Vanderbilt Cup Races - Blog

Aug 10 2021
The Holman Moody custom Challenger III license plate

Holman Moody created a custom license plate for the Challenger III in 1963. Lee Holman has provided new plates for the restored Challenger III. (1 comments)

Aug 09 2021
Mystery Foto #32 Solved: The 1905 Locomobile taking a practice run in Bridgeport for the 1905 Gordon Bennett Cup

The Helck Family Collection challenged to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto. (3 comments)

Aug 07 2021
Greg O’s Garage: The Alco Black Beast on a practice run for the Port Jefferson Hill Climb.

The Alco Black Beast will be participating in its third Port Jefferson Hill Climb next Saturday. In preparation for the climb, the Beast made a successful practice run last Wednesday up Beacon Hill Road in Port Washington. (6 comments)

Aug 04 2021
Kleiner’s Korner Part 2: Illustrations of the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race Participants

Additional portrayals of participants of the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race. (1 comments)

Aug 03 2021
Newsday’s Big Apple Almanac: Willie K’s Speedway

In the 1990s a regular feature of the Sunday Newsday were the color illustrations of New York history by artist Patrick M. Reynolds. The September 3rd and 10th, 1990 issues featured these cartoons of the Motor Parkway and the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race. (2 comments)

Aug 02 2021
Mystery Foto #31 Solved: The 1920 Hupmobile at Pro Football Hall of Fame, Canton, Ohio

Jerry Rokoff challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Auto. (6 comments)

Jul 31 2021
Greg O.‘s Garage: Plans for the Meadowbrook Country Club Motor Parkway Bridge

Newly uncovered plans for The Meadowbrook Country Club Bridge (19 comments)

Jul 30 2021
Restoration Update -July 30,2021: 1962 Holman Moody Challenger III’ s windshield and gas tanks

Rob Ida of Ida Automotive has provided this restoration update (5 comments)

Jul 28 2021
Kleiner’s Korner: The Mysterious Seaford “Speedway” (posts and all!)

While hiking in Taukapausha Preserve which forms the Seaford/Massapequa border I noticed concrete posts very similar to those used along the Motor Parkway. What were these posts used for? (12 comments)

Jul 26 2021
Mystery Foto #30 Solved: Ralph Mulford winning the 1911 Vanderbilt Cup Race in the #8 Lozier

Did you identify this weekend's Mystery Foto? (8 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.