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'Black Beast returns'
Quick ReadIt's been an incredible journey for the "Black Beast," an early 20th Century race car that has managed to survive for 100 years.
Photo credit: Pablo Corradi | Howard Kroplick stands his 'Black Beast,' the car that won the Vanderbilt Cup 100 years ago.
Vanderbilt Cup Races celebrated
In the Garage
It's been an incredible journey for the "Black Beast," an early 20th Century race car that has managed to survive for 100 years.
It took back-to-back victories at the Vanderbilt Cup on Long Island in 1909 and 1910, competed in the inaugural Indianapolis 500, and was nearly lost after being left to rust for decades in a barn.
It was one of more than 30 vintage and late model automobiles...
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