Vanderbilt Cup Races

Nov 14 2011
From the Frank P. Krug Family Collection: Unique Views of Krug’s Hotel

Kathie C, the great grand-niece of Frank P. Krug, has provided these images of Krug's Hotel, one of the most famous hotels on the Vanderbilt Cup Race courses (1904, 1905 and 1906): (2 comments)

Nov 12 2011
Article: “Classics Gather Where Lindbergh’s Flight Began”

Author Greg Merksamer has written an article on the Second Annual Cradle of Aviation Museum Car Show held on September 25, 2011. Over 90 classic and vintage cars participated in the Cradle of Aviation Museum Car Show hosted by the Long Island Sound Region of the Classic Car Club of America. (2 comments)

Nov 11 2011
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Updates and Comments- Saturday, November 12, 2011

Latest updates and comments on VanderbiltCupRaces.com: (0 comments)

Nov 10 2011
May 7, 1911 The World : Harry Grant Practicing on the Motor Parkway at 107.8 Miles Per Hour

Margaret, George and Eric Vitale of Barn Find Antiquities recently purchased a vintage leather trunk. To their surprise, the bottom of the truck was lined with a May 7, 1911 edition of the newspaper The World including this article: (2 comments)

Nov 09 2011
Highlights from the Second Clean Up the Old Bethpage Motor Parkway Bridge Day

The clean up of the Motor Parkway Bridge in the Old Bethpage Village Restoration continued last Sunday. Twenty-five men and women of the Model A Ford Club of Long Island and the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society made great progress to remove debris and clean up the surrounding area. (0 comments)

Nov 08 2011
The 1931 Caddy with Two Long Island Motor Parkway Plates

One classic car that really caught my eye at the 2011 Cradle of Aviation Museum Car Show hosted by the Long Island Sound Region of CCCA was this beautiful 1931 V-8 Cadillac. Look closer at the radiator and you will see two authentic Motor Parkway license plates in mint condition and previously not recorded in the Motor Parkway License Plate Census. (1 comments)

Nov 07 2011
Hemmings Blog: “Miller Club to celebrate Milwaukee Vanderbilt Cup centennial”

Hemmings Blog reported today that the Harry A. Miller Club will recognize the 1912 Vanderbilt Cup Race held in Milwaukee at their 2012 annual meet: (1 comments)

Nov 05 2011
Video “The First Annual Motor Parkway Parade”

This 5-minute film documents the First Annual Motor Parkway Parade held on Sunday, October 30, 2011. (0 comments)

Nov 03 2011
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series: #11 Little Neck Road Motor Parkway Bridge in Queens

When the 48 miles of the Motor Parkway were completed in 1926, a total of 65 bridges were built by William K. Vanderbilt Jr. and his associates over and under the parkway. Going west to east, the next to last of the 12 Queens bridges was the trestle Motor Parkway bridge over Little Neck Road (later renamed Little Neck Parkway): (8 comments)

Nov 02 2011
CSI Report:Montague Roberts and Robert Jardine in the 1905 American Elimination Trial

Steve Lucas forwarded a request from Barbara Russell, the Brookhaven Town Historian, to help identify two photos recently discovered in their archives. Steve wrote: "She was hoping that you could identify them as to date, event, place, and type of car. They appear to be a race and thought maybe one of the Vanderbilt Cup Races." (5 comments)