Vanderbilt Cup Races - Blog

Dec 20 2022
Greg O’s Garage: The 1930 Motor Parkway license plate/season ticket holders Part 2

The Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum has forwarded lists of people who purchased Long Island Motor Parkway season tickets and license plates over an eight-year period (1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917 1930, 1931 and 1932.) These "Who's Who" lists total over 700 prominent Long Islanders. (1 comments)

Dec 19 2022
Mystery Friday Foto #51 Solved: Widening of the Southern State Parkway near the toll booths around 1954

Did you solve this weekend's Mystery aerial? (13 comments)

Dec 17 2022
New York Daily News July 30, 2014: The thief, the enthusiast, and the one-of-a-kind “Shorty” Ford Mustang.

While Googling Henry Ford II's Mustang, I discovered this 2014 Daily News article on the 1963 Mustang III Concept Show Car. (3 comments)

Dec 16 2022
Video of the Week: Barn Find Hunter: The early Mustang that was owned by Henry Ford II

Hagerty has posted a new episode of Tom Cotter's "Barn Find Hunter" on an early Mustang owned by Henry Ford Mustang. (1 comments)

Dec 13 2022
Greg O’s Garage: Clarence Mackay’s Harbor Hill estate in Roslyn (now East Hills)

Clarence Mackay's Harbor Hill was one of the country's greatest estates ever constructed. We'll look at the estate's outbuildings and locations owned by this successful businessman and a director of the Long Island Motor Parkway. (4 comments)

Dec 12 2022
Mystery Friday Foto #50 Solved: Old 16 and four Vanderbilt Cup Race drivers and mechanicians at the 1948 Antique Auto Show

The Helck Family Collection challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto. (4 comments)

Dec 10 2022
Greg O’s Garage: The 1930 Motor Parkway license plate/season ticket holders Part I

The Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum has forwarded lists of people who purchased Long Island Motor Parkway season tickets and license plates over an eight-year period (1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917 1930, 1931 and 1932.) These " Who's Who" lists total over 700 prominent Long Islanders. (14 comments)

Dec 09 2022
Video of the Week: The episode of Jay Leno’s Garage that really had an impact on my life

I watched this episode of Jay Leno's Garage for the first time in June 2016. (3 comments)

Dec 07 2022
Updated 12/7/2022: Then & Now: The Very Elusive Clody Farmway Bridge in the Melville Sand Pits

The sole remaining standing Motor Parkway bridge in Suffolk County is the elusive Clody Farmway Bridge in Melville. (25 comments)

Dec 06 2022
Greg O’s Garage: The Tragic Death of William K. Vanderbilt lll

News reports of William K. Vanderbilt lll tragic accident on November 15th, 1933 (5 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.