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• Mar 31 2026

  Mystery Friday Foto #13 Solved: A Winning Pair of Duesenbergs

  Did you identify this race-winning Duesenberg race team?

• Feb 03 2026

  Mystery Friday Foto #5 Solved: A Mystery Racing Painting of George Robertson in ‘Old 16’

  Peter Shriver has challenged you to identify his grandfather George Robertson in a racing painting by Peter Helck

• Sep 23 2025

  Sad News: Jerry Peter Helck has passed away at the age of 94.

  Maggie Helck has informed me that her father Jerry Peter Helck passed away peacefully last Sunday at the age of 94.

• Aug 30 2025

  InstaGRAM report: Bridgehampton Race Circuit (1957-1999)

  The history of Long Island's once famous road racing track of Bridgehampton.

• Jul 23 2025

  InstaGRAM Report: Bridgehampton Street Circuit History

  A history of the Bridgehampton Street Circuit - the years before the well known race track was built.

• Jul 08 2025

  Mystery Friday Foto #37 Solved: ‘Old 16’ at Bridgehampton

  Did you identify 'Old 16' at Bridgehampton?

• Apr 26 2025

  1908 Locomobile Vanderbilt Cup Race Mascot/Paperweight sells for $2,706 in today’s Automobilia Auction

  The 1908 Locomobile Vanderbilt Cup Race Mascot/Paperweight continues to be one of the most collectible pieces of Vanderbilia.

• Apr 19 2025

  Marty Himes at the Vanderbilt Cup Races Grandstands in Levittown

  The late, great, race car driver and Himes Museum of Motor Racing Nostalgia curator, Marty Himes, visited the 1908-1910 Vanderbilt Cup Races Grandstands location in 1993 and 1997.

• Apr 12 2025

  Checkmate Magazine: Days of Thunder- Long Island’s Vanderbilt Cup Races

  Checkmate Magazine's feature story in its 2018 fourth issue highlighted Long Island's Vanderbilt Cup Races.

• Jun 15 2024

  InstaGRAM Report: Peter Helck: Advertising and Art Part 1— Old 16

  Peter Helck was not only an eye-catching canvas painter of historic automotive events, but his artwork was also commissioned by companies to be created for magazine ads. this new series of articles will highlight these advertisements that were painted by Peter Helck.

• Apr 23 2024

  Mystery Friday Foto #16; Solved; Jim Rathmann & Carroll Shelby at the 1960 Vanderbilt Cup Races

  Did you identify Jim Rathmann & Carroll Shelby in this newspaper pre-race publicity photo from the Marty Himes collection?

• Apr 09 2024

  Mystery Friday Foto #14 Solved: #1 Locomobile Vanderbilt Cup Race Driver Jim Florida

  Did you identify Vanderbilt Cup Race driver Jim Florida?

• Mar 23 2024

  The Irish Volunteers at the Vanderbilt Cup Races

  Author and Mitchel Field historian Paul R. Martin III's wonderful excerpt from his book 'Beneath the Shadows of Wings' about the Irish Volunteers and the Vanderbilt Cup Races

• Mar 16 2024

  VanderbiltCupRaces.com cited in the “Nation of Speed” exhibit at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.

  The website has been cited as a contributor to the ongoing "Nation of Speed" exhibit, a collaboration between National Air and Space Museum and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.

• Jan 09 2024

  Mystery Friday Foto #1: Solved; The Hazardous Woodbury Turn

  Jena challenged you to identify this Christmas gift from her husband.

• Oct 13 2023

  InstaGRAM Report: Peter Helck Vanderbilt Cup Races Paintings Part 2

  An up-close look into Peter Helck's Vanderbilt Cup artwork

• Oct 07 2023

  Vanderbilia at the 2023 RM Sotheby’s Auction in Hershey, Pennsylvania

  The auction block saw many Vanderbilt Cup Race rarities up for auction last Friday in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

• Sep 26 2023

  The 1906 #1 Locomobile in the AACA’s Antique Automobile Magazine

  The 1906 #1 Locomobile is featured on the cover of recent AACA's Antique Automobile Magazine with images courtesy of VanderbilCupRaces.com .

• Jun 18 2023

  Greg O’s Garage; Joe Tracy’s Patents

  Aside from being a talented race car driver in the early Vanderbilt Cup Races, Joe Tracy was also a brilliant engineer and inventor.

• May 15 2023

  Mystery Friday Foto #19 Solved; Old 16 Locomobile celebrating the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race victory in Bridgeport

  Did you identify this celebration?

• Apr 10 2023

  Mystery Friday Foto #14 Solved: Old 16 at the 1909 Chicago National Motor Show

  The Helck Family Archives challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto.

• Dec 12 2022

  Mystery Friday Foto #50 Solved: Old 16 and four Vanderbilt Cup Race drivers and mechanicians at the 1948 Antique Auto Show

  The Helck Family Collection challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto.

• Nov 28 2022

  Update: Mystery Friday Foto #48 Solved: The 1901 Riker Torpedo setting the one-mile land speed record for electrics in Coney Island

  Did you identify this photo from November 16,1901?

• Nov 01 2022

  Update:  Special Guest for the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society Meeting at the Bethpage Public Library on Wednesday, November 2, 2022 at 7 p.m.

  Time for an in-person meeting of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society.

• Nov 01 2022

  Profile of George Robertson- Winner of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  In preparation for Wednesday's Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society Meeting, below is a profile of driver George Robertson.

• Oct 19 2022

  A 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race painting by Peter Helck sold at the RM Sotheby’s October auction in Hershey, Pennsylvania

  Earlier this month RM Sotheby's sold a Peter Helck painting of Old 16 Locomobile and the #12 Thomas competing in the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race.

• Oct 17 2022

  Mystery Friday Foto #42 Solved:  1949 AACA Racing Camp dinner featuring Vanderbilt Cup Race drivers

  Did you identify the famous faces in these Helck Family Collection's Mystery Fotos?

• Sep 21 2022

  The Henry Ford Archives: Race cars and artifacts from the “Driven to win: Dawn of Racing” exhibit

  The Henry Ford has posted images and profiles of race cars and artifacts in their collection that were part of a recent "Dawn of Racing Exhibit."

• Aug 24 2022

  Exclusive from the Garden City Archives: Old 16 Locomobile taking a turn in the hamlet of Jericho during the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  Garden City village historian Bill Bellmer has forwarded this never-before-published photo from the Garden City Archives.

• Aug 08 2022

  Mystery Friday Foto #32 Solved: Joe Tracy testing the Motor Parkway as seen on the Jerusalem Avenue Bridge looking west in September 1908

  Frank Femenias challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto.

• Jan 02 2022

  Walt Gosden Article: A Vanderbilt Locomobile

  Automotive historian Walt Gosden has discovered a 1918 designed and built for "Mrs. W.K. Vanderbilt."

• Dec 11 2021

  Illustration Magazine: The work of Peter Helck. (112 pages)

  Tim Helck has forwarded the news that the current issue of Illustration is devoted solely to the work of his grandfather Peter Helck.

• Oct 25 2021

  Mystery Foto #43 Solved: George Robertson winning the 1908 Founders Week Cup Race in Irving Morse’s Locomobile

  Art Kleiner challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto.

• Jul 07 2021

  1908: The Great American Auto Race Comes to Woodbury

  Historian Tom Montalbano has written a wonderful book on the history of Woodbury. With the assistance of VanderbiltCupRaces.com, one chapter highlights the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race and its impact on this hamlet.

• Jun 22 2021

  Kleiner’s Korner: 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race Illustrations

  As he had done in 1906, Robert Edgren again portrayed the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race through his illustrations in the "New York Evening World". As sports editor, he was able to convey his view of the race (many times not very positive) through pictures and his own words.

• Jun 16 2021

  Kleiner’s Korner: “Big George” Robertson and “Fireball” Glenn Ethridge tell their story of winning the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  At a 1951 dinner in Philadelphia given by "Antique Automobile", Robertson and Ethridge delivered their account of winning the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race in "Old 16" 34 years earlier. With flair and adventure, the attendees got a true flavor of riding along with these racing icons.

• May 24 2021

  Mystery Foto #21 Solved: 1906 90 HP Locomobile with designer A.L. Riker, driver Joe Tracy and mechanician Al Poole on Riverside Drive, Manhattan

  Did you identify this weekend's Mystery Foto and Auto?

• Apr 24 2021

  Kleiner’s Korner: Vanderbilt Cup Races - Tidbits of Information (1908 - 1916)

  The second installment of this series includes a neat map, poetry, George Robertson's "flight", a lot of bull and a supposed Vanderbilt Cup Race in NY in 1916! Enjoy!

• Apr 19 2021

  Mystery Foto #16 Solved: Jerry Helck and Walt Gosden in Old 16 at the 80th Anniversary of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  Walter McCarthy challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto.

• Apr 13 2021

  Helck Family Collection: Peter Helck’s “Murder Car” featured in The Saturday Evening Post

  The June 2, 1951 issue of The Saturday Evening Post is a collectible featuring the artwork of Peter Helck and Norman Rockwell.

• Jan 16 2021

  Kleiner’s Korner: A Commemorative 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race Stamp Designed by Walt Gosden

  Discovered in a 1982 publication of "The Best of Old Cars Weekly" was a Henry Austin Clark, Jr. story of a never to be issued stamp commemorating the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race and the winning racer "Old 16".  Here is the story behind the stamp as told by its creator and Motor Parkway and VanderbiltCupRaces.com friend Walt Gosden. 

• Jan 04 2021

  Mystery Foto #1 Solved: Jim Rathmann and Carroll Shelby at the 1960 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  Did you identify the first Mystery Foto of 2021?

• Nov 07 2020

  VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Photos of Old 16 at the 1948 Antique Auto Show from the Helck Family Collection

  Old 16 was the featured vehicle at the Antique Auto Show held from March 8-14, 1948 at the 71st Regiment Armory in Manhattan. Below are never-before published photos of the event from the Helck Family Collection

• Aug 19 2020

  Helck Family Collection: A Gift to George Robertson from Peter Helck

  This pencil illustration was a gift to George Robertson from Peter Helck on the celebration of the 43rd anniversary of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race.

• Aug 10 2020

  Mystery Foto #32 Solved: New York Islanders Celebrating Their First Stanley Cup Championship in Henry Austin Clark, Jr.‘s Old 32

  The Helck Family Collection challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto.

• Jul 21 2020

  Kleiner’s Korner: From the Helck Family Collection- In Search of the 1905 Locomobile Racer

  Prior to "Old 16" gaining fame and fortune, the Locomobile Company built a "monster" racer that participated in the 1905 Gordon Bennett and Vanderbilt Cup Races. While much is known about "Old 16", very little attention is given to why the 1905 racer was built and what became of it. An unpublished article found in the Peter Helck Family Collection and additional research and information provided by blog reader Allen Haywood provides further detail.

• Jun 22 2020

  Mystery Foto #25 Currently Under Dispute: Joe Tracy Testing the Motor Parkway in September 1908

  Kleiner's Kolumn (Art Kleiner) challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto.

• Jun 13 2020

  Update: The 1946 VMCCA Jubilee Anniversary at the Mineola Fair Grounds

  In June 1946, the Veteran Motor Car Club of America sponsored its 50th Anniversary Jubilee featuring a parade of over 75 vintage cars and nine races at the Mineola Fair Grounds on Long Island. Update (June 13, 2020): Another film on the Jubilee has been posted on YouTube.

• Jun 08 2020

  Mystery Foto #23 Solved: 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race Winner George Robertson

  Automotive historian Walt Gosden challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto.

• May 30 2020

  The 1908 Locomobile Model E of the Collection on Palmetto in Clearwater, Florida

  One of the featured vintage automobiles of the soon to be opened automobile museum "The Collection on Palmetto" is a beautiful 1908 Locomobile Model E with a Vanderbilt Cup trophy mascot. Laura Giner of "The Collection" has requested information on the mascot and provided several images.

• May 18 2020

  Kleiner’s Korner: Advertising Using the Vanderbilt Cup Races and the Long Island Motor Parkway

  As shown in previous posts, advertisers often mentioned the Vanderbilt Cup Races or the Long Island Motor Parkway as an endorsement of their products. Here are additional examples.

• Apr 01 2020

  Kleiner’s Korner: The Motor Parkway in Advertising Part III

  Part III of this series focuses on automobile manufacturers that promoted their products in association with The Long Island Motor Parkway or the Vanderbilt Cup Races. The parkway and the races provided a proving ground for their auto's performance and reliability.

• Feb 29 2020

  Kleiner’s Korner: The Long Island Motor Parkway and Levittown

  Long before there was a Levittown, the Motor Parkway ran straight through this part of the Hempstead Plains. However, unlike many other parts of the roadway after its close, this section remained almost untouched by developers.

• Dec 17 2019

  Popular Mechanics (February 1938): George Robertson “Making of A Race Driver”

  In a featured cover story in the February 1938 issue of Popular Mechanics (page 178), George Robertson, the winner of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race, wrote " The Rough Road to Glory". The article described what Robertson believed it takes to become a race driver while highlighting several of his race experiences.

• Dec 16 2019

  Mystery Foto #50 Solved: Joe Tracy & Jerry Helck in Old 16 at the 1945 Franklin County Fair

  The Helck Family Collection challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto.

• Dec 10 2019

  Alexander Buchan’s Kinetic Sculpture: The Checkered Flag

  The bronze sculpture "The Checkered Flag" is one of the most impressive representations of the 1908 Vanderbilt up Race. This artwork was created by Alexander Buchan, who was featured in the November/December 2019 issue of AutoMobilia.

• Oct 21 2019

  Mystery Foto #42 Solved: The Team Reunion of Joe Tracy and Al Poole for the 1956 “Rerun”

  The Helck Family Collection challenged you to identify this weekend's Old 16 Mystery Foto.

• Oct 05 2019

  VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: The Engines of the 1906 American Elimination Trial Racers

  In another VanderbiltCupRaces.com exclusive, below are never-before-published photos of the engines for several racers that were entered in the 1906 American Elimination Trial. The photos were formerly from the Don C. Boulton Collection.

• Sep 09 2019

  Mystery Foto #36: A Locomobile Limo with a Vanderbilt Cup Radiator Mascot

  This weekend's never before published Mystery Foto needed to be examined very closely.

• Aug 03 2019

  Old 16 Locomobile on Display at the Audrain Automobile Museum in Newport, Rhode Island

  In a rare venture out of the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, Old 16 is currently on display at the Audrain Automobile Museum in Newport. I am proud to have contributed to this special exhibit with 17 Vanderbilia items from my collection.

• Jun 26 2019

  Hemmings Classic Car: The Vanderbilt Cup- America’s first internationally recognized road-race

  The August 2019 issue of Hemmings Classic Car features an excellent review of the Vanderbilt Cup Races by Jeff Koch with the assistance of photos from my collection.

• Jun 03 2019

  Mystery Foto #22 Solved: Peter Helck, Golfer Gene Sarazen and Old 16 in 1948

  This weekend's Mystery Foto was taken at a New York celebrity party.

• Jan 08 2019

  From the Simeone Foundation: A Peter Helck Sketch of Two Vanderbilt Cup Race Winners

  Last year, I was honored to receive a personal tour of the Simeone Museum in Philadelphia by the renowned Dr. Fred Simeone. Hanging on his library wall, I discovered this Vanderbilt Cup Race masterpiece drawn by the wonderful Peter Helck.

• Dec 24 2018

  Mystery Foto #51 Solved: Tracy and Poole Changing A Tire During the 1906 American Elimination Race

  Tim Helck, the grandson of the great artist Peter Helck, challenged you to identify this race Mystery Foto.

• Aug 04 2018

  Jerry Helck and the Old 16 Locomobile Racer

  Old 16 Locomobile, the winner of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race, was owned by the Helck family for 55 years from 1942 to 1997. Nobody was photographed more frequently with this historic racer than Jerry Helck.

• Jul 21 2018

  Helck Family Collection: Peter Helck Recalls the Greatest Vintage Car Event in Long Island’s History

  Among the treasures discovered in the Helck Family Collection is an unedited 128-page biographical document written by Peter Helck. In the first post from these memoirs, Peter Helck recalls the 50th anniversary celebration of the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race held on Long Island.

• Jul 11 2018

  Vanderbilia: The Old 16 Locomobile Spoon

  While searching through my Vanderbilia display case, I rediscovered this Old 16 Locomobile spoon. I have no idea who manufactured it and why. Can anyone help?

• Jun 18 2018

  Updated: Mystery Postcard Foto #24 Solved: The Massapequa-Hicksville Road Bridge Under Construction

  My favorite co-author Al Velocci challenged die-hard Motor Parkway fans to solve this difficult Mystery Postcard. Full disclosure: Both Al and I do not have a definitive answer.

• May 12 2018

  The Residence of the Starter of Five Vanderbilt Cup Races -Fred Wagner- Rediscovered in Smithtown

  Fred J. (Wag) Wagner was the premier race starter in the early 1900s including: all the Long Island Vanderbilt Cup Races with the exception of the 1904 race. Researcher Corey Victoria Geske has recently revealed that a beautiful Smithtown residence built in 1913 was the residence of Fred and Nancy Wagner.

• Feb 28 2018

  Video of the Week: Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation: Historic Automobiles at the Henry Ford Museum

  In this four-minute film, Matt Anderson, Curator of Transportation of the Henry Ford, gives a tour of the historic automobiles of the Henry Ford Museum. Can you guess which automobile is Matt's favorite among the 260 in the collection?

• Feb 17 2018

  Helck Family Collection: The 1942 Bill of Sale From Joseph B. Sessions for Old 16

  Another gem of the Helck Family Collection treasure is the original January 30, 1942 bill of sale transferring the 1906 Old 16 Locomobile from the estate of Joseph B. Sessions to Peter Helck .

• Jan 29 2018

  Mystery Painting #4 Solved: A 1962 Peter Helck Painting of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  This weekend's Mystery Friday painting featured an unusual 1962 Peter Helck painting.

• Oct 14 2017

  Ads From the Long Island Automobile Club 1902 Offical Program “One-Hundred Mile Endurance Test”

  On April 26, 1902, the Brooklyn-based Long Island Automobile Club ran the second "One-Hundred Mile Endurance Test on Long Island." I recently purchased the official program for this event which was part of a scrapbook owned by W. Wallace Grant, the president of the club.

• Jun 05 2017

  Mystery Foto #22 Solved: A Long Island Motor Parkway Footprint East of Jerusalem Avenue In Levittown

  Dave Russo forwarded this photo of a footprint of a section of the Motor Parkway right-of-way.

• Feb 04 2017

  Helck Family Collection: George Robertson’s Eyewitness Account of Lindbergh’s Journey to History

  One more treasure from the Helck Family Collection- George Robertson, winner of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race, documents his role in Charles Lindbergh's historic transatlantic journey on May 20, 1927.

• Jan 25 2017

  Helck Family Collection: Old 16 at the Opening of the Bridgehampton Race Circuit in 1957

  For the inaugural races at the Bridgehampton Race Circuit in 1957, Old 16 participated in the Vintage Exhibition Run. Prior to this appearance, Old 16, the winner of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race, stopped off at the Long Island Automotive Museum in Southampton.

• Dec 27 2016

  Helck Family Collection: “The Most Thrilling Race I Have Ever Seen” by Barrett H. Clark, Jr.

  In the November 1947 issue of Speed Age influential editor and literary manager Barrett H. Clark, Jr. described "the most thrilling race I have ever seen." Surprisingly, the race was last race of the 1946 VMCCA Jubilee Anniversary held at the Mineola Fair Grounds in Garden City.

• Dec 26 2016

  Mystery Foto #52 Solved: Old 16 at the 1946 VMCCA Jubilee Anniversary at the Mineola Fair Grounds

  The Heck Family Collection provided one more challenge in the final Mystery Foto of the year.

• Dec 23 2016

  Driver of the Week: Willie Haupt (1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race)

  Driver of the Week is William (Willie) H. Haupt, who drove the Chadwick "Big Six", the first supercharged racing car, to a 10th place finish in the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race.

• Dec 20 2016

  Helck Family Collection: The Story Behind Peter Helck’s Artwork for this Vanderbilt Cup Race Poster

  The poster artwork for the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race was created by artist Peter Helck. This rolled-up, untouched poster measuring 40 inches by 28 inches and printed on high-quality paper was discovered in Peter Helck's archives.

• Nov 12 2016

  Helck Family Collection: Old 16 on Display at the Henry Ford Museum in 1962

  Since 1997, the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan has been the home of Old 16, the winner of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race. Thirty-Five years earlier, Old 16 made its first appearance at Henry Ford's 1962 sports car review exhibit.

• Sep 23 2016

  Helck Family Collection: December 1944 Esquire Article “Robertson Comes Through”

  In the December 1944 issue of Esquire magazine, Paul Gallico provided this profile of George Robertson and the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race. The article was accompanied by a reproduction of this classic Vanderbilt Cup Race painting by Peter Helck.

• Sep 17 2016

  The Motor Racing Archives of Peter Helck to Become Available on VanderbiltCupRaces.com

  Jerry and Timothy Helck have issued this press release concerning the motor racing archives of artist and historian Peter Helck.

• Sep 13 2016

  From a Lodgekeeper’s Family Album: A View of the Massapequa Lodge

  Arthur Mauriello, grandson of lodgekeepers Thomas and Josephine Zinzi, has forwarded two photos of the Massapequa Lodge from one of his family albums.

• Sep 03 2016

  Westbury Times: Grandstand Site Raced Into History

  The location of the grandstand area for the 1904 and 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Races was recently designated by the Village of Westbury as one of six historic landmark sites. Reporter Leigh Anderson takes a "closer look" in this week's issue of Westbury Times.

• Aug 09 2016

  October 23, 1958 Newsday: The Races That Made History

  On the 50th anniversary of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race, Newsday published a celebratory article "The Races That Made History." The article is particularly noteworthy because it included one of the last interviews with George Robertson, the winner of the 1908 race.

• Jun 28 2016

  The Helck Family Memoirs: 1973 Newsday “What Ever Became of the Vanderbilt Parkway?” Updated 7/14/16

  Jerry Helck has forwarded this April 15, 1973 Newsday article from the collection of the Helck Family Library. Updated: June 30, 2016

• Mar 04 2016

  Hemmings Blog: Does this weathervane look familiar?

  Yesterday reporter David Conwill in the Hemmings Blog reported on the mini Old 16 that is currently being sold at an antiques store in Bennington, Vermont.

• Feb 27 2016

  George Robertson: The Vanderbilt Cup Race Driver Who Helped Beautify Roslyn

  While working on a Town Historian project last week on the history of Gerry Pond Park, I discovered that George Robertson, the winner of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race, played a major role in the development of the park.

• Jan 12 2016

  Hemmings Motor News Needs Your Assistance in Solving This Mini-Old 16 Mystery

  Hemmings Motor News is looking for assistance in solving this Mini-Old 16 mystery found in their hometown of Bennington, Vermont.

• Dec 14 2015

  Mystery Fotos #50 Solved: Old 16 and The Beast in Bridgehampton (1951-1952)

  This weekend's Mystery Fotos featured two unique vehicles that were photographed at the same location.

• Dec 04 2015

  Holiday Gift of the Week: Old 16 Tin Can Art Coffee Mug

  Steve Wasserman has produced a coffee mug featuring a reproduction of his father's amazing tin can art painting of "Old 16" during the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race.

• Nov 07 2015

  VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive-The Helck Family Memoirs #1: Old 16 at the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  Jerry Helck, former owner of the Old 16 Locomobile and son of the great artist Peter Helck, has agreed to share family memoirs related to the Vanderbilt Cup Races. In the first post of the series, Jerry recalls when Old 16 was brought to the Old Timers Exhibition of the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race and his missed opportunity to meet Tazio Nuvolari.

• Nov 02 2015

  A Salute to the Mets & Mystery Foto #44 Solved: A Gift to George Robertson From Peter Helck

  The owner of this important Peter Helck painting forwarded these images for this weekend's Mystery Foto.

• Sep 28 2015

  Mystery Foto #39 Solved: George Robertson Promoting the New Roosevelt Raceway in June 1936

  Martin Rudow challenged you to identify this press event photo.

• Mar 23 2015

  Mystery Foto #12 Solved: Buckminister Fuller’s Dymaxion #3 Built at the Former Locomobile Factory

  Art Kleiner challenged you again with this weekend's Mystery Foto.

• Feb 26 2015

  Mystery Friday Foto #9: Can You Identify This Old 16 Locomobile Photo?

  Ariejan Bos of Netherlands needs your help in solving this Mystery Foto of Old 16 Locomobile, the winner of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race.

• Feb 18 2015

  ClassicCars.com Profile: The Old Timers Exhibition of the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  Steve Evans has posted a "Classic Profile" of the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race on ClassicCars.com .

• Feb 07 2015

  Exclusive: Glenn Ethridge in the Isotta Fraschini that Won the 1908 Briarcliff Trophy Stock Car Race

  A relative of Glenn Ethridge, the mechanician of the winner of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race Old 16, has forwarded this photo and requesting assistance:

• Feb 06 2015

  Saturday Search: A Jericho Ford Fire Truck (Updated: 2/15/2015)

  Betsey Murphy, local history librarian for the Jericho Library, is researching this fire truck.