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  • Video of the Week: This Car Matters: Marmon Wasp - First Indianapolis 500 Winner
    Jan 27 2024

    Video of the Week: This Car Matters: Marmon Wasp - First Indianapolis 500 Winner

    The HVA takes a close look at the Marmon Wasp, the first ever winner of the Indianapolis 500 driven to victory in 1911 by Ray Harroun. (0 comments)


  • A New Motor Parkway/Vanderbilt Cup Races Display at the Harborfields Library for the month of February
    Jan 26 2024

    A New Motor Parkway/Vanderbilt Cup Races Display at the Harborfields Library for the month of February

    The Harborfields Library in Greenlawn is hosting a Vanderbilt Cup Races/Long Island Motor Parkway display for the month of February (8 comments)


  • Hemmings Classic Car: The Vanderbilt Cup Race Game- The holy grail of vintage auto racing board games
    Jan 24 2024

    Hemmings Classic Car: The Vanderbilt Cup Race Game- The holy grail of vintage auto racing board games

    The March 2024 issue of Hemmings Classic Car featured a Vanderbilia game found at the 2023 Hershey Fall Meet. (3 comments)


  • Mystery Friday Foto #3; Solved; The Powell Ave. Bridge Under Construction
    Jan 23 2024

    Mystery Friday Foto #3; Solved; The Powell Ave. Bridge Under Construction

    Did you identify the Powell Ave. bridge being built? (4 comments)


  • Kleiner’s Korner: Another Murder on the Motor Parkway!
    Jan 20 2024

    Kleiner’s Korner: Another Murder on the Motor Parkway!

    As a follow-up to a recent Greg O. post, here's another murder mystery on the Motor Parkway that appears to remain unsolved. (7 comments)


  • Video of the Week: Suffolk County Moments in History- The Vanderbilt Cup
    Jan 19 2024

    Video of the Week: Suffolk County Moments in History- The Vanderbilt Cup

    The Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum has posted this 6:47 minute video on the Vanderbilt Cup. (1 comments)


  • The Long Island Automotive Museum Southampton Location Today
    Jan 17 2024

    The Long Island Automotive Museum Southampton Location Today

    Property owner Emil 'Skip' Norsic's tribute to Henry Austin Clark's LI Automotive Museum (13 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #2 Solved: The 2012 awarding of the 1937 Chrysler’s Chrysler at the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum.
    Jan 16 2024

    Mystery Foto #2 Solved: The 2012 awarding of the 1937 Chrysler’s Chrysler at the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum.

    Did you identify this 2012 Mystery Foto? (4 comments)


  • Video: 1948 Tucker 1021 sold  today for $1.7  million at the Mecum Auctions in Kissimmee
    Jan 13 2024

    Video: 1948 Tucker 1021 sold today for $1.7 million at the Mecum Auctions in Kissimmee

    Watch Tucker 1021 being auctioned today at Mecum Auctions in Kissimmee, Florida. (1 comments)


  • Hagerty Magazine: Tucker: The man, the machine, the dream
    Jan 12 2024

    Hagerty Magazine: Tucker: The man, the machine, the dream

    The June 2023 issue of Hagerty Magazine profiled the Tucker automobile with a shout-out to Tucker 1044. (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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