The Alco Black Beast
The restored racer that won the 1909 and 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Races and raced in the first Indy 500
Nicknamed “the Black Beast,” this was one of the most famous race cars of its era. A two-time winner of the Vanderbilt Cup, a major event in the early years of American motorsport, the car was the favorite to win the first Indianapolis 500-mile race in 1911.
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Dec 02 2013
Mystery Foto #44 Solved: The #7 Alco Shaft Drive 6- Cylinder Racer in Elgin, Illinois
Last week's Mystery Foto featured a shaft driven Alco racer.
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Oct 28 2013
Mystery Foto #39 Solved: The Alco Racer Practicing at the Indy 500 Track
Hugh Nutting submitted this week's Mystery Foto, a previously unpublished photo of a race car.
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Oct 08 2013
FiOS1 Video “The Alco Black Beast at the 2013 Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society Fall Festival”
This four -minute news clip on the Alco Black Beast was created by videojournalist Louis Dane for FiOS1 Long Island.
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Aug 28 2013
Black Beast to Be Featured in 2014 Hemmings Classic Car Calendar
The Black Beast will be the January 2014 car for Hemmings Classic Car 2014 Calendar.
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Aug 13 2013
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #36:The Stewart Avenue Bridge in East Meadow Updated:2/18/16
The 36th bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Stewart Avenue Bridge in East Meadow.
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Aug 06 2013
Mystery Foto #27 Solved: Rust Heinz’ 1938 Phantom Corsair
Roger Patterson submitted this Mystery Foto of the one-of-one 1938 Phantom Corsair...considered by many experts to be the most futuristic car of the 1930s.
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Aug 01 2013
Alco Black Beast Upcoming 2014 Events
Hear the Alco Black Beast roar in 2014!
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Jun 29 2013
The Top 15 Black Beast Films On YouTube
Based on YouTube views, below are the top 15 videos featuring the Alco Black Beast. Amazingly, over 37,000 people have viewed the 5-minute clip of the Black Beast in the 2012 History Channel's series "Men Who Built America."
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Jun 24 2013
Smiles and Thumbs Up from the 2013 Klingberg Vintage Motorcar Festival
It was another wonderful vintage motocar festival at Klingberg Family Center on Saturday, June 15, 2013 in New Britain Connecticut.
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Jun 12 2013
Then & Now: The Hicksville Old Country Road Turn at the 1909 and 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Races
One of the favorite locations to watch the 1909 and 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Races was the Old Country Road Turn in Hicksville. Here is a "Then & Now" of the turn and another Vanderbilt Cup Race discovery.
Happy Birthday, Howard! And congratulations to the champ, Roz.