1908 American Grand Prize

August 2023 GP American Grand Prize November 26 1908 Grand Prize of the Automobile Club of AmericaDaiss Timothy Rebels, Saints, and Sinners: Savannah's Rich History and Colorful Personalities 2002 48 1-58980-049-4 registration https://archive.org/details/rebelssaintssinn00dais/page/48 United States Savannah, U.S. Public roads 25.130 40.434 16 402.080 646.946 Ralph DePalma Fiat 21:36.0 United States 1908 Louis Wagner Fiat France Victor Hémery Benz France Felice Nazzaro Fiat Italy 1861 The 1908 Grand Prize of the Automobile Club of America took place at Savannah, Georgia, United States, on November 26, 1908. The race Louis Wagner won the closely contested race in his Fiat finishing less than a minute ahead of Victor Hémery's Benz. Wagner's average speed for the race was 65.111 mi/h km/h on. Ralph DePalma set fastest lap in his Fiat, with an average speed of 69.80 mi/h km/h on.Higham Peter The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing Guinness Publishing 1995 194–195 0-85112-642-1 1908 Grands Prix. http://www.teamdan.com/archive/gen/1908/1908.html#agp 2008-07-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20080821123337/http://www.teamdan.com/archive/gen/1908/1908.html#agp 21 August 2008 dead Classification PosNoDriverCarLapsTime/Retired 1 14 France Louis Wagner Fiat 16 6:10:31.4 2 8 France Victor Hémery Benz 150 hp + 56.4 3 6 Italy 1861 Felice Nazzaro Fiat + 8:16.2 4 15 France René Hanriot Benz 150 hp + 15:41.0 5 13 Belgium Lucien Hautvast Clément-Bayard + 23:34.6 6 16 United States 1908 Lewis Strang Renault + 33:05.6 7 1 France Victor Rigal Clément-Bayard + 35:12.2 8 17 France Henri Fournier Itala + 36:01.0 9 18United States 1908 Ralph DePalma Fiat + 41:03.4 10 9 Belgium Arthur Duray De Dietrich 15 Flagged 11 3 United States 1908 Joe Seymour Simplex 15 Flagged Ret 11 United States 1908 Hugh Harding National 12 Camshaft Ret 19 Germany empire Fritz Erle Benz 11 Crash Ret 12 Italy 1861 Alessandro Cagno Itala 11 Spring Ret 2 United States 1908 Ralph Mulford Lozier 11 Flagged Ret 10 border|23px|link=Hungary Ferenc Szisz Renault 7 Wheel bearing Ret 7 United States 1908 Len Zengel Acme 7 Spring Ret 20 Italy 1861 Giovanni Piacenza Itala 6 Crash Ret 5 United States 1908 Willie Haupt Chadwick 5 Bearing Ret 4 United States 1908 Bob Burman Buick 3 Mechanical United States Grand Prix 1908 None 1910 American Grand Prize References American Grand Prize American Grand Prize Category:United States Grand Prix American Grand Prize Category:History of Savannah, Georgia Category:November 1908 sports events in the United States American Grand Prize