1910 Race Summary
| Driver | Car Make | Car # | Country of Car Maker | Laps Finished | Avg MPH | Comments | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grant | Harry | Alco | 18 | USA | 22/22 | 65.18 | Won for second consecutive year in same car |
| 2 | Dawson | Joe | Marmon | 25 | USA | 22/22 | 65.07 | Leader after Lap #17. Hit a spectator during Lap #18 |
| 3 | Aitken | John | National | 10 | USA | 22/22 | 64.70 | |
| 4 | Disbrow | Louis | National | 31 | USA | 22/22 | 63.60 | |
| 5 | Mulford | Ralph | Lozier | 2 | USA | 22/22 | 63.10 | |
| 6 | Fleming | Jack | Pope-Hartford | 17 | USA | 22/22 | 62.50 | |
| 7 | Mitchell | Leland | Simplex | 11 | USA | 22/22 | 61.30 | |
| 8 | Hearne | Eddie | Benz | 7 | Germany | 22/22 | 61.20 | |
| 9 | Harding | Hugh | Stoddard-Dayton | 15 | USA | 22/22 | 60.09 | |
| 10 | Dingley | Bert | Pope-Hartford | 22 | USA | 22/22 | 59.90 | |
| 11 | Stillman | Harry | Oldsmobile | 20 | USA | 21/22 | Flagged when race was called | |
| 12 | Bruce-Brown | David | Benz | 16 | Germany | 20/22 | Flagged when race was called | |
| 13 | Livingston | Al | National | 1 | USA | 21/22 | Flagged when race was called | |
| 14 | Jones | Walter | Amplex | 9 | USA | 20/22 | Flagged when race was called | |
| 15 | Beardsley | Ralph | Simplex | 6 | USA | 18/22 | Steering gear problems | |
| 16 | Hanshue | Harry | Apperson | 28 | USA | 18/22 | Flagged when race was called | |
| 17 | Wishart | Spencer | Mercedes | 4 | Germany | 17/22 | Flagged when race was called | |
| 18 | Limberg | Carl | Houpt-Rockwell | 26 | USA | 17/22 | Flagged when race was called | |
| 19 | Chevrolet | Louis | Marquette-Buick | 29 | USA | 15/22 | Led first 8 laps. Broken steering knuckle during Lap#16, hit touring car killing mechanician Charles Miller | |
| 20 | Scheifler | E.F. | Jackson | 19 | USA | 14/22 | Radius rod problem | |
| 21 | Harroun | Ray | Marmon | 21 | USA | 13/22 | Broken crankshaft | |
| 22 | DeHymel | Tobin | Stoddard-Dayton | 24 | USA | 11/22 | Broken steering knuckle | |
| 23 | Burman | Robert | Marquette-Buick | 27 | USA | 9/22 | Took lead in Lap #9 after Louis Chevrolet made first stop;Radiator problems in Lap #10 after taking the lead | |
| 24 | Matson | Joe | Corbin | 14 | USA | 9/22 | Radiator problems in Lap #10 | |
| 25 | Chevrolet | Arthur | Marquette-Buick | 3 | USA | 7/22 | Transmission trouble during Lap #8; Broken driving chain and doubled radius road AT 10/8/1910 p16 | |
| 26 | Wallace | William | American | 23 | USA | 6/22 | Cracked cylinder during Lap #7 | |
| 27 | Heim | Franz | Benz | 8 | Germany | 5/22 | Car caught fire from a leaky gasoline channel during Lap #6 | |
| 28 | Belcher | Fred | Knox | 32 | USA | 3/22 | Valve trouble during Lap #4 | |
| 29 | Jardine | P.H. | Royal Tourist | 30 | USA | 1/22 | Broken camshaft during Lap #2 | |
| 30 | Stone | Harold | Columbia | 12 | USA | 0/22 | Car ran off Meadow Brook Bridge during Lap #1, mechanician William Bacon was killed | |
| DNS | Wilson | Joe | Oldsmobile | 5 | USA | DNS | Did Not Start | |
| DNS | Robertson | George | Benz | DNS | Germany | DNS | Did Not Start | |
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1910
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