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  • History Channel: The Alco Black Beast in “Cars That Built America: Part I”
    Aug 26 2017

    History Channel: The Alco Black Beast in “Cars That Built America: Part I”

    This month the History Channel played a new series "The Cars That Built America". In the two-hour Part I, I played Alexander Winton, the world's fastest man, racing Henry Ford. As seen in this five-minute segment, I did all the stunt driving in the Alco Black Beast. (7 comments)


  • Profile Series: Tucker 1004- The Only Tucker to Race in NASCAR
    Aug 23 2017

    Profile Series: Tucker 1004- The Only Tucker to Race in NASCAR

    In the fourth of our profile series on the 51 Tuckers, Tucker 1004 is featured, the only Tucker to compete in NASCAR and the only expatriate Tucker currently on display (Nagakutecho, Japan). (1 comments)


  • Hemmings Daily: 1929 Mercedes-Benz S Barker Tourer Takes Best of Show at 2017 Pebble Beach Concours
    Aug 22 2017

    Hemmings Daily: 1929 Mercedes-Benz S Barker Tourer Takes Best of Show at 2017 Pebble Beach Concours

    A unique 1929 Mercedes owned by Bruce McCaw took Best in Show at the 2017 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. The automobile was restored by Steve Babinsky who restored the 1937 Chrysler's Chrysler, which took First in Class at the 2014 Pebble Beach Concours. (1 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #33 Solved: The World’s Largest Map of Long Island Located at Mepham High School
    Aug 21 2017

    Mystery Foto #33 Solved: The World’s Largest Map of Long Island Located at Mepham High School

    Last weekend's Mystery Foto was one of my all-time favorites- an 16-foot x 80-foot 1937 map. (19 comments)


  • The Sun at East Hills, New York at 2:43 PM and the Total Eclipse Seen in Oregon
    Aug 21 2017

    The Sun at East Hills, New York at 2:43 PM and the Total Eclipse Seen in Oregon

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  • VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: The Planned Hempstead Plains Motor Parkway Speedway
    Aug 20 2017

    VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: The Planned Hempstead Plains Motor Parkway Speedway

    A recently discovered survey shows that in August 1909 a 5.5- mile Motor Parkway speedway loop was designed for the Hempstead Plains (now Levittown). (1 comments)


  • A Very Special Message from Professor Pau Medrano Bigas -Our Friend in Barcelona
    Aug 18 2017

    A Very Special Message from Professor Pau Medrano Bigas -Our Friend in Barcelona

    In wake of yesterday's Barcelona terrorist attack, I sent a message to Professor Pau Medrano Bigas, a wonderful contributor to VanderbiltCupRaces.com: (1 comments)


  • The Featured Car at the 1981 Hershey AACA National Fall Meet- The Tucker ‘48 #1044
    Aug 16 2017

    The Featured Car at the 1981 Hershey AACA National Fall Meet- The Tucker ‘48 #1044

    Each year the Hershey Region AACA selects one automobile to be featured at their annual National Fall Meet in October. In 1981, the Tucker '48 #1044, owned then by Les Schaeffer of Steelton, Pennsylvania, was selected as the 1981 "display car". (1 comments)


  • The Mystery Mercedes Owned by the Astor Family Found in Berlin, Germany
    Aug 15 2017

    The Mystery Mercedes Owned by the Astor Family Found in Berlin, Germany

    Karl-Helmut Larkamp, Managing Director of vintage car dealer Thiesen Berlin GMBH has identified the Mystery Mercedes first posted on VanderbiltCupRaces in 2011. (6 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #32 Solved: A 1950 Image of the Motor Parkway Looking West to the LILCO Gas Tank
    Aug 14 2017

    Mystery Foto #32 Solved: A 1950 Image of the Motor Parkway Looking West to the LILCO Gas Tank

    Art Kleiner, Paula S. and her son Jeff challenged you again to identify this 1950 image of our favorite parkway. (22 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.

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