Starting Lineup
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Feb 16 2012
The 1910 Wheatley Hills Sweepstakes
For the 1910 races, three simultaneous races were planned, with the running of the Massapequa and Wheatley Hills Sweepstakes with the Vanderbilt Cup Race. Different, though, was the order in which they would run. Instead of starting the smaller Wheatley Hills cars first, the new plan called for them to…
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Jan 26 2012
The 1909 Wheatley Hills Sweepstakes Won by Ray Harroun in a Marmon
During the 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race, two other sweepstakes races (the Massapequa Sweepstakes and the Wheatley Hills Sweepstakes ) were run simultaneously for commercially available stock cars. The Wheatley Sweepstakes had only four entrants for the "sub-class 3" stock cars with engines 231 to 300 cubic inches. The winner received…
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Dec 20 2011
At the Starting Line on Jericho Turnpike in Mineola: The 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race
Nineteen cars competed in the second Vanderbilt Cup Race held on October 14, 1905. Only one car (#9 Mercedes) was not photographed at the starting line located on Jericho Turnpike in Mineola:
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Dec 13 2011
At the Starting Line on Jericho Turnpike in Westbury: 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…
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Nov 30 2011
Archives: Starting Lineups
Below are related links to Starting Lineups on VanderbiltCupRaces.com (Updated: February 16, 2012):
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Oct 26 2011
Starting Lineup: The 6 Cars of the 1909 Massapequa Sweepstakes
The 10 lap, 126.4 mile race had a small but competitive field of six entries: two Chalmers-Detroit “30’s,” one Hudson and three Maxwells.
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Apr 28 2011
Starting Lineup: The 6 Cars of the 1910 Massapequa Sweepstakes
During the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race, two other sweepstakes races were run simultaneously for commercially available stock cars. The Massapequa Sweepstakes had six entrants for the smallest stock cars who competed for 10 laps over 126.4 miles. Here are images and information on the two Coles, three Abbott-Detroits and one…
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Dec 30 2010
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Starting Lineup for the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race
In 1936 the Vanderbilt Cup Races returned to Long Island at the new Roosevelt Raceway built in Westbury. The 300-mile race consisted of 75 laps over the 4-mile road course. A total of 45 race cars competed on October 12, 1936. For the first time, images of 34… (15 comments)
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Nov 25 2010
Starting Lineup- The 6 “J” Cars of the 1908 Jericho Sweepstakes
On September 10, 1908, the AAA Race Commission announced plans to christen the Motor Parkway with an event called, “The Long Island Motor Parkway Sweepstakes.” Five concurrent stock car races were scheduled for October 10, 1908. The idea was to create an opportunity to test the new course, timing systems,…
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Sep 16 2010
Starting Lineup- The 8 “N” Cars of the 1908 Nassau Sweepstakes
On September 10, 1908, the AAA Race Commission announced plans to christen the Motor Parkway with an event called, “The Long Island Motor Parkway Sweepstakes.” Five concurrent stock car races were scheduled for October 10, 1908. The idea was to create an opportunity to test the new course, timing systems,… (2 comments)
Ariejan, good question!
The photo was from a Motor Parkway article in a road engineering magazine.
Howard