1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race
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Mar 03 2009
New photos of the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race Discovered
Over 25 years ago, Hayden Allen provided his grandfather's photo album to Walter Gosden to help document the history of their home town of Floral Park. The album also included 16 photos taken by Mr. Allen's grandfather of the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race. Walter Gosden, who is now the Village Historian for Floral Park, has given me permission to post these images on VanderbiltCupRaces.com.These images will be posted throughout the March.
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Feb 15 2009
Alco Mechanics at Work
Over 250 people have come to see the Alco-6 Racer since its return to Long Island including Joyce and Richard Roman of West Babylon. Joyce is the granddaughter of Jens Thorvald Jansen, one of the Alco mechanics who prepared the car prior to its victory in the 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race.
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Dec 06 2008
Looking for the Restored 1909 Alco-6 Racer
It has been over 15 years since the restored 1908 Alco-6 racer that won the 1909 and 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Races called the United States its home. For years, I had heard the car was in a lobby in an office building in France. Three weeks ago, I decided to take up the challenge of finding the current location of the Alco. Within 30 minutes of searching on the Internet, I found the car...in Belgium. With this wonderful discovery, I turned to wife and said "Road trip!". Click here to see what the…
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Jul 12 2008
The Alco Black Beast: Winner of the 1909 and 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Races
An excellent write-up of the Alco 6- winner of the 1909 and 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Races can be found on the conceptcarz.com website.
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Jun 23 2008
Driver Profile: George Robertson Updated 2/28/2016)
A profile of the first American driver to win the Vanderbilt Cup Race in an American car.
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Apr 16 2008
Calling All Vanderbilt Cup Race Families
VanderbiltCupRaces.com has heard from several relatives of participants in the Vanderbilt Cup Races including George Robertson, Frank Lee, Al Poole and Harry Grant. If your relative participated in the Vanderbilt Cup Races as a driver or mechanician, leave a post or contact us and I will send you complimentary images for your family. Howard Kroplick
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Mar 24 2008
Fatalities Associated with the Vanderbilt Cup Races (1904-1910)
Bob Miller, the well-known Long Island Motor Parkway historian, has raised the question of the exact number of deaths that occurred during the 1904-1910 Vanderbilt Cup Races.
