Vanderbilt Cup Races

Did you identify Driver Eddie Rickenbacker and His Mechanician Pete Henderson?

Identify;

• The driver and mechanician

Driver Eddie Rickenbacker and His Mechanician Pete Henderson

Prior to becoming America’s World War I “Ace of Aces”, an aviation industry pioneer, owner of the Indianapolis Speedway and before changing his last name to Rickenbaker, Eddie was one of the leading drivers in the country.

• The race car

#17 Maxwell

• Year and race

The 1915 Vanderbilt Cup Race was held in conjunction with the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, California.  The race was held on the San Francisco World's Fair 3.849-mile course on March 6, 1915 consisting of 77 laps for a total of 300.685 miles.

• Link the driver to the Vanderbilt Cup races

Rickenbacker was the mechanician in the number 8 Frayer-Miller racer for the 1906 American Elimination race.

• Link the driver to Duesenberg automobiles

Rickenbacker was manager of the new Duesenberg race team in 1914 driving the #42 Duesenberg at the May 30, 1914 Indy 500 and the #10 Duesenberg in the 1914 Sioux City Race on July 4, 1914.

Comments (2)

Congrats to Steve Lucas and George Philippides for identifying Eddie Rickenbacker.

Greg O.