Vanderbilt Cup Races

Tag: 1901 Newport Races

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  Mar 22 2023

  Greg O’s Garage; Willie K.‘s Racing Records

  Wliie K's racing records from 'The Log of my Motor'

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  Feb 11 2023

  Video: The Preservation Society of Newport County Fall 2022 Lecture:  The Advent of the Automobile including The Incredible Vanderbilt Cup Races

  The Preservation Society of Newport County has posted a 90-minute video of their Fall 2023 lecture.

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  Oct 05 2022

  The Preservation Society of Newport County Fall 2022 Lecture:  The Advent of the Automobile including The Incredible Vanderbilt Cup Races

  Over 75 people attended The Preservation Society of Newport County's Fall Gilded Age event including my presentation" The Incredible Vanderbilt Cup Races: The Road from Newport to Long Island." More than 100 people also participated by Zoom.

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  Jul 29 2019

  Mystery Foto #30 Solved: Willie K’s “Red Devil” at the 1901 Newport Automobile Races

  This weekend's Mystery Foto documented an historic race.

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  Sep 08 2010

  Willie K’s Cars #2: 1901 35-HP Mercedes “Red Devil”- The Fastest Machine in the Country

  After William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. dominated the 1900 Newport Races with the Daimler "White Ghost", he returned for the 1901 Newport Races with a brand new racer from Germany, a 35-HP Mercedes called the" Red Devil".

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  Dec 21 2009

  The 1901 Newport Automobile Races

  One of the most exciting American auto races in 1901 was the Newport Automobile Races organized by 23-year old William K. Vanderbilt Jr. and the National Auto Racing Association.