Vanderbilt Cup Races

Great coverage of the 2926 Audrain Concours show in RI.
I know who owns that 67 Corvette, # 46, did you get to meet him at the Show and get a picture?

From Highlights of the 2026 Audrain Concours in Newport, Rhode Island Part 1

That’s Victor Hemery driving the number 18 Darracq racer along with his mechanician Victor Demogeot during the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race. Hemery finished first that year.

From Mystery Friday Foto #41 Solved: Hemery’s Darracq

I have been searching for a couple of years for a jacket that belonged to my wifes grandfather and came across this website, could you help me locate or point me int the right direction. I was at one time in contact with the Himes family but they began to not respond and now letters to the museum come back return to sender. It is a Vitucci jacket with the name Lenny on the front

From Update 10/11/25:Today: Saturday, October 11, 2025: The Himes Estate and Racing Museum Auction

A great day, indeed!  Having the opportunity to see and hear about the rarity and pedigree of Howard’s car collection from Howard and Greg, I was in awe and speechless.  Thank you for featuring our visit in the your weekly Vanderbilt Cup Races report. Truly an honor for my big brother Mario and me! 
Sincerely, John Rojas

From InstaGRAM Report: Looking Back: Mario and John's 2025 Visit to the Howard Kroplick Car Collection

Well done Gram but your photo is not a chariot race, long before Roosevelt raceway was imagined harness racing to light buggies and later sulkies was a very popular pastime. The Mineola fairgrounds also hosted horse shows and the Nassau county fair which later became the Long Island Fair now hosted at Old Bethpage Village annually. Its one of the longest continually running fairs in America. Here’s the slide from my historic equestrian history lecture about the Mineola fair. Jalopy polo was also popular but it was banned shortly because of the danger! GEE I don’t know why?

From InstaGRAM Report: Mineola Fairgrounds

Thank you Dennis. It was a great day, Mario

From InstaGRAM Report: Looking Back: Mario and John's 2025 Visit to the Howard Kroplick Car Collection

I’m not overly confident this week but it looks like same area as last week’s photo with the construction of the Botto farmway bridge, looking north or slightly northeast in Central Park (Bethpage). With the water tower nearby, I think the structure was an on-site concrete making facility. The only other structure is a culvert under the LIMP to alleviate flooding in the area. The date should be 1908.

From Mystery Friday Foto #40 Solved: The Plainview Road Bridge Under Construction

Great article. The link to the blog was really interesting.

From InstaGRAM Report: Looking Back: Mario and John's 2025 Visit to the Howard Kroplick Car Collection

Excellent article! I’ve been in that area countless times but never knew this existed just a few years before my time. So important to keep this history alive.

From InstaGRAM Report: Mineola Fairgrounds

The photographer is looking NorthEast.  This is about the end of June or July of 1908.  In the distance the overpass for the newly relocated Plainview rd is being built.  In the foreground is a well and water storage tank.

From Mystery Friday Foto #40 Solved: The Plainview Road Bridge Under Construction

Thank You Howard, Gram and Greg for featuring my brother John’s and my gracious visit to your Fabulous “Waterfront at Roslyn’s Garage” last year in your weekly Vanderbilt Cup Races report.

It was very gracious of you Howard and Greg to Spend the day with John and I on a personal tour of your exciting collection. And to top it off, our visit has now been well documented in this report as well as in our blog on AmericanTorque.com which you linked.

John and I look forward to driving out again to see your collection in his pristine 1968 Corvette Convertible in the future when you have an open house.

This week’s feature story in the Vanderbilt Cup Races Report is a tremendous Honor for my brother and I.

Thank you Howard and to all your fine crew. Until we see you again at a Car Show or Open House, Sincerely, Mario Rojas.

From InstaGRAM Report: Looking Back: Mario and John's 2025 Visit to the Howard Kroplick Car Collection

Truly one of your best features ever. I wish I could step back in time and experience some of this incredible experience. I actually love those court buildings but now I will have new sensations each time I pass this area on Old Country Road.

From InstaGRAM Report: Mineola Fairgrounds

Plainview Rd Bridge.  The area towards the back of this photo sort likes the same today.  Sort of. This is the summer of 1908.  I wonder if that culvert tunnel is buried under Rt 135?

From Mystery Friday Foto #40 Solved: The Plainview Road Bridge Under Construction

Hi Joe, According to what I can find on the site here, the Botto Bridge is Station 472. Pretty sure station numbers were assigned to anything that was built along the parkway. Maybe culverts had station numbers too. Station 500 may’ve been a bridge that was going to built, but cancelled. Don’t know how to attach a web link to a comment. But I’ll leave screenshots below about bridges etc.

From Mystery Friday Foto #39 Solved: A Bethpage Aerial

May I ask?  What exactly was “station500+00 on Botto.”  Was that the bridge?

From Mystery Friday Foto #39 Solved: A Bethpage Aerial

Old Bethpage aerial with the Botto bridge

From Mystery Friday Foto #39 Solved: A Bethpage Aerial

Old Central Park, today’s Bethpage State Park with Motor Parkway traveling under the Botto farmway bridge approaching Old Bethpage. The bridge’s abutments attached below may no longer exist. North is up. About 1936 when Bethpage’s Black Golf Course opened during the depression era

From Mystery Friday Foto #39 Solved: A Bethpage Aerial

Hi everyone. Photographer & Pilot were aboard a Plane taking film of Long Island in 1938. This area is looking north at Bethpage State Park along with mostly farmland. LIMP was closing this year as well, so clearly seen. Bethpage State Park & Golf Course opened in 1934. Know I read somewhere in here that this aerial photo is in the Golf Course Clubhouse. Below is a 1926, 1938 & 1950 of this area. Mystery looks very much like 1938.

From Mystery Friday Foto #39 Solved: A Bethpage Aerial

Where is that giant cup today? Talk about a Big Gulp! JeRita

From A Request for Information from the Bernd Rosemeyer Family

Congratulations Howard and Roz on being invited and having a wonderful trip. JeRita

From Highlights from the FIVA 5th Pan-European Conference for Automotive History held in Lillehammer, Norway