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  • Tucker 1044 and Chrysler’s Chrysler Highlights from the Americana Manhasset Concours d’Elegance
    Oct 15 2019

    Tucker 1044 and Chrysler’s Chrysler Highlights from the Americana Manhasset Concours d’Elegance

    Tucker 1044 and Chrysler's Chrysler participated in last Sunday's wonderful Americana Manhasset Concours d'Elegance. Tucker 1044 was honored with the Trendsetter Award. (2 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #41 Solved: The East Norwich Turn of the Vanderbilt Race Courses As Seen in 1955
    Oct 14 2019

    Mystery Foto #41 Solved: The East Norwich Turn of the Vanderbilt Race Courses As Seen in 1955

    The Helck Family Collection challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto. (9 comments)


  • Society of Automotive Historians Honor VanderbiltCupRaces.com with the E.P. Ingersoll Award
    Oct 12 2019

    Society of Automotive Historians Honor VanderbiltCupRaces.com with the E.P. Ingersoll Award

    VanderbiltCupRaces.com was honored last night by the Society for Automotive Historians with the E.P. Ingersoll Award for excellence in presentation of automotive history in other than print media. (14 comments)


  • 1947 Tucker ‘48 Ad: The Surprise Car of the Year
    Oct 09 2019

    1947 Tucker ‘48 Ad: The Surprise Car of the Year

    This 1947 newspaper ad was one of the earliest promotions for the Tucker '48. It highlights the earliest planned features of the automobile. (2 comments)


  • Kleiner’s Kolumn: Documenting the Ezekiel Smith Farmway Bridge in Melville Over Time
    Oct 08 2019

    Kleiner’s Kolumn: Documenting the Ezekiel Smith Farmway Bridge in Melville Over Time

    In a new Kleiner's Kolumn, Art Kleiner further explores the farmway bridge in Melville. (16 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #40 Solved: Pintail Elementary School in Levittown Built on the Motor Parkway
    Oct 07 2019

    Mystery Foto #40 Solved: Pintail Elementary School in Levittown Built on the Motor Parkway

    Columnist Art Kleiner challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto. (27 comments)


  • VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: The Engines of the 1906 American Elimination Trial Racers
    Oct 05 2019

    VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: The Engines of the 1906 American Elimination Trial Racers

    In another VanderbiltCupRaces.com exclusive, below are never-before-published photos of the engines for several racers that were entered in the 1906 American Elimination Trial. The photos were formerly from the Don C. Boulton Collection. (4 comments)


  • Update: Pilgrim State Hospital Complex and the Motor Parkway in 1938
    Oct 02 2019

    Update: Pilgrim State Hospital Complex and the Motor Parkway in 1938

    Responding to a comment from a former Brentwood resident, Frank Femenias and Brian McCarthy have provided new insight and aerials concerning the Pilgrim State Hospital section of the Motor Parkway (see Comments). (28 comments)


  • Kleiner’s Kolumn: Documenting the Motor Parkway in Relation to the Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway
    Oct 01 2019

    Kleiner’s Kolumn: Documenting the Motor Parkway in Relation to the Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway

    Columnist Art Kleiner has researched the Motor Parkway in Bethpage with FOIL request to the New York State Department of Transportation. These results will be highlighted at a special meeting of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society and the Central Park Historical Society on Wednesday, October 23, 2019. (10 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #39 Solved: Louis Wagner and Louis Vivet in the 1905 #6 Darracq
    Sep 30 2019

    Mystery Foto #39 Solved: Louis Wagner and Louis Vivet in the 1905 #6 Darracq

    The Helck Family Collection challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto. (6 comments)




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Apr 23 2026 Amazing job on the video Craig and Florence!

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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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