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  • Video of the Week:Mall City- Roosevelt Field Mall in 1983
    Oct 22 2025

    Video of the Week:Mall City- Roosevelt Field Mall in 1983

    This NYU video documented the Roosevelt Field Mall 42 years ago! (1 comments)


  • Mystery Friday Foto #52 Solved: The ‘Case Super Special Speedster’
    Oct 21 2025

    Mystery Friday Foto #52 Solved: The ‘Case Super Special Speedster’

    Did you identify the rare and unusual 'Case Super Special Speedster' forwarded from the Himes Estate Collection? (5 comments)


  • Highlights from  the Carriage Association of America’s Tour of the Kroplick Auto Collection
    Oct 18 2025

    Highlights from the Carriage Association of America’s Tour of the Kroplick Auto Collection

    Forty eight members of the Carriage Association of America visited the Waterfront at Roslyn Garage to learn the history of the historic automobiles owned by Howard and Roz Kroplick. (3 comments)


  • InstaGRAM Report: Long Island’s Lost Dexter Park Raceway
    Oct 15 2025

    InstaGRAM Report: Long Island’s Lost Dexter Park Raceway

    The history of Queens’s lost race track Dexter Park, which was built inside a baseball field. (10 comments)


  • Mystery Friday Foto #51 Solved: Head to Head Racing at the 1911 Indy 500
    Oct 14 2025

    Mystery Friday Foto #51 Solved: Head to Head Racing at the 1911 Indy 500

    Did you identify these 1911 Indy 500 race cars on the track? (4 comments)


  • Kleiner’s Korner:  The Men Who Built The Motor Parkway (Part 1)
    Oct 11 2025

    Kleiner’s Korner:  The Men Who Built The Motor Parkway (Part 1)

    Hundreds of people (600 in the three years after construction began) were involved in the construction of The Motor Parkway - some well known and many not so well known. In this two-part series we'll look at some of these people who built our favorite roadway! (3 comments)


  • Update 10/11/25:Today: Saturday, October 11, 2025: The Himes Estate and Racing Museum Auction
    Oct 11 2025

    Update 10/11/25:Today: Saturday, October 11, 2025: The Himes Estate and Racing Museum Auction

    Items from the Himes Estate and Racing Museum will be available on Saturday, October 11, 2025 at the Copake NY Auction Gallery. (4 comments)


  • Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘48 Tucker Goes Across the Auction Block during the Monterey Car Week
    Oct 09 2025

    Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘48 Tucker Goes Across the Auction Block during the Monterey Car Week

    Francis Ford Coppola's Tucker #1014 has been sold at the 2025 Monterey Gooding/Christie's auctions. (1 comments)


  •  Mystery Friday Foto #50 Solved: The Westbury Avenue Motor Parkway/Trolley Bridge Under Construction
    Oct 07 2025

    Mystery Friday Foto #50 Solved: The Westbury Avenue Motor Parkway/Trolley Bridge Under Construction

    Did you identify the Westbury Avenue Motor Parkway/Trolley Bridge under construction? (16 comments)


  • Marty Himes Estate Auction Featured Item: #52  Frankie Cal 220 Offenhauser Sprint Car
    Oct 07 2025

    Marty Himes Estate Auction Featured Item: #52 Frankie Cal 220 Offenhauser Sprint Car

    Among the late Marty Himes' most treasured possessions was the 1946 #52 Frankie Cal 220 Offenhauser Sprint Car. (0 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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