1915 American Grand Prize

The 1915 American Grand Prize was the first race of the 1915 Grand Prix season and was held February 27, 1915, at the Panama–Pacific International Exposition, sometimes mistakenly referred to as the San Francisco World's Fair. Unlike the previous American Grand Prize races that saw few entrants, 39 cars entered the 1915 race, 35 appeared, and 30 took the start. Rain began mid-race and 11 cars pulled off course and withdrew. Dario Resta won the race by over six minutes over Howdy Wilcox. His average speed was 56.13 mph (90.33 km/h), slowed by the rain.[1]

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	9	Dario Resta	Peugeot	104	7:07:53	13
2	26	Howdy Wilcox	Stutz	104	7:14:36	21
3	28	Hughie Hughes	Fiat-Pope-Hartford	104	7:21:46	26
4	5	Gil Andersen	Stutz	104	7:30.21	28
5	12	Louis Disbrow	Simplex	104	7:31:38	11
6	10	Louis Nikrent	Mercer	102	+2 Laps	7
7	30	Harry Grant	Case	102	+2 Laps	27
8	31	Tom McKelvey	Overland	99	+5 Laps	15
9	32	William Carlson	Maxwell	99	Withdrew - rain	9
10	15	Claude Newhouse	Delage	92	+15 Laps	3
11	3	Jack Gable	Robinson-Wisconsin	92	+15 Laps	20
12	20	Cliff Durant	Stutz	91	+16 Laps	16
13	2	Tom Alley	Duesenberg	89	Withdrew - rain	12
14	11	Cap Kennedy	Edwards	84	+20 Laps	10
15	29	William Taylor	Alco	81	+23 Laps	4
16	18	Jack LeCain	Chevrolet	81	Withdrew - rain	8
17	4	Eddie Pullen	Mercer	71	Withdrew - rain	18
18	6	Glover Ruckstell	Mercer	67	Withdrew - rain	2
19	22	Ralph De Palma	Mercedes	66	Withdrew - rain	24
20	21	Eddie Hearne	Case	64	Withdrew - rain	22
21	51	Huntley Gordon	Mercer	62	Withdrew - rain	23
22	19	Eddie O'Donnell	Duesenberg	59	Withdrew - rain	30
23	24	Jim Parsons	Stutz	55	Withdrew - rain	6
24	16	Art Klein	King-Case	51	Broken piston	25
25	17	Eddie Rickenbacker	Maxwell	41	Fouled plugs	17
26	14	Caleb Bragg	Mercer	35	Withdrew - rain	5
27	1	Barney Oldfield	Maxwell	31	Broken piston	13
28	7	Lou Gandy	Edwards	21	Contact	29
29	27	John Marquis	Bugatti	6	Ignition	19
30	8	Earl Cooper	Stutz	3	Crankcase	1
DNS		Erwin Bergdoll	Benz	0	Practice Crash
DNS	34	T. A. Tomasini	Tomasini Special	0	Practice Crash
DNS		Grover Bergdoll		0
DNS		Ivan Gates	Renault	0
DNS		Roy Francis		0

References

1. 1915 American Grand Prize, Champ Car Stats, Retrieved 2010-06-26