Vanderbilt Cup Races

Howard,

Well deserved and continue doing what you do best with cars and community

Congratulations

From Long Island Press: Howard Kroplick for lifetime of community service

This is the Bridgehampton Race Course with the photographer located at the south-west corner of the track looking towards the north-east.  I’d have to guess that the photo is from the 1960’s.  The track was replaced by a golf course I spent a lot of time there in the mid-60’s as a photographer and sorely miss its absence (I don’t golf).

From Mystery Foto #33 Solved: Aerial of the Bridgehampton Race Circuit in 1957 and a very special Comment

Bridgehampton Race track, looking East
now the Bridge,Golf course and condos

From Mystery Foto #33 Solved: Aerial of the Bridgehampton Race Circuit in 1957 and a very special Comment

Location is Bridgehampton, specifically Noyack Hills facing East towards Sag Harbor, which is visible in the distance. The shot is of Bridgehampton Race Track while under construction. Approximate date would be 1957.
The location, sadly, is now a golf course although the end of the main straight—which is in the right foreground—still exists.

From Mystery Foto #33 Solved: Aerial of the Bridgehampton Race Circuit in 1957 and a very special Comment

A)  Bridgehampton overlooking Sag harbor
B)  Bridgehampton Race Circuit
C)  1960?
D)  Rubin’s folly!  A golf course that no one should go to for his car show!

From Mystery Foto #33 Solved: Aerial of the Bridgehampton Race Circuit in 1957 and a very special Comment

I believe that is Bridgehampton Racetrack. Don’t know the year but it is currently a golf course. The photographer is in the air facing northeast.

From Mystery Foto #33 Solved: Aerial of the Bridgehampton Race Circuit in 1957 and a very special Comment

Congratulations Howard!!  An inspiration!  Ann

From Long Island Press: Howard Kroplick for lifetime of community service

The Bridge at birth! 😊

From Mystery Foto #33 Solved: Aerial of the Bridgehampton Race Circuit in 1957 and a very special Comment

The Bridge!  Bridgehampton Race Circuit before the golf course and likely before the first races in 1957.

From Mystery Foto #33 Solved: Aerial of the Bridgehampton Race Circuit in 1957 and a very special Comment

Bridgehampton Raceway, my favorite road racing circuit of all time. Probably an aerial shot, looking roughly east. what little remains of the track is now a golf course.

From Mystery Foto #33 Solved: Aerial of the Bridgehampton Race Circuit in 1957 and a very special Comment

My Grandma’s old home in Sag Habor. Oh, you mean Bridgehampton race track. Could hear the cars running at her house

From Mystery Foto #33 Solved: Aerial of the Bridgehampton Race Circuit in 1957 and a very special Comment

Bridgehampton, looking north across Sag Harbor and Noyak Bay towards the North Fork of LI.
Construction photo of the Bridgehampton Race Track.
1957 prior to opening. 
The Bridge Golf Course

From Mystery Foto #33 Solved: Aerial of the Bridgehampton Race Circuit in 1957 and a very special Comment

I think we’re over Noyak looking northeast toward Sag Harbor. That’s the former Bridgehampton Race Circuit track. The track appears to be soon after it first opened so I’ll guess the date to be about 1957. Today this is the site of “The Bridge” golf club.

From Mystery Foto #33 Solved: Aerial of the Bridgehampton Race Circuit in 1957 and a very special Comment

The orientation of the photographer is north east.
Bridgehampton Race Circuit was a race track located near Sag Harbor, New York, United States. The circuit opened in 1957, following a series of road races held from 1949 until 1953. It was one of the first permanent road racing venues in the United States, opening after Thompson Speedway, two years after Road America, the year after Watkins Glen International, and the same year as Lime Rock Park and Laguna Seca Raceway.[1] In its early years, Bridgehampton was host to major international series, including the World Sportscar Championship, Can-Am, and NASCAR Grand National. By the early 1970s, the track was used mostly for amateur events. The track closed permanently in 1999.[2][3]

Bridgehampton was renowned as a fearsome course, requiring the utmost of driver skill.

Bridgehampton’s included a small media and scoring building and a small grandstand. The Bridgehampton Road Races Corporation did not have the money to upgrade and maintain the tracks infrastructure to world-class standards. The track’s land had appreciated to several million dollars in a few decades.[9] Locals began complaining about noise in the mid-1970s, and in 1983 the town passed an ordinance limiting noise and effectively ending any chance of big-league racing returning. Plans were announced in 1994 to turn the property into a golf course. Races continued until 1997, and a racing school and club meets lingered until 1998.[2] A portion of the course, including the Chevron Bridge, are preserved on the grounds of the golf course.[11]
ust as things were looking grim, a summer resident, racing enthusiast and car collector, Bob Rubin, along with The Friends of Bridgehampton took the race circuit under his wing in 1981, investing considerable sums to take care of long overdue maintenance and keep the track in useable conditions.
In 1992, Rubin acquired the entirety of the Bridgehampton Road Races Corporation and eventually transformed the circuit into the golf course that is seen today. While the glory days of racing in Bridgehampton are over, the spirit of the circuit lives on there. The most important section of the original circuit remains intact including the legendary Millstone Turn; the Chevron Bridge retains its authentic red and blue logo; the clubhouse’s interior décor is a virtual museum of motorsports and The Bridge; and in recognition of what used to be, checkered flags mark each of the 18 holes on the golf course.
https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=BRIDGEHAMPTON+RACEWAY+TODAY&mid=DC44BEB7C71DF4F7E88EDC44BEB7C71DF4F7E88E&FORM=VIRE
The Raceway is now a Golf Course, called the Bridge Golf Club.
The date of the photo is 1956 when the track was being constructed.

From Mystery Foto #33 Solved: Aerial of the Bridgehampton Race Circuit in 1957 and a very special Comment

The 1044 was painted at least 3 times from its original Andante Green. Why? Glad to see it’s back in its original color

From Mystery Friday Foto #32 Solved: Tucker 1044 in 1951

Paul and Lee - you’re probably right.  I found these pics doing a google search using the original pic as the base source.  Some airfields that may be the actual pic.  I’ll be away from my research tools for about a week but these may be a clue.  Looks the aerial or water tower is in all the photos. 

Thanks for your insight.

From Update #2: In Search of the Mystery Camp Mills "New York" Road

Howard congratulations and it was awesome to see you walking around so quickly The priest was smiling so much when he blessed us and our Avanti

From Tucker 1044 at the Peconic Bay Car Club’s 1st Annual Spring Dust Off & Blessing of the Cars Car Show in Riverhead

Here’s my detective work on the photo:
Which Tucker was this? Tucker 1044

The approximate year and publication these photos appeared in?
The photos appeared in the Washington D.C. International Show Souvenir Pictorial commemoration the international auto show held there in November through December of 1951,

What color was it at the time?  Bright Red

Regards to all,
Ray

From Mystery Friday Foto #32 Solved: Tucker 1044 in 1951

I believe Paul is right.  Those hangers are of a different shape than the early wooden ones at Mitchel.  Also, there’s too many of them.  I can see 9 in this photo alone.  Although there were eventually that many hangers on the flight line at Mitchel, the last one (Hanger 9 - the only wooden one left over from WW1) was not in a straight line with the others.  Rather, it was angled because of its adjacency with the Polo Grounds behind it.

From Update #2: In Search of the Mystery Camp Mills "New York" Road

Hi Art,  I have seen this photo also in Aerial Age Weekly and I do not believe it is Camp Mills. I am almost positive it was miss-identified in “Aerial Age Weekly, Nov. 18, 1918”. Those aircraft hangars along the left hand side do not resemble any hangars at Mitchel Field or Hazlehurst Field, both within proximity of camp Mills, but not as close as they appear in this photo. I am not sure what camp and airfield it is, but I am just about 100% sure it is NOT camp Mills. Thanks, Paul.

From Update #2: In Search of the Mystery Camp Mills "New York" Road