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  • Video of the Week: The First Self-Propelled Vehicle: The 1769 Fardier du Cugnot
    Nov 29 2013

    Video of the Week: The First Self-Propelled Vehicle: The 1769 Fardier du Cugnot

    Seven years before the American Revolution in 1769, Nicholas Joseph Cugnot assembled the first self-propelled vehicle for the French military- the Fardier du Cugnot (Cugnot's flatbed truck). (6 comments)


  • The Garden City Hotel- Headquarters for the Vanderbilt Cup Race Commission
    Nov 27 2013

    The Garden City Hotel- Headquarters for the Vanderbilt Cup Race Commission

    The Garden City Hotel, the largest and most exclusive hotel on Long Island, served as the headquarters for the Vanderbilt Cup Race Commission from 1904 to 1910. (3 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #43 Solved: Szisz in the #10 Renault Preparing for the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race
    Nov 26 2013

    Mystery Foto #43 Solved: Szisz in the #10 Renault Preparing for the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race

    Mystery Foto expert Greg Oriero submitted this week's Foto. (3 comments)


  • Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #40: Jerusalem Avenue Bridge in the Hempstead Plains
    Nov 23 2013

    Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #40: Jerusalem Avenue Bridge in the Hempstead Plains

    The 40th bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Jerusalem Avenue Bridge in the Hempstead Plains (now Levittown). (3 comments)


  • Video of the Week: The Only Surviving Adams-Farwell Automobile
    Nov 22 2013

    Video of the Week: The Only Surviving Adams-Farwell Automobile

    At the 2011 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, spectators were treated to seeing the only surviving Adams-Farwell automobile. (1 comments)


  • The Demon of the Sky Versus The Daredevils of the Earth
    Nov 20 2013

    The Demon of the Sky Versus The Daredevils of the Earth

    Wayne Petersen, the great-great nephew of Barney Oldfield, has forwarded this amazing artwork of Oldfield racing a Curtiss Biplane and a Harley Davidson motorcycle in 1914. (3 comments)


  • Garden City Patch “Renewed Interest in the Vanderbilt Parkway”
    Nov 19 2013

    Garden City Patch “Renewed Interest in the Vanderbilt Parkway”

    Garden City Patch has posted this article on efforts to preserve a section of the Motor Parkway in Garden City. (1 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #42 Solved: Glen Oaks, Queens in September 1947
    Nov 18 2013

    Mystery Foto #42 Solved: Glen Oaks, Queens in September 1947

    Steve Lucas submitted this week's Mystery Friday Foto. (5 comments)


  • Arcadia Publishing Announces the Availability of the Book “North Hempstead” In January 2014
    Nov 16 2013

    Arcadia Publishing Announces the Availability of the Book “North Hempstead” In January 2014

    My third book "North Hempstead" has been completed and will available for sale on January 20, 2014. (5 comments)


  • Three Famous Movie and TV Cars at The Car Show at the Autoseum This Sunday
    Nov 16 2013

    Three Famous Movie and TV Cars at The Car Show at the Autoseum This Sunday

    This Sunday, you can not only see some of the worlds most famous Movie and TV cars, as well as amazing cars from all over Long Island. You can also show your support for Toys for Tots and Local Food Banks. (1 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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