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  • Chrysler’s Chrysler Completes the 85-Mile Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance
    Aug 17 2014

    Chrysler’s Chrysler Completes the 85-Mile Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance

    The 1937 Chrysler's Chrysler completed the 85-mile Pebble Beach Tour d'Elegance last Thursday. (12 comments)


  • Hemmings Classic Car Announces Plans to Feature Chrysler’s Chrysler
    Aug 14 2014

    Hemmings Classic Car Announces Plans to Feature Chrysler’s Chrysler

    In a recent Hemmings Daily Blog, Editor-In-Chief Richard Lentinello announced plans to feature Chrysler's Chrysler in a future Hemmings Classic Car magazine issue. (1 comments)


  • Highlights from the Motor Parkway East Walk/Ride
    Aug 13 2014

    Highlights from the Motor Parkway East Walk/Ride

    Last Sunday over 50 walkers and bikers met at Winchester Boulevard to support the Motor Parkway East project to extend the Queens Greenway to Alley Pond Park. (0 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #80 Solved: The East Embankment of the Wantagh Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge in the 1950s
    Aug 11 2014

    Mystery Foto #80 Solved: The East Embankment of the Wantagh Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge in the 1950s

    Al Castelli of West Babylon challenged you to identify this week's Mystery Foto. (16 comments)


  • VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Then & Now- The First Parkway Fast Food Restaurant
    Aug 09 2014

    VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Then & Now- The First Parkway Fast Food Restaurant

    On June 24, 2014, information and photos were posted on the Halfway House Tea Room, possibly the first parkway fast food restaurant in the United States. (5 comments)


  • Video “An Evening with Marty Himes”
    Aug 06 2014

    Video “An Evening with Marty Himes”

    At the 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 the Freeport, Deer Park, and Islip Speedways. This 34-minute video provides highlights of the evening. (4 comments)


  • Hear the Black Beast Roar this Sunday at the Motor Parkway East Walk/Ride in Queens
    Aug 05 2014

    Hear the Black Beast Roar this Sunday at the Motor Parkway East Walk/Ride in Queens

    In support of the Motor Parkway East project to extend the Queens Greenway to Little Neck Parkway, the Alco Black Beast will participate in this Sunday's Motor Parkway East Walk/Ride. (3 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #79 Solved: Bethpage State Parkway Under Construction In 1935
    Aug 04 2014

    Mystery Foto #79 Solved: Bethpage State Parkway Under Construction In 1935

    August has arrived, so it was time to focus on this week's Long Island aerial taken on August 11, 1935. (9 comments)


  • Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #49: The Botto Farmway Bridge in Old Bethpage
    Aug 02 2014

    Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #49: The Botto Farmway Bridge in Old Bethpage

    The 49th bridge in the series documenting the 65 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Botto Farmway Bridge in Old Bethpage (the site is now located in Bethpage State Park). (2 comments)


  • Video “Taking a Ride in the Black Beast”
    Jul 30 2014

    Video “Taking a Ride in the Black Beast”

    On May 18, 2014 over forty members of the Jaguar Drivers Club of Long Island and the MG Club took a cruise to the Black Beast Garage at Waterfront at Roslyn. Twenty-five cruisers took a ride in the Black Beast. George Carrasquillo documented his ride in this four minute video. (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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