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  • Two Videos from the Tucker 1044 Open House
    Feb 27 2019

    Two Videos from the Tucker 1044 Open House

    Here are two brief "Tucker" videos from last Sunday's Tucker 1044 Open House. (0 comments)


  • Updated: Highlights from Sunday’s Amazing Tucker 1044 Open House
    Feb 26 2019

    Updated: Highlights from Sunday’s Amazing Tucker 1044 Open House

    Thanks everyone for turning out for last Sunday's Tucker 1044 Open House. Several highlights from a really fun day! (6 comments)


  • Mystery Foto # 8 Solved: The 1966 TDX Plastic Car Created and Built on Long Island
    Feb 25 2019

    Mystery Foto # 8 Solved: The 1966 TDX Plastic Car Created and Built on Long Island

    Joe Amendolia challenged you to identify this 1966 plastic concept car which was displayed last Sunday at the Tucker 1044 Open House. (13 comments)


  • Kings Point Automotive Club Hosts A Wonderful Long Island Car Council Meeting
    Feb 23 2019

    Kings Point Automotive Club Hosts A Wonderful Long Island Car Council Meeting

    Congratulations to the midshipmen of the King Point Automobile Club for successfully hosting the Long Island Car Club Council on Saturday at the United States Merchant Marine Academy. (0 comments)


  • Roslyn Landmark Society in the News (Updated: 2/21/2019)
    Feb 21 2019

    Roslyn Landmark Society in the News (Updated: 2/21/2019)

    Join today for only $25 and receive a signed book "Vanderbilt Cup Races of Long Island" or "Long Island Motor Parkway". (4 comments)


  • Henry Austin Clark, Jr.‘s 1974 Photos of the Alco Black Beast
    Feb 19 2019

    Henry Austin Clark, Jr.‘s 1974 Photos of the Alco Black Beast

    Seeking material for the Long Island Automotive Museum's postcard series, Henry Austin Clark, Jr. visited collector Joel E. Finn (1938-2017) at his Ridgefield, Connecticut home. Among the 1974 images captured by Clark were these photos of the Alco Black Beast, which was then owned by Joel. (5 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #7 Solved: Two Pegaso Z-102s Parked at the 1953 Bridgehampton Races
    Feb 18 2019

    Mystery Foto #7 Solved: Two Pegaso Z-102s Parked at the 1953 Bridgehampton Races

    Dick Gorman reached into his personal photo collection and challenges you to identify this Mystery Foto. (16 comments)


  • Surveyor Clinton Robertson Photo Album: The Surveyors of the Long Island Motor Parkway
    Feb 16 2019

    Surveyor Clinton Robertson Photo Album: The Surveyors of the Long Island Motor Parkway

    In the ninth of the photo series from surveyor Clinton A. Robertson's newly discovered Motor Parkway construction album, photos of Clinton Robertson and his fellow surveyors are featured. (1 comments)


  • Jerry Helck: Anyone Here Ever Seen A Vanderbilt Cup Race?
    Feb 13 2019

    Jerry Helck: Anyone Here Ever Seen A Vanderbilt Cup Race?

    Jerry Helck, former owner of Old 16 Locomobile and the son of artist icon Peter Helck, wants to know if anyone else is a member of the two Vanderbilt Cup Races Club? (3 comments)


  • Profile Series: Tucker 1009- The Award-Winning Grey Tucker Owned By George Lucas
    Feb 12 2019

    Profile Series: Tucker 1009- The Award-Winning Grey Tucker Owned By George Lucas

    In the tenth of profiles on the 51 Tuckers, George Lucas' Tucker 1009 is featured. (2 comments)




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Apr 19 2026 Awesome looking forward to seeing it at the next open house JeRita

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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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