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Ralph DePalma

Grand Prix
SummaryStatisticsTeamsPositionsTeam MatesYear by Year
Name Ralph DePalma
Country United States United States
Place of Birth Troia, Puglia, Italy
Date of Birth 19/12/1882
Date of Death 31/03/1956
First Race American Grand Prize 26/11/1908
Last Race Indianapolis 500 30/05/1925
First Pole W. K. Vanderbilt Cup 02/10/1912
Last Pole Grand Prix de l’A.C.F. 25/07/1921
First Win W. K. Vanderbilt Cup 02/10/1912
Last Win Indianapolis 500 31/05/1915
First Podium W. K. Vanderbilt Cup 27/11/1911
Last Podium Grand Prix de l’A.C.F. 25/07/1921
Races 29
Race Starts 24
Victories 3
Poles 4
Fastest Laps 2
Podiums 7
Laps 2016
Laps Led 661

FIAT (1908-1910, 1912), Simplex (1911), Mercedes (1911-1912, 1914-1915), Mercer (1913), Vauxhall (1914), Packard (1919), (1923), Ballot (1920-1921), Duesenberg (1922), Miller (1925), (1929), (1931), – (1927)

1st 3 Times
2nd 3 Times
3rd 1 Time
4th 3 Times
5th 1 Time
6th 2 Times
7th 1 Time
9th 1 Time
DNF 10 Times
DSQ 1 Time
DNQ 2 Times
DNS 1 Time
WD 2 Times
Season Team Team Mate Best Pos Points Wins Poles Position Qualifying
1908 FIAT Felice Nazzaro 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Louis Wagner 9 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1909 FIAT Eddie Hearne 18 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Edward Parker 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Lewis Strang 18 15 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
1910 FIAT Felice Nazzaro 7 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Louis Wagner 7 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1911 Mercedes Spencer Wishart 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Simplex Frank Goode 6 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
George Scott 6 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Ralph Beardsley 6 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1912 FIAT David Bruce-Brown 47 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Louis Wagner 47 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Mercedes George Clark 1 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0
Spencer Wishart 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 3 0
1913 Mercer Caleb Bragg 2 15 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 3
E. H. Delling 2 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0
Joe Dawson 2 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0
Spencer Wishart 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2
1914 Mercedes Ralph Mulford 42 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Vauxhall John Hancock 31 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
William Watson 31 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1915 Mercedes Caleb Bragg 1 44 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Grover Bergdoll 19 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1920 Ballot Jean Chassagne 5 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
René Thomas 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
1921 Ballot Jean Chassagne 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0
Jules Goux 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 0
Louis Wagner 2 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
1922 Duesenberg Dave Koetzla 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Eddie Hearne 4 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Harry Hartz 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
I. P. Fetterman 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Ira Vail 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Jerry Wonderlich 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Jimmy Murphy 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
Joe Thomas 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Jules Ellingboe 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0
Ora Haibe 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Peter DePaolo 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Phil Red Shafer 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Wade Morton 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Wallace Reid 4 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1923 Packard Dario Resta 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Ernie Ansterburg 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
Joe Boyer 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0
1925 Miller Alfred Moss 7 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Bennett Hill 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 1
Bob McDonogh 7 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Cliff Durant 7 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Dave Lewis 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Earl Cooper 7 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Earl DeVore 7 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Frank Elliott 7 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Fred Comer 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
Glenn Shultz 7 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Harry Hartz 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Herbert Jones 7 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Ira Vail 7 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
Jerry Wonderlich 7 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Jules Ellingboe 7 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
Leon Duray 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
Lora L. Corum 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
Ora Haibe 7 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Ralph Hepburn 7 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Ray Cariens 7 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Reginald Johnson 7 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Tommy Milton 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
William Shattuc 7 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1927 – A. Dan Cain 46 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Smith 46 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1929 Miller Barney Kloepfer 40 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Bert Karnatz 40 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
Bill Albertson 40 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Bill Lindau 40 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Billy Arnold 40 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Bob McDonogh 40 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Carl Marchese 40 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Chet Gardner 40 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Cliff Bergere 40 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Cliff Woodbury 40 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1
Deacon Litz 40 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Frank Brisko 40 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Frank Farmer 40 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Fred Roberts 40 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Henry Turgeon 40 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Herman Schurch 40 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Jack Buxton 40 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Jimmy Rossi 40 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Leon Duray 40 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Lou Moore 40 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Louis Meyer 40 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Myron Stevens 40 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Peter DePaolo 40 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Peter Kreis 40 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Phil Pardee 40 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phil Red Shafer 40 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Ralph Hepburn 40 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
Ray Keech 40 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
Rick Decker 40 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Russell Snowberger 40 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Sam Grecco 40 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Speed Gardner 40 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Tony Gulotta 40 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Zeke Meyer 40 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1931 Miller Bert Karnatz 46 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Francis Quinn 46 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Frank Farmer 46 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gordon Condon 46 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lou Moore 46 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Peter DePaolo 46 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Peter Kreis 46 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Ralph Hepburn 46 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Rick Decker 46 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roy Painter 46 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shorty Cantlon 46 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Speed Gardner 46 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Ted Chamberlain 46 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wesley Crawford 46 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Year Team Engine Races 1st 2nd 3rd Podiums Poles Fastest Laps Laps Leading Laps Points Avg Pts
1925 United States Miller Miller 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 160 0 0 0.00
1923 United States Packard Packard 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 0 0 0.00
1922 United States Duesenberg Duesenberg 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 200 0 0 0.00
1921 France Ballot Ballot 3 0 1 0 1 2 0 163 108 0 0.00
1920 France Ballot Ballot 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 200 79 0 0.00
1919 United States Packard Packard 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 200 93 0 0.00
1915 Germany Mercedes Mercedes 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 343 132 0 0.00
1914 Germany Mercedes
Great Britain Vauxhall
Mercedes
Vauxhall
3 1 0 0 1 0 0 90 22 0 0.00
1913 United States Mercer Mercer 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 15 0 0 0.00
1912 Italy FIAT
Germany Mercedes
FIAT
Mercedes
4 1 0 0 1 1 0 297 211 0 0.00
1911 Germany Mercedes
United States Simplex
Mercedes
Simplex
3 0 1 1 2 0 1 241 8 0 0.00
1910 Italy FIAT FIAT 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 6 0 0.00
1908 Italy FIAT FIAT 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 16 2 0 0.00
1931 United States Miller Miller 0 0 0
1929 United States Miller Miller 0 0 0
1927 - – – 0 0 0
1909 Italy FIAT FIAT 0 0 0
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