1906 Vanderbilt Cup

The 1906 Vanderbilt Cup was a motor race held on a 29.7 mile street circuit on Long Island, New York on October 6, 1906.

Photo of the finish. This is the first photographic record of a checkered flag finish, which had been introduced earlier that same year at the Glidden Tour.

Just like the 1906 Vanderbilt Elimination Race, this race was stopped as the crowd invaded the course.^[1]

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/Retired
1	10	Louis Wagner	Darracq 120 hp	10	4h50m10.0
2	4	Vincenzo Lancia	Fiat 130 hp	10	4h53m28.0
3	18	Arthur Duray	Lorraine-Dietrich	10	4h53m44.0
4	15	Albert Clément	Clément-Bayard 100 hp	10	5h01m59.8
5	3	Camille Jenatzy	Mercedes 120	10	5h04m38.0
6	8	Felice Nazzaro	Fiat 130 hp	9	+ 1 Lap
7	12	Alessandro Cagno	Itala 120 hp	9	+ 1 Lap
8	1	Hubert Le Blon	Thomas	9	+ 1 Lap
9	2	George Heath	Panhard 130	8	+ 2 Laps
10	9	Joe Tracy	Locomobile	8	+ 2 Laps
11	7	Karl Klaus Luttgen	Mercedes 120	8	+ 2 Laps
12	19	Maurice Fabry	Itala 120 hp	7	+ 3 Laps
13	17	J. Walter Christie	Christie	7	+ 3 Laps
14	14	H.N. Harding	Haynes	7	+ 3 Laps
Ret	6	Elliott Shepard	Hotchkiss HH	6	Crankshaft
Ret	5	Frank Lawell	Frayer-Miller	4	Fan
Ret	16	Aldo Weilschott	FIAT 130 hp	0	Crash
DNS	11	Foxhall P. Keene	Mercedes 120		Entry withdrawn

See also

• 1906 Vanderbilt Elimination Race