1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race Eliminations.
W.K. Vanderbilt Cup Race American Elimination Trials
23 Sepember - Long Island circuit: 181.172 Km / 89.961 kmh (55.901 mph)
4 laps of 45.543 km
FP # Driver Car Time/Laps - reason out
1 2 Bert Dingley Pope-Toledo 2:00'50"
2 5 Joe Tracy Locomobile 2:01'49"
3 7 Robert Jardine Royal Touriat 2:19'18"
4 1 Frank Nutt Haynes 2:23'32"
5 8 Montague Roberts Thomas 2:29'40"
Retirements:
6 Walter Christie Christie 2 crash damage
12 Herbert Lyttle Pope-Toledo 1 sub frame
9 Willie Winchester Franklin 1 universal joint, fuel tank
4 Walter White White 1 differential
3 Ralph Mongini Matheson 40/45 0 piston
Fastest lap: Bert Dingley (Pope-Toledo) lap 1: 27'58" (97,708 kmh)
Race leaders: Bert Dingley (3), 1-2, 4; Joe Tracy (1), 3.
Did not start:
10 Tom Cooper Matheson 40/45 radiator
11 Fisher Premier car not ready