Tag: Kleiner's Kolumn
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Oct 25 2022
Motor Parkway and Vanderbilt Cup Officials In Support of A New Jersey Speedway
New Jersey auto racing promoters in 1912 enlisted officials of the Long Island Motor Parkway and the Vanderbilt Cup Race to promote their own motor speedways.
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Oct 18 2022
Kleiner’s Korner: The Vanderbilt Cup Race and other Speedways in New Jersey
Several attempts were made to build racing venues in New Jersey in the early 1900s; many were envisioned for use by the Vanderbilt Cup Race, including one put forward by Joe Tracy.
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Sep 27 2022
Kleiner’s Korner: Speed Trials on the Long Island Motor Parkway
In addition to automobile racing and public use, other original purposes of the Long Island Motor Parkway included a location where manufacturer's could test their equipment and for enthusiasts to hold match races.
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Aug 31 2022
Kleiner’s Korner: A Very Imaginative (and Horrific) Tale of a 1902 Auto Race on Long Island
As Greg O's Garage noted on June 29 opposition to automobile racing was expressed in various publications in the early 1900s. This essay in "Broadway" magazine of November, 1902 makes this emphatically clear by making the impact of racing analogous to the ravages of war.
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Aug 30 2022
Kleiner’s Korner: Other Vanderbilt Cup Race Personalities
Here are some individuals associated with the Vanderbilt Cup Race of which you may not be aware.
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Aug 16 2022
Kleiner’s Korner: Tidbits of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race from “The Automobile”
Much coverage of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race was given by the October editions of "The Automobile" magazine. One page in the October 29th edition contained several items not newsworthy enough for full coverage but none the less interesting footnotes. Here are some of them.
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Aug 02 2022
Kleiner’s Korner: Riverhead, Long Island - Proposed Site for the 1907 Vanderbilt Cup Race
The route of the Long Island Motor Parkway as originally planned in 1907 extended all the way east to Riverhead, Long Island.
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Jul 27 2022
Kleiner’s Korner: The 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race Statement of Earnings
How much money does it take to run a race? Is profit the motive? Did the 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race race keep to budget?
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Jul 27 2022
Kleiner’s Korner: From Vanderbilt Cup Racer to Jaguar XK120
Here's the story of how George Robertson's mechanician in the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race Elimination Trial 40 years later got to test drive a Jaguar XK120.
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Jul 12 2022
Kleiner’s Korner: Two Prominent Supporters of Automobile Racing
Following up on Greg O's recent post about the dislike of automobile racing by "Horseless Age" magazine, I present here three opposing viewpoints.
