Tag: Starting Line
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Treasures Uncovered as Construction Begins at Levittown’s Historic Grandstand Location
In a special Kleiner's Korner report, Levittown resident and Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society member Art Kleiner documents that construction has begun unveiling new Motor Parkway artifacts.
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In Search of the Grandstand, Press Box/Officials Stand and Pits in Levittown
From 1908 to 1910, the center of the auto racing world was a 200-yard strip of the Long Island Motor Parkway in the Hempstead Plains, now Levittown.
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Starting Lineup: The 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race
Eighteen racers participated in the first Vanderbilt Cup Race held on October 8, 1904. Photos of 17 of the 18 entrants at the Westbury starting line on Jericho Turnpike are shown here for the first time. The #10 Fiat arrived late at the starting line and began with a running…
The partially completed train crossing is obviously Mineola or Albertson. Staring at the picture it could easily be…