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  • Latest Update: The 4th Annual Motor Parkway “Sunday Drive” to Lake Ronkonkoma
    Apr 21 2015

    Latest Update: The 4th Annual Motor Parkway “Sunday Drive” to Lake Ronkonkoma

    Ellyn Okvist has provided this update on the upcoming "Motor Parkway Sunday Drive" from Queens to Lake Ronkonkoma. (0 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #16 Solved Again: Ralph Beardsley’s Simplex Practicing for the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race
    Apr 20 2015

    Mystery Foto #16 Solved Again: Ralph Beardsley’s Simplex Practicing for the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race

    Chuck Rudy Jr. challenged you to identify this photo which he recently obtained. (8 comments)


  • Video: 1964-1/2 Ford Mustang III “Shorty” Factory Prototype
    Apr 18 2015

    Video: 1964-1/2 Ford Mustang III “Shorty” Factory Prototype

    This three-minute video produced by Auctions America describes the history of the 1964 1/2 Ford Mustang III "Shorty" Factory Prototype which was sold on March 28, 2015. (3 comments)


  • Smiles & Thumbs Ups for the Black Beast at Empire Galaxie Club’s 9th Annual Spring Breakout Cruise
    Apr 15 2015

    Smiles & Thumbs Ups for the Black Beast at Empire Galaxie Club’s 9th Annual Spring Breakout Cruise

    The Alco Black Beast participated in last Sunday's Empire Galaxie Club's 9th Annual Spring Breakout Cruise with a demonstration and display at the "pit stop" in Riverhead.. (0 comments)


  • Motor Trend May 1965: The Star of the Greenfield Village Exhibition of Sports Cars
    Apr 14 2015

    Motor Trend May 1965: The Star of the Greenfield Village Exhibition of Sports Cars

    The first national exposure of the Mustang "Shorty" was the May 1965 Motor Trend article "Village Car Show" on a sports car exhibit at the Henry Ford Museum in Greenfield Village. (0 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #15 Revealed: Emanuel Cedrino & His Wife Preparing  for the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race
    Apr 13 2015

    Mystery Foto #15 Revealed: Emanuel Cedrino & His Wife Preparing for the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race

    This weekend's Mystery Foto featured a unique Vanderbilt Cup Race team. (12 comments)


  • New Series: Sam & Dave’s “Excellent Motor Parkway Adventure” I: Queens
    Apr 11 2015

    New Series: Sam & Dave’s “Excellent Motor Parkway Adventure” I: Queens

    On April 4, 2015, Dave Russo and his 10-year old son Sammy experienced a one-day 38-mile bike tour on the Long Island Motor Parkway. In the first of a new VanderbiltCupRaces.com series, here is Dave and Sammy's wonderful story and photos of the Queens section of their "Excellent Motor Parkway Adventure." (6 comments)


  • The Motor Parkway Toll Collection Structures: The Elusive #13 & #14 Huntington Lodges in Melville
    Apr 08 2015

    The Motor Parkway Toll Collection Structures: The Elusive #13 & #14 Huntington Lodges in Melville

    Going west to east, the 13th and 14th Motor Parkway toll collection structures was the Huntington Lodge, located 300-feet east of Broad Hollow Road in Melville and south of the Motor Parkway. (2 comments)


  • Smiles & Thumbs Ups for the Black Beast at the 60th Annual Easter Vintage Car Parade in Garden City
    Apr 07 2015

    Smiles & Thumbs Ups for the Black Beast at the 60th Annual Easter Vintage Car Parade in Garden City

    It was a wonderful Easter parade in Garden City last Sunday as the Alco Black Beast once again generated smiles and thumbs ups. (1 comments)


  • Mystery Friday Foto #14 Solved:Clarence D. Chamberlin Taking Off from Stewart Avenue in 1928
    Apr 07 2015

    Mystery Friday Foto #14 Solved:Clarence D. Chamberlin Taking Off from Stewart Avenue in 1928

    Bill Bellmer really challenged you with this Mystery Foto from the Garden City Archives. (12 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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