1906 Vanderbilt Cup
The 1906 Vanderbilt Cup was a motor race held on a 29.7 mile street circuit on Long Island, New York on October 6, 1906.

Photo of the finish. This is the first photographic record of a checkered flag finish, which had been introduced earlier that same year at the Glidden Tour.
Just like the 1906 Vanderbilt Elimination Race, this race was stopped as the crowd invaded the course.[1]
Classification
Pos | No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/Retired |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 10 | ![]() |
Darracq 120 hp | 10 | 4h50m10.0 |
2 | 4 | ![]() |
Fiat 130 hp | 10 | 4h53m28.0 |
3 | 18 | ![]() |
Lorraine-Dietrich | 10 | 4h53m44.0 |
4 | 15 | ![]() |
Clément-Bayard 100 hp | 10 | 5h01m59.8 |
5 | 3 | ![]() |
Mercedes 120 | 10 | 5h04m38.0 |
6 | 8 | ![]() |
Fiat 130 hp | 9 | + 1 Lap |
7 | 12 | ![]() |
Itala 120 hp | 9 | + 1 Lap |
8 | 1 | ![]() |
Thomas | 9 | + 1 Lap |
9 | 2 | ![]() |
Panhard 130 | 8 | + 2 Laps |
10 | 9 | ![]() |
Locomobile | 8 | + 2 Laps |
11 | 7 | ![]() |
Mercedes 120 | 8 | + 2 Laps |
12 | 19 | ![]() |
Itala 120 hp | 7 | + 3 Laps |
13 | 17 | ![]() |
Christie | 7 | + 3 Laps |
14 | 14 | ![]() |
Haynes | 7 | + 3 Laps |
Ret | 6 | ![]() |
Hotchkiss HH | 6 | Crankshaft |
Ret | 5 | ![]() |
Frayer-Miller | 4 | Fan |
Ret | 16 | ![]() |
FIAT 130 hp | 0 | Crash |
DNS | 11 | ![]() |
Mercedes 120 | Entry withdrawn |
See also
References
- Kroplick, Howard; Velocci, Al (2008). The Long Island Motor Parkway. Arcadia Publishing. p. 20. ISBN 9781439636299.
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