Vanderbilt Cup Races

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• Feb 20 2023

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• Aug 11 2021

  Greg O’s Garage; From the Helck Family Collection: The official 1904 Vanderbilt Cup race program

  The complete 1904 race program

• Jan 14 2019

  Mystery Foto #2 Solved: Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, Owner of Paul Sartori’s FIAT

  I challenged you to identify this prominent gentleman.

• Feb 07 2018

  Vanderbilts and Whitneys Convene in West Palm Beach

  John LeBoutillier, the great-grandson of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and a relative of William K. Vanderbilt Jr., has forwarded a New York Social Diary article on a recent gathering of descendants and friends of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney.

• Jul 27 2016

  Translation: October 1904 La Stampa Sportiva: The Vanderbilt Cup

  Professor Pau Medrano Bigas, Professor of Graphic Design at the University of Barcelona, has forwarded several articles on William K. Vanderbilt Jr. and the Vanderbilt Cup Races from the Italian magazine La Stampa Sportiva published from 1902 to 1910.

• Jun 22 2015

  Mystery Foto #25 Solved: Waterbury ,Sears, McGrann and Vanderbilt at the 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race

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• May 31 2014

  VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Spectacular Photos of the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  On Friday, October 7, 1904, the day before the first Vanderbilt Cup Race, 60 superintendents and engineers of the Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers (A.L.A.M.) gathered for a 65-mile "meet" covering Manhattan, Bronx and Westchester. On the next day, many of the participants ventured to Long Island to see the…

• Mar 19 2014

  Henry Austin Clark Jr. 1974 Article: “The Vanderbilt Cup Races- Part I: 1904”

  Tony Kaye has forwarded a September 1974 article by Henry Austin Clark Jr. on the Vanderbilt Cup Races describing many of the breakdowns and accidents. Here is the section on the 1904 race.

• Feb 24 2014

  Mystery Foto #56 Solved: Paul Sartori in Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt’s 250-HP Custom Built F.I.A.T.

  This week's Mystery Foto forwarded by Daniel Fruelund featured a two-time Vanderbilt Cup Race driver.

• Jul 06 2013

  Then & Now: The Massapequa Turn for the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  One of the most exciting locations to watch the first Vanderbilt Cup Race was the turn from Massapequa-Hicksville Road onto the new Bethpage-Hempstead Turnpike in present day Plainedge. Here's the "Then & Now."

• Jun 08 2013

  FIAT Freakout: The 13 FIATS of the Vanderbilt Cup Races

  In celebration of next month's FIAT Freakout National Convention to be held on July 18-21, 2013 in Hauppauge, all 13 FIATs that participated in the 1904, 1905, 1906 and 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Races are featured in today's post.

• Dec 12 2011

  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…

• Aug 01 2010

  Archives: 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  Links to posts related to the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race (Updated: December 31, 2011):

• Jul 19 2009

  Rare Photos of the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race Discovered

  I recently acquired a 1904 scrapbook of 65 never-before published photos including 15 amazing images of the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race. The most significant photo in the scrapbook is the only known documentation of the difficulties of #10 Fiat driven by Paul Sartori and owned by Willie K's cousin…

• Mar 04 2008

  Film “1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race”

  Welcome to VanderbiltCupRaces.com! In one of the earliest sports films ever made, the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race action was captured by cameramen G.W. Bitzer and A.E. Weed of the American Mutoscope & Biograph Company in Westbury and Plainedge.