1914 American Grand Prize
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1914 American Grand Prize | |||
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Race details | |||
Date | February 28, 1914 | ||
Official name | V American Grand Prize | ||
Location | Santa Monica, United States | ||
Course | Public roads (Santa Monica Road Race Course) | ||
Course length | 13.546 km (8.417 mi) | ||
Distance | 48 laps, 650.201 km (404.016 mi) | ||
Podium | |||
First | Mercer | ||
Second | Marmon | ||
Third | Alco |
The 1914 American Grand Prize, held on February 28, 1914, was the third race of the 1914 Grand Prix season. It was held at the in Santa Monica, California. The Vanderbilt Cup, another Grand Prix race, was held on the same track two days earlier. The Mercer of Eddie Pullen won by almost 40 minutes over the Marmon of .[1]
Classification[]
Pos | No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/Retired |
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1 | 4 | Eddie Pullen | Mercer | 48 | 5:13:30 |
2 | 17 | Marmon | 48 | 5:53:23 | |
3 | 6 | Alco | 48 | 6:08:29 | |
4 | 12 | Ralph De Palma | Mercedes | 48 | 6:09:08 |
5 | 3 | Gil Andersen | Stutz- | 44 | Engine |
6 | 9 | Huntley Gordon | Mercer | 39 | +9 Laps |
7 | 7 | Barney Oldfield | Mercer | 36 | Fuel Pump |
8 | 20 | Eddie Rickenbacker | Mason-Duesenberg | 33 | Crankshaft |
9 | 14 | Sunbeam | 32 | Crash | |
10 | 15 | Marmon | 23 | Out of fuel | |
11 | 19 | Alco | 23 | Broken cylinder | |
12 | 2 | Spencer Wishart | Mercer | 22 | Bearing |
13 | 16 | Dave Lewis | Fiat | 22 | Bearing |
14 | 1 | Teddy Tetzlaff | Fiat | 17 | Connecting rod guide |
15 | 11 | Apperson | 17 | Push rod | |
16 | 8 | Earl Cooper | Stutz- | 5 | Valve |
17 | 18 | Frank Verbeck | Fiat | 1 | Valve |
DNS | 6 | Mason-Duesenberg | 0 | Connecting Rod | |
DNS | Harry Grant | Isotta Fraschini | 0 | did not start | |
DNP | Omar Toft | Delage | 0 | did not appear |
References[]
- ^ 1914 American Grand Prize, Champ Car Stats, Retrieved 2010-06-26
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- United States Grand Prix
- 1914 in sports in California
- History of Santa Monica, California
- 1914 in American motorsport