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  • Frank Lee’s Great-Grandson Visits the Alco Black Beast
    Aug 07 2018

    Frank Lee’s Great-Grandson Visits the Alco Black Beast

    Rich Lee, the great-grandson of the Alco Black Beast's mechanician Frank Lee, traveled down from Maine to visit the Black Beast tonight at the Waterfront at Roslyn garage. (4 comments)


  • Mystery Friday Foto #31: Consuelo, Birdie and Alva Vanderbilt  and the daughters of Gertrude Whitney
    Aug 07 2018

    Mystery Friday Foto #31: Consuelo, Birdie and Alva Vanderbilt and the daughters of Gertrude Whitney

    This weekend's challenging Mystery Foto documented five Vanderbilt women together at a special event. (5 comments)


  • Jerry Helck and the Old 16 Locomobile Racer
    Aug 04 2018

    Jerry Helck and the Old 16 Locomobile Racer

    Old 16 Locomobile, the winner of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race, was owned by the Helck family for 55 years from 1942 to 1997. Nobody was photographed more frequently with this historic racer than Jerry Helck. (3 comments)


  • FuelCurve.com: Ida Automotive Inc- Where Excellence Takes Shape
    Aug 01 2018

    FuelCurve.com: Ida Automotive Inc- Where Excellence Takes Shape

    FuelCurve.com has posted a profile on Rob and Bob Ida and Ida Automotive Inc where Tucker 1044 is being restored. (2 comments)


  • Femenias Findings: Exploring the Link Between Camp Mills and the “Mayan Ruins” Motor Parkway Bridge
    Jul 31 2018

    Femenias Findings: Exploring the Link Between Camp Mills and the “Mayan Ruins” Motor Parkway Bridge

    Frank Femenias believes there may be a link between the short-life of the Camp Mills (1918-1919) and the reason the nearby "Mayan Ruins"Motor Parkway Bridge was never completed. Did Frank convince you with these amazing overlays? (8 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #30 Solved: The Lakeville Hotel on the 1905 and 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race Courses
    Jul 30 2018

    Mystery Foto #30 Solved: The Lakeville Hotel on the 1905 and 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race Courses

    My favorite co-author Al Velocci challenged you to solve this Vanderbilt Cup Race course Mystery Foto. (11 comments)


  • HemmingsDaily: Auto renderings exhibit to focus on early Tucker designs
    Jul 28 2018

    HemmingsDaily: Auto renderings exhibit to focus on early Tucker designs

    Daniel Strohl of Hemmings has posted an article on the early designs that inspired the Tucker automobile. (0 comments)


  • RM Sotheby’s to Auction Tucker 1046 at Monterey on August 24, 2018
    Jul 25 2018

    RM Sotheby’s to Auction Tucker 1046 at Monterey on August 24, 2018

    Tucker 1046 will be auctioned next month in Monterey. Here are details from RM Sotheby's. (2 comments)


  • On the Road to Pebble: John Tucker, Jr. Delivers the Restored Tucker 1044 Radio
    Jul 24 2018

    On the Road to Pebble: John Tucker, Jr. Delivers the Restored Tucker 1044 Radio

    I had a wonderful day yesterday visiting Rob Ida and the Tucker 1044 team at Ida Automotive in New Jersey. The big surprise was John Tucker, Jr. showing up and presenting the restored working Tucker radio...with a little help from his friends. (3 comments)


  • Update2:Mystery Foto #29 Solved:A 1936 Aerial of Mitchel Field,Roosevelt Raceway & the Motor Parkway
    Jul 23 2018

    Update2:Mystery Foto #29 Solved:A 1936 Aerial of Mitchel Field,Roosevelt Raceway & the Motor Parkway

    Author Richard Panchyk set a VanderbiltCupRaces.com record with back-to-back Mystery Foto challenges. (21 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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