1914 American Grand Prize

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 Santa Monica Road Course 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 Guy Ball.[1]

1914 American Grand Prize
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 miles)
Distance 48 laps, 650.201 km (404.016 miles)
Podium
First Mercer
Second Marmon
Third Alco

Classification

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Pos No Driver Car Laps Time/Retired
1 4   Eddie Pullen Mercer 48 5:13:30
2 17   Guy Ball Marmon 48 5:53:23
3 6   William Taylor Alco 48 6:08:29
4 12   Ralph DePalma Mercedes 48 6:09:08
5 3   Gil Andersen Stutz-Wisconsin 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   John Marquis Sunbeam 32 Crash
10 15   Charles Muth Marmon 23 Out of fuel
11 19   Tony Janette 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   Frank Goode Apperson 17 Push rod
16 8   Earl Cooper Stutz-Wisconsin 5 Valve
17 18   Frank Verbeck Fiat 1 Valve
DNS 6   William Carlson Mason-Duesenberg 0 Connecting Rod
DNS   Harry Grant Isotta Fraschini 0 did not start
DNP   Omar Toft Delage 0 did not appear

References

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  1. ^ 1914 American Grand Prize, Champ Car Stats, Retrieved 2010-06-26


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