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  • 1947 Brochure “Horseless Carriages: Collection of Leo Peters
    Oct 05 2013

    1947 Brochure “Horseless Carriages: Collection of Leo Peters

    Floral Park Historian and automotive historian Walter Gosden has provided a 1947 brochure highlighting the car collection of Leo Peters of New Hyde Park. (2 comments)


  • 1920s Promotional Film “Oilfield Dodge”
    Oct 02 2013

    1920s Promotional Film “Oilfield Dodge”

    Gary "The Local Brush" Kupfer has forwarded this three-minute film showing a Dodge car navigating the "roads" to an oilfield in the 1920s. (7 comments)


  • VanderbiltCupRaces.com Highlights and Blog Archives for September 2013: Record Viewership!
    Oct 01 2013

    VanderbiltCupRaces.com Highlights and Blog Archives for September 2013: Record Viewership!

    Highlights and a summary of the posts placed on VanderbiltCupRaces.com during September 2013. (0 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #35 Solved:Williston Park/East Williston/Albertson Section of the Motor Parkway in 1938
    Sep 30 2013

    Mystery Foto #35 Solved:Williston Park/East Williston/Albertson Section of the Motor Parkway in 1938

    Master Mystery Foto detective Greg Oreiro has submitted this Mystery Foto aerial of a section of the Long Island Motor Parkway. (8 comments)


  • Then & Now: The Garden City Hotel
    Sep 28 2013

    Then & Now: The Garden City Hotel

    Since 1901 the largest and grandest hotel on Long Island was the Garden City Hotel... a perfect choice for a VanderbiltCupRaces.com "Then & Now". (3 comments)


  • An Evening With Marty Himes- Stock Car Driver, Museum Owner and Auto Racing Historian
    Sep 25 2013

    An Evening With Marty Himes- Stock Car Driver, Museum Owner and Auto Racing Historian

    At the Thursday, October 17, 2013 meeting of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society, stock car driver, museum owner and auto racing historian Marty Himes rode back in time and told stories of racing at Freeport, Deer Park, and Islip. (5 comments)


  • Smiles and Thumbs Up from the Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society  Fall Country Fair
    Sep 24 2013

    Smiles and Thumbs Up from the Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society Fall Country Fair

    The Black Beast generated many smiles and thumbs ups at the Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society Fall Country Fair last Saturday in Port Washington. (4 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #34 Solved: The Sayville Automobile Club in Front of the Kensington Hotel in Sayville
    Sep 23 2013

    Mystery Foto #34 Solved: The Sayville Automobile Club in Front of the Kensington Hotel in Sayville

    Kathy Curran, Executive Director of the Suffolk County Historical Society, submitted this previously unpublished photo of a car club dated June 20, 1911. (8 comments)


  • Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #37:  Carman Avenue Highway Bridge in East Meadow
    Sep 21 2013

    Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #37:  Carman Avenue Highway Bridge in East Meadow

    The 37th bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Carman Avenue Bridge in my childhood hometown East Meadow. It is classified as a highway bridge since Carman Avenue was over the Motor Parkway. (3 comments)


  • Smiles and Thumbs Ups from the Vanderbilt Museum
    Sep 17 2013

    Smiles and Thumbs Ups from the Vanderbilt Museum

    It was great fun last Sunday as the Black Beast returned to the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum for the Jaguar Concours d'Elegance and All Marque Concours Sanitaire. (2 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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