Vanderbilt Cup Races

Hi Howard,

Love the new site and the new “zoom” feature. One question: in the 1928 atlas, there are notations like “mon. set. Mar. 1930” and “Mon found 1930”. Do you know what those mean?

From Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series:#16 New Hyde Park Road Motor Parkway Bridge in Searingtown

Hi Warren & Ron:

Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated!

Howard

From Welcome to the New VanderbiltCupRaces.com!

Hi Mitch:

I have updated the New Hyde Park Road Bridge post that may support your theory.

Howard

From Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series:#16 New Hyde Park Road Motor Parkway Bridge in Searingtown

Hi Howard:

1.  Great job done with the expanded website !!!!!  I hope it continues for many years to come and enjoyed by all !!!!!

2. In regards to the Presidents Meeting for all the car clubs—— It brought back so many nice memories of yesteryear for me when I was President of the Model A Ford Club of Long Island in 1983 and 1984 as we use to go to Les Cuttings house in Huntington and in his living room we all use to do the calendar of events for the upcoming year.  This was done to avoid conflicts in the various meets, and many thanks to all in the VCCR ( Vanderbilt Cup Car Region ).

          Best Regards to All,  Cordially,  Ron Ridolph

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Howard

Looking at the June ‘09 survey - there’s no difference between the NHP and Old Courthouse Rd intersections (and we obviously know the LIMP passes under OCR). The ‘24 aerial clearly shows the LIMP crossing OVER Marcus Ave & Lakeville Rd yet the NHP Rd intersection is vague (actually favoring the LIMP crossing beneath NHP Rd).

Mitch

From Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series:#16 New Hyde Park Road Motor Parkway Bridge in Searingtown

Hi Mitch:

Not sure why the building of the Northern State Parkway would impact the new Hyde Park Road Bridge. Clearly, the photos indicate there was a Motor Parkway bridge that went over NHP Road. However, I do not have any images that documents the bridge prior to 1932.  Can any LIMPers help?

Howard

From Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series:#16 New Hyde Park Road Motor Parkway Bridge in Searingtown

These photos once again raise the question of whether the LIMP originally crossed UNDER NHP Road - changing to OVER NHP Road when Moses built the LIMP bridges over NSP.

From Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series:#16 New Hyde Park Road Motor Parkway Bridge in Searingtown

From Warren H:

“CONGRATULATIONS… IT LOOKS GREAT!!!  I particularly like the “very modern’ look of the site and how well it’s organized. “

From Welcome to the New VanderbiltCupRaces.com!

From Ann:

“Hi Howard!  We continue to enjoy your weekly blogs and I continue to forward them to friends who grew up with the LIMP as a play ground. Thanks again for this great information.”

From Art Kleiner's Exploration #4: The Motor Parkway in the Five Towns College Area in Dix Hills

From Roger P:

“Many thanks for those terrific pictures of Old #16 and the video with Paul Newman.  What a treat!”

From From the Malcolm Collum Collection: More Classic Images of "Old 16"

Hi Cliff:

Thanks for the comment.

You may be thinking of the Motor Parkway bridge that was in Bethpage State Park that was torn down in the 1980s.

The above bridge is located about one mile away in Old Bethpage Village Restoration

From Highlights from the 3rd Clean Up the Old Bethpage Motor Parkway Bridge Day &Tonight's LIMPPS Meeting

How wonderful it is to see the bridge! As a kid father would take me for walks from the Bethpage picnic grounds and we found this place one afternoon. As an adult I went back looking for it only to find it gone. Another piece of history torn down. I got to thinking it must have been buried due to vandals and what do you know! Thank you all!

From Highlights from the 3rd Clean Up the Old Bethpage Motor Parkway Bridge Day &Tonight's LIMPPS Meeting

RobbiS - you could be right - I originally thought the shape of the posts were not the same of others I have found that were definitely from the LIMP.  Well, maybe I need to keep looking!  Thanks for taking a look.

From Art Kleiner's Exploration #4: The Motor Parkway in the Five Towns College Area in Dix Hills

If memory serves me right, Old 16 was also the grand marshal car for the opening of the Bridgehampton race track in 1957. Making it the first car down the new east end track.

From From the Malcolm Collum Collection: More Classic Images of "Old 16"

Hi Eric:

Thanks for the comment.

The property owner, at the current time, does not wish to publicize the location which is not visible from a public area.

Enjoy,

Howard

From Then & Now: A Hidden Section of the Motor Parkway in Western Suffolk

Hi Howard,
I took a look at those posts today off of Burrs Lane and they appear to be unrelated to the LIMP. I turned a few of them over and they are actually concrete parking stops. This probably makes sense since it appears that the parkway entered the Five Towns College property further east. Also, the grade around the service road and Burrs Lane appears to be raised due to the construction of the LIE.

From Art Kleiner's Exploration #4: The Motor Parkway in the Five Towns College Area in Dix Hills

Hi Howard is this area due east of 5 towns college near Fox Lane in Dix Hills. Thanks for the pictures.

From Then & Now: A Hidden Section of the Motor Parkway in Western Suffolk

Hi Larry:

Thanks for the memory. Much appreciated!!

Howard

From Then & Now: Long Island Automotive Museum

Since I was a boy, I wanted to visit Henry Austin Clark Jr’s Long Island Automobile Museum, but it was a long way to there from Middle Tennessee.  One of the reasons, of course, is the we love antique automobiles.  The other important reason I wanted visit there:  My uncles’ and dad’s names were Henry, Austin, Clark, and (F.C.) Jr. !  So, I felt an emotional attachment to this great museum and man who I never got to see in person.  I like to think that Henry Austin Clark Jr. and my uncle Henry, dad Austin, uncle Clark, and uncle Jr. finally got together in Heaven and had a good laugh about their common names and love of the old cars.

From Then & Now: Long Island Automotive Museum

Hi Elliot:

Good catch! Official Motor Parkway documents list the length as 44.0 miles, not counting the 2.1 mile extension connecting the Motor Parkway to Jericho Turnpike in Commack (now Harned Road).

The Motor Parkway in this area was cleared by the current property owner who realized its historic significance.

Howard

From Then & Now: A Hidden Section of the Motor Parkway in Western Suffolk