Vanderbilt Cup Races

Hotchkiss #6 (1906)

Struck and fatlly injured a spectator during lap 7

Make: Hotchkiss
Year: 1906
Mechanician: Charles Lehman
Horsepower: 130
Finish Place: 15
Average Speed:

#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.

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Aug 01 2010
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Struck and fatlly injured a spectator during lap 7

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