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The six Vanderbilt Cup Races held on Long Island from 1904 to 1910 were the greatest sporting events of their day, and the first international automobile road races held in the United States. The races had a far-reaching impact on the development of American automobiles and parkways. This site provides comprehensive information on the races, the Long Island Motor Parkway and current Long Island automotive events, car shows and news.
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Co-Founder and Writer: Howard Kroplick
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From Arthur:
Congratulations and many more. Thank you for all you do for the car community.
From It's Our Anniversary! 18 Years of VanderbiltCupRaces.com
JeRita Trapani
Awesome ???? Mazel tov
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Happy 18th
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Congratulations! Love this web site and all that you do!
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A wonderful site! And thank you for your assistance over the years with my Christie automobile research.
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Rich Lester
Terrific .. Congrats!!!!!
James Spina
My first go-to every Sunday Morning. And…its impact on the Spina family has been profound.
From It's Our Anniversary! 18 Years of VanderbiltCupRaces.com
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!! Enjoyed the ride!! Thank you for preserving the history of Long Island and beyond! I have enjoyed sharing with my niece Vanessa residing in the Detroit area and her interest with cars. Much to share!
Ann
From It's Our Anniversary! 18 Years of VanderbiltCupRaces.com
Congratulations on this milestone! It has been such a great pleasure to part of the VCR family and to get to know Howard, Roz and Greg. It is even more exciting to know that my nephew, Gram, is part of the team. From our first meeting with Howard with the Black Beast at a car show in Great Neck, we knew that we had found a good friend and a great place to share our love of the Long Island Motor Parkway. Howard has been such a powerful mentor to Gram. Looking forward to many more years of friendship.
From It's Our Anniversary! 18 Years of VanderbiltCupRaces.com
Happy 18th! It’s been a fascinating, memorable & interesting ride unlike any other!
Rich
From It's Our Anniversary! 18 Years of VanderbiltCupRaces.com
Congratulations, Howard, Roz, Greg and Gram on the 18th anniversary of vanderbiltcupraces.com. The contributions the website has made to preserving the history of the Motor Parkway and the Vanderbilt Cup Races, as well as many other facets of automobile history and that of Long Island in general are much appreciated by many and otherwise would have been lost. And let’s not forget the others including Al Velocci, Bob Miller and Sam Berliner for their contributions and websites early on. And the many contributors by way of providing comments each and every week!
My own Motor Parkway website started in 2004 but couldn’t keep up with the amount of information available and even though it might still be out there somewhere hopefully it also contributed to the knowledge of our favorite roadway and races early on.
Its been my pleasure initially being a reader and casual contributor and for the last 6 years authoring the “Kleiner’s Korner” column. Speaking of which I’ll definitely include the 100th anniversary of vanderbiltcupraces.com in my February, 2108 hundred year look back of the Motor Parkway. But many more columns to write before then! Was the attached the first post, Howard?
From It's Our Anniversary! 18 Years of VanderbiltCupRaces.com
frankfemenias: thanks for the image. I viewed it but missed several things, like the movement of the house.
However, I disagree with the home being no longer distinguishable from the way it was built. While we may see this as a historic monument to be preserved it is someone’s house! I love how they matched the original window style, and somewhat brought back the porte-cochre.
From Mystery Friday Foto #6 Solved: The Lake Ronkonkoma Lodge Structure
Greg, A correction regarding the construction of the Ronkonkoma Lodge. It was not a pre-cut bungalow but built by LeRoy Vollgraff “replicating the Huntington Lodge”. See page 50 in my book.
From Mystery Friday Foto #6 Solved: The Lake Ronkonkoma Lodge Structure
I believe it’s Motor Pkwy’s Lake Ronkonkoma Lodge as a home in 2006, after it was moved 50ft NW away from the Motor Pkwy RoW in 1938. The home is extant but has since been upgraded and no longer distinguishable
From Mystery Friday Foto #6 Solved: The Lake Ronkonkoma Lodge Structure
My father was a Church of Christ minister who always liked cars. He put in his order for a Tucker which of course he never received. I was 8 years of age at the time & one of the Tucker promotion items was a cigarette box with a replica (I don’t know the scale, but I think it was close to 1/24) of the Tucker 48. I wanted it sooooo bad, but because it was a cigarette box & cigarettes were bad, Dad said NO!
From Postcards of the Long Island Automotive Museum: Tucker (1948)
T.M., thanks for the comments. I was fortunate to spend three hours with Randy Ema in August 2024 discussing #2448 and reviewing his extensive files. Here is a summary of his research as described in this post: https://www.vanderbiltcupraces.com/blog/article/talking_duesenbergs_with_duesy_guru_randy_ema
Greg O. will reach out to you and will further share this research.
Enjoy, Howard Kroplick
From VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Actress Paulette Goddard in the 1930 Duesenberg J Murphy Convertible Sedan Berline #2448 J-399
I haven’t delivered mail there in 25 years, but is it the toll hose in Roslyn, just west of Roslyn Rd in East Williston. Must,ve been built in teens. I don.t think it was moved.
It looks very differnt from what I remember
From Mystery Friday Foto #6 Solved: The Lake Ronkonkoma Lodge Structure
RIP CC.
From Sad News: Charlie Cali has passed away.
West of Rosevale Avenue, near Woodlawn Avenue in Lake Ronkonkoma. Moved from Bay City, MI - see next answer.
It was a pre-cut bungalow made in MI and moved to LI to be the Lake Ronkonkoma Toll Lodge.
Originally built in 1923.
Date of photo - 2006.
From Mystery Friday Foto #6 Solved: The Lake Ronkonkoma Lodge Structure
Enjoy Florida With your Dusenberg
From Upcoming car shows, concours and exhibit for the Howard & Roz Kroplick Collection: Updated 4/8/26
Awesome history for an awesome automobile Congratulations JeRita
From VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Actress Paulette Goddard in the 1930 Duesenberg J Murphy Convertible Sedan Berline #2448 J-399
It was fun finding that photo of your car when new and being able to share it with today’s collectors. See you soon. Please give me a call when you have the time. Ed
From VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Actress Paulette Goddard in the 1930 Duesenberg J Murphy Convertible Sedan Berline #2448 J-399
Look a lot like my 1962 MONTEREY TAILLIGHTS!
From The 1962 Ford Cougar 406 Concept Car featured in Hot Rodding Magazine (1962)
WOW! All very interesting!
From VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Actress Paulette Goddard in the 1930 Duesenberg J Murphy Convertible Sedan Berline #2448 J-399
Rest In Peace Charlie
From Sad News: Charlie Cali has passed away.
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