Highlights from The Bridge V: The Alco Black Beast
Switching from drag racing in New Hyde Park last Sunday, the Alco Black Beast was exhibited today with over 300 amazing automobiles at the Hampton's coolest garden party.
Here are highlights from The Bridge V held on the grounds of the original Bridgehampton Race Circuit.
Photos by Howard Kroplick, David Baum and Roz Kroplick.
Enjoy,
Howard Kroplick
"About the Event" from The Bridge V program
Check out this photo of Tucker 1044 from the 2019 Bridge IV.
Alco Black Beast
The Alco Black Beast was featured at a prime spot at the Clubhouse.
Hearing the Black Beast roar is always an event favorite.
Jeff Norton (far left) was reunited with the Black Beast. Jeff worked on the racer in England in 1995 and watched the racer reach 95 mph at an airport runway..
Other views and automobiles from The Bridge V
A Tatra from the Lane Museum in Nashville, TN.
Dual Ghia with a record player
Comments
Looked like a fun day with some great cars!
I haven’t been to The Bridge since it was a race track. In the late 80’s/early 90’s I had an older Porsche 944 that I used in EMRA (Eastern Motorsports Racing Association) events called the Vanderbilt Time Trials. In the 70’s, EMRA needed a name to call their events and the only race name that was not trademarked was The Vanderbilt Cup, so that was the name they chose for their events for many years.
My last dash plaque from the last event I drove in back in 1994:
I too, like Greg O, did many laps at the old Bridgehampton circuit. In the late 50’s racing with LISCA and then in the late 70’s racing with EMRA. The track may no longer be there but I can still drive every inch of it in my head having done hundreds of laps there. I was doing racing in the LISCA days and…. Racing and Time Trials in the EMRA days.
My ride in LISCA racing was my ‘55 Porsche Speedster shown here. My ride in the EMRA days was a Formula V King for racing… and Volvo 122S and Ford Capri forTime Trials. I do miss that track and those special days.
Wonder if any part of the raceway is still evident? Have to look at aerials to see. Below is a polaroid of me, no older than 5, sitting in a dragster. Around 1972, not sure if it was at Riverhead or Bridgehampton Raceway.
Brian- While I haven’t seen it myself, Google Earth shows the entrance to the club is the original straightaway with the crossover bridge still intact. Sadly, the light bulb, nor any other part of the track is recognizable. A missed opportunity would’ve had the original developers keep the exact original track layout as golf cart access path.
In reply to Brian’s letter above… There was never any drag racing at Bridgehampton and I doubt if there was any at Riverhead.
Your dragster photo could have been at Westhampton Dragway or Center Moriches National Speedway
Missed opportunity, I agree Greg.
Thanks for solving my mystery foto, Dick Gorman! I lived in Manorville at the time, the Center Moriches/New York National Speedway was very nearby. Just e/o Chapman Blvd, the area is now Greenwood Village.