourth consecutive month, VanderbiltCupRaces.com's unique visitors in November totaled 5,295 with a 22,895 pageviews. The daily unique visitor average of 171 represented an 86% increase over November 2010. For the first 11 months of 2010, a total of 46,238 unique viewers have visited the website, a daily average of 138 and a 61% increase over 2009. Thanks for stopping by! (0 comments)
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Nov 29 2010
Article “Rickenbacker-King Of the Dirt Track” by Damon Runyon and Walter Kiernan
In 1942, World War I "Ace of Aces" and veteran race car driver Eddie Rickenbacker was appointed by Secretary of War Henry Stimson to inspect air bases. During a late 1942 tour of bases in the Pacific, the B-17 Rickenbacker was flying in ran out of fuel. The crew ditched the plane in the ocean, but in the confusion forgot the emergency rations. The eight men then spent 22 days on three rafts without food or water and were finally discovered by a Navy patrol plane. (2 comments)
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Nov 26 2010
The Alco Black Beast: 2010 Smiles and Thumbs-Up
Over 1,000 men, women and children sat in the Alco Black Beast in 25 automotive events held this year on Long Island, Connecticut and Upstate New York. Here are some of my favorite smiles and thumb-ups: (3 comments)
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Nov 26 2010
News and Updates to VanderbiltCupRaces.com Posts
Latest news and updates to VanderbiltCupRaces.com posts: (0 comments)
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Nov 25 2010
Starting Lineup- The 6 “J” Cars of the 1908 Jericho Sweepstakes
On September 10, 1908, the AAA Race Commission announced plans to christen the Motor Parkway with an event called, “The Long Island Motor Parkway Sweepstakes.” Five concurrent stock car races were scheduled for October 10, 1908. The idea was to create an opportunity to test the new course, timing systems, and crowd control for the Vanderbilt Cup Race scheduled two weeks later. (0 comments)
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