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  • Sep 30 2011

    Highlights and Archives for VanderbiltCupRaces.com- September 2011

    September 2011 Summary A total of 5,395 unique visitors viewed the website in September 2011 (an average of 180 visitors per day and 4.4 pages per visit) , a 17% increase over September 2010. For the first three-quarters of 2011, a total of 48,885 unique daily viewers have visited VanderbiltCupRaces.com, a daily average of 179 and a 36% increase over YTD 2010 and a 118% increase over YTD 2009. Thanks for stopping by!… (0 comments)


  • Sep 30 2011

    Long Island Automotive Event Update: Events, Updates & Recent Comments-Saturday, October 1, 2011

    Latest Long Island automotive events, updates and recent comments on VanderbiltCupRaces.com: (0 comments)


  • New York Daily News Article: Documenting the Long Island Motor Parkway Bridges
    Sep 29 2011

    New York Daily News Article: Documenting the Long Island Motor Parkway Bridges

    Today's Queens edition of the New York Daily News includes an article on Long Island Motor Parkway bridges. Al Velocci, Lynn Henry, Gaitri Ken, and I were interviewed: (1 comments)


  • Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series: #9 The Creedmoor Bridge in Queens Updated: 10/22/16
    Sep 28 2011

    Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series: #9 The Creedmoor Bridge in Queens Updated: 10/22/16

    When the 48 miles of the Motor Parkway were completed in 1926, a total of 60 bridges were built by William K. Vanderbilt Jr. and his associates over and under the parkway. Going west to east, the ninth bridge from the Western Terminus at Nassau Boulevard (Horace Harding Boulevard) was a highway bridge connecting the properties belonging to the State Hospital at Creedmoor: (4 comments)


  • Highlights from the 2011 Cradle of Aviation Classic Car Show
    Sep 27 2011

    Highlights from the 2011 Cradle of Aviation Classic Car Show

    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. Highlights below: (1 comments)


  • Film “Back Street” (1941) and the Vanderbilt Cup Race
    Sep 26 2011

    Film “Back Street” (1941) and the Vanderbilt Cup Race

    No greater evidence of the success and fame of the Vanderbilt Cup Races emerged than when popular culture embraced it. In 1906, the races inspired a Broadway musical the "Vanderbilt Cup". Charlie Chaplin and Mabel Normand starred in a Mack Sennett film "Mabel at the Wheel" with the actual 1914 Vanderbilt Cup Race in the background. And yesterday, as noted by viewers Al Velocci and Joseph DeBono, the Turner Classic Movie network aired a 1941 movie "Back Street" starring Charles Boyer, Margaret… (0 comments)


  • Walter McCarthy Collection: A Tribute to Henry Austin Clark, Jr.
    Sep 24 2011

    Walter McCarthy Collection: A Tribute to Henry Austin Clark, Jr.

    Walter McCarthy has provided more photos of his friend Henry Austin Clark, Jr., founder of the Long Island Automotive Museum, author and a Long Island automobile collector icon. Here are some new images and several of my favorites previously posted on VanderbiltCupRaces.com: (4 comments)


  • Sep 23 2011

    Long Island Automotive Event Update: Events, Updates & Recent Comments-Saturday, September 24, 2011

    Latest Long Island automotive events, updates and recent comments on VanderbiltCupRaces.com: (0 comments)


  • Then & Now: The Long Island Motor Parkway in East Williston
    Sep 22 2011

    Then & Now: The Long Island Motor Parkway in East Williston

    A section of the Long Island Motor Parkway was built in East Williston between the Oyster Bay Branch of the Long Island Railroad and Roslyn Road. Since no houses have ever been built in this area, the parkway here has been preserved for over 100 years..often hidden by Mother Nature. The "Then & Now" images are amazing: (3 comments)


  • Sep 22 2011

    “Clean Up the Old Bethpage Village Restoration Bridge” Day to be Held on Saturday, October 15, 2011

    As reported on VanderbiltCupRaces.com, the Old Bethpage Village Restoration Motor Parkway Bridge was subjected last year to dumping of debris and an attack by graffiti vandals. Here's an opportunity to help clean up the bridge and its surrounding area: (1 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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