1914 Vanderbilt Cup Race
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Feb 02 2012
Three Vanderbilt Cup Race Winners Together in 1936
David Greenlees' Oldmotor.com website has posted this photo taken prior to the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race. I believe it may be the only image of three Vanderbilt Cup Race winners together.
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Jun 21 2011
Film: “Charlie Chaplin and the 1914 Vanderbilt Junior Cup”
Joe Scotto has forwarded this Los Angles Times article "Unsuspecting extras go down in film history":
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Jan 11 2011
Driver Profile: Harry Grant -Winner of the 1909 & 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Races
This is an updated profile of Harry Grant including several never before published photos:
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Aug 01 2010
Archives: 1914 Vanderbilt Cup Race
Links to related posts on VanderbiltCupRaces.com (Updated: July 1, 2011):
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Dec 13 2008
Film: Chaplin, Normand, Sennett and the 1914 Vanderbilt Cup Race
The best documentation of the 1914 Vanderbilt Cup Race is a Mack Sennett-produced slapstick comedy starring Mabel Normand, Ben Turpin and Charlie Chaplin called Mabel at the Wheel. Actual scenes of the race, won by Ralph DePalma in a Mercedes, were used as part of the film. A 2008 book Chaplin by Dr. Stephen Weissman has detailed the significance of this film in the careers of Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand and Mack Sennett:
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Aug 10 2008
Driver Profile: Ralph DePalma
Excellent article from emercedesbenz.comon Ralph DePalma, winner of the 1912 and 1914 Vanderbilt Cup Races.
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Mar 10 2008
Film: “1914 Vanderbilt Cup Race”
The Vanderbilt Cup Race was held for the first time on the West Coast on public roads in Santa Monica, California in 1914. The actual race was captured as the backdrop for a Mack Sennett slapstick Keystone film "Mabel at the Wheel" later called "Hot Finish" starring Mabel Normand, Chester Conklin, Mack Sennett and, as the villain, Charlie Chaplin. Watch the puzzled spectators look on as Mabel and Charlie show the true meaning of "slaptick" comedy. The 1914 race was not won by Mabel Normand but…
