Vanderbilt Cup Races

Tag: Kleiner's Kolumn

Mar 15 2022
Kleiner’s Korner: North Carolina’s First Motor Speedway - Part 1 (Planning and Construction)

Automobile racing in North Carolina during the early part of the 1900s consisted of local enthusiasts trying to outdo their neighbors in informal, unorganized events. This changed in 1924.
Mar 09 2022
Kleiner’s Korner: Nassau County Surveys of Motor Parkway Property Transferred or Disposed Of (Levittown)

Following its closing in 1938, former property of the Long Island Motor Parkway was acquired and/or released by Nassau County. Surveys provided by the Nassau County Dept. of Public Works provide documentation of these land transfers.
Mar 01 2022
Kleiner’s Korner: Alternative Courses of the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race

Here are several courses proposed in early 1904 for the running of the first Vanderbilt Cup Race on Long Island.
Feb 19 2022
Kleiner’s Korner: Part 5 - The Rise of the Automobile in my New Home State (North Carolina): A 1907 Race on the Beach

Forty years before the creation of NASCAR in North Carolina several Wilmington auto enthusiasts envisioned an annual racing event to be held on the main beach of the area, Wrightsville Beach.
Feb 09 2022
Kleiner’s Korner: Part 4 -The Rise of the Automobile in my New Home State (North Carolina)

The beginnings of the automobile in North Carolina started with a steam engine called the Buggymobile. In part 4 of this series I uncover the individuals and their plans to bring the auto to the everyday person in my new home state.
Feb 01 2022
Kleiner’s Korner: The Courses of the Vanderbilt Cup Races (in French)

I recently came across a book in Howard's collection titled "L'Historique de la Course Automobile 1894-1978" which detailed every major automobile race since 1894. The book was in French and contained drawings depicting the courses of many of the races it discussed. Here are the courses of the Vanderbilt Cup Races.
Jan 26 2022
Kleiner’s Korner: Part 3: The Vanderbilt (George) Connection and the Rise of the Automobile in my New Home State - North Carolina

Part 3 of this 5 part series explores the acquisition of land in western North Carolina by Willie K's. uncle, George Washington Vanderbilt II, and the building of Biltmore, the largest private residence in the United States.
Jan 18 2022
Kleiner’s Korner: Part 2 - The Vanderbilt (Willie K.) Connection and the Rise of the Automobile in my New Home State - North Carolina

While Willie K. spent time in both North and South Carolina the majority of his time was spent some 30 miles south of Wilmington, NC in the port city of Southport where he docked his many yachts throughout the years.
Jan 11 2022
Kleiner’s Korner: Part 1 - The Vanderbilt Connection and the Rise of the Automobile in my New Home State - North Carolina

Having relocated to just outside of Wilmington, NC last summer I'm investigating any connections the Vanderbilt family have had with this part of the country as well as its automotive and racing history.
Jan 04 2022
Kleiner’s Korner Vote Request: The Ongoing Debate Over the Highest Hill on Long Island

Two Long Island hills have battled to be the highest elevation since the late 1800s. Harbor Hill in Roslyn and Jayne's Hill in West Hills have been documented as the two highest elevations on Long Island but which wins the debate as the highest?