Type: | GP |
Grand Prix: | American |
Gp Suffix: | Grand Prize |
Date: | November 26 |
Year: | 1908 |
Official Name: | Grand Prize of the Automobile Club of America[1] |
Country: | United States |
Location: | Savannah, United States |
Course: | Public roads |
Course Mi: | 25.130 |
Course Km: | 40.434 |
Distance Laps: | 16 |
Distance Mi: | 402.080 |
Distance Km: | 646.946 |
Fast Driver: | Ralph DePalma |
Fast Team: | Fiat |
Fast Time: | 21:36.0 |
Fast Country: | United States |
Fast Flag Suffix: | 1908 |
First Driver: | Louis Wagner |
First Team: | Fiat |
First Country: | France |
Second Driver: | Victor Hémery |
Second Team: | Benz |
Second Country: | France |
Third Driver: | Felice Nazzaro |
Third Team: | Fiat |
Third Country: | Italy |
Third Flag Suffix: | 1861 |
The 1908 Grand Prize of the Automobile Club of America took place at Savannah, Georgia on November 26, 1908.
Louis Wagner won the closely contested race in his Fiat finishing less than a minute ahead of Victor Hémery's Benz. Wagner's average speed for the race was 65.111mi/h. Ralph DePalma set fastest lap in his Fiat, with an average speed of 69.8mi/h.[2] [3]
Pos | No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 14 | ![]() | Fiat | 16 | 6:10:31.4 | |
2 | 8 | ![]() | Benz 150 hp | + 56.4 | ||
3 | 6 | ![]() | Fiat | + 8:16.2 | ||
4 | 15 | ![]() | Benz 150 hp | + 15:41.0 | ||
5 | 13 | ![]() | Clément-Bayard | + 23:34.6 | ||
6 | 16 | ![]() | Renault | + 33:05.6 | ||
7 | 1 | ![]() | Clément-Bayard | + 35:12.2 | ||
8 | 17 | ![]() | Itala | + 36:01.0 | ||
9 | 18 | ![]() | Fiat | + 41:03.4 | ||
10 | 9 | ![]() | De Dietrich | 15 | Flagged | |
11 | 3 | ![]() | Simplex | 15 | Flagged | |
Ret | 11 | ![]() | National | 12 | Camshaft | |
Ret | 19 | ![]() | Benz | 11 | Crash | |
Ret | 12 | ![]() | Itala | 11 | Spring | |
Ret | 2 | ![]() | Lozier | 11 | Flagged | |
Ret | 10 | Ferenc Szisz | Renault | 7 | Wheel bearing | |
Ret | 7 | ![]() | Acme | 7 | Spring | |
Ret | 20 | ![]() | Itala | 6 | Crash | |
Ret | 5 | ![]() | Chadwick | 5 | Bearing | |
Ret | 4 | ![]() | Buick | 3 | Mechanical |
. Peter Higham--> . The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing . Guinness Publishing . 1995 . 194–195 . 0-85112-642-1.