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  • Mystery Foto #36 Solved: On the Long Island Motor Parkway Right-Of-Way in East Meadow
    Sep 11 2017

    Mystery Foto #36 Solved: On the Long Island Motor Parkway Right-Of-Way in East Meadow

    Frank Femenias challenged you again to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto of a former section of the Motor Parkway. (15 comments)


  • Profile Series: Tucker 1005- The Green Tucker at the Tallahassee Automobile Museum
    Sep 06 2017

    Profile Series: Tucker 1005- The Green Tucker at the Tallahassee Automobile Museum

    In the fifth of our profile series on the 51 Tuckers, the green Tucker 1005 at the Tallahassee Automobile Museum is featured. (1 comments)


  • Close-ups of Two 2017 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Winners
    Sep 05 2017

    Close-ups of Two 2017 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Winners

    A visit to Steve Babinski's Automotive Restoration's shop in Lebanon, New Jersey is always a treat. This Saturday, automotive historian Walt Gosden, his son Trevor and I were rewarded with the opportunity to view two amazing automobiles that were winners at this year's Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. (7 comments)


  • Updated: Mystery Foto #35 Solved: A 1950 Aerial of the Motor Parkway in Old Bethpage & Melville
    Sep 04 2017

    Updated: Mystery Foto #35 Solved: A 1950 Aerial of the Motor Parkway in Old Bethpage & Melville

    This weekend's Mystery Foto confirmed that this two-mile section of the Motor Parkway was very much intact in 1950. (12 comments)


  • Hemmings Daily: Site of former Long Island Automotive Museum sells decades after it closed
    Sep 01 2017

    Hemmings Daily: Site of former Long Island Automotive Museum sells decades after it closed

    Daniel Strohl of Hemmings Daily has reported that the site of the Long Island Automotive Museum in Southampton has been sold. Images in the article were courtesy of VanderbiltCupRaces.com (9 comments)


  • Motor Parkway and Vanderbilt Cup Races Featured in New Book on Plainview-Old Bethpage
    Aug 30 2017

    Motor Parkway and Vanderbilt Cup Races Featured in New Book on Plainview-Old Bethpage

    A chapter of the new Arcadia book "Plainview-Old Bethpage" by Thomas Carr features our favorite parkway and road races. Below are 12 photos and their accompanying captions. (4 comments)


  • Updated: VanderbiltCupRaces.com’s Open House at Waterfront at Roslyn Draws a Great Crowd
    Aug 29 2017

    Updated: VanderbiltCupRaces.com’s Open House at Waterfront at Roslyn Draws a Great Crowd

    Over 125 subscribers to the VanderbiltCupRaces.com weekly newsletter turned out last Sunday for a wonderful open house of the Waterfront at Roslyn Garage. (13 comments)


  • Updated: Mystery Foto #34 Solved: A Historic Photo of a Road Sign in Front of Max Levi’s Hotel
    Aug 28 2017

    Updated: Mystery Foto #34 Solved: A Historic Photo of a Road Sign in Front of Max Levi’s Hotel

    My favorite co-author Al Velocci challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto. (11 comments)


  • History Channel: The Alco Black Beast in “Cars That Built America: Part I”
    Aug 26 2017

    History Channel: The Alco Black Beast in “Cars That Built America: Part I”

    This month the History Channel played a new series "The Cars That Built America". In the two-hour Part I, I played Alexander Winton, the world's fastest man, racing Henry Ford. As seen in this five-minute segment, I did all the stunt driving in the Alco Black Beast. (7 comments)


  • Profile Series: Tucker 1004- The Only Tucker to Race in NASCAR
    Aug 23 2017

    Profile Series: Tucker 1004- The Only Tucker to Race in NASCAR

    In the fourth of our profile series on the 51 Tuckers, Tucker 1004 is featured, the only Tucker to compete in NASCAR and the only expatriate Tucker currently on display (Nagakutecho, Japan). (1 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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