1906 Vanderbilt Cup

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Photo of the finish. This is the first photographic record of a checkered flag finish, which had been introduced earlier that same year at the Glidden Tour.

The 1906 Vanderbilt Cup was a motor race held on a 29.7 mile street circuit on Long Island, New York on October 6, 1906.

Just like the 1906 Vanderbilt Elimination Race, this race was stopped as the crowd invaded the course.[1]

Classification[edit]

Pos No Driver Car Laps Time/Retired
1 10 France Louis Wagner Darracq 120 hp 10 4h50m10.0
2 4 Italy Vincenzo Lancia Fiat 130 hp 10 4h53m28.0
3 18 Belgium Arthur Duray Lorraine-Dietrich 10 4h53m44.0
4 15 France Albert Clément Clément-Bayard 100 hp 10 5h01m59.8
5 3 Belgium Camille Jenatzy Mercedes 120 10 5h04m38.0
6 8 Italy Felice Nazzaro Fiat 130 hp 9 + 1 Lap
7 12 Italy Alessandro Cagno Itala 120 hp 9 + 1 Lap
8 1 France Hubert Le Blon Thomas 9 + 1 Lap
9 2 United States George Heath Panhard 130 8 + 2 Laps
10 9 United States Joe Tracy Locomobile 8 + 2 Laps
11 7 United States Karl Klaus Luttgen Mercedes 120 8 + 2 Laps
12 19 France Maurice Fabry Itala 120 hp 7 + 3 Laps
13 17 United States J. Walter Christie Christie 7 + 3 Laps
14 14 United States H.N. Harding Haynes 7 + 3 Laps
Ret 6 United States Elliott Shepard Hotchkiss HH 6 Crankshaft
Ret 5 United States Frank Lawell Frayer-Miller 4 Fan
Ret 16 Germany Aldo Weilschott FIAT 130 hp 0 Crash
DNS 11 United States Foxhall P. Keene Mercedes 120 Entry withdrawn

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroplick, Howard; Velocci, Al (2008). The Long Island Motor Parkway. Arcadia Publishing. p. 20. ISBN 9781439636299.