Vanderbilt Cup Races

hi! i have contacted tim helck in the past.my father ric e. rylands was an artist also , and i   remember as a youngster visiting your home in southern new york. the best thing i remember are the vintage cars in the barn. they were amazing! anyway, I would like to learn about the original painting i have by mr. helck.if you could call me(801) 737-6927 or email me i would love to hear from you. thankyou

From Verifying an Original Peter Helck Painting

Tim, good job. It is a radio antenna!

From Can You Identify This Piece of Chrysler's Chrysler?

Howard, is that a radio antenna under the running board?

From Can You Identify This Piece of Chrysler's Chrysler?

Actually she did a lot more than that. McFarland will publish a book on my research on Joan and other women racers of the era (there weren’t many)sometime in 2013. Always wondered why no one had written about her before, now I know. It has taken two years of digging and would certainly not been possible with the increasing digitization of newspapers and automotive journals.
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From A Pioneering Woman Race Driver on the Long Island Motor Parkway: Joan Newton Cuneo

Also like Shirley Muldowney in breaking barriers.

From A Pioneering Woman Race Driver on the Long Island Motor Parkway: Joan Newton Cuneo

Joan Cuneo was also a winner driving her White Steamer at the beach races on the Longport, NJ Speedway in 1905. She would come to the races and challenge “any male” drivers to a match race.

From A Pioneering Woman Race Driver on the Long Island Motor Parkway: Joan Newton Cuneo

Great car, and a great historic place to talk about it.  I’m guessing that Vince Sardi would have appreciated the history of the car, though I’ve no idea of what he thought about cars - just his place and horses!  I knew Vince, and among other things, how he felt about his place and its great history.

From Presentation "Finding Chrysler's Chrysler" at Sardi's on Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Joan Newton Cuneo was the Janet Guthrie of her day! If you do make it to Indy, please let me know.

From A Pioneering Woman Race Driver on the Long Island Motor Parkway: Joan Newton Cuneo

From Janet Guthrie:

“Hi Howard—

Was delighted to find the piece about Joan Newton Cuneo. I knew she existed, but had never found any hard data about her.

Congratulations on taking the Black Beast back to Indianapolis! Unfortunately, I don’t think I’ll make it this year—

Best regards,
Janet Guthrie”

From A Pioneering Woman Race Driver on the Long Island Motor Parkway: Joan Newton Cuneo

Joan Cuneo was also a member of the Ladies 4 in Hand Club Driving 4 horses to a large coach before the advent of auto racing. She along with Marion Hollins, Mrs. Hastings and other women formed thier own club because the men had their own Coaching Club open only to gentlemen.

From A Pioneering Woman Race Driver on the Long Island Motor Parkway: Joan Newton Cuneo

Hi Jean-Yves:

Great catch…again. Post has been revised. Thanks!

From Then & Now: The Santa Monica Course for the 1914 and 1916 Vanderbilt Cup Races

What a Guy.  He invited me to use his office at Chrysler, when I was out there presenting a new Dodge ad campaign to Lee Iacocca.  He saw me staring at his name on the door and caught me off guard.  It was a hominhomina moment.
Automotive nirvana.
Best,
H

From Legendary Entrepreneur Carroll Shelby Passes Away

Get a load of that license plate, manufacturer ‘10’

From Presentation "Finding Chrysler's Chrysler" at Sardi's on Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Another chance to be victorious over the Marmon!

From Alco Black Beast Returning to the Indy 500

Hi Howard,
About the pictures:
- This one http://www.vanderbiltcupraces.com/images/blog/1_HU012961.jpg show the crash of the Mercer (#4) of Eddie Pullen.
- And this one http://www.vanderbiltcupraces.com/images/blog/Scanned_Photo-126_edited.jpg is not from Santa Monica. It’s Milwaukee in 1912: #27 Stutz-Wisconsin of Anderson - #22 Mercedes “Grey Ghost” of DePalma ( http://www.etoilespassion.com/histoires/mercedes-grey-ghost.html ) - #26 Mercedes of Wishart.

From Then & Now: The Santa Monica Course for the 1914 and 1916 Vanderbilt Cup Races

Congrats,My first car was a"38 Imperial “8”,a gift from the origonal owner an elderly lady.All i was required to do was get it running. I was 17 and had been her caddy. Really brings back memories! Could almost include my whole high-school class at the drive-in.. Looking foward to this great resto! Thanks again.

From Video: Local Historian Picks Up Chrysler’s Chrysler

I grew up ‘just’ southwest of the intersection of Hillside Ave and Guinea Woods Rd (a.k.a. Glen Cove Rd) in the area just below the little blue dot of water on the 1940’s map… and until this website came along I had no idea the LIMP went right past my house! It’s incredible that my street and housing development aren’t even on the map (I think my house was built in the 50’s), very neat! Thank you!

From The "Golfway" Motor Parkway Bridge in East Williston

I was at the Cradle of Aviation today and can confirm that they are not doing their Thursday Night Cruise Night’s in 2012.

From 2019 Long Island Cruises (Updated: July 26, 2019)

Hopefully this can be kept away. As many have said there are to numerous to count of so many other vacant properties that cannot be rented for various reasons. Rebuild on many of these properties and let’s save the historical ones.

From LevittownPatch: Historical Site May Halt Senior Housing Development

Once again, awesome job.  Do we know when the golf course removed this bridge?

From The "Golfway" Motor Parkway Bridge in East Williston