1912 American Grand Prize

August 2023 GP American Grand Prix October 5 1912 IV American Grand Prix United States Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States Public roads 7.88 12.68 52 409.76 659.36 Caleb Bragg Fiat United States 1891 Erwin Bergdoll Benz United States 1891 Gil Andersen Stutz United States 1891 The 1912 American Grand Prix was the seventh and final race of the 1912 Grand Prix season. It was held at the Wauwatosa Road Race Course in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and was sanctioned by the Automobile Club of America.Ward Harry October 6, 1912 Young millionaire racing driver is winner of classic https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4393593/ The Washington Times https://web.archive.org/web/20180731202325/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4393593/1912_american_grand_prize/ 2018-07-31 live Caleb Bragg won by over 15 minutes over Erwin Bergdoll. Bragg's average speed was 68.397 mph (110.074 km/h).http://www.champcarstats.com/races/1912nc.htm American Grand Prize ChampCarStats.com https://web.archive.org/web/20171010043402/http://www.champcarstats.com/races/1912nc.htm 2017-10-10 live 2010-06-26 The event was marred by the deaths of two-time and defending winner David Bruce-Brown and his mechanician Tony Scudellari in a practice accident.Auto racer is killed during speed trial https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bCdRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hWYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1860%2C3056849 The Gazette Times Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Associated Press October 2, 1912Tony Scudellari yields to death The Chicago Daily Tribune October 9, 1912 Bruce-Brown's car was repaired by Barney Oldfield and driven to a fourth-place finish. Ralph DePalma and his mechanician Tom Alley were injured when DePalma's Mercedes touched the rear of Bragg's Fiat and overturned, ejecting its occupants.Caleb Bragg wins Grand Prize race https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1912/10/06/100378565.pdf The New York Times October 6, 1912 https://web.archive.org/web/20181001193930/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1912/10/06/100378565.pdf 2018-10-01 live Classification thumb|right|The grid before the race PosNoDriverCarLapsTime/Retired 1 41 USA 1891 Caleb Bragg Fiat 52 5:59:27.44 2 40 USA 1891 Erwin Bergdoll Benz 52 6:14:58.38 3 43 USA 1891 Gil Andersen Stutz-Wisconsin 52 6:15:22.47 4 44 USA 1891 Barney Oldfield Fiat 52 6:19:54.69 5 39 USA 1891 George Clark Mercedes 50 +2 Laps 6 42 USA 1891 Joe Horan Benz 47 +5 Laps 7 35 USA 1891 Ralph DePalma Mercedes 51 Crashed 8 33 USA 1891 Teddy Tetzlaff Fiat 30 Broken Radius Rod 9 32 USA 1891 Louis Fountaine Lozier 21 Steering knuckle 10 34 GBR Hughie Hughes Mercer 16 Broken fuel line 11 36 USA 1891 Spencer Wishart Mercedes 3 Drive shaft 12 31 USA 1891 Bob Burman Benz 2 Broken piston DNS 47 USA 1891 Ralph Mulford Knox 0 Ignition References United States Grand Prix 1912 1911 American Grand Prize 1914 American Grand Prize American Grand Prize, 1912 Grand Prize American Grand Prize Category:1910s in Milwaukee Category:October 1912 sports events in the United States Category:United States Grand Prix American Grand Prize