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Feb 17 2012
Video: Howard Kroplick Interview “Vanderbilt Cup Races of Long Island” on Davidson & Company
In May 2011, Howard Kroplick visited the Cablevision studios of "Davidson & Company" to discuss his book "Vanderbilt Cup Races of Long Island". (1 comments)
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Feb 16 2012
The 1910 Wheatley Hills Sweepstakes
For the 1910 races, three simultaneous races were planned, with the running of the Massapequa and Wheatley Hills Sweepstakes with the Vanderbilt Cup Race. Different, though, was the order in which they would run. Instead of starting the smaller Wheatley Hills cars first, the new plan called for them to start after the main event. Enjoy, Howard Kroplick (1 comments)
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Feb 15 2012
Images of Driver Montague Roberts
Robert Thomas: "Montague Roberts was my great uncle." (0 comments)
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Feb 14 2012
The Only Known Existing S.P.O. Automobile
Among the historic cars owned by Rick Rawlins of California is the only known S.P.O. automobile (Société Francaise de Petit Outillage of Clinchy, France). Rick has forwarded photos of his raceabout to compare with my one photo of a S.P.O. taken at the 1910 Wheatley Sweepstakes. (3 comments)
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Feb 13 2012
Over 150 Event Organizers Attend 2012 Presidents Car Club Council Meeting
The 2012 Presidents Car Club Council Meeting was held last Sunday at the Riverhead Moose Lodge. The meeting was well-attended with over 150 event organizers representing more than 50 Long Island car clubs. (2 comments)
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Feb 11 2012
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series:#17 Old Courthouse Road Bridge- Manhasset Hills/North Hills
With one-quarter of the Long Island Motor Parkway bridges documented on VanderbiltCupRaces.com, the next bridge to be examined is the Old Courthouse Road Highway Bridge bordering on Manhasset Hills and North Hills. (10 comments)
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Feb 10 2012
Then & Now: The Annex to the Petit Trianon
When the Petit Trianon Inn was built in 1911 at the eastern terminus of the Motor Parkway in Lake Ronkonkoma, William K. Vanderbilt Jr. also commissioned an annex building for the staff. This is the Annex: Then & Now. (7 comments)
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Feb 09 2012
Can You Identify this Mystery Alco Racer?
Rick Rawlins has forwarded this photo of a chain drive Alco and looking for assistance in identifying the car, location and drivers. (6 comments)
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Feb 08 2012
Press Release: Vanderbilt Museum Sells One-of-a Kind 1937 Chrysler
The Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum has issued this press release on the sale of a unique 1937 Chrysler built for the Chrysler family. (14 comments)
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Feb 07 2012
The Length of the Long Island Motor Parkway
Ann: "What was the length of the Motor Parkway from Queens to Ronkonkoma?" (1 comments)
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