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.
Related Posts
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Mar 15 2014
Alco-6 Racer at the 2011 Lime Rock Historic Festival
In September 2011, car rally expert Steve McKelvie posted on his SteveMcKelvie.com blog about seeing the Alco Black Beast at the 2011 Lime Rock Historic Festival.
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Mar 12 2014
Carlo Demand and the Alco “Black Beast” on Long Island
In 2011, I met car rally enthusiast Steve McKelvie at the Lime Rock Historic Festival. I recently discovered two blog posts by Steve McKelvie concerning the Alco Black Beast. This SteveMcKelvie.com post focused on artist Carlo Demand's painting of the Alco Black Beast and the Corbin Cannonball during the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race.
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Mar 05 2014
Hemmings Blog (2010) “Sand Special Riding: Ralph Hamlin’s 1911 Franklin Special desert racer”
Max Axen has forwarded this 2010 Hemmings article by David Traver Adolphus on one of the "few survivors of the Guided Age"-Ralph Hamlin's 1911 Franklin Special desert racer.
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Feb 26 2014
The 1909 Alco 40-HP Runabout Sold for $280,500 by Gooding & Company at Amelia Island
In May 2011, I had the opportunity to visit the famous basement garage of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum. Among the many spectacular automobiles in the basement was a 1909 Alco Runabout.
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Jan 31 2014
Video of the Week: Velocity Channel’s new Series “AmeriCarna”
Last Tuesday, Discovery's Velocity Channel premiered its 10-part series AmeriCarna featuring Ray Evernham. On Tuesday, March 4, 2014, the series will focus on the Vanderbilt Cup Races and automobile racing on Long Island.
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Jan 11 2014
Hemmings: Alco Black Beast Featured in 2014 Classic Car Calendar and Jim Donnelly Honors
Hemmings announced two honors for the Alco Black Beast this month.
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Dec 18 2013
Wharton Magazine “The Black Beast and The Blue Pill”
Editor Matthew Brodsky of Wharton Magazine has posted this online article "The Black Beast and The Blue Pill" .
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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.
