1936 Vanderbilt Cup

American auto race August 2023 United States Vanderbilt Cup 1936 Vanderbilt Cup program cover.jpg October 12 1936 I George Vanderbilt Cup 4 4 AAA Championship Car Roosevelt Raceway, Westbury, New York, United States Purpose-built race course 3.97 6.39 75 297.75 479.25 Antonio Brivio Scuderia Ferrari 17:54.15 Kingdom of Italy Tazio Nuvolari Scuderia Ferrari 3:25.42 Kingdom of Italy Tazio Nuvolari Scuderia Ferrari Kingdom of Italy Jean-Pierre Wimille Bugatti France Antonio Brivio Scuderia Ferrari Kingdom of Italy The 1936 Vanderbilt Cup (formally known as I George Vanderbilt Cup) was a Championship Car race that was held on October 12, 1936, at Roosevelt Raceway near Westbury, New York. It was the fourth and final race of the 1936 AAA Championship Car season, not counting the non-championship events. The race, contested over 75 laps of 6.39 km (3.97 mi), was won by Tazio Nuvolari driving an Alfa Romeo 12C-36 from eighth starting position. Background For the history of the Vanderbilt Cup: see Vanderbilt Cup thumb|left|Army Air Forces aerial photograph of Roosevelt Raceway taken during the race This was the first time that the Vanderbilt Cup was held since 1916. George Washington Vanderbilt III, the nephew of the founder of the Vanderbilt Cup, William Kissam Vanderbilt II, sponsored a 300-mile race (480 km) in 1936 at Roosevelt Raceway. Just as in the original races, European drivers were enticed by the substantial prize money - Scuderia Ferrari entered three Alfa Romeo racers. However, because of little American competition and an unexciting course layout, the race was organized for only two years. Both races were won by Europeans. After 1937, the Vanderbilt Cup would not be raced until 1960, and in a far less prestigious form.2017-05-12 1936 GRAND PRIX SEASON - PART 6 https://www.goldenera.fi/gp3612.htm#38 2024-12-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20170512175527/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp366.htm#38 May 12, 2017 Entries No.DriverCarNote2USA 1912 Bill CummingsMiller-Offenhauser3USA 1912 Wilbur ShawShaw-Offenhauser4USA 1912 Emil AndresStevens-Offenhauser5USA 1912 Shorty CantlonMiller6USA 1912 Chuck TaborDuesenberg-OffenhauserUSA 1912 Chet GardnerDNS - Tabor drove the #6 car7USA 1912 Billy WinnMiller8Italy 1861 Tazio NuvolariAlfa Romeo 12C-369Italy 1861 Antonio Brivio10Italy 1861 Nino Farina12AUS Frederick McEvoyMaserati 4CMItaly 1861 Carlo Felice Trossi14USA 1912 Frank BriskoMiller-Brisko15USA 1912 Deacon LitzMillerUSA 1912 Tony Willman16FRA Raymond SommerAlfa Romeo Tipo B17USA 1912 Chet GardnerMillerUSA 1912 Frank BeederDNS - Gardner drove the #17 car18FRA Jean-Pierre WimilleBugatti T5919USA 1912 Zeke Meyer?-OffenhauserDNQ - no qualifying attempt21USA 1912 Babe StappShaw-Offenhauser22USA 1912 Ted HornWetteroth-Miller23USA 1912 Russ Snowberger?-Offenhauser24FRA Philippe ÉtancelinMaserati V8RI25USA 1912 Floyd Davis?-Offenhauser26USA 1912 Phil ShaferMiller27USA 1912 George ConnorWeil-Miller28USA 1912 Dave EvansBugatti T5129FRA "Raph"Maserati V8RI32USA 1912 Mauri RoseMiller-Offenhauser33USA 1912 Rex MaysAdams-SparksDNS - crash in practice34USA 1912 Al PutnamStudebaker35USA 1912 Freddie WinnaiMercedesDNA36USA 1912 Chet MillerRigling-Carew37GBR Brian LewisERA B-TypeAUS Sidney CottonDNS - Lewis drove the #37 car38USA 1912 Joel Thorne?-Miller39USA 1912 Frank McGurk?DNS - crash in practice42USA 1912 Tony WillmanStevens-Miller43USA 1912 Jimmy SnyderStevens-Offenhauser44USA 1912 Tony GulottaStevens-Miller45GBR Earl HoweERA B-Type46GBR Pat Fairfield47GBR Brian LewisBugattiDNS - cracked cylinder head in practice48GBR Teddy RaysonMaserati 4CMGBR Goldie GardnerDNS - Rayson drove the #48 car49USA 1912 Overton PhillipsBugatti51USA 1912 Bob SwansonMiller-OffenhauserUSA 1912 Billy DevoreDNS - Swanson drove the #51 car52USA 1912 Lewis BalusDuesenberg53USA 1912 Louis Tomei?-OffenhauserUSA 1912 Bob SwansonDNS - Tomei drove the #53 car56USA 1912 Ben BrandfonDuesenbergDNS57USA 1912 Ted ChamberlainDuesenberg-MillerUSA 1912 George WingerterDNS - Chamberlain drove the #57 car59USA 1912 Rick Decker61USA 1912 John CebulaDNQ62USA 1912 Milt Marion?-Miller63USA 1912 Frank WearneMillerDNA64USA 1912 Mike CarusoMercedes-FordDNQUSA 1912 Bob SallDNS - Caruso drove the #64 car65USA 1912 Henry BanksMiller66USA 1912 Gus ZarkaAmblerUSA 1912 Chuck TaborDNS - Zarka drove the #66 car67USA 1912 Roy Lake68USA 1912 Lem Ladd?DNA73USA 1912 John Moretti74USA 1912 Don Moore?USA 1912 Louis MeyerBugatti Type 59DNS - crash in practiceItaly 1861 Attilio MarinoniAlfa RomeoDNS - drove only in practice DNA = Did not arrive DNS = Did not start DNQ = Did not qualify Sources:ChampCarStats.com - 1936 George Vanderbilt CupThe Golden Era of Grand prix Racing - I George Vanderbilt Cup Race https://web.archive.org/web/20170512175527/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp366.htm#38 2017-05-12 Grid positions Pos123Row 1Brivio17:54.15Winn18:01.77Shaw18:13.92Row 2Connor18:23.22Litz19:26.86Putnam19:28.17Row 3Shafer20:16.09Nuvolari17:09.62Farina17:24.40Row 4Swanson18:05.54Cantlon18:08.96Tabor18:12.20Row 5C. Gardner18:27.07Wimille18:28.02Willman18:32.92Row 6"Raph"18:41.80Zarka18:42.93Snyder18:46.62Row 7Sommer18:49.10Marion18:50.04Horn18:50.24Row 8Decker18:53.45Fairfield19:02.53Rose19:04.15Row 9Tomei19:15.81Cummings19:28.11Andres19:34.34Row 10Stapp19:50.03Davis19:50.34McEvoy19:51.50Row 11Lake19:53.94Étancelin19:55.97Miller19:56.88Row 12Evans20:01.61Banks20:05.61Rayson20:06.40Row 13Brisko20:06.43Snowberger20:07.93Thorne20:24.88Row 14Chamberlain20:36.37Howe20:35.63Lewis20:46.53Row 15Gulotta20:54.31Phillips21:00.13Balus21:13.08 Sources:ChampCarStats.com - 1936 George Vanderbilt CupVanderbilt Cup Races - Starting Lineup for the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup RaceThe Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing - I George Vanderbilt Cup Race https://web.archive.org/web/20170512175527/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp366.htm#38 2017-05-12 Race results Twelve of the forty-five drivers that started the race were Europeans driving an English ERA, a French Bugatti or an Italian Alfa Romeo or Maserati. The rest of the field was made up of Americans in dirt track cars with two-speed gearboxes. Although the course contained only one long straight, and the European drivers had to get used to the loose dirt track surface, the Americans were no contest for the Grand Prix cars. For example, even with Nuvolari's V12 Alfa Romeo running on eleven cylinders, he won by eight minutes on Wimille. The best American driver was Cummings finishing seventh almost twenty-five minutes behind the winner. Pos.DriverCar ConstructorTime (Status)1NuvolariAlfa Romeo4:32:44.02WimilleBugatti4:40:55.93BrivioAlfa Romeo4:45:44.44Sommer4:46:59.515FairfieldERA4:56:48.56McEvoyMaserati4:57:24.87CummingsMiller4:57:43.118Rose4:57:47.29ÉtancelinMaserati4:59:43.1110LitzMiller5:01:05.8211TaborDuesenberg5:04:06.612AndresStevens5:05:54.913HoweERA5:06:11.7514EvansBugatti5:07:42.515LewisERA5:08:17.2716DeckerDuesenburg5:08:18.6317PutnamStudebaker+1 lap18RaysonMaserati+1 lap19LakeAmbler+2 laps20BanksMiller+3 laps21Gardner+3 laps22ZarkaAmbler+4 laps23SwansonMiller+4 laps24GulottaStevens+6 laps25ShaferMiller+6 laps26MillerRigling+10 laps27BriskoMiller+10 laps28BalusDuesenberg+10 laps29Chamberlain+10 laps30Tomei +10 laps31ConnorWeil+3 laps (DNF - engine)32WinnMiller+11 laps (DNF - rear gear)33Snowberger +14 laps (DNF - brakes)34Thorne+26 laps (DNF - universal joint)35StappShaw+27 laps (DNF - fuel tank)36HornWetteroth+30 laps (DNF - stalled)37SnyderStevens+35 laps (DNF - rear axle gear)38CantlonMiller+40 laps (DNF - valves)39Davis +45 laps (DSQ - car towed)40WillmanStevens+54 laps (DNF - steering gear)41FarinaAlfa Romeo+58 laps (DNF - steering arm)42"Raph"Maserati+66 laps (DSQ - push start)43PhillipsBugatti+67 laps (DNF - connecting rod)44Marion +72 laps (DNF - clutch shaft)45ShawShaw+73 laps (DNF - crash) DNF = Did Not Finish DSQ = Disqualified Sources: see Entries References Sources ChampCarStats.com - 1936 George Vanderbilt Cup www.goldenera.fi - I George Vanderbilt Cup Race https://web.archive.org/web/20170512175527/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp366.htm#38 2017-05-12 Vanderbilt Cup Races - Exclusive: Starting Lineup for the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race Vanderbilt Cup Races - Race Profile: 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race Driver Database - The page of each aforementioned driver was consulted. Racing Sports Cars - The page of each aforementioned driver was consulted. YouTube - 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race Vanderbilt Cup Races - 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race: Photos from the Nassau County Division of Museum Services Vanderbilt Cup Races - Spectacular Aerials of Roosevelt Field and Roosevelt Raceway (1924-1938) www.goldenera.fi - Roosevelt Raceway, New York (USA) https://web.archive.org/web/20210725155730/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/t8.htm#ROOSEVELT 2021-07-25 Category:1936 in American motorsport Category:1936 in American sports Vanderbilt Cup Category:Vanderbilt Cup Category:Motorsport in New York (state)