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  • Mystery Foto #43 Solved : A 1955 View of the Motor Parkway in Levittown Looking West
    Oct 28 2019

    Mystery Foto #43 Solved : A 1955 View of the Motor Parkway in Levittown Looking West

    My favorite co-author Al Velocci challenged you to solve this previously unpublished 1955 photo of the Long Island Motor Parkway. (40 comments)


  • The Day We Met Carroll Shelby
    Oct 26 2019

    The Day We Met Carroll Shelby

    With the upcoming opening of the film "Ford versus Ferrari", I recalled fondly the opportunity to meet Carroll Shelby 14 years ago in Lime Rock, Connecticut. It is a day Roz and I will never forget. (9 comments)


  • Big Crowd Enjoyed “A Trip Back in Time” in Bethpage
    Oct 23 2019

    Big Crowd Enjoyed “A Trip Back in Time” in Bethpage

    Over 80 people attended the joint meeting of Central Park Historical Society and the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society to hear "Memories of the Motor Parkway in Bethpage". A wonderful time was had by all! (4 comments)


  • How the Planned Route of the Long Island Motor Parkway Changed from the Initial 1906 Plan
    Oct 22 2019

    How the Planned Route of the Long Island Motor Parkway Changed from the Initial 1906 Plan

    The original 1906 plan for the Motor Parkway was "a straightaway road of 65 or more miles that will extend from Floral Park through the center of Long Island to Riverhead. However, without the right of condemnation, the right-of-way was determined by landowners willing to accommodate the parkway organizers. (1 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #42 Solved: The Team Reunion of Joe Tracy  and Al Poole for the 1956 “Rerun”
    Oct 21 2019

    Mystery Foto #42 Solved: The Team Reunion of Joe Tracy and Al Poole for the 1956 “Rerun”

    The Helck Family Collection challenged you to identify this weekend's Old 16 Mystery Foto. (11 comments)


  • Bethpage Newsgram & Mid-Island Times: Vanderbilt Cup Races through Bethpage
    Oct 19 2019

    Bethpage Newsgram & Mid-Island Times: Vanderbilt Cup Races through Bethpage

    Margaret Norris has reported on this Wednesday night's special program at the Bethpage Public Library in the Bethpage Newsgram and Mid-Island Times. (2 comments)


  • Nassau County Department of Pubic Works Surveys and Maps: Closing the Motor Parkway
    Oct 16 2019

    Nassau County Department of Pubic Works Surveys and Maps: Closing the Motor Parkway

    In a new Kleiner's Kolumn, Art Kleiner has obtained maps and surveys (1938-1968) from the Nassau County Department of Public Works detailing the plans for Motor Parkway after it closed in 1938. (9 comments)


  • Tucker 1044 and Chrysler’s Chrysler Highlights from the Americana Manhasset Concours d’Elegance
    Oct 15 2019

    Tucker 1044 and Chrysler’s Chrysler Highlights from the Americana Manhasset Concours d’Elegance

    Tucker 1044 and Chrysler's Chrysler participated in last Sunday's wonderful Americana Manhasset Concours d'Elegance. Tucker 1044 was honored with the Trendsetter Award. (2 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #41 Solved: The East Norwich Turn of the Vanderbilt Race Courses As Seen in 1955
    Oct 14 2019

    Mystery Foto #41 Solved: The East Norwich Turn of the Vanderbilt Race Courses As Seen in 1955

    The Helck Family Collection challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto. (9 comments)


  • Society of Automotive Historians Honor VanderbiltCupRaces.com with the E.P. Ingersoll Award
    Oct 12 2019

    Society of Automotive Historians Honor VanderbiltCupRaces.com with the E.P. Ingersoll Award

    VanderbiltCupRaces.com was honored last night by the Society for Automotive Historians with the E.P. Ingersoll Award for excellence in presentation of automotive history in other than print media. (14 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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