Vanderbilt Cup Races

How much would a car like this fetch?  I assume the pedigree of the car will demand a pretty high asking price more so than the age and collectibility of the car.

From VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: A Vanderbilt Cup Race Winner for Sale

Howard,
Looking forward to your presentation(s) on 5/31. 10 cars have signed up for the visitation to two Riverhead nursing facilities that will precede your program at the Vail-Leavitt Music Hall. These cars will be parked behind the music hall. Please contact me (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)) or Bob if there are any questions. Unless you hear otherwise, the music hall will be opened by 3PM to give you time to set up.
Regards,
George Bartunek

From Video: "Alco-6 Black Beast Restoration Update"

Hi Norris:

Thanks so much for information on Harry Grant and your family.

Enjoy,

Howard

From Driver Profile: Harry Grant -Winner of the 1909 & 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Races

Hi Thomas:

Thanks for the email. Please send your photos to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) and I will try to identify the driver.

Enjoy,

Howard

From Newsreel "1915 Vanderbilt Cup Race"

Hi John:

I assume that you are related to Edward Parker who raced the #14 Fiat in the 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race.

Howard

From Calling All Vanderbilt Cup Race Families

Hi Peter:

I am not sure if it was a condition, but the Helcks drove “Old 16” often and they never restored it.

Howard

From Old 16 Locomobile: The 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race Winner

Hi Roy:
Thanks so much for the memories!

Enjoy,

Howard

From In Search of the Nassau Boulevard Toll Booth: Part III

From Forty5Ford:
Thanks for sharing the video. I was raised in Indiana where it was long tradition for family gatherings and cooking out while listening to the race every Memorial weekend. For years, I have turned on the television shortly after waking up on race morning to watch the historical and storied event. I last attended a race in the early 1980s so I’m particularly excited about plans to attend the 2010 and 2011 races - especially the nostalgia. Thanks for the memories.

From Film "The Inaugural Indy 500 Race"

Great site, I am now digging out the family tree.

From Calling All Vanderbilt Cup Race Families

Roger:

Thanks for the feedback! We raised over $200 for Child Abuse Prevention Services and had a lot of fun!

Enjoy,

Howard

From Film "Vanderbilt Cup Race Courses: Then &Now"

Linda:

You can send me emails at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Howard

From The Magnificent 1910 Lozier

Hi Brian:

Thanks for the comment. The finish of the first Indy 500 Race was certainly a mess and Mulford’s Lozier team was not happy. Here is Russell Jaslow’s take on it:

http://www.na-motorsports.com/Journal/1997/1/RussellJ.html

Howard

From Film "The Inaugural Indy 500 Race"

Great flick…until we get to the end. 

Mulford never challenged Harroun’s win.  The protest involved second and third place; look it up.  Bruce-Brown claimed he had finished second, ahead of Mulford.  The timing records, including voice recordings, were reviewed overnight by the race committee.  There were no heated arguments behind closed doors, or any of that, if one accepts the contemporary accounts.

Or, let’s put it this way:  Since Bruce-Brown claimed in his protest to have finished ahead of Mulford, and if Mulford simultaneously claimed he had won the race, why didn’t Bruce-Brown also then claim to be the 1911 winner? 

BTW: Throughout his life Mulford never claimed to have won, either.  When asked he was forever coy - never denying the suggestion, and never claiming victory.

From Film "The Inaugural Indy 500 Race"

7 Comments from the blog at Indycar.com:
http://indycarnation.indycar.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4536&view=unread

Tominrichardson: That’s a pretty cool old flick. Thanks!

CraigW: Thanks for sharing !!

purduefan26:  Thanks so much!

Railroad: Thank you, Mr.Kroplick, that was great!

Doc Fong: Yes loved every glorious B&W moment of it. Thanx

IndyAndy: That is so COOL! I’ve probably seen stills from that film a hundred times, but I never realized that they were lifted from an actual film clip. Thanks for sharing.
 
ernestmiller: Howard, That was great! Regards, Ernest

From Film "The Inaugural Indy 500 Race"

I have some photos my father took when he was a ride along mechanic with either glover ruckstell or Jack Gable. It was car #3 in the race photos. He was a machinist/mechanic in Summerland CA. working at the Darling Machine Shop in 1911-17. Please let me send you some scanned copies to identify the driver with my father in the car. I also have a photo of Omar Toft standing next to his car in a race that my Dad was in. He went on to a career in the Navy from 1917-1946. After that Douglas Aircraft and then Hughes Aircraft. I also have a business card with Alan Loughead (Lockheed later) flying folks in his seaplane 1915 PPIE.

From Newsreel "1915 Vanderbilt Cup Race"

Al:

There is no date on Gene’s plate. What are the possible years that Gene’s plate was issued?

Howard

From The National Highway Association's #25 Motor Parkway License Plate

Good looking car, better looking driver! We’re hoping for the first centennial competition celebration on July 26 at Roosevelt Field.

From Restoration Update: The Alco-6 Black Beast Racer

Hi Howard,

Thanks so much for making this available and letting all of the Racing History forum members know about it.  This is a great piece of history.

Mike Leahy
Cincinnati, Ohio

From Film "The Inaugural Indy 500 Race"

Very nice film.

From Film "The Inaugural Indy 500 Race"

Dear Sir: Just happened on your site. I grew up on 199 St and 51 Ave from 1953 on. I used to take my bike on the Vanderbilt Parkway. The 1939 aerial view is incredible. I can see just about where my house was eventually built. Hollis Ct. Blvd, the farms where 58th Ave and 196 St. would be. Francis Lewis didn’t open between HHB and Hillside Ave until just after the war. I remember when we moved in that the streets weren’t paved, that sewer lines had to be put in, and that most of our needs were met by vendors who brought their trucks in. Thank you.

From In Search of the Nassau Boulevard Toll Booth: Part III