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  • Chrysler’s Chrysler Honored with Three Awards at the Boca Raton Concours d’Elegance Updated: 2/29/16
    Feb 24 2016

    Chrysler’s Chrysler Honored with Three Awards at the Boca Raton Concours d’Elegance Updated: 2/29/16

    It was a wonderful weekend at the sunny Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance with the 1937 Chrysler's Chrysler being honored with three awards. (10 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #8 Solved: A 1935 East Meadow Flyover by the United States Army Air Corps
    Feb 23 2016

    Mystery Foto #8 Solved: A 1935 East Meadow Flyover by the United States Army Air Corps

    Scott Eckers challenged to you to identify this aerial from the collection of Art Kleiner (7 comments)


  • Museum Road Trip: The Concept Cars of the Blackhawk Automotive Museum
    Feb 20 2016

    Museum Road Trip: The Concept Cars of the Blackhawk Automotive Museum

    This month my friends and I took a trip to see a special football game in Santa Clara, California. It was a great opportunity to take a road trip to a special automotive museum -the Blackhawk Automotive Museum in Danville, California. (1 comments)


  • 1937 Ye Mappe to Rothmann’s East Norwich Inn
    Feb 17 2016

    1937 Ye Mappe to Rothmann’s East Norwich Inn

    Rothmann's Restaurant in East Norwich has been a fixture on Long Island since 1907. Rothmann's issued this cartoon postcard in 1937 showing the routes to their restaurant including the Long Island Motor Parkway. Postcard courtesy of Gary Hammond. (5 comments)


  • Willie K’s 1902 40-HP Mercedes Simplex in the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart
    Feb 16 2016

    Willie K’s 1902 40-HP Mercedes Simplex in the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart

    In 2009, Tom Gibson visited the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, Germany and photographed the oldest surviving Mercedes in the world. Only years later, did Tom discover the original owner was William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. (6 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #7 Solved: New Bridge Hotel on Newbridge Road- A Favorite Viewing Site for the Races
    Feb 15 2016

    Mystery Foto #7 Solved: New Bridge Hotel on Newbridge Road- A Favorite Viewing Site for the Races

    This weekend's Mystery Foto featured a very busy viewing site for the Vanderbilt Cup Races. (15 comments)


  • Aerial Analysis: East Meadow, Westbury and the Vanderbilt Cup Race on October 12, 1936 Updated 2/15
    Feb 13 2016

    Aerial Analysis: East Meadow, Westbury and the Vanderbilt Cup Race on October 12, 1936 Updated 2/15

    I admit it- I am a very big fan of aerials. They provide a snapshot of history on a given day and a given moment. No better example is this aerial taken of Westbury and East Meadow on October 12, 1936. (4 comments)


  • Amazing Aerials from the Cradle of Aviation: #3 The Earliest Known Aerial of the Motor Parkway
    Feb 10 2016

    Amazing Aerials from the Cradle of Aviation: #3 The Earliest Known Aerial of the Motor Parkway

    The third exclusive aerial from the Cradle of Aviation Museum collection documents Hazelhurst Field #1 (later Roosevelt Field) in 1919. It is likely the earliest aerial known to date of the Long Island Motor Parkway. (1 comments)


  • The CART Vanderbilt Cup Trophy (1996-2007)
    Feb 09 2016

    The CART Vanderbilt Cup Trophy (1996-2007)

    In 1996 CART (Championship Auto Racing Teams) obtained the rights to the Vanderbilt Cup and made a replica. The cup was awarded to the winner of the U.S. 500 from 1996 to 1999 and the CART champion of the FedEx Championship Series from 2000 to 2007. (0 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #6 Solved:A View From the Central Avenue/LIRR Railroad Bridge in Bethpage Updated: 2/13
    Feb 08 2016

    Mystery Foto #6 Solved:A View From the Central Avenue/LIRR Railroad Bridge in Bethpage Updated: 2/13

    Frank Femenias challenged you again to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto. (16 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.

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