Hotchkiss #6 (1906)
Struck and fatally injured a spectator during lap 7
Make: Hotchkiss
Year: 1906
Mechanician:
Charles Lehman
Horsepower: 130
#6 Hotchkiss (France) driven by William K.Vanderbilt Jr.'s cousin Elliot Shepard, 130 HP. Finished 15th. Killed spectator in Mineola during Lap 7. Stopped at East Norwich.
Rollin’s granddaughter Betty King had this medal. She said she gave it to the National Inventors Hall of Fame Museum…