1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race Eliminations.
Elimination Trials
22 Sepember - Long Island circuit: 478.130 Km
10 laps of 47.813 km
Results
1 12 Joe Tracy Locomobile 5:27'45"
2 6 Hubert le Blon Thomas 5:51'25"
3 14 Harding Haynes Haynes 6:25'39"
Not classified
4 2 Herbert Lyttle Pope-Toledo 8 running
5 9 Walter Christie Christie 7 running
Disqualified
11 Frank Lawwell Frayer-Miller 7 tow start
Retirements:
4 Gustave Caillois Thomas 5 magneto failure
16 Richard Belden Frayer-Miller 4 broke wheel
7 Montague Roberts Thomas 4 stripped gear
1 Keeler Oldsmobile 1 broke front axle
3 Ralph Mongini Matheson 0 ditched, struch phone pole
8 Lee Frayer Frayer-Miller 0 broke radius rod
Fastest lap: Joe Tracy (Locomobile) lap 6: 29'29"6 (97,269 kmh)
Race leaders: Herbert Lyttle (2) 1-2; Hubert le Blon (4) 3,5,7-8; Joe Tracy (4) 4,6,9-10.
Did not start:
5 Maxwell did not appear
10 Maxwell did not appear
15 BLM did not appear
NOTES:
1: Cars started with one minute intervals.
2: Like in the previous cup races the crowd invaded the circuit, which prevented the still
running cars from finishing the race.
3: BLM means Breese, Lawrence & Moulton.