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• Dec 11 2021

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  Tim Helck has forwarded the news that the current issue of Illustration is devoted solely to the work of his grandfather Peter Helck.

• Aug 29 2020

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  The Detroit Public Library has scanned additional images for their National Automotive History Collection. Below are photos from the 1908 Motor Parkway Sweepstakes held on October 10, 1908- the opening day of the Motor Parkway.

• Nov 18 2019

  Mystery Racers:  The 1914 Indy 500 Race

  In the second of the Mystery Saturday Auto series, Steve Ludwiski forwarded these amazing photos discovered in a scrapbook from Dr. Frederick Stengel.

• Apr 17 2018

  Mystery Foto #15 Solved: A 1908 Long Island Racing Scene at Bethpage’s Deadman’s Curve I

  This weekend's Mystery Foto captured a memorable Long Island race at a memorable location.

• Dec 23 2016

  Driver of the Week: Willie Haupt (1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race)

  Driver of the Week is William (Willie) H. Haupt, who drove the Chadwick "Big Six", the first supercharged racing car, to a 10th place finish in the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race.

• Feb 15 2016

  Mystery Foto #7 Solved: New Bridge Hotel on Newbridge Road- A Favorite Viewing Site for the Races

  This weekend's Mystery Foto featured a very busy viewing site for the Vanderbilt Cup Races.

• Nov 02 2015

  A Salute to the Mets & Mystery Foto #44 Solved: A Gift to George Robertson From Peter Helck

  The owner of this important Peter Helck painting forwarded these images for this weekend's Mystery Foto.

• Jan 14 2015

  Video: “The Ellison Avenue LIRR Bridge of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race Course”

  The Velocity Channel's 2013 AmeriCARna "Vanderbilt Cup" episode focused on the six Vanderbilt Cup Races held on Long Island and the Vanderbilt Cup trophy. This three-minute segment highlighted the Elllison Avenue LIRR Bridge on the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race course and the creation of the Long Island Motor Parkway.

• Dec 23 2014

  Mystery Foto #99: The Wright Flying Field in Mineola Circa 1916/1917

  Allan Routt of Fairborn, Ohio forwarded this never-before-published photo of a Long Island Motor Parkway sign as this weekend's Mystery Foto.

• 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.

• Oct 30 2013

  Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #39:  Newbridge Road Bridge in Hempstead Plains

  The 39th bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Newbridge Road Bridge in the Hempstead Plains (now Levittown).

• Jun 05 2013

  Clean Up the Historic Deadman’s Curve in Bethpage on Saturday, June 22, 2013

  Come join the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society and the Bethpage community for a "Clean Up the Historic Deadman's Curve" Day at 9:00 AM Saturday, June 22, 2013.

• Jun 23 2012

  First Races on the Long Island Motor Parkway: The 1908 Motor Parkway Sweepstakes

  When the Long Island Motor Parkway was completed in October 1908, the first race using the completed 9 miles of the road was not the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race, but a series of five concurrent races called the Motor Parkway Sweepstakes. The story of these races and photo highlights are…

• Feb 23 2012

  Peter Helck’s “1908 Giant’s Despair Hill Climb”  Original Painting For Sale

  An original Peter Helck painting of William Haupt driving the Chadwick Six at a 1908 Wilkes-Barre Hill Climb is available for sale at the l'art et l'autombile website. Haupt drove the Chadwick at the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race.

• Aug 01 2010

  Archives: 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  Links to related posts on VanderbiltCupRaces.com (Updated: December 31, 2011):

• Jun 23 2010

  Then & Now: The Railroad Bridge on Ellison Road in Westbury

  One of the most spectacular vantage points of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race course was the Long Island Rail Road Bridge on Ellison Road in Westbury. Drivers mounting the sharp grade of the bridge would often find the wheels of their cars lifting off the road as if they…

• 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…