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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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You can see the duffle bag behind Chevrolet, to the right, in Paul’s photo, and you can just make out the same bag in the photo that I linked to. It’s to the left of Chevrolet’s shoulder.
From Mystery Foto #36 Solved: Louis Chevrolet at the 1906 Ormond-Daytona Races
For the linked J. (mustn’t forget the “J.”!) Walter Christie bio, the picture on Guinea (Woods) Road-cum-Glen Cove Road just north of Jericho Turnpike, I cooked up this similar view:
http://sbiii.com/limpncpx/gwds25no.jpg
Hey, at least there are still wood fences!
Sam, III
From Mystery Foto #36 Solved: Louis Chevrolet at the 1906 Ormond-Daytona Races
Thanks for the mention Howard. Of course you and the other gentlemen are correct. Here is a link to another item on that particular Ormond year and Chevrolet’s participation. http://www.firstsuperspeedway.com/photo-gallery/louis-chevrolet-1905-darracq
As always, keep up the fantastic work!
From Mystery Foto #36 Solved: Louis Chevrolet at the 1906 Ormond-Daytona Races
Oooh! I know, I know! It’s a Bermuda (Shorts) Triangle! Sam, III
From Kleiner's Tour of the Long Island Motor Parkway and a Mystery Triangle
Let me add to the chorus. Exactly where was this aberration? What are its dimensions and how deeply was it cut? Cutting concrete that precisely is pretty well nigh impossible. The bottom appears freshly exposed; if ‘twere an old hole, say where a stick rotted out, the bottom would look as aged as the road surface - and it would be full of debris, especially in the inaccessible vertex. Aliens! Photoshop (and it’s not even 01 April!)? Sam, III
From Kleiner's Tour of the Long Island Motor Parkway and a Mystery Triangle
From Lee Stohr:
Hi Howard,
This is a great photo that I’ve never seen before. It shows Louis Chevrolet next to the Christie V4 engined-racer that he drove at Ormond Beach, January 27, 1906. Chevrolet drove the Christie in a 100mile race called the Minneapolis Trophy. Car troubles put him out at around half distance. Chevrolet’s trip was not wasted however, he ended up driving the 200hp Darracq V8 and setting a one mile world record for gasoline cars.
In the background you can see Walter Christie in the leather jacket.
The photo must have been taken at the same time as the one shown in this link http://theoldmotor.com/?p=156415 ( see the story that I did for David Greenless Old Motor. )
Chevrolet participated in the 1905, 08,09 & 1910 Vanderbilt Cup races.
Best regards,
Lee Stohr
From Mystery Foto #36 Solved: Louis Chevrolet at the 1906 Ormond-Daytona Races
From Gary Hammond:
Louis Chevrolet
From Mystery Foto #36 Solved: Louis Chevrolet at the 1906 Ormond-Daytona Races
From Lynn:
What a great article in Newsday on the 21st. You sure are keeping busy and you sure are making an impact!
I think your smile shows how much you’re enjoying yourself.
Regards,
Lynn
From Newsday:On the trail of LI's lost history A grand statue,vintage cars-he's saving them from oblivion
I will call him Louis Chevrolet. He participated in the Vanderbilt cup in 1905, 1908, 1909, 1910.
From Mystery Foto #36 Solved: Louis Chevrolet at the 1906 Ormond-Daytona Races
Nice capture. That’s the real Louis Chevrolet caught unsuspecting, none of this smiling paparazzi BS. Somewhere in the south, probably FL
From Mystery Foto #36 Solved: Louis Chevrolet at the 1906 Ormond-Daytona Races
That looks like Louis Chevrolet, who participated in four Vandebilt Cup Races: 1905, 1908, 1909, and 1910. Based on the unusual helmet and goggles that he seemed to favor in 1908, I’m guessing that year. Looks to be a palm tree in the background, so I’ll guess Florida, maybe Daytona?
From Mystery Foto #36 Solved: Louis Chevrolet at the 1906 Ormond-Daytona Races
The driver is Louis Chevrolet, and the photograph was taken at Ormond Beach Florida in January 1906. The car is the front wheel drive Christie machine. Beautiful, razor sharp, early photograph!
From Mystery Foto #36 Solved: Louis Chevrolet at the 1906 Ormond-Daytona Races
Howard: Glad you appreciate the placque. Our club enjoyed your presentation. Artie.
From Highlights from the Town of North Hempstead 6th Annual FunDay Monday Antique Car Show
Bravo, Howard!
“Ellison”.
Sam, III
From Westbury Times: Grandstand Site Raced Into History
I am glad to see that another sacred place is being recognized. I am trying to get more people to join the Preservation Society. My brother just helped me find my sister through Facebook and if she ever has any free time I will try to get her, her husband and their two kids into it. I haven’t heard from her in nearly seventeen years but she was looking for me too.
From Westbury Times: Grandstand Site Raced Into History
Nice sleuthing. You guys did this on foot? That’s quite a distance. Interesting clean cut mark. Coincidental? Much head scratchin’ goin’ on here. I too was thinking a surveyor’s monument mark for equipment positioning. When working with surveyors it was typical to encounter small monuments engraved in concrete sidewalks, or a small metallic plaque with a center point, embedded into concrete to last many years. This would be a first for me where a triangle was used, usually an “X” or “+”. Unusual but still possible.
Art, were coordinates recorded where this was located? I’d like to take a look when I get a chance.
Dave, haven’t been able to think of a better theory than Rt 135 construction with uprooted LIMP posts, used by the homeowner as a retainer wall on the incline. Caroline posts seemed randomly positioned where some were even installed upside down. But I’m all ears for the solution. I love a good mystery
From Kleiner's Tour of the Long Island Motor Parkway and a Mystery Triangle
What direction is it pointing
From Kleiner's Tour of the Long Island Motor Parkway and a Mystery Triangle
Who is the driver?
Louis Chevrolet
Which Vanderbilt Cup Races did he particpate in?
1905, 1908, 1909, & 1910
Bonus: Although there was no caption with the original photo, what is your best guess for the location and year? Provide a rationale.
Unsure. Palm tree in the background and might able to match a southern race, but just a guess from what his age looks like-1915
From Mystery Foto #36 Solved: Louis Chevrolet at the 1906 Ormond-Daytona Races
Hi Art. I don’t know if it matters, but what direction is the triangle “pointing” towards. North, west etc. I think this area is going to be designated as a section of the LIMP trail? Such a fine cut, maybe done by a surveyor?
From Kleiner's Tour of the Long Island Motor Parkway and a Mystery Triangle
Women go shopping, men explore! Great day Art.
ART—-What’s funny is you had to give them a pre-adventure map presentation? LOL. Didn’t the guys know where you were taking them?
No idea about that triangle. Maybe overthinking. Maybe something just chipped the pavement in a unique way? I’m still wondering about the Caroline Street posts!
From Kleiner's Tour of the Long Island Motor Parkway and a Mystery Triangle
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