Vanderbilt Cup Races

Add to my previous post:
This car had a unique particularity: Eugène Brillié had conceived an engine with four cylinders and two pistons by cylinder working in opposition. It is also one of so first racing cars to use a tubular frame.

From Mystery Foto #7 Solved: Driver Louis Rigolly in a Gobron-Brillié Racer

Hi Howard,

This is a Gobron-Brillié with Louis Rigolly at the wheel. This car ran the “French Gordon Bennett Elimination Trial” held on May 20, 1904 in Argonne, France (DNF, lost radiator on lap 1).

From Mystery Foto #7 Solved: Driver Louis Rigolly in a Gobron-Brillié Racer

Love the then and now photos.  I like to look closely and compare.

From Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #31: The "Mayan Ruins" Motor Parkway Bridge in Garden City

I agree with Elliot,there’s plenty more to it than just that,That’s nothing new to us

From Video: "The Long Island Motor Parkway, the first highway in the world"

Howard—
  A really interesting pilot.  Does Michael Spiter have any thoughts about increasing its running time?  Never focused on the rich vs. poor man aspect of the road’s founding, but sure recognized the names Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Morgan and Whitney.

From Video: "The Long Island Motor Parkway, the first highway in the world"

Hi Meghan, it is a pleasure. I hope more viewers will send in images of your great-grandfather!

From Mystery Foto #6 Solved: Driver Bob Burman and his Mechanician Jack Gable at the 1915 Indy 500 Race

Great post, Howard. Thanks again!

From Mystery Foto #6 Solved: Driver Bob Burman and his Mechanician Jack Gable at the 1915 Indy 500 Race

I was at that show at the Klingberg, and photographed both the Cannonball and the Bête Noire. Magnificent automobiles, and a great show!

From The Corbin "Cannonball" and the Alco "Black Beast" to Meet on Saturday

Just to let you know I hope to go to the Simeone Automotive Museum for the demonstration day on Saturday,It’s also having Best of Britain Classic Car Show,100th anniversary dislaying at least 2o Aston Martin until 4/14,check out the website.

From Another Motor Parkway Landmark Disappears from View

i really enjoy going through the history of the races and the road.

From A New Online Map of the Long Island Motor Parkway

This is a very cool find and will be re-posted to my Facebook as well as my firstsuperspeedway.com blog. Keep it up!

From Mystery Foto #6 Solved: Driver Bob Burman and his Mechanician Jack Gable at the 1915 Indy 500 Race

i suppose the parkway was open 365/24/7   so being a gatekeeper must have been quite a burden. 

The daily life of the gatekeeper is another aspect of the LIMP ‘s history worth exploring although all who did that job are surely long gone.

From Another Motor Parkway Landmark Disappears from View

HI Howard & Elliot,amazing that it’s stiill there,isn’t it?

From Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Wheatley Hills Golf Cub in East Williston

Thanks again Howard,for the quick response.

From Chrysler’s Chrysler Chronicle I: Restoration Begins

The race is the Indy 500 in 1915. The driver and entrant is Bob Burman. The riding mechanic is Jack Gable. They finished in 6th place. The car was a Peugeot L56. This is the car that Miller built a copy of the Peugeot motor for with a reduced bore size to comply with the 5 Liter limiit in place for the 1915 racing season. The L56 (5.6 liter) engine had blown up in January of 1915 at the Point Loma Road Race in San Diego. The Miller copy reportedly cost $4000 but was done within 3 months. Burman died in this car at Corona in 1916. Jack Gable had been the driver of the Tahis Special in the U.S. Grand Prix and Vanderbilt Cup races at San Francisco in early 1915.

From Mystery Foto #6 Solved: Driver Bob Burman and his Mechanician Jack Gable at the 1915 Indy 500 Race

great to see the old articles and pictures. Amazing how many original landmarks of
the old parkway remain and mysteries keep coming up…and answers received.
Keep it up! I love this history.
Robert C. Levine

From Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Wheatley Hills Golf Cub in East Williston

I enjoyed looking at the 1937 aerial of this area. I grew up across the street from Douglaston Golf Course. The aerial depicts the exact spot where my former home is located. I have one correction. The highest point in Queens is not on the Douglaston Golf Course. It is located on North Shore Towers’ property. Thanks for your Sunday emails. I look forward to reading them every week. Regards, Neal Baker.

From Mystery Foto #5 Solved: Creedmore Hospital and Commonwealth Boulevard Motor Parkway Bridge in 1941

I have a few auto sheet metal pieces and windshields that no one has a clue of vehicle and year. May I send you pics ?

From Mystery Foto #6 Solved: Driver Bob Burman and his Mechanician Jack Gable at the 1915 Indy 500 Race

Ted, I will have an update later this month.

From Chrysler’s Chrysler Chronicle I: Restoration Begins

From Jan H:

You can’t stop people from renov good RE.  Move to Bklyn Hgts.  Landmarked!

From Another Motor Parkway Landmark Disappears from View