1915 American Grand Prize

August 2023 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.1915 American Grand Prize, Champ Car Stats, Retrieved 2010-06-26 Classification PosNoDriverCarLapsTime/RetiredGrid 1 9 GBR 1891 Dario Resta Peugeot 104 7:07:53 13 2 26 USA 1912 Howdy Wilcox Stutz 104 7:14:36 21 3 28 GBR Hughie Hughes Fiat-Pope-Hartford 104 7:21:46 26 4 5 USA 1912 Gil Andersen Stutz 104 7:30.21 28 5 12 USA 1912 Louis Disbrow Simplex 104 7:31:38 11 6 10 USA 1912 Louis Nikrent Mercer 102 +2 Laps 7 7 30 USA 1912 Harry Grant Case 102 +2 Laps 27 8 31 USA 1912 Tom McKelvey Overland 99 +5 Laps 15 9 32 USA 1912 William Carlson Maxwell 99 Withdrew - rain 9 10 15 USA 1912 Claude Newhouse Delage 92 +15 Laps 3 11 3 USA 1912 Jack Gable Robinson-Wisconsin 92 +15 Laps 20 12 20 USA 1912 Cliff Durant Stutz 91 +16 Laps 16 13 2 USA 1912 Tom Alley Duesenberg 89 Withdrew - rain 12 14 11 USA 1912 Cap Kennedy Edwards 84 +20 Laps 10 15 29 USA 1912 William Taylor Alco 81 +23 Laps 4 16 18 USA 1912 Jack LeCain Chevrolet 81 Withdrew - rain 8 17 4 USA 1912 Eddie Pullen Mercer 71 Withdrew - rain 18 18 6 USA 1912 Glover Ruckstell Mercer 67 Withdrew - rain 2 19 22 USA 1891 Ralph DePalma Mercedes 66 Withdrew - rain 24 20 21 USA 1912 Eddie Hearne Case 64 Withdrew - rain 22 21 51 USA 1912 Huntley Gordon Mercer 62 Withdrew - rain 23 22 19 USA 1912 Eddie O'Donnell Duesenberg 59 Withdrew - rain 30 23 24 USA 1912 Jim Parsons Stutz 55 Withdrew - rain 6 24 16 USA 1912 Art Klein King-Case 51 Broken piston 25 25 17 USA 1912 Eddie Rickenbacker Maxwell 41 Fouled plugs 17 26 14 USA 1912 Caleb Bragg Mercer 35 Withdrew - rain 5 27 1 USA 1912 Barney Oldfield Maxwell 31 Broken piston 13 28 7 USA 1912 Lou Gandy Edwards 21 Contact 29 29 27 USA 1912 John Marquis Bugatti 6 Ignition 19 30 8 USA 1912 Earl Cooper Stutz 3 Crankcase 1 DNS USA 1912 Erwin Bergdoll Benz 0 Practice Crash DNS 34 USA 1912 T. A. Tomasini Tomasini Special 0 Practice Crash DNS USA 1912 Grover Bergdoll 0 DNS USA 1912 Ivan Gates Renault 0 DNS USA 1912 Roy Francis 0 References United States Grand Prix 1915 1914 American Grand Prize 1916 American Grand Prize American Grand Prize, 1915 Category:United States Grand Prix American Grand Prize Category:Panama–Pacific International Exposition Grand Prize Category:1910s in San Francisco