Vanderbilt Cup Races

Tag: Hempstead Contol

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  Jul 24 2021

  Excerpt from “The Legend of the First Super Speedway”: Barney Oldfield at the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  Mark Dill's marvelous book "The Legend of the First Super Speedway" chronicles tales of Barney Oldfield's journey through the pioneering age of American auto racing. With Mark's permission, below is the section on when Oldfield attended the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race.

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  Nov 03 2018

  Herb Lytle’s Great-Great-Grandson Takes a Ride in the Alco Black Beast

  Last Sunday, Scott Lytle, the great-great-grandson of Vanderbilt Cup Racer Herb Lytle, and his lovely wife Marie visited me in Roslyn and took rides in the Alco Black Beast.

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  Feb 23 2015

  Mystery Foto #8 Solved: The Packard Gray Wolf Approaching the LIRR Crossing in Queens

  This weekend's Mystery Foto documented a rarely photographed location for the Vanderbilt Cup Races.

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  Jul 20 2013

  Then & Now: The Hempstead Control For the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  Joe Oesterle: Do you know exactly where these old pictures (of the Hempstead Control) were taken?

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  Jul 16 2013

  The Hempstead Control in the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  The 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race consisted of ten laps of the 30-mile course with controls in Hicksville and Hempstead.

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  Mar 28 2012

  VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: The #17 Simplex Approaching the Hempstead Control in 1904 Race

  In another VanderbiltCupRaces.com exclusive, this image may be the only photo showing the #17 Simplex breaking down at the Hempstead Control near the end of the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race.