Vanderbilt Cup Races - Blog

Sep 06 2022
Smithsonian Channel Film: Could You Have Endured Consuelo Vanderbilt’s Upbringing?

Smithsonian Channel has posted this 5-minute film on Consuelo Vanderbilt. (0 comments)

Sep 05 2022
Mystery Friday Foto #36 Solved: Harry Grant in an Alco at the 1912 Old Orchard Beach Meet in Maine

Kelly Williams challenged you to solve this holiday weekend Mystery Foto. (4 comments)

Aug 31 2022
Kleiner’s Korner: A Very Imaginative (and Horrific) Tale of a 1902 Auto Race on Long Island

As Greg O's Garage noted on June 29 opposition to automobile racing was expressed in various publications in the early 1900s. This essay in "Broadway" magazine of November, 1902 makes this emphatically clear by making the impact of racing analogous to the ravages of war. (2 comments)

Aug 30 2022
Kleiner’s Korner: Other Vanderbilt Cup Race Personalities

Here are some individuals associated with the Vanderbilt Cup Race of which you may not be aware. (1 comments)

Aug 29 2022
Mystery Friday Foto #35 Solved: Bert Dingley taking the Hicksville Turn in a Pope-Hartford at the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race

The Walter McCarthy archives again challenged you with another unpublished race photo. (10 comments)

Aug 27 2022
Greg O’s Garage; The Country Estates of the Motor Parkway/Vanderbilt Cup Race Officials and Directors

A glimpse at some of the country estates and residences of the wealthy, well-known officials and directors of The Long Island Motor parkway and the Vanderbilt Cup races. (13 comments)

Aug 24 2022
The Queens section of the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race

Chal Danish: "I am researching Vanderbilt Cup Race history and am seeking the course routes of all the races and especially where it traversed Queens. Exactly where in Queens did it go before returning to Nassau!"!!! (3 comments)

Aug 24 2022
Exclusive from the Garden City Archives: Old 16 Locomobile taking a turn in the hamlet of Jericho during the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race

Garden City village historian Bill Bellmer has forwarded this never-before-published photo from the Garden City Archives. (1 comments)

Aug 22 2022
Mystery Friday Foto #34 Solved: Track Announcer Peter Prunty in front of the 1908 Grandstands.

Did you solve this weekend's Mystery Foto? (6 comments)

Aug 20 2022
From the Tom Thomas Blog: The Vanderbilt Cup Race Part I and Part II

In July 2021, Tom Thomas wrote this two-part post on The Vanderbilt Cup. (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.