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Jun 13 2009
Search Engines for Vanderbilt Cup Races
VanderbiltCupRaces.com is currently ranked #1 on all search engines for "Vanderbilt Cup Races". Here are links to six leading search engines including Microsoft's new Bing.com: (0 comments)
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Jun 11 2009
Update on Second Annual Vanderbilt Autocross and Concours on Sunday, July 26th
The Second Annual Vanderbilt Autocross and Concours will once again be held at Roosevelt Field on Sunday, July 26th. The planned course is expected to be larger and even more exciting than 2008. The restored Alco-6 Black Beast Racer, winner of the 1909 and 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Races, will participate and run again on Long Island for the first time in 99 years. Here's the latest flyer from Executive Director Guy Frost. For more information, Guy can be reached at 1-516-621-2745. (2 comments)
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Jun 10 2009
Great Neck and Lake Success’ Role in the Vanderbilt Cup Races & the Motor Parkway
The Great Neck Historical Society will be hosting a presentation tonight "Great Neck and Lake Success- Their Role in the Vanderbilt Cup Races and the Long Island Motor Parkway" at 7:30 PM in the Community Room at the Great Neck Library. (0 comments)
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Jun 10 2009
The Drop Box Mystery at The Henry Ford
Leslie Mio, Assistant Registrar at The Henry Ford, recently sent this email to me: "I am working on cataloging a sealed brass box. According to the donors (the Long Island Automobile Club), "These boxes . . . were used for signatures, so that Gentlemen Drivers, could not substitute Professional Drivers, in the Vanderbilt Cup Races." [letter to Henry Ford from Joseph F. Cox, Welfare Director, Long Island Automobile Club, dated January 15, 1936]. However, it seems more likely to be the drop box… (0 comments)
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Jun 08 2009
The First International Auto Race-In West Hempstead
The website West Hempstead Now and Then has posted an excellent article The First International Auto Race in America – in West Hempstead on the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race. The article originally appeared in the Winter 2008 edition of the West Hempstead Civic Association News & Views newsletter. (0 comments)
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Jun 06 2009
Alco-6 Racer Captures a “Most Outstanding” Award at the Greenwich Concours D’Elegance
It was a wonderful time today at the Greenwich Concours. Thousands turned out to view over 150 spectacular American cars. It was a lot fun discussing the Alco-6 Black Beast Racer for six hours with so many people. (5 comments)
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Jun 05 2009
The Alco-6 Black Beast Racer Brochure for the Greenwich Concours
Today, the Alco-6 Black Beast Racer will appear at the Greenwich Concoursfrom 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. This Alco-6 brochure has been prepared for the Concours including; the car's specifications, a 1996 article from the Autoweek, a summary of its racing history and a 1910 American Locomotive Company ad. Stop by and say hello. (2 comments)
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Jun 04 2009
See the restored Alco-6 Black Beast Racer at the Greenwich Concours
The restored Alco-6 Black Beast Racer will be at the Greenwich Concours this Saturday, June 6, 2009 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Hope to see you there. (0 comments)
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Jun 04 2009
1951 Aerial View of LIMP Right-Of-Way and Edith K’s Home in Melville
In response to a VanderbiltCupRaces "contact us" email from Edith K., a 1935 photo of the Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge over Broad Hollow Bridge in Melville was posted yesterday. As promised, today's post features a 1951 Fairchild aerial of the LIMP ROW east of Broad Hollow Road and, hopefully, a view of Edith K's home in which she was raised. (0 comments)
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Jun 03 2009
The Motor Parkway Bridge over Broad Hollow Road in Melville
Edith, when Al Velocci and I wrote The Long Island Motor Parkway, we wanted to include many photos which have never been published before. Just one month prior to our deadline, we discovered this rare 1935 photo of the Broad Hollow Bridge looking north in the archives of the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum. (3 comments)
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