1908 Race Summary

Driver Car Make Car # Country of Car Maker Laps Finished Avg MPH Comments
1 Robertson George Locomobile 16 USA 11/11 64.3 Won by less than 2 minutes. First American car to win .
2 Lytle Herbert Isotta 6 Italy 11/11 63.8 First to finish, but started 10 minutes ahead of #16
3 Florida Joe Locomobile 1 USA 11/11 56.5 Crashed into touring car at finish, unofficial finish time
4 Luttgen William Mercedes 5 Germany 11/11 57.8 Race had been called when car finished
5 Salzman George Thomas 12 USA 10/11 56.7 Running in Lap #11 when race was called
6 Stricker Emil Mercedes 3 Germany 9/11 60.0 Caught fire at Locust Grove, running when race was stopped
7 Denison Al Knox 2 USA 9/11 50.0 Running in Lap #10 when race was called
8 Bourque Wilfred Knox 20 USA 8/11 50.6 Running in Lap #9 when race was called
9 Seymour Joe Thomas 8 USA 8/11 46.3 Running in Lap #9 when race was called
10 Haupt William Chadwick 4 USA 8/11 46.1 Magneto problem on Lap #7. Running in Lap #9 when race was called
11 Keene Foxhall Mercedes 18 Germany 4/11 46.6 Cracked 2 cylinders in Jericho during Lap #5
12 Ryall James Matheson 7 USA 3/11 43.2 Caught fire before completing Lap #4
13 Strang Lewis Renault 17 France 3/11 39.5 Broke clutch during Lap #4
14 Patschke Cyrus Acme 11 USA 2/11 58.5 Broke camshaft gear in Central Park during Lap #3
15 Kilpatrick H.J. Hotchkiss 9 France 2/11 41.3 Broke clutch in Central Park during Lap #3
16 Chevrolet Louis Matheson 15 USA 1/11 63.5 Cracked cylinder in Jericho in Lap #2
17 Gill P. Thomas 19 USA 1/11 52.6 Gear trouble during Lap #2
DNS Pouget Richard Brasier 10 USA DNS Did Not Start
DNS Williams B-L-M 14 USA DNS Did Not Start

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