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• Feb 13 2024

  Mystery Friday Foto #6 Solved: #7 Locomobile at the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race starting line

  Did you identify this racer at the starting line?

• Nov 07 2023

  A 1906 Souvenir Scrapbook sold at the 2023 Hershey RM Auction

  A souvenir scrapbook was recently sold with many previously unpublished Vanderbilt Cup Race images.

• Oct 31 2023

  Kleiner’s Korner: Miscellaneous News Concerning Vanderbilt Cup Race Drivers and Cars

  Here are some miscellaneous news items reported about Vanderbilt Cup Race drivers and autos.

• Sep 30 2023

  The InstaGRAM Report: Peter Helck Vanderbilt Cup Race Paintings, Part One

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

• Jun 26 2023

  Mystery Friday Foto #25 Solved: The 1905 Locomobile Being Tested

  Did you identify this new race car being tested from the Helck Family Collection?

• Jun 19 2023

  Mystery Friday Foto #24; Peter Helck with Joe Tracy and Painting “Speed Demons of 1904- A Motor Race On The Continent in The Early Days”

  Did you identify the gentleman and painting in this 1926 photo?

• Jun 18 2023

  Greg O’s Garage; Joe Tracy’s Patents

  Aside from being a talented race car driver in the early Vanderbilt Cup Races, Joe Tracy was also a brilliant engineer and inventor.

• Jan 17 2023

  Greg O’s Garage: New Discovery- The actual 1906 location of the Spinney Hill grandstands

  In debate for many years, the actual location of the Spinney Hill grandstands at the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Races has largely been unconfirmed.

• Dec 12 2022

  Mystery Friday Foto #50 Solved: Old 16 and four Vanderbilt Cup Race drivers and mechanicians at the 1948 Antique Auto Show

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

• Nov 28 2022

  Update: Mystery Friday Foto #48 Solved: The 1901 Riker Torpedo setting the one-mile land speed record for electrics in Coney Island

  Did you identify this photo from November 16,1901?

• Oct 31 2022

  Mystery Friday Foto #44 : Joe Tracy test driving the 1905 Locomobile racer at the Bridgeport factory

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

• Oct 18 2022

  Kleiner’s Korner: The Vanderbilt Cup Race and other Speedways in New Jersey

  Several attempts were made to build racing venues in New Jersey in the early 1900s; many were envisioned for use by the Vanderbilt Cup Race, including one put forward by Joe Tracy.

• Oct 17 2022

  Mystery Friday Foto #42 Solved:  1949 AACA Racing Camp dinner featuring Vanderbilt Cup Race drivers

  Did you identify the famous faces in these Helck Family Collection's Mystery Fotos?

• Oct 12 2022

  Greg O’s Garage: Famous signatures found in the Helck Family Collection

  For over 60 years, Peter Helck saved every postcard and/or letter to his files. The amount of correspondence in his vast collection is staggering.

• Sep 21 2022

  The Henry Ford Archives: Race cars and artifacts from the “Driven to win: Dawn of Racing” exhibit

  The Henry Ford has posted images and profiles of race cars and artifacts in their collection that were part of a recent "Dawn of Racing Exhibit."

• Aug 08 2022

  Mystery Friday Foto #32 Solved: Joe Tracy testing the Motor Parkway as seen on the Jerusalem Avenue Bridge looking west in September 1908

  Frank Femenias challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto.

• May 31 2022

  Greg O’s Garage: The first Automobile Publication; The Horseless Age Part 2

  A new series of posts examining the first automotive publication, The Horseless Age

• May 16 2022

  Mystery Friday Foto #20 Solved: The 1904 Mercedes Sport Touring purchased by Henry Austin Clark, Jr, for $500 in 1950

  The Walter McCarthy Archives challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto.

• Mar 01 2022

  Kleiner’s Korner: Alternative Courses of the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  Here are several courses proposed in early 1904 for the running of the first Vanderbilt Cup Race on Long Island.

• 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.

• Oct 26 2021

  Greg O’s Garage: Joe Tracy and the Society of Automotive Engineers

  Once again, from the Helck Family Collection, more gems, this time in the form of Joe Tracy's engineering certificates, the famed Vanderbilt Cup Race driver, and personal friend of Peter Helck.

• Oct 11 2021

  Mystery Foto #41 Solved: Vanderbilt Cup Race driver Joe Tracy with reporter Ada Patterson

  Did you solve this weekend's Mystery Foto?

• Sep 20 2021

  Mystery Foto #38 Solved: Working on a 1906 Locomobile in Lake Success

  Greg O. challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto.

• Aug 11 2021

  Greg O’s Garage; From the Helck Family Collection: The official 1904 Vanderbilt Cup race program

  The complete 1904 race program

• Aug 09 2021

  Mystery Foto #32 Solved: The 1905 Locomobile taking a practice run in Bridgeport for the 1905 Gordon Bennett Cup

  The Helck Family Collection challenged to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto.

• Aug 04 2021

  Kleiner’s Korner Part 2: Illustrations of the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race Participants

  Additional portrayals of participants of the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race.

• Jun 12 2021

  Kleiners Korner: The 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race “Dip of Death”

  One of the most dangerous parts of the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race was the "Dip of Death", located near Spinney Hill in Manhasset. Robert Edgren illustrated these dangers in the Oct. 6, 1906 edition of The NY Evening World.

• Jun 08 2021

  New Hyde Park Herald Courier: Vanderbilt Cup Races in New Hyde Park

  I wrote this brief article for this week's Guide to New Hyde Park published by the New Hyde Park Herald Courier.

• May 24 2021

  Mystery Foto #21 Solved: 1906 90 HP Locomobile with designer A.L. Riker, driver Joe Tracy and mechanician Al Poole on Riverside Drive, Manhattan

  Did you identify this weekend's Mystery Foto and Auto?

• Apr 24 2021

  Kleiner’s Korner: Vanderbilt Cup Races - Tidbits of Information (1908 - 1916)

  The second installment of this series includes a neat map, poetry, George Robertson's "flight", a lot of bull and a supposed Vanderbilt Cup Race in NY in 1916! Enjoy!

• Dec 12 2020

  Helck Family Collection: Distinguished service citation for Joe Tracy awarded by Automobile Old Timers in 1948

  Among the documents found in the Helck Family Collection are veteran Vanderbilt Cup Race driver Joe Tracy's original honors and licenses. This citation was awarded to Joe Tracy at the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Automobile Old Timers on November 9, 1948.

• Nov 07 2020

  VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Photos of Old 16 at the 1948 Antique Auto Show from the Helck Family Collection

  Old 16 was the featured vehicle at the Antique Auto Show held from March 8-14, 1948 at the 71st Regiment Armory in Manhattan. Below are never-before published photos of the event from the Helck Family Collection

• Nov 04 2020

  Manhasset and the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  Blank Slate Media has requested images of Manhasset during the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race for their upcoming Guide to Manhasset publication. Here are several choices for them.

• Sep 05 2020

  Kleiner’s Korner: A “True” 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race Illustration

  This "Before Dawn" illustration was found in the Helck Family Collection with 1904 written on the back. Here is background on its artist Allen True and the illustration.

• 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.

• Jul 21 2020

  Kleiner’s Korner: From the Helck Family Collection- In Search of the 1905 Locomobile Racer

  Prior to "Old 16" gaining fame and fortune, the Locomobile Company built a "monster" racer that participated in the 1905 Gordon Bennett and Vanderbilt Cup Races. While much is known about "Old 16", very little attention is given to why the 1905 racer was built and what became of it.…

• Jun 22 2020

  Mystery Foto #25 Currently Under Dispute: Joe Tracy Testing the Motor Parkway in September 1908

  Kleiner's Kolumn (Art Kleiner) challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto.

• 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.

• Mar 11 2020

  Kleiner’s Korner: Another Poole Connection to the Vanderbilt Cup Races

  As shown in the Helck Family Collection of letters to Al Poole from his brother Alex, we can establish that Alex also counted Joe Tracy as a friend and was deeply involved with the design and manufacture of automobiles.

• Mar 09 2020

  Mystery Foto #10 Solved: The Winner of the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race in Roslyn

  Last weekend's Mystery Foto was a rare elevated image of the 1906 Race.

• Feb 29 2020

  Kleiner’s Korner: The Long Island Motor Parkway and Levittown

  Long before there was a Levittown, the Motor Parkway ran straight through this part of the Hempstead Plains. However, unlike many other parts of the roadway after its close, this section remained almost untouched by developers.

• Dec 16 2019

  Mystery Foto #50 Solved: Joe Tracy & Jerry Helck in Old 16 at the 1945 Franklin County Fair

  The Helck Family Collection challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto.

• Dec 11 2019

  Kleiner’s Kolumn: Al Poole’s Original Documents from the Helck Family Collection

  The Helck Family Collection contains official documents pertaining to Peter Helck's friend Al Poole. The documents include his driving license and being summoned to appear in court, both in his home country of England and in the United States.

• Oct 21 2019

  Mystery Foto #42 Solved: The Team Reunion of Joe Tracy and Al Poole for the 1956 “Rerun”

  The Helck Family Collection challenged you to identify this weekend's Old 16 Mystery Foto.

• Oct 14 2019

  Mystery Foto #41 Solved: The East Norwich Turn of the Vanderbilt Race Courses As Seen in 1955

  The Helck Family Collection challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto.

• Aug 26 2019

  Mystery Foto #34 Solved: Joe Tracy at the 1939 Automobile Old Timers Luncheon in NYC

  The Helck Family Collection challenged you to find veteran Vanderbilt Cup Race driver Joe Tracy in this 1939 photo of "Old Timers".

• Apr 06 2019

  Joe Tracy at the Long Island Automotive Museum in Southampton

  While in his late 70s and early 80s, veteran Vanderbilt Cup Race driver Joe Tracy worked for Henry Austin Clark, Jr. at the Long Island Automotive Museum. Thanks to Walter McCarthy, several images and a video of Tracy at the museum have survived.

• Dec 24 2018

  Mystery Foto #51 Solved: Tracy and Poole Changing A Tire During the 1906 American Elimination Race

  Tim Helck, the grandson of the great artist Peter Helck, challenged you to identify this race Mystery Foto.

• Nov 28 2018

  Exclusive: The 1954 Opening of Henry Austin Clark, Jr.‘s “Carnival of Cars” in Times Square

  On July 15, 1954, Henry Austin Clark, Jr. and investor Robert W. Dowling opened the "Carnival of Cars" museum in the basement of the Astor Theater in Times Square. The grand media opening event with early television celebrities was captured by Bob Grier.

• Oct 08 2018

  Mystery Foto #40 Solved: Clearing the 1905 Course for Vincenzo Lancia’s #4 FIAT

  This weekend's Mystery Foto documented three people in a Vanderbilt Cup race car.

• Jul 30 2018

  Mystery Foto #30 Solved: The Lakeville Hotel on the 1905 and 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race Courses

  My favorite co-author Al Velocci challenged you to solve this Vanderbilt Cup Race course Mystery Foto.

• 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.

• Feb 17 2018

  Helck Family Collection: The 1942 Bill of Sale From Joseph B. Sessions for Old 16

  Another gem of the Helck Family Collection treasure is the original January 30, 1942 bill of sale transferring the 1906 Old 16 Locomobile from the estate of Joseph B. Sessions to Peter Helck .

• Nov 28 2017

  Book “Monzanapolis”: 1905 Vanderbilt Cup- Crash in the Morning

  Looking for a holiday gift for your favorite Vanderbilt Cup Race fan? I recommend Aldo Zana's new book Monzanapolis- The Monza 500 Miles-The endless America-Europe challenge.

• Jun 05 2017

  Mystery Foto #22 Solved: A Long Island Motor Parkway Footprint East of Jerusalem Avenue In Levittown

  Dave Russo forwarded this photo of a footprint of a section of the Motor Parkway right-of-way.

• Mar 15 2017

  VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: A Vanderbilt Cup Race Scrapbook Discovered in Garden City

  The Garden City Archives have discovered a small scrapbook of photos from the 1905 and 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Races. The scrapbook was a gift from Dorothy Peters Hubbell, whose family had direct links to the Long Island Motor Parkway and the founding of Garden City.

• Jan 21 2017

  Driver/Mechanician of the Week: Al Poole (1904, 1905 and 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Races)

  The driver/mechanician of the week is Al Poole- the mechanican for Joe Tracy in the 1904, 1905 , and 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Races and the 1905 and 1906 American Elimination Trials.

• 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.

• 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.

• Sep 17 2016

  The Motor Racing Archives of Peter Helck to Become Available on VanderbiltCupRaces.com

  Jerry and Timothy Helck have issued this press release concerning the motor racing archives of artist and historian Peter Helck.

• Jul 27 2016

  Translation: October 1904 La Stampa Sportiva: The Vanderbilt Cup

  Professor Pau Medrano Bigas, Professor of Graphic Design at the University of Barcelona, has forwarded several articles on William K. Vanderbilt Jr. and the Vanderbilt Cup Races from the Italian magazine La Stampa Sportiva published from 1902 to 1910.

• Jul 25 2016

  Mystery Foto #30 Solved: Krug’s Hotel in Mineola Circa 1912 Revised 7/26/2016

  This weekend's Mystery Foto was another previously unpublished photo of a prominent building on the courses of the Vanderbilt Cup Races.

• Jun 21 2016

  Translation: December 1906 Les Sports Modernes: The Vanderbilt Cup in America

  Professor Pau Medrano Bigas, Professor of Graphic Design at the University of Barcelona, has forwarded an article on the Vanderbilt Cup Race from a December 1906 French magazine Les Sportes Modernes. Sam Berliner III has provided its English translation.

• Jun 01 2016

  VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive-The Helck Family Memoirs #2: Joe Tracy and the Cotter Pin in 1906

  Jerry Helck, former owner of the Old 16 Locomobile and son of the great artist Peter Helck, has agreed to share family memoirs related to the Vanderbilt Cup Races. The second post in the series provides the story of how driver Joe Tracy and mechanician Al Poole prepared the #12…

• Apr 23 2016

  In Search of Driver/Mechanician Charles Burman Updated: 10/30/2019

  Charles M. Illgen is looking for assistance in assembling information on his relative Charles Burman, who worked with Vanderbilt Cup Racer Joe Tracy and set speed records and perfect Glidden scores in Peerless automobiles from 1905 to 1908.

• Mar 21 2016

  Mystery Foto #12 Solved: A Memorable Moment at Krug’s Corner at the 1906 American Elimination Trial

  This weekend's Mystery Foto documented a surprising, memorable moment at Krug's Corner in Mineola.

• Dec 14 2015

  Mystery Fotos #50 Solved: Old 16 and The Beast in Bridgehampton (1951-1952)

  This weekend's Mystery Fotos featured two unique vehicles that were photographed at the same location.

• Sep 26 2015

  Anatomy of a Peter Helck Painting: Bulls Head Turn

  In 1941 Peter Helck created this marvelous painting of Joe Tracy in his Locomobile battling Ferenc Szisz in a Renault at Bulls Head Turn in Greenvale during the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race.

• Mar 23 2015

  Mystery Foto #12 Solved: Buckminister Fuller’s Dymaxion #3 Built at the Former Locomobile Factory

  Art Kleiner challenged you again with this weekend's Mystery Foto.

• Mar 14 2015

  The Motor Way 1906: “How the Vanderbilt Cup Was Won By a French Car’

  The Vanderbilt Cup Races made headlines in newspapers and automobile trade journals throughout the United States. The October 11, 1906 issue of The Motor Way featured a 12-page cover story on the 1906 race including these images and illustrations.

• Dec 29 2014

  Mystery Foto #100 Solved:The Jerusalem Avenue Bridge in Hempstead Plains Under Construction in 1908

  Art Kleiner forwarded this Mystery Foto and needed your assistance in identifying this Motor Parkway Bridge.

• Mar 19 2014

  Henry Austin Clark Jr. 1974 Article: “The Vanderbilt Cup Races- Part I: 1904”

  Tony Kaye has forwarded a September 1974 article by Henry Austin Clark Jr. on the Vanderbilt Cup Races describing many of the breakdowns and accidents. Here is the section on the 1904 race.

• Feb 14 2014

  Film of the Week: “Crazy Cars: 1906 -1950”

  Sam Berliner III, the convenor (and father) of the Long Island Motor Parkway Panel, has forwarded this week's film of the week.

• Jan 04 2014

  Vanderbilia: The 1905 Locomobile Model Owned by the Helck Family

  In 1948, prominent artist Peter Helck commissioned a model of the 1905 Locomobile that participated in the 1905 Gordon Bennett Race, the 1905 American Trial for the Vanderbilt Cup Race and finished third in the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race.

• Dec 28 2013

  Vanderbilia Postcard Series #2: The Locomobile Postcards of the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  In celebration of its surprising third place finish in the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race, Locomobile Company of Bridgeport , Connecticut published a series of 12 postcards showing the #7 racer driven by Joe Tracy and Al Poole.

• 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).

• Dec 03 2013

  The Concession Stands of the Vanderbilt Cup Races

  Chris Heisig: "What kinds of concessions were available at the Vanderbilt Cup Races?"

• Nov 23 2013

  Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #40: Jerusalem Avenue Bridge in the Hempstead Plains

  The 40th bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Jerusalem Avenue Bridge in the Hempstead Plains (now Levittown).

• Oct 23 2013

  Happy 105th Anniversary- The 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  In celebration of the 105th anniversary of the Fourth Vanderbilt Cup Race held on October 24, 1908, here are several of my favorite race images photographed near the grandstand and press box/officials' stand in the Hempstead Plains (now Levittown).

• 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.

• Aug 31 2013

  Who Owns the Original Vanderbilt Cup Trophy and Where Is It Today?

  Linda C: "Howard, who is the current owner of the Vanderbilt Cup trophy and how did they obtain it"?

• Mar 09 2013

  Nathan Lazarnick: The Pioneer of Automotive Photography

  The most prolific photographer of early automobile racing and the Vanderbilt Cup Races was Russian emigrant Nathan Lazarnick. His profile and several of his unique photos are posted tonight.

• Feb 12 2013

  Article: “The Cup Races- Recollections of 1904-1905-1906” by Joe Tracy

  VanderbiltCupRaces.com contributor Walter McCarthy has forwarded this July 1944 article by driver Joe Tracy published in Veteran Motor Car Club of America's Bulb Horn. Illustrations were provided by the prominent artist Peter Helck.

• 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 26 2013

  Racing Up Manhasset Hill During the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  One of the most exciting locations to watch the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race was Manhasset Hill (Spinney Hill) located now at the intersection of Northern Boulevard and East Shore Road/Community Drive

• Aug 18 2012

  Then & Now: The East Norwich Turn of the Vanderbilt Cup Races

  The north-east corner of the 1905 and 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Races was the East Norwich Turn located at the intersection of Jericho-Oyster Bay Road and North Hempstead Turnpike (25A). Here is a "Then & Now" analysis.

• Aug 11 2012

  Then & Now: Maple Cottage- The Locomobile Headquarters for the 1905 and 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Races

  Racing teams for the Vanderbilt Cup Races typically had local headquarters to store and work on their racers and also provide lodging. In 1905 and 1906, the Locomobile team from nearby Bridgeport, Connecticut set up their headquarters at Maple Cottage, a farmhouse and inn located in Lakeville (now Lake Success).

• Aug 07 2012

  The Lakeville Hotel In Lake Success

  On the courses for both the 1905 and 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Races, the Lakeville Hotel was a great place to catch the action.

• Aug 06 2012

  Race Profile: The 1905 American Elimination Trial

  According to the Vanderbilt Cup Race rules, America could enter a maximum of five automobiles in the 1905 race. On September 23, 1905, the American Elimination Trial was held to determine the five entries from 12 American candidates.

• Jul 06 2012

  Race Profile: The 1906 American Elimination Trial

  As in 1905, an American Elimination Trial determined the five racers to represent the United States in the Vanderbilt Cup Race. Of 16 entries, 12 cars survived the practice runs to race on Saturday, September 22, 1906.

• May 30 2012

  Model of “Old 16” Locomobile Does Not Sell on eBay

  A model of "Old 16" by artist Richard Feil was auctioned on EBay on May 31, 2012. However, no one met the reserve of $8,500.

• Feb 28 2012

  A Recently Rediscovered Peter Helck Painting “Bulls Head Turn”

  Jim Blanchard has forwarded an image of this spectacular Peter Helck painting.

• Jan 31 2012

  Then & Now: Krug’s Corner in Mineola

  Krug's Hotel, on the north-west corner of Jericho Turnpike and Willis Avenue in Mineola, was a favorite viewing site for the 1904, 1905 and 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Races. This Then & Now look found a rarity- A building on the Vanderbilt Cup Race course that is still standing!

• Dec 12 2011

  Starting Lineup: The 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  Eighteen racers participated in the first Vanderbilt Cup Race held on October 8, 1904. Photos of 17 of the 18 entrants at the Westbury starting line on Jericho Turnpike are shown here for the first time. The #10 Fiat arrived late at the starting line and began with a running…

• 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.

• Nov 26 2011

  Film “The Greatest Vintage Automobile 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.

• Nov 19 2011

  The 50th Anniversary of the First Vanderbilt Cup Race on October 9, 1954

  The Vanderbilt Cup Races have been celebrated by vintage car clubs and historical organizations for over 75 years. The grandest and most memorable celebration was held on Long Island on October 9, 1954, marking the 50th anniversary of the first Vanderbilt Cup Race.

• Aug 27 2011

  A Tribute to the Mechanicians of the Vanderbilt Cup Races

  Every race car that participated in the Vanderbilt Cup Races of 1904 to 1910 carried two men, the driver and a riding mechanic called a mechanician. The mechanician assisted with repairs, helped navigate the course, and, when needed, worked a hand pump to maintain fuel pressure. The mechanician was the…

• Feb 07 2011

  Peter Helck and a Piece of Locomobile Vanderbilia

  In 1905 Roslyn photographer William Pickering captured the #7 Locomobile passing Krug's Hotel on Jericho Turnpike in Mineola. The Locomobile's third place finish in the race was the first time an American car had ever placed in an international competition. Tim Helck, the grandson of Peter Helck, brought back…

• Feb 05 2011

  Rare Images Series #2: Vanderbilt Cup Race Driver Joe Tracy

  Joe Tracy (1873-1959) was the only driver to participate in the first five races associated with the Vanderbilt Cup Races (1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race, the 1905 American Elimination Race, the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race, the 1906 American Elimination Race, and the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race). As part of the Rare…