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  • Mystery Foto #56 Solved: Paul Sartori in Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt’s 250-HP Custom Built F.I.A.T.
    Feb 24 2014

    Mystery Foto #56 Solved: Paul Sartori in Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt’s 250-HP Custom Built F.I.A.T.

    This week's Mystery Foto forwarded by Daniel Fruelund featured a two-time Vanderbilt Cup Race driver. (12 comments)


  • Exclusive Firsthand Account of the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race: “A Very Successful Trip”
    Feb 22 2014

    Exclusive Firsthand Account of the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race: “A Very Successful Trip”

    Walter Gosden has discovered an original October 11, 1904 letter from"Nephew Harvey Bell" to his "Uncle John" describing his adventures in a US Long Distance automobile to watch the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race. (4 comments)


  • Video of the Week: “The Vanderbilts - An American Dynasty”
    Feb 21 2014

    Video of the Week: “The Vanderbilts - An American Dynasty”

    This week's video of the week is a 48-minute Biography special on our beloved Vanderbilt Family. (0 comments)


  • Images of the 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Race from the Works Progress Administration (WPA)
    Feb 20 2014

    Images of the 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Race from the Works Progress Administration (WPA)

    Florence Ogg, former Director of Collections and Archives of the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum, has forwarded links to photos of the 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Race from the collection of the NYC Municipal Archives Collections. (0 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #55 Solved: Walter Christie Driving the #9 Christie in Mineola  on September 21,1906
    Feb 17 2014

    Mystery Foto #55 Solved: Walter Christie Driving the #9 Christie in Mineola on September 21,1906

    Bob and Ruth Valentine forwarded this never-before-published photo of a Vanderbilt Cup Racer. (4 comments)


  • Williston Times/Roslyn Times “North Shore’s role in road races revisited ”
    Feb 15 2014

    Williston Times/Roslyn Times “North Shore’s role in road races revisited ”

    Richard Tedesco reported on last Sunday's presentation "Then & Now in the Willistons" which was published in both the Williston Times and Roslyn Times. (0 comments)


  • Film of the Week: “Crazy Cars: 1906 -1950”
    Feb 14 2014

    Film of the Week: “Crazy Cars: 1906 -1950”

    Sam Berliner III, the convenor (and father) of the Long Island Motor Parkway Panel, has forwarded this week's film of the week. (1 comments)


  • Film Producer is Looking to Make Your Car A Star: Updated 3/18/2014
    Feb 12 2014

    Film Producer is Looking to Make Your Car A Star: Updated 3/18/2014

    Producer Meg Wechter of Columbia University is looking for two "1940s European sedans" for her film "The Year I Grew an Inch" that shoots near New York City in the middle of March. (0 comments)


  • Sports Car Illustrated “110 years ago William K. Vanderbilt Jr. sets new speed record”
    Feb 11 2014

    Sports Car Illustrated “110 years ago William K. Vanderbilt Jr. sets new speed record”

    Last month, Sports Car Illustrated celebrated the 100th anniversary of Willie K. breaking the one-mile land speed record. (1 comments)


  • Highlights:Presentation “Then & Now in the Willistons: The Motor Parkway & the Vanderbilt Cup Races”
    Feb 09 2014

    Highlights:Presentation “Then & Now in the Willistons: The Motor Parkway & the Vanderbilt Cup Races”

    In celebration of the first road built exclusively for automobiles, Howard Kroplick and Al Velocci presented a then and now review of the Long Island Motor Parkway and the Vanderbilt Cup Races with a special focus on East Williston and Williston Park. (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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