The 1951 Bridgehampton Races

This three-minute film documents the Third Annual Bridgehampton Races held on June 9, 1951. This rare 16-mm film was provided by Walter McCarthy and the Long Island Old Car Club and has not been shown in over 25 years.

Prior to the five races held on the streets of Bridgehampton, a Vintage Exhibition Run was held including; Austin Clark's #42 Duesenberg and a Stanley Steamer driven by 79-year old veteran Vanderbilt Cup Race driver Joe Tracy. Check out the unique tow car at the 9 second mark of the film.

The feature race in the film is the 25-lap, 100-mile Bridgehampton Cup Race. It was won by Tom Cole driving the #87 Chrysler-Allard. The other 16 cars in the race (in order of their finish) were:

2. #56 Ferrari 195 Coupe driven by Phil Walters

3. #98 Cadillac-Allard driven by Erwin Goldschmidt

4. #81 Fitch-Whitmore Jaguar driven by John Fitch

5. #42 Ferrari 1662 driven by Briggs Cunningham

6. #74 Jaguar XK120 driven by Bob Reider

7. #102 Jaguar XK120 driven by Fred Wacker

8. #2 Cadillac-Meyer Special driven by Bruce Stevenson

9. #4 Ford-Fiat driven by Paul O'Shea

10. #34 H.R.G. driven by Fritz Koster

11. #57 Healey Silverstone driven by Jim Simpson

12. #37 MG driven by Jim Stiles

13. #3 Cisitalia driven by Jim Magee

14. #6 Crosley driven by Steve Lansing

15. #108 Cisitalia driven by Joe Ferguson

16. #103 Chrysler-Allard K2 driven by Fred Zeder

17. #5 MG driven by Jim Pauley

More information is available at VanderbiltCupRaces.com.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Auto Racing
• 1951
• Road Races
• Joe Tracy
• Vanderbilt Cup Races
• Duesenbery
• Chrysler
• Allards

[Vanderbiltcup]

tfman54:

I appreciate the positive feedback!

Howard

[mellilore]

Scott Joplin?

....and uh! many many thanks for sharing

[kfyork]

Magnificent! Thanks so much for sharing this with us all.

[tfman54]

As a veteran of several Bridgehampton Historic Rallys....we run a lap over the old road course at every event it was great seeing one of the original races of the fifties. wish I could have been there but had to settle for the race circut events of the 1960s Thanks again for this excellent AUTOMOBILIA