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  • Video: “Winning Amelia” with Tucker 1044
    Jan 29 2020

    Video: “Winning Amelia” with Tucker 1044

    In this 2:47 minute video, Mike and Sean Tucker discussed their experiences with Tucker 1044 at last year's Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance. (4 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #4 Solved: A Never Before Published Photo from the Newbridge Road Motor Parkway Bridge
    Jan 27 2020

    Mystery Foto #4 Solved: A Never Before Published Photo from the Newbridge Road Motor Parkway Bridge

    I am pleased to announce that in cooperation with Garden City Village Historian Bill Bellmer, VanderbiltCupRaces.com has obtained 139 scans of the only known copy of the 1908 Long Island Motor Parkway Construction Scrapbook from the Garden City Archives. Many of these photos have never been published including this weekend's Mystery Foto. (25 comments)


  • Special Guest Post by Meredith Jaffe: Boyd’s Crystal Art Glass Tucker Figurines
    Jan 25 2020

    Special Guest Post by Meredith Jaffe: Boyd’s Crystal Art Glass Tucker Figurines

    Since I purchased Tucker 1044 on January 17, 2017, I became a collector of "everything Tucker." When I purchased a green Boyd glass figurine of a Tucker on eBay in April 2019, I really had no idea of the little treasure that I had acquired. (5 comments)


  • For Sale: A 2009 Aston Martin DB9 Volante, Tungsten Silver
    Jan 24 2020

    For Sale: A 2009 Aston Martin DB9 Volante, Tungsten Silver

    As a complementary service, we will be listing as a pilot the availability of unique automobiles on VanderbiltCupRaces.com. First up Dan BO'Bryne's 2009 Aston Martin DB9 Volante. (0 comments)


  • Kleiner’s Kolumn: Unique Watercolors Painted for Peter Helck from Fellow Artist John W. Burgess
    Jan 22 2020

    Kleiner’s Kolumn: Unique Watercolors Painted for Peter Helck from Fellow Artist John W. Burgess

    From the Helck Family Collection comes a series of watercolor paintings personally created for Peter Helck by automobile artist John W. Burgess (1911-1992). (1 comments)


  • Kleiner’s Kolumn: The 1941 Suffolk County Map of The Motor Parkway
    Jan 21 2020

    Kleiner’s Kolumn: The 1941 Suffolk County Map of The Motor Parkway

    As a follow-up to my Jan. 11 post pertaining to the acquisition of the Motor Parkway by the County of Suffolk, I'm pleased to present the map prepared in 1941 detailing the 77 parcels included in the transaction. (1 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #3 Solved:  The Links Golf Course’s Private Opening on the Motor Parkway in Searingtown
    Jan 20 2020

    Mystery Foto #3 Solved:  The Links Golf Course’s Private Opening on the Motor Parkway in Searingtown

    While documenting the Motor Parkway in 1981, Ron Ridolph came across this unique Mystery Foto. (14 comments)


  • Update: Mystery Saturday Auto #3 Solved: Tucker 1034 in the News
    Jan 19 2020

    Update: Mystery Saturday Auto #3 Solved: Tucker 1034 in the News

    Tucker 1034 sold at auction for $2.040 million. (7 comments)


  • Update: The Roslyn Grist Mill and a Tuckerette
    Jan 18 2020

    Update: The Roslyn Grist Mill and a Tuckerette

    This Thursday, as president of the Roslyn Landmark Society, I will be assisting teams of preservation specialists who will raise the historic Roslyn Grist Mill eight feet so that a new foundation can be poured. Amazingly, Kawika Sylva, the foreman of the lifting team, has a link to the history of the Tucker automobile. (7 comments)


  • Alert: Alco Black Beast Sighting on Jericho Turnpike in Garden City Park
    Jan 15 2020

    Alert: Alco Black Beast Sighting on Jericho Turnpike in Garden City Park

    Steve Vilardi "spied this pretty monster on Jericho Turnpike in Garden City Park." (6 comments)




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Apr 15 2026 Thank you Ariejan! Better late than never! You’re information also aligns with Alice being a woman of means at that time and…

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…

Apr 13 2026 I was fortunate enough to attend Howard’s tribute to Clark back in 2014.  I remember seeing that diorama there.  A…

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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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