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Upcoming September 2026 Automotive Shows & Events

Upcoming Kroplick Car Shows, Concours, Presentations, Events and Exhibits Updated 9/12/2026

Weekly Cruises and Cars & Coffees on Long Island

Mystery Friday Foto #37: A Flight Over an Estate

Update 8/9/26:Howard Kroplick to be a featured speaker at the Fifth FIVA Pan-European Conference for Automotive History in Lillehammer, Norway

InstaGRAM Report: Rare Home Film of Antique Automobile Racing at the 1960 Long Island Fair

Update: Mystery Friday Foto #36 Solved: A Kelly-Springfield Truck at Mitchel Field

Update #2: Documenting the Zinzi home in the Massapequa Lodge: Deed and rare film

InstaGRAM Report: A recap of the events of the 2026 Pebble Beach Concours and Car Week

Mystery Friday Foto #35 Solved: Bernd Rosemeyer and his Auto Union Streamlined Type C Race Car

Song of the Week: “Stupefied” by Dana Kyle Kroplick

Kleiner’s Korner: May 1926 Motor Parkway News

InstaGRAM Report: The Racing History of Deer Park Speedway / Speedrone

Mystery Friday Foto #34 Solved: The Incredible and Historic ‘First’ North American Transcontinental Flight

Back in Automotive Time: The January 1957 Car Life Magazine Part 1: America’s First Super Highway

Old Cars Weekly: Imperial Dynasty

Mystery Friday Foto #33 Solved: The Well-Known ‘Woodbury Turn’

Update: Mystery Friday Foto #32 Solved: The Dangerous Newbridge Avenue Bridge

Kleiner’s Korner: Willie K’s Simplex Test Driver

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1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race #31 National

Long Island Automotive Museum 1950s Postcards

Hollis Hills Aerial 1941

1905 American Elimination Trial #6 Christie

1905 VCR #15 Pope Toledo

Heath #1 1904 Circuit Des Ardennes

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The six Vanderbilt Cup Races held on Long Island from 1904 to 1910 were the greatest sporting events of their day, and the first international automobile road races held in the United States. The races had a far-reaching impact on the development of American automobiles and parkways. This site provides comprehensive information on the races, the Long Island Motor Parkway and current Long Island automotive events, car shows and news.