Vanderbilt Cup Races

Philip B. Barbaccia
In the late sixties use to sneek in and then drink cheap beers all afternoon and night - every once in awhile got a tip that would fund us for a week—

Donn Esmonde
Had lots of great times there. Won some, lost some. Herve and Carmine were often my best friends! ☺️

David Pordy
Donn Esmonde LucieNne Fontaine, George sholty and Del insko.

Steven Herbstman
We used to call him on the rail Insko for his ability to hug the inside.

Bill Reid
Used to sit in the tower dorms at Hofstra and watch the lights go up and down with each race. I think there were 9 each night, after 7 ,free park and you could walk right in ,in time for last 2

Jeffrey Rosen
No better race caller than Jack Lee!! (Fred Capposella a close second) https://youtu.be/hFUF749Is1g

1985 US Pacing Championship Roosevelt Raceway harness racing

Lorraine Cammarata
Used to work there.

Francine Silva
I had no idea that was gone. I left LI in 1976

Rich Meyerson
Loved that place

Barbara Cohn McCarthy
My dad and husband worked there.

From Memories of Roosevelt Raceway (1936-1988)

Guessing late ‘40s to early ‘50s

From Mystery Auto #2: 1941 Chevy Special Deluxe Coupe Parked In Front of the Roslyn Mill Tea House

That house is on Green Dr at the bottom of Sugar Maple Dr. Near the Searingtown Rd bridge.
Know the area very well as I grew up on Sugar Maple Dr.  Covered up now by new houses.

From Mystery Foto #47 Solved: A House Built on the Long Island Motor Parkway Right-Of-Way

1941 Chevrolet Special Deluxe

From Mystery Auto #2: 1941 Chevy Special Deluxe Coupe Parked In Front of the Roslyn Mill Tea House

I was having problems with my computer before.  I am not sure if my previous post was received. I believe it was sent before I was completed. If it was not received -

LIMP Searingtown - Green Drive Searingtown/Albertson boarder( Roslyn postal
                      address).  Thanks

From Mystery Foto #47 Solved: A House Built on the Long Island Motor Parkway Right-Of-Way

Those 1909 photos make you feel like your right there!

From Mystery Friday Foto #45 Still Open for Discussion: A Motor Parkway Bridge Built on a Curve

Photos of previous comments

From Mystery Foto #47 Solved: A House Built on the Long Island Motor Parkway Right-Of-Way

Street and Village - Greene Drive, Searingtown (Searingtown/ Albertson boarder)
                    The homes on Green Drive were built in 1963.  The home on
                    right in the 1st of the additional photos (Piper Drive) was
                    also built in 1963.  The rear of the properties on Piper Drive
                    is the boarder between Searingtown and Albertson.
Old Homestead Rd -  In 1997 new homes were built on the wooded property and
                    the remains of the LIMP as seen in the 1995 mystery photos.
                    Old Homestead Rd was created when these homes were built.
                    The path of the old LIMP went thru were the homes on the east
                    side of Old Homestead Drive now sit. 
Photos - #1 Old Homestead Drive and Old Searingtown Rd looking north along
          LIMP
          #2 looking north along old path of LIMP and homes on the east side
          of Old Homestead Drive
          #3 home on Green Drive looking south along path the old LIMP
           

From Mystery Foto #47 Solved: A House Built on the Long Island Motor Parkway Right-Of-Way

Nice to see that map.  I live in Dix Hills only a short distance north of the LIMP and drive on it quite often.

From 1927 Map Showing the Long Island Motor Parkway and Proposed Highways & Parkways East of Queens

This house is located on Green Drive in Searingtown/ Roslyn Heights. The undeveloped land that this section of LIMP was on is located off Old Searingtown Road across from the Albertson VFW on Searingtown Road. Al must have taken this picture soon before the property was developed.

From Mystery Foto #47 Solved: A House Built on the Long Island Motor Parkway Right-Of-Way

Sam Berliner III

The 1957 Grand Reopening film shows that famous 1946-47-48 Chrysler mobile starting gate in action at 1:15 on .  Last I knew, it sits in the Yonkers Raceway museum.  Does anyone have more specific information about the car itself?  The mobile gate was invented in the U. S. by Steve Phillips in 1937.
My older daughter was a Brownie scout when she participated in a jamboree at the grandstand, so that had to be ca. 1970.  I created a panorama of half-size whale and dolphin cutout silhouettes, plus one of a Brownie, which were draped across the inner back wall of the stands.
And then, of course, there was my (in)famous (and illicit) run around the track in my 1954 XK-120M Jag drophead immediately after the end of the 19 Jun 1960 “VCR race”.
Great memories!
Sam, III

From Memories of Roosevelt Raceway (1936-1988)

The house is definitely in the Searingtown area, just south of I. U. Willets Road between Searingtown Road and Shelter Rock Road. Possible candidates for the actual street the house is on are: Reed Drive, Sugar Maple Drive, Capri Drive, Green Drive, or Fiesta Drive. I’m going with Green Drive.

From Mystery Foto #47 Solved: A House Built on the Long Island Motor Parkway Right-Of-Way

Definitely Searingtown. Can’t locate the home, but I’ll guess somewhere near where the old IU Willets LIMP bridge was, Reed Drive.

From Mystery Foto #47 Solved: A House Built on the Long Island Motor Parkway Right-Of-Way

I remember once (‘80s-‘90s) driving on a two-way paved road eastbound through the Roosevelt Raceway field area, and seeing that last building sitting in ruins in a large field, surrounded by other fields. Driving through here I felt something significant was abandoned, which I knew nothing about. Thanks for shedding light on this area of Long Island that once exhibited these historic events.

From Memories of Roosevelt Raceway (1936-1988)

I was hoping to get some Model T (1925) reverse action in the video link below. No dice, but also interesting is how to start and drive it. This would take some time to get used to.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxfHMtgg2d8

From Mystery Friday Foto #45 Still Open for Discussion: A Motor Parkway Bridge Built on a Curve

Frank, There are other instances where the fencing is close to the over and under passes where the ROW is 100 feet wide, primarily for safety reasons. Some of the photos of the VCR races posted by Howard clearly show this. The primary purpose of the fencing was to keep cheaters and farmers and their live stock off the Parkway.  Not every section was fenced. Where it was deemed very difficult to gain access to the Parkway roadway, such as in the bottom photo, fencing of certain areas did not come until the concrete posts replaced the original cedar posts. To the best of my recollection, the Parkway ROW east of Route 110 wasn’t fenced until the advent of the cement posts in the 1930’s

From Mystery Friday Foto #45 Still Open for Discussion: A Motor Parkway Bridge Built on a Curve

Just a guess here,but I’m thinking North HIlls.Love these things,Howard & Al-!!!

From Mystery Foto #47 Solved: A House Built on the Long Island Motor Parkway Right-Of-Way

Sam III - I too was hoping that this image was a known, you know it’s going to be tough when NO ONE has the unequivocal answer.

The 2 images of The Old Country Rd Hwy Bridge that Frank posted above - The northbound image must have been photographed from uprise of the parkway that’s seen in the southbound image, Clinton positioned himself at the uprise to obtain a ‘level’ full on photo. This also made the ROW appear wider than it was. Viewed closely, the southbound image shows the extended abutment walls rather straight than flared out.

From Mystery Friday Foto #45 Still Open for Discussion: A Motor Parkway Bridge Built on a Curve

Many cars of the ‘40’s had similar styling, and the first couple of years after the war, the manufacturers recycled the prewar designs. Looking at pictures of cars from this era, I put this as a (circa) 1940 Olds Club Coupe. The design of the front fenders, which don’t go to the doors, and the taillights are my clues.

From Mystery Auto #2: 1941 Chevy Special Deluxe Coupe Parked In Front of the Roslyn Mill Tea House

The 1926 aerial shows the LIMP in Searingtown, the only place where it curves like that. I’m placing the house on the south side of I.U. Willets Road, between Carriage Road and the northern entrance to Herricks High School, in Searingtown. My rationale is it’s one of the view places where the LIMP runs south to north.

From Mystery Foto #47 Solved: A House Built on the Long Island Motor Parkway Right-Of-Way