Tag: Washington Roebling 2nd
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May 26 2018
Correcting the Vanderbilt Cup Race Record of Washington Augustus Roebling II
Tom Gibson has noted that many historic websites incorrectly state that Washington A. Roebling II finished in second place in the 1910 or 1911 Vanderbilt Cup Race in Savannah, Georgia. Let's clear up Roebling's driving record.
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Jun 20 2016
Mystery Foto #25 Solved: The #31 Falcar Driven by Hughie Hughes at the 1910 Savannah Challenge Race
Chuck Rudy Jr. needed your help to solve this weekend's very challenging Mystery Foto.
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Feb 16 2012
The 1910 Wheatley Hills Sweepstakes
For the 1910 races, three simultaneous races were planned, with the running of the Massapequa and Wheatley Hills Sweepstakes with the Vanderbilt Cup Race. Different, though, was the order in which they would run. Instead of starting the smaller Wheatley Hills cars first, the new plan called for them to start after the main event. Enjoy, Howard Kroplick
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Apr 23 2011
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: The Rare 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race Radiator Plate
One of the most elusive pieces of Vanderbilia are the special radiator plates to signify entrants practicing for the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race and the associated Sweepstakes races. Although these plates were documented to exist, I believe no one had actually ever seen them...until my favorite co-author Al Velocci examined this photo of three 1910 Abbott Detroits posted on April 12, 2011.
