Vanderbilt Cup Races

Tag: Mineola Fair

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  Jun 13 2020

  Update: The 1946 VMCCA Jubilee Anniversary at the Mineola Fair Grounds

  In June 1946, the Veteran Motor Car Club of America sponsored its 50th Anniversary Jubilee featuring a parade of over 75 vintage cars and nine races at the Mineola Fair Grounds on Long Island. Update (June 13, 2020): Another film on the Jubilee has been posted on YouTube.

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  Jul 21 2018

  Helck Family Collection: Peter Helck Recalls the Greatest Vintage Car Event in Long Island’s History

  Among the treasures discovered in the Helck Family Collection is an unedited 128-page biographical document written by Peter Helck. In the first post from these memoirs, Peter Helck recalls the 50th anniversary celebration of the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race held on Long Island.

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  Jul 16 2018

  Update #3: Mystery Foto #28 Solved: A 1931 Aerial of the Motor Parkway in Garden City and Mineola

  Author Richard Panchyk challenged you to identify this spectacular Long Island aerial.

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  Dec 27 2016

  Helck Family Collection: “The Most Thrilling Race I Have Ever Seen” by Barrett H. Clark, Jr.

  In the November 1947 issue of Speed Age influential editor and literary manager Barrett H. Clark, Jr. described "the most thrilling race I have ever seen." Surprisingly, the race was last race of the 1946 VMCCA Jubilee Anniversary held at the Mineola Fair Grounds in Garden City.

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  Dec 26 2016

  Mystery Foto #52 Solved: Old 16 at the 1946 VMCCA Jubilee Anniversary at the Mineola Fair Grounds

  The Heck Family Collection provided one more challenge in the final Mystery Foto of the year.

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  Jan 25 2016

  Mystery Foto #4 Solved: A 1942 Composite Aerial of Mitchel Field and Roosevelt Field-Updated 1/26/16

  As requested by popular demand, here was the first Mystery Aerial of 2016.

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  Sep 07 2013

  Images & a Trophy From the Greatest Vintage Car Event Ever Held on Long Island

  In my opinion, the greatest vintage automobile event ever held on Long Island occurred on October 9, 1954 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first Vanderbilt Cup Race. The event was organized by Long Island Old Car Club and the Mineola Fair and Industrial Exposition.

• Jul 05 2009

  Film “The Last Race for Old 16 and Joe Tracy?” (1946)

  In June 1946, the Veteran Motor Car Club of America sponsored its 50th Anniversary Jubilee featuring a parade of 75 vintage cars and nine races at the Mineola Fair Grounds on Long Island. Courtesy of Walter McCarthy and the Long Island Old Car Club, the highlights of the Jubilee have…