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  • Archives: Old Bethpage Village Restoration Motor Parkway Bridge
    Jun 30 2011

    Archives: Old Bethpage Village Restoration Motor Parkway Bridge

    Links to related posts on the Old Bethpage Village Restoration Motor Parkway Bridge (Updated: December 31, 2011): (0 comments)


  • Favorite Images of the Vanderbilt Cup Races and the Long Island Motor Parkway
    Jun 29 2011

    Favorite Images of the Vanderbilt Cup Races and the Long Island Motor Parkway

    Eric M: "Can you provide a sampling of your favorite Vanderbilt Cup Race and Long Island Motor Parkway images?": (0 comments)


  • Favorite Northeast Automotive Museums & Exhibits
    Jun 27 2011

    Favorite Northeast Automotive Museums & Exhibits

    Four museums in the Northeast that I recommend for their automotive exhibits and car collections: (1 comments)


  • The Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s “Yard of Bricks”
    Jun 26 2011

    The Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s “Yard of Bricks”

    One of the most hallowed ground in motorsports is the "yard of bricks" at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Start/Finish Line. Here is its description as posted on the IMS website: (0 comments)


  • Jun 25 2011

    Village of Garden City to Study Preservation of a Section of the Long Island Motor Parkway

    Thanks to the efforts of Garden City resident and Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society member Cyril Smith, the Village of Garden City has taken action to study the preservation of a section of the Motor Parkway near Clinton Road. Reports from Garden City Life and Garden City Patch: (0 comments)


  • In the Indy Formula One Garage: The Belond Salih/Offy that won the 1957 and 1958  Indy 500 Races
    Jun 23 2011

    In the Indy Formula One Garage: The Belond Salih/Offy that won the 1957 and 1958 Indy 500 Races

    One day prior to the 2011 Indy 500 Race, the Black Beast and other race cars that participated in this year's pre-race ceremonies were stored in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's Formula One Garage. Among these racers was the Belond Salih/Offy that won the 1957 race with Sam Hanks and the 1958 race with Jimmy Bryan: (0 comments)


  • Jun 22 2011

    Providence Journal: “Rehoboth’s Manny Souza’s Alco got a piece of the 500”

    Providence Journal's Projo.com profiles Manny Souza's 1908 Alco Touring Car which participated in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's Celebration of Automobiles on May 14-15, 2011: (1 comments)


  • Film: “Charlie Chaplin and the 1914 Vanderbilt Junior Cup”
    Jun 21 2011

    Film: “Charlie Chaplin and the 1914 Vanderbilt Junior Cup”

    Joe Scotto has forwarded this Los Angles Times article "Unsuspecting extras go down in film history": (0 comments)


  • In the Indy Formula One Garage and On the Track: The Marmon Wasp that Won the 1911 Indy  500
    Jun 20 2011

    In the Indy Formula One Garage and On the Track: The Marmon Wasp that Won the 1911 Indy 500

    One day prior to the 2011 Indy 500 Race, the Black Beast and other race cars that participated in this year's pre-race ceremonies were stored in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's Formula One Garage. Among these racers was the 1911 Marmon that won the Inaugural 1911 Indy 500 Race driven by Ray Harroun: (1 comments)


  • Archives: In the Indy Formula One Garage
    Jun 20 2011

    Archives: In the Indy Formula One Garage

    Links to related posts on the Indy Formula One Garage on VanderbiltCupRaces.com: (0 comments)




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