American Grand Prize – 1916

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Nr	Driver	Team	Car	Engine	Tyre
1	Dario Resta	Peugeot Auto Import Co.	Peugeot EX 5	Peugeot L4 4.5	-
2	Joe Thomas	George R. Bentel	Mercer	Mercer L4 4.9	-
3	Glover Ruckstell	George R. Bentel	Mercer	Mercer L4 4.9	-
4	Eddie Pullen	George R. Bentel	Mercer	Mercer L4 4.9	-
6	Clyde Rhodes	Hudson Motor Car Co.	Hudson Super Six	Hudson L6 4.7	-
7	Rea Lentz	Hartman	-	-	-
8	Earl Cooper	Earl Cooper	Stutz	Stutz L4 4.8	-
9	Cliff Durant	Cliff Durant	Stutz	Stutz	-
10	Emil Agraz	Hercules Motor Car Co.	Hercules	Hercules	-
11	Mike Moosie	Mike Moosie	Duesenberg	Duesenberg L4 4.9	-
12	William Bolden	Chouchilla	Stutz	Duesenberg	-
14	Sterling Price	Lou Gandy	Gandy	Duesenberg	-
16	Johnny Aitken	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Peugeot EX 5	Peugeot L4 4.5	-
17	Eddie Rickenbacher	William Weightman	Duesenberg	Duesenberg L4 4.9	-
18	George Buzane	George Buzane	Duesenberg	Duesenberg L4 4.9	-
19	Ira Vail	Hudson Motor Car Co.	Hudson Super Six	Hudson L6 4.7	-
20	A. H. Patterson	Hudson Motor Car Co.	Hudson Super Six	Hudson L6 4.7	-
21	William Weightman	William Weightman	Duesenberg	Duesenberg L4 4.9	-
22	William Carelton	Owl	Ono Owl Special	Ono	-
23	Bill Cody	William Cody	National Cody Special	National	-
24	Lewis Jackson	Sidney Landers	Marmon	Marmon	-
25	Dave Anderson	Kissell Motor Co.	Kissel	Kissel	-
26	Howdy Wilcox	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Peugeot EX 5	Peugeot L4 4.5	-
27	Omar Toft	Omar Toft	Toft	Duesenberg L4 4.9	-
-	Barney Oldfield	Barney Oldfield	Delage	Delage	-
-	O. M. Palmer	Lou Gandy	Gandy	-	-

Pos	Nr	Driver	Car	Engine	Tyre
1	11	Mike Moosie	Duesenberg	Duesenberg L4 4.9	-
2	24	Lewis Jackson	Marmon	Marmon	-
3	4	Eddie Pullen	Mercer	Mercer L4 4.9	-
4	1	Dario Resta	Peugeot EX 5	Peugeot L4 4.5	-
5	16	Johnny Aitken	Peugeot EX 5	Peugeot L4 4.5	-
6	8	Earl Cooper	Stutz	Stutz L4 4.8	-
7	9	Cliff Durant	Stutz	Stutz	-
8	10	Emil Agraz	Hercules	Hercules	-
9	19	Ira Vail	Hudson Super Six	Hudson L6 4.7	-
10	18	George Buzane	Duesenberg	Duesenberg L4 4.9	-
11	6	Clyde Rhodes	Hudson Super Six	Hudson L6 4.7	-
12	3	Glover Ruckstell	Mercer	Mercer L4 4.9	-
13	17	Eddie Rickenbacher	Duesenberg	Duesenberg L4 4.9	-
14	14	Sterling Price	Gandy	Duesenberg	-
15	27	Omar Toft	Toft	Duesenberg L4 4.9	-
16	26	Howdy Wilcox	Peugeot EX 5	Peugeot L4 4.5	-
17	23	Bill Cody	National Cody Special	National	-
18	20	A. H. Patterson	Hudson Super Six	Hudson L6 4.7	-
19	25	Dave Anderson	Kissel	Kissel	-
20	21	William Weightman	Duesenberg	Duesenberg L4 4.9	-
21	22	William Carelton	Ono Owl Special	Ono	-

Official Name	1916 American Grand Prize
Circuit	Santa Monica
Date	November 18
Pole	Mike Moosie
Fastest Lap	Glover Ruckstell
Podium	1th Howdy Wilcox, 1th Johnny Aitken (28) , 2th Earl Cooper, 3th A. H. Patterson
Prev race	W. K. Vanderbilt Cup November 16
Next race	Indianapolis 500 May 31

P	N	Driver	Team	Car	Engine	Tyre	Time	Laps	Led	Gr	Pts
1	26	Howdy Wilcox Johnny Aitken	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Peugeot EX 5	Peugeot L4 4.5	-	04:42:47.000	20 28	0 28	16	0 0
2	8	Earl Cooper	Earl Cooper	Stutz	Stutz L4 4.8	-	04:48:59.000	48	0	6	0
3	20	A. H. Patterson	Hudson Motor Car Co.	Hudson Super Six	Hudson L6 4.7	-	05:09:39.000	48	0	18	0
4	6	Clyde Rhodes	Hudson Motor Car Co.	Hudson Super Six	Hudson L6 4.7	-	05:54:05.000	48	0	11	0
5	21	William Weightman Eddie Rickenbacher	William Weightman	Duesenberg	Duesenberg L4 4.9	-	Flagged	18 28	0 0	20	0 0
DNF	3	Glover Ruckstell	George R. Bentel	Mercer	Mercer L4 4.9	-	Valve	39	0	12	0
DNF	23	Bill Cody	William Cody	National Cody Special	National	-	Engine	33	0	17	0
DNF	18	George Buzane	George Buzane	Duesenberg	Duesenberg L4 4.9	-	Piston	27	0	10	0
DNF	17	Eddie Rickenbacher	William Weightman	Duesenberg	Duesenberg L4 4.9	-	Gearbox	27	4	13	0
DNF	1	Dario Resta	Peugeot Auto Import Co.	Peugeot EX 5	Peugeot L4 4.5	-	Ignition	19	16	4	0
DNF	9	Cliff Durant	Cliff Durant	Stutz	Stutz	-	Valve	17	0	7	0
DNF	24	Lewis Jackson	Sidney Landers	Marmon	Marmon	-	Fatal accident	13	0	2	0
DNF	14	Sterling Price	Lou Gandy	Gandy	Duesenberg	-	Clutch	12	0	14	0
DNF	27	Omar Toft	Omar Toft	Toft	Duesenberg L4 4.9	-	Clutch	10	0	15	0
DNF	19	Ira Vail	Hudson Motor Car Co.	Hudson Super Six	Hudson L6 4.7	-	Piston	9	0	9	0
DNF	4	Eddie Pullen	George R. Bentel	Mercer	Mercer L4 4.9	-	Fire	8	0	3	0
DNF	22	William Carelton	Owl	Ono Owl Special	Ono	-	Fuel pump	6	0	21	0
DNF	11	Mike Moosie	Mike Moosie	Duesenberg	Duesenberg L4 4.9	-	Clutch	5	0	1	0
DNF	25	Dave Anderson	Kissell Motor Co.	Kissel	Kissel	-	Valve	5	0	19	0
DNF	10	Emil Agraz	Hercules Motor Car Co.	Hercules	Hercules	-	Con rod	2	0	8	0
DNF	16	Johnny Aitken	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Peugeot EX 5	Peugeot L4 4.5	-	Piston	1	0	5	0
DNS	2	Joe Thomas	George R. Bentel	Mercer	Mercer L4 4.9	-	DNS	0	0		0
DNS	7	Rea Lentz	Hartman	-	-	-	Practice accident	0	0		0
DNS	12	William Bolden	Chouchilla	Stutz	Duesenberg	-	DNS	0	0		0
DNS	-	Barney Oldfield	Barney Oldfield	Delage	Delage	-	Engine	0	0		0
DNA	-	O. M. Palmer	Lou Gandy	Gandy	-	-	DNA	0	0		0

Year	Official Name	Circuit	Date	Winning Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Formula
1916	1916 American Grand Prize	Santa Monica	November 18	Howdy Wilcox Johnny Aitken	Peugeot	20 28	04:42:47.000	GP
1915	1915 American Grand Prize	San Francisco	February 27	Dario Resta	Peugeot	104	07:07:53.000	GP
1914	1914 American Grand Prize	Santa Monica	February 28	Eddie Pullen	Mercer	48	05:13:30.000	GP
1912	1912 American Grand Prize	Milwaukee	October 5	Caleb Bragg	FIAT	52	05:59:27.440	GP
1911	1911 American Grand Prize	Savannah	November 30	David Bruce-Brown	FIAT	24	05:31:29.130	GP
1910	1910 American Grand Prize	Savannah	November 12	David Bruce-Brown	Benz	24	05:53:05.350	GP
1908	1908 American Grand Prize	Savannah	November 26	Louis Wagner	FIAT	16	06:10:31.000	GP

	Driver	Races	1st	2nd	3rd	Podiums	Poles	Fastest	Avg Grid	Avg Pos
1	David Bruce-Brown	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	9.5	1.0
2	Howdy Wilcox	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	19.5	1.5
3	Dario Resta	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	6.5	5.5
4	Johnny Aitken	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.5	11.0
5	Caleb Bragg	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	11.7	10.3
6	Eddie Pullen	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.7	11.3
7	Louis Wagner	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	9.0	6.7
8	Victor Hémery	3	0	2	0	2	0	1	10.0	6.0
9	Guy Ball	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	14.0	2.0
10	Eddie Hearne	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	13.5	11.0
11	Erwin Bergdoll	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	10.0	7.5
12	Earl Cooper	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	7.0	16.0
13	A. H. Patterson	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	18.0	3.0
14	Billy Taylor	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	15.5	9.0
15	Felice Nazzaro	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	6.5	5.5
16	Hughie Hughes	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	14.5	6.5
17	Gil Anderson	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.3	4.0
18	Bob Burman	5	0	0	1	1	1	0	4.8	11.4
19	Ralph DePalma	6	0	0	1	1	0	1	14.0	7.8
20	Eddie O’Donnell	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	22.0
21	Hugh Harding	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.0	12.0
22	Dave Anderson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	19.0
23	Jack LeCain	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.0	16.0
24	Arthur Duray	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.0	10.0
25	William Carelton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.0	17.0
26	Tom Alley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	13.0
27	Victor Rigal	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.0	7.0
28	Omar Toft	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	14.0
29	Jack Gable	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	11.0
30	Lucien Hautvast	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.0	5.0
31	Lewis Jackson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	12.0
32	Ray Harroun	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	6.0
33	Billy Carlson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	29.0	9.0
34	Bill Cody	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.0	7.0
35	Charles Muth	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	10.0
36	Louis Nikrent	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	6.0
37	Clyde Rhodes	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.0	4.0
38	Len Zengle	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	17.0
39	Lou Gandy	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	28.0
40	Cyrus Patschke	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.0	12.0
41	Jim Parsons	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.0	23.0
42	Fritz Erle	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	13.0
43	Emil Agraz	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.0	20.0
44	Leland Mitchell	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	6.0
45	Joe Seymour	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	11.0
46	Frank Verbeck	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	17.0
47	Mike Moosie	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.0	18.0
48	Cap Kennedy	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.0	14.0
49	Henri Fournier	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.0	8.0
50	Ira Vail	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.0	15.0
51	Arthur Chevrolet	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.0	13.0
52	Frank Goode	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.0	15.0
53	Lewis Strang	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	6.0
54	Sterling Price	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	13.0
55	Dave Lewis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.0	13.0
56	Claude Newhouse	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	10.0
57	René Hanriot	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	4.0
58	George Buzane	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	8.0
59	Tony Jeanette	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	11.0
60	Tom McKelvey	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	28.0	8.0
61	William Weightman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	5.0
62	Giovanni Piacenza	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	18.0
63	Ferenc Szisz	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	16.0
64	Harry Cobe	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.0	16.0
65	Louis Fontaine	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	9.0
66	Art Klein	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	24.0
67	Alessandro Cagno	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	14.0
68	Carl Limberg	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	8.0
69	George Clark	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	6.0
70	Harry Grant	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.5	9.5
71	Teddy Tetzlaff	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	2.0	11.0
72	Willie Haupt	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.5	15.0
73	Huntley Gordon	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	13.5
74	Joe Horan	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.0	6.0
75	Glover Ruckstell	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	9.0	12.0
76	Joe Dawson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	10.5
77	Cliff Durant	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.0	11.5
78	Charles Basle	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	9.5
79	John Marquis	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.5	19.0
80	Lou Disbrow	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.7	8.0
81	Spencer Wishart	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.3	11.3
82	Ralph Mulford	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	8.7
83	Barney Oldfield	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	6.3	12.7
84	Eddie Rickenbacher	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.5	11.8

	Team	Races	1st	2nd	3rd	Podiums	Poles	Fastest	Avg Grid	Avg Pos
1	FIAT	6	3	0	2	4	2	4	10.8	7.0
2	Peugeot	2	3	0	0	2	0	0	6.8	6.8
3	Benz	5	1	4	0	4	1	1	9.8	6.9
4	Mercer	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	8.5	12.2
5	Stutz	4	0	2	1	3	0	0	11.1	10.8
6	Marmon	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	7.5	9.8
7	Hudson	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	12.7	7.3
8	Marquette-Buick	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	6.5	10.5
9	Alco	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	12.8	10.3
10	Mercedes	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	11.1	8.4
11	Itala	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.3	13.3
12	King	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	24.0
13	Buick	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	20.0
14	Gandy	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	13.0
15	Abbott-Detroit	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	7.0
16	Kissel	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	19.0
17	Sunbeam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.0	9.0
18	Overland	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	28.0	8.0
19	Robinson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	11.0
20	Chevrolet	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.0	16.0
21	Chadwick	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	19.0
22	Ono	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.0	17.0
23	Mason	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.0	8.0
24	Case	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	23.5	13.5
25	Apperson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.0	15.0
26	Clément-Bayard	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	7.0	6.0
27	Edwards	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.0	21.0
28	Lorraine-Diétrich	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.0	10.0
29	Acme	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	17.0
30	Bugatti	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	24.0	29.0
31	Toft	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	14.0
32	Hercules	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.0	20.0
33	Maxwell	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	15.3	20.3
34	Duesenberg	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	9.1	11.4
35	Renault	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.0	11.0
36	Pope-Hartford	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.7	9.3
37	Delage	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	10.0
38	National	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	9.5
39	Simplex	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.5	8.0
40	Lozier	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.8	8.0