Vanderbilt Cup Races

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From The InstaGRAM Report: Stories from the Long Island Automotive Museum — Henry Austin Clark Jr.'s 1933 Pierce Silver Arrow

The cemetery at 5 Towns College is called Nostrand Cemetery. The parkway actually clipped the south-east corner of the property.

From Kleiner's Korner: Part 2 - (Very) Quiet Viewing Locations on the Motor Parkway

It is called Nostrand Cemetery.

From Kleiner's Korner: Part 2 - (Very) Quiet Viewing Locations on the Motor Parkway

AQ as it was known by most of us was an interesting publication. I knew L.Scott Bailey who owned it and was friends with many of the staff members over the decades - especially Beverly Rae Kimes. I met her via Austin Clark as she would take the train out to Glen Cove to Austin’s home to do research in his library.
She encouraged me to write stories and one I did in 1981 for AQ when she was editor won an award from the Society of Automotive Historians . Bev and her husband Jim Cox and I would go to antique toy shows together in the tri state area. They weren’t interested in them at first but upon seeing my collection decided that they were fun and started to collect with a great passion. Great friends, we would also go on old car tours together - they would take their 1930 Auburn sedan and I would drive my 1931 Franklin or 1941 Packard.

From The InstaGRAM Report: Stories from the Long Island Automotive Museum — Henry Austin Clark Jr.'s 1933 Pierce Silver Arrow

There is also a small cemetery on the east side of Harned Rd. in Commack, close to the Harned Rd. exit from the north bound Sunken Meadow Parkway.

From Kleiner's Korner: Part 2 - (Very) Quiet Viewing Locations on the Motor Parkway

Additional information from Sylvain Dumora; this was a Hispano-engined special constructed for the aviator Joseph Sadi-Lecointe.  It also appeared at Montlhery.
The hillclimb was Nov. 21, 1926.

From Mystery Foto #32 Solved: Image from the Helck Family Collection- 11.7-litre Hispano-Suiza Type 8-engined Sadi-Spéciale in 1926

A Silver Arrow listed as #1 owned at the time by Tom Derro won Best of Show at the 2004 Radnor Hunt Concours and was shown again in 2007 as the star of the Pierce Arrow Featured Marque.

From The InstaGRAM Report: Stories from the Long Island Automotive Museum — Henry Austin Clark Jr.'s 1933 Pierce Silver Arrow

As Gram started discussing his research for this story I recalled my own visit to the Southampton museum as a spark to my own passion for all things automotive related. But… there was something more. That passion had ignited a love for Automobile Quarterly magazine. I started a subscription in 1968 but soon wanted to fill out my collection of the magazine with previous issues and the first back issue I purchased was #1 of its first year.
I searched for that issue recalling Austin Clark’s deep involvement and, sure enough, the issue featured an incredible story on this car highlighted by the illustration leading off this story.
Gram did a deep dive on the whole issue, enhancing his research with numerous aspects form the features in that volume.
I never achieved the ambition of filling in the gaps for my AQ collection but I do have many copies predating my subscription start at Volume 13 through to its end of publication years later. AQ impacted my whole life and career in publishing. And it looks like it is having an ongoing impact on my son Gram. Maybe HE will seek out those issues I never got. And, in the mean time, he seems to be on the road to his own version of a cherished publishing career of sorts!
InstaGRAM! Love that…

From The InstaGRAM Report: Stories from the Long Island Automotive Museum — Henry Austin Clark Jr.'s 1933 Pierce Silver Arrow

Great car and a great article!

From The InstaGRAM Report: Stories from the Long Island Automotive Museum — Henry Austin Clark Jr.'s 1933 Pierce Silver Arrow

one of these was found in a WY junkyard by a friend. He later sold it to Bill Harrah.

From The InstaGRAM Report: Stories from the Long Island Automotive Museum — Henry Austin Clark Jr.'s 1933 Pierce Silver Arrow

1926 Sadi Speciale driven by Guerin.  One photo exists on Gallica, but it’s not this one. Very interesting.

From Mystery Foto #32 Solved: Image from the Helck Family Collection- 11.7-litre Hispano-Suiza Type 8-engined Sadi-Spéciale in 1926

There is a small cemetery on the grounds of 5 Towns College in Dix Hills. I remember it from when it was Burrs Lane JHS.  On the north - east side. I know the Parkway used to just clip the south -west corner of the athletic fields.

From Kleiner's Korner: Part 2 - (Very) Quiet Viewing Locations on the Motor Parkway

Okay, I’m going to “nerd out” for a second and say how absolutely privileged I felt, how inspired I was, by the tour given us by Greg and Gram of Howard’s impressive physical Archives. It was like—no, it WAS—a peek behind the curtain: Only in this version of Oz the Wizard(s) are down-to-earth collectors of ephemera (don’t you love that word!) related to a healthy slice of early automotive history. Thank you, Howard, and thank you, All, for doing what you do with this website and your books to help educate us about William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., our “Willie K.” Long Island history is enriched by your care in preserving the stories of early automobile racing and road-building. I was not a “gear-head” or car kid, and only began driving at the age of 50, but for me, this website and the research undergirding it, has given me tremendous pleasure and entrée into that world.

From Long Island Sound Region of the Classic Car Club of America and the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society Visit the Waterfront at Roslyn

This could be an Alfa Romeo that raced at the Gometz le Chatel hill climb on October 23rd 1932.  It may have been built for Enzo Ferrari to race but the birth of his son during that year influenced him to retire from competing.  Enzo Ferrari founded the Scuderia Ferrari racing team that raced cars that were built Alfa Romeo.  By 1947 Ferrari began building his own cars.  The replacement driver might’ve been Carlo Maria Pintacuda.

From Mystery Foto #32 Solved: Image from the Helck Family Collection- 11.7-litre Hispano-Suiza Type 8-engined Sadi-Spéciale in 1926

Art,  On the 1915 map, some of the property identified as the R.C. Diocese of Brooklyn was also used as a cemetery.

From Kleiner's Korner: Part 2 - (Very) Quiet Viewing Locations on the Motor Parkway

My first EVER ride in the Black Beast!!! So exciting!

From Long Island Sound Region of the Classic Car Club of America and the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society Visit the Waterfront at Roslyn

Had a great time!! And I have been messaged by other friends of mine that will attend the next open house! And I’m so happy that 2 month old jessy got to sit in the black beast!

From Long Island Sound Region of the Classic Car Club of America and the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society Visit the Waterfront at Roslyn

Great photos of a great day! Thank you Howard and all of your team. A really special time!

From Long Island Sound Region of the Classic Car Club of America and the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society Visit the Waterfront at Roslyn

Robert-
If you are talking about Vanderbilt’s ‘Log of my Motor’,  there is no mention of the 1904 London Crystal Motor show

From An open invitation to see the VanderbiltCupRaces.com Archives at Waterfront at Roslyn this Sunday from 10:00 am to Noon

I was out of town at a hillclimb, but next time will try to make it. Does Howard’s collection contain theVanderbilt Motoring Log? Helping a friend with a book and wanted to see if Vanderbilt visited the London Crystal Palace Motor show in 1904 as the Baker Torpedo was on display.

From An open invitation to see the VanderbiltCupRaces.com Archives at Waterfront at Roslyn this Sunday from 10:00 am to Noon