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  • Newsday: “Vintage race cars celebrated at Indy 500”
    May 30 2011

    Newsday: “Vintage race cars celebrated at Indy 500”

    Just returned from Indy with amazing photos, videos and stories...will post during the rest of the week. For today, these are highlights of Robert Cassidy' s weekend coverage of the story in Newsday: (2 comments)


  • Archives: Indy 500 Centennial Celebration-2011
    May 30 2011

    Archives: Indy 500 Centennial Celebration-2011

    Links to posts on VanderbiltCupRaces.com related to the 100th Anniversary of the Indy 500 Race (Updated: November 29, 2011): (0 comments)


  • Patch.com: “Black Beast to Run Centennial Lap in Indy 500”
    May 28 2011

    Patch.com: “Black Beast to Run Centennial Lap in Indy 500”

    Christopher Collora has produced this article and accompanying video for Saturday's Patch.com: (10 comments)


  • Roslyn News “The Alco Black Beast Racer Returns to Indianapolis”
    May 27 2011

    Roslyn News “The Alco Black Beast Racer Returns to Indianapolis”

    This week's Roslyn News has a featured article: "The Alco Black Beast Racer Returns to Indianapolis": (3 comments)


  • Huffington Post: “The Indy 500 Celebrates Its 100th Year”
    May 26 2011

    Huffington Post: “The Indy 500 Celebrates Its 100th Year”

    Kate Kelly has written an article (0 comments)


  • Carl Fisher’s Stoddard Dayton- The First Pace Car
    May 25 2011

    Carl Fisher’s Stoddard Dayton- The First Pace Car

    In celebration of Sunday's 100th Anniversary of the Inaugural Indy 500 Race, posts during this week will feature information on this historic race: (0 comments)


  • Postcards from the Long Island Automotive Museum: Alcos
    May 24 2011

    Postcards from the Long Island Automotive Museum: Alcos

    The Long Island Automotive Museum offered a wide array of related merchandise including; jewelry, label buttons, photos, model car kits, china and series of postcards. As described in this brochure , provided by Walter McCarthy, there were over 500 cars postcards published featuring the cars of "Henry Austin Clark, Jr. and other noted collections". Here are three Alco postcards: (1 comments)


  • Take the Alco Black Beast Road Test
    May 21 2011

    Take the Alco Black Beast Road Test

    In preparation for several upcoming special events, the Alco Black Beast was successfully road tested over 20 miles during the last three days. (7 comments)


  • May 20 2011

    VanderbiltCupRaces.com Forum #13 -Saturday, May 21, 2011 (Events, Links and Comments)

    Feedback and sharing of information are much appreciated on VanderbiltCupRaces.com. Today's Forum provides information on this weekend's six car shows, links to the website and a sampling of recent comments: (0 comments)


  • May 19 2011

    VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Krug’s Hotel in Mineola During the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race

    Krug's East Williston Hotel was on the Vanderbilt Cup Courses for the 1904, 1905 and 1906 races. Oddly enough, a photo of the hotel on the northwest corner of the intersection of Jericho Turnpike and Willis Avenue in Mineola during the 1904 race had never been published.... until now: (3 comments)




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Apr 15 2026 Sorry for the late reply. The car is a 1908 Pope-Hartford, presumably the 30hp model M. The date of the car supports the 1908…

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