Vanderbilt Cup Races on Long Island

1908 Vanderbilt Cup
24 October - Long Island circuit: 11 laps of 23.460 miles = 258.06 miles

Pole Position: N/A
Fastest lap: Joe Robertson (Locomobile) lap 3  20'17 

Results:

 1  16 Joe Robertson             Locomobile            4:00'48"2
 2   6 Herb Lytle                Isotta                4:02'36"4
 3   1 Joe Florida               Locomobile            4:28'10"
 4   5 Karl Klaus Luttgen        Mercedes              4:30'35"
 5  12 George Salzman            Thomas                  10  flagged
 6   3 Emil Stricker             Mercedes                 9  flagged
 7   2 Al Dennison               Knox                     9  caught fire
 8  10 William A Bourque         Knox                     8  flagged      
 9   8 Joe Seymour               Thomas                   8  flagged    
10   4 Willie Haupt              Chadwick                 8  flagged    

Did Not Finish:

    18 Foxhall Keene             Mercedes                 4  caught fire 
     7 Ryall                     Matheson                 3  caught fire   
    17 Lewis Strang              Renault                  3  burned out clutch 
    11 Cyrus Patchke             Acme                     2  broke camshaft    
     9 Kilpatrick                Hotchkiss                2  seized rod bearing
    15 Louis Chevrolet           Matheson                 1  cracked cylinder   
    19 P. Gill                   Thomas                   1  disabled clutch    









 








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