Vanderbilt Cup Races

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• Oct 13 2023

  InstaGRAM Report: Peter Helck Vanderbilt Cup Races Paintings Part 2

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

• Aug 29 2022

  Mystery Friday Foto #35 Solved:  Bert Dingley taking the Hicksville Turn in a Pope-Hartford at the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  The Walter McCarthy archives again challenged you with another unpublished race photo.

• Jul 25 2022

  Mystery Friday Foto #30 Solved:  Ralph Mulford, Louis Chevrolet and Ralph DePalma gather around a 1914 Stutz Bearcat before the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race

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

• Nov 27 2021

  VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: 12 Previously unpublished photos of the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  I recently purchased an unknown family's scrapbook of 250 photos taken from 1905 to 1914. Highlight are these previously never published 12 photos of the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race.

• Jun 19 2021

  VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive Part I: From the Hall/Kraft Family Album-Previously unpublished photos of the 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  Professor Robert A. Kraft has forwarded photos of the 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race found in this grandmother's family photo.

• May 04 2021

  Kleiner’s Korner: The 1910 Buick VCR Team at Sea

  Soon after the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race, the Buick team headed to Savannah, GA to participate in the Nov. 12th Grand Prize Race. The team and other auto enthusiasts returned after the race to New York on the steamship "SS City of Savannah" which featured in its on-board publication an…

• Aug 22 2020

  Kleiner’s Korner Part I: Illustrating the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race and the Motor Parkway

  In addition to magazines using photographs to graphically enhance a story, illustrations were also often times used. One illustrator employed by "The Motor Way" magazine was Henry Thiede whose drawings in 1906 portrayed anecdotes of the Vanderbilt Cup Race and the building of the Motor Parkway.

• Jun 27 2020

  Hemmings Classic Car: Racing in Riverhead-The Long Island Stock Chassis Competition of 1909

  My good friend and automotive historian Walt Gosden explored the 1909 Long Island Stock Chassis Derby in the August 2020 issue of Hemmings Classic Car. Walt also discovered what happened to Willie K's 90 HP Mercedes.

• 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.

• Oct 01 2018

  Mystery Foto #39 Solved: Louis Chevrolet’s Fatal Crash in the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  This weekend's Mystery Foto documented a major crash in a Vanderbilt Cup Race.

• Oct 28 2017

  Updated (11/3/17): The Course for the Long Island Automobile Club’s 1902 100-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." In tonight's post, the program's description of the 100-mile course in Queens and Nassau County is featured.

• Jul 18 2017

  Mystery Foto #28 Solved: The 1909 Buick Factory Racing Team in Flint, Michigan

  This weekend's Mystery Foto featured a factory racing team and several drivers who participated in the Vanderbilt Cup Races.

• Jul 01 2017

  Six More Amazing Automobiles at the Swigart Antique Automobile Museum in Huntingdon, PA Updated

  Last May, Roz and I took a road trip to pay homage to the 1947 Tucker'48 Prototype "The Tin Goose" and Tucker '48 #1013. As a bonus, we discovered these amazing unique automobiles at the Swigart Museum.

• Nov 22 2016

  The Incredible Vanderbilt Cup Races on Long Island: The Role of Hicksville Updated: 11/22/16

  Great turnout for tonight's special "Incredible Vanderbilt Cup Races" presentation highlighting the role of Hicksville in the races. The program was sponsored by the Hicksville Historical Society and held in the Hicksville Public Library within walking distance of the Vanderbilt Cup Race courses for the 1904, 1909 and 1910 races.

• Oct 01 2016

  John E. Roosevelt Family Photo Album: The 1909 Long Island Stock Car Derby

  The third post from the John E. Roosevelt Family Album features rare photos of the 1909 Long Island Stock Car Derby, also known as the Long Island Motor Derby and the Long Island Derby.

• Sep 05 2016

  Mystery Foto #36 Solved: Louis Chevrolet at the 1906 Ormond-Daytona Races

  Paul Osika, a great collector and seller of racing and automobile photos, challenged you to identify this veteran of Vanderbilt Cup Races.

• Aug 23 2016

  John E. Roosevelt Family Photo Album: Action in Hicksville During the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  In the second post from the John E. Roosevelt Family Photo Album, Gladys Roosevelt, the daughter of John E. Roosevelt and the second cousin of President Teddy Roosevelt, captured accidents and breakdowns that occurred at her viewing location at Old Country Road in Hicksville.

• Aug 10 2016

  VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Photos from the John E. Roosevelt Family Photo Album (1909-1910)

  I am pleased to announce that the Bayport Heritage Association and the Suffolk County Parks Department have provided over 100 photos from the John E. Roosevelt Family Photo Album to be posted on VanderbiltCupRaces.com.

• Sep 15 2015

  Mystery Foto #37 Solved: Futurity Handicap Race at Sheepshead Bay Speedway Held on June 1, 1918

  Bob Green, director of Survive the Drive, challenged you to identify this Long Island race.

• Jan 19 2015

  Mystery Foto #3 Solved:Driver Arthur Chevrolet After His Marquette-Buick Broke Down in the 1910 Race

  This weekend's Mystery Foto showed the importance of the Vanderbilt Cup Races to the drivers of the era.

• Dec 15 2014

  Mystery Foto #98 Solved:The #4 Chadwick on the Ellison Road RR Bridge During 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  Frank Femenias has forwarded this weekend's Mystery Foto that he discovered while searching the Detroit Public Library's National Automotive Collection.

• Nov 24 2014

  Mystery Foto #95 Solved: Louis Chevrolet and Joe Nelson Preparing for the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  This weekend's Mystery Foto was courtesy of the Detroit Public Library Digital Collections.

• Jun 09 2014

  Mystery Foto #71 Solved: A Bust of Louis Chevrolet at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

  This weekend's Mystery Foto was a real bust!

• Apr 09 2014

  The Seven Buicks of the Vanderbilt Cup Races

  Buick entered seven race cars in the Vanderbilt Cup Races and its associated sweepstakes from 1908 to 1910.

• Dec 21 2013

  The Vanderbilt Cup Race Fantasy Team

  Wiliam K. Vanderbilt Jr loved competitive sports and was a member of his St. Mark's Preparatory School's football team (first row, far right).

• Aug 07 2013

  Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #35: The “Meadowbrook” Bridge in East Meadow

  The 35th bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the "Meadowbrook" parkway bridge over Newbridge Avenue (Bellmore Road) in East Meadow.

• Jun 12 2013

  Then & Now: The Hicksville Old Country Road Turn at the 1909 and 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Races

  One of the favorite locations to watch the 1909 and 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Races was the Old Country Road Turn in Hicksville. Here is a "Then & Now" of the turn and another Vanderbilt Cup Race discovery.

• 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.

• Feb 02 2013

  From the Barney Oldfield Collection: Four Classic Photos and One Mystery

  Wayne Carroll Petersen, the great-great-nephew of the legendary racer Barney Oldfield, has provided these five historic photos from the Barney Oldfield Collection. Can anyone help Wayne identify the one mystery image?

• Jan 29 2013

  Then & Now: New Hyde Park Turn

  One of the six exciting turns in the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race was the intersection of Lakeville Road and Jericho Turnpike.

• Jan 14 2013

  Three Amazing Photos from the Starting Line of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  Three amazing photos of cars preparing for the start of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race. Courtesy of Paul Osika.

• Dec 01 2012

  Vanderbilt Cup Races Stats: Drivers, Cars and Manufacturers

  Here are summary stats for the Vanderbilt Cup Races held on Long Island from 1904 to 1910.

• Aug 28 2012

  Then & Now: Racing on Roslyn Roads

  As part of the lecture series sponsored by the Roslyn Landmark Society, tonight I will be presenting an overview of the Vanderbilt Cup Races with a focus on racing in the Roslyn area.

• Jul 28 2012

  Film: The 1917 Match Races Among Oldfield, Chevrolet and De Palma in Sheepshead Bay Speedway

  In 1917, three of the most famous daredevil drivers were veterans of the Vanderbilt Cup Races; Barney Oldfield (1914 & 1915), Louis Chevrolet (1905, 1908, 1909,& 1910) and Ralph De Palma (1911,1912, 1914 & 1915). On August 17, 1917, over 40,000 spectators came to Sheepshead Bay Track in Brooklyn to…

• Dec 10 2011

  Then & Now: The 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race “S Turn” in Albertson

  One of the most exciting places to watch the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race was the "S Turn" at the intersection of I.U.Willets Road and Willis Avenue in Albertson.

• Sep 01 2011

  Race Profile: The 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race- France Captures Second Consecutive Race

  The First William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., Cup Race held in 1904 was an immediate success among the public and supporters of automobile racing. America had finally created a major road race that attracted great drivers and cars from around the world. Newspapers and automobile trade journals helped to build the interest…

• Mar 07 2011

  Rare Image Series #3: Louis Chevrolet- The Most Famous “Name” in the Vanderbilt Cup Races

  Louis Chevrolet drove in four Vanderbilt Cup Races (1905, 1908,1909 &1910), more than any other driver. These are rarely seen photos of Louis Chevrolet, whose name became and continues to be one of the most recognizable brands in American car history:

• Dec 13 2010

  New Series- Rare Images #1: Vanderbilt Cup Race Drivers and Mechanicians

  VanderbiltCupRaces.com introduces today a new "Rare Images" series featuring rarely seen photos of Vanderbilt Cup Race personalities. We start off with this photo of Harry Grant and mechanician Frank Lee just prior to winning the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race.

• Aug 01 2010

  Archives: 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race

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• Aug 01 2010

  Archives: 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race

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• Aug 01 2010

  Archives: 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race

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• Aug 01 2010

  Archives: 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race

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• Jul 31 2010

  Archives: Louis Chevrolet

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• Jul 06 2010

  Starting Lineup: The 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  A large field of 30 cars raced in the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race held on October 1, 1910. The race was run on the same course as in 1909- a total of 12.64 miles including 5.15 miles of the Long Island Motor Parkway. The winner needed…

• Feb 06 2010

  Starting Lineup: The 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  These are the 17 cars that raced in the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race held on October 24, 1908. The race was run over a 23.46 mile course including 8 miles of the Long Island Motor Parkway. The winner needed to complete 11 laps of the course…

• Dec 19 2009

  Starting Lineup: The 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  These 19 cars competed in the second Vanderbilt Cup Race held on October 14, 1905 won by the #18 Darracq driven by Victor Hemery. Remember to click on the photos to enlarge the image:

• Nov 28 2009

  Louis Chevrolet and the End of the Long Island Vanderbilt Cup Races

  Chevrolet’s steely-eyed focus shown in 1905 and 1908 was noted by William Durant, chairman of General Motors, who wanted to promote Buicks through auto racing. By 1909 Durant hired both Louis and younger brother Arthur. Both worked on the cars, but Louis joined Lewis Strang and Bob Burman,…

• Nov 27 2009

  Louis Chevrolet and the Vanderbilt Cup Races- Part II

  After his tenth place finish in the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race, Chevrolet was mentored by two larger-than-life personalities: French champion Victor Hemery and front-wheel drive pioneer J. Walter Christie.

• Nov 26 2009

  Louis-Joseph Chevrolet and the Vanderbilt Cup Races- Part I

  Only four drivers particpated in half of the six Vanderbilt Cup Races held on Long Island; Herb Lytle (1904, 1905, and 1908), William Luttgen (1904, 1906,and 1908), Joe Tracy (1904, 1905, and 1906) and a driver whose name would become one of the most famous brands…

• Jun 24 2009

  Chevrolet Challenges Heath during the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  Louis Chevrolet in a FIAT challenging George Heath in a Panhard during the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race was captured in this dramatic photo published in the French publication Les Sports Modernes in October 1905.

• Jun 20 2009

  Louis Chevrolet, Joe Tracy and the 1908 Matheson Team

  The Matheson Automobile Company of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania made a strong effort to win the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race. They hired Louis Chevrolet as one of the drivers for their two entrants and selected retired veteran driver Joe Tracy as their team manager.

• Apr 02 2009

  Louis Chevrolet-The most famous name in the Vanderbilt Cup Races

  The most famous name in the Vanderbilt Cup Races held on Long Island was Louis Chevrolet. Chevrolet participated in more Vanderbilt Cup Races than any other driver (1905, 1908,1909 &1910). His name has become one of the most recognizable brands in American car history. For more information on Chevrolet,…

• Mar 12 2009

  Linking the Vanderbilt Cup Race Course from Ellison Road to the Motor Parkway

  The fourth set of 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race photos from the Hayden Allen Collection focuses on a stretch of the course that connected Ellison Road with the Motor Parkway just west of Merrick Avenue.