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1909 Founder's Day Road Race in AAA National Motor Car Championship at the Philadelphia circuit. Full information

1909 Founder's Day Road Race

1909 Founder's Day Road Race is 21st AAA National Motor Car Championship race. Passed at the Philadelphia circuit. Fred Betz won the pole position, George Robertson won this race. Bert Dingley and Hugh Harding also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 25 laps (326 km).

Previous race: 1909 Long Island Stock Chassis Derby (Class E)
Next race: 1909 Portola Road Contest
Race Start: 9th October 1909

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1909 Founder's Day Road Race

2nd victory for the George Robertson
4th podium for the George Robertson
6th podium for the Bert Dingley
1st podium for the Hugh Harding

1909 Founder's Day Road Race results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	George Robertson	Simplex ZIP 90hp, #4	400	3h 38m 58.800s
2	Bert Dingley	Chalmers ? 1909, #5	210	3h 44m 20.000s+5m 21.200s	Western Motor Company
3	Hugh Harding	Apperson ? 1909, #8	110	3h 52m 17.700s+13m 18.900s
4	Joe Parkin	Chadwick ? 1909, #18	60	3h 55m 31.200s+16m 32.400s
5	Louis Strang	Isotta ? 1909, #17	40	3h 56m 54.400s+17m 55.600s
6	William Wallace	Palmer Singer, #10	25
7	Charles Howard	Benz ? 1909, #3	15		Welch
8	Fred Betz	Simplex ? 1909, #1	0
9	Robert Drach	American Roadster, #2	0
10	Bob Burman	Buick ? 1909, #9	0		Buick Motor Car Co
11	Len Zengel	Chadwick ? 1909, #16	0
12	Charles Young	Selden ? 1909, #23	0
13	Louis Bergdoll	Thomas ? 1909, #15	0
14	Louis Chevrolet	Buick ? 1909, #13	0
15	Mailin Leinau	Acme ? 1909, #7	0
16	EO Hayes	American Roadster, #12	0
17	Lee Lorimer	Chalmers ? 1909, #19	0
18	Willie Haupt	Thomas ? 1909, #6	0
19	Erwin Bergdoll	unknown ? 1909, #20	0		Welch
20	John Coffey	Columbia ? 1909, #14	0
21	Joe Seymour	Lozier ? 1909, #22	0

Qualifying Results for the 1909 Founder's Day Road Race on the Philadelphia circuit

Position	Name	Car	Team
1	Fred Betz	Simplex ? 1909, #1
2	Robert Drach	American Roadster, #2
3	Charles Howard	Benz ? 1909, #3	Welch
4	George Robertson	Simplex ZIP 90hp, #4
5	Bert Dingley	Chalmers ? 1909, #5	Western Motor Company
6	Willie Haupt	Thomas ? 1909, #6
7	Mailin Leinau	Acme ? 1909, #7
8	Hugh Harding	Apperson ? 1909, #8
9	Bob Burman	Buick ? 1909, #9	Buick Motor Car Co
10	William Wallace	Palmer Singer, #10
12	EO Hayes	American Roadster, #12
13	Louis Chevrolet	Buick ? 1909, #13
14	John Coffey	Columbia ? 1909, #14
15	Louis Bergdoll	Thomas ? 1909, #15
16	Len Zengel	Chadwick ? 1909, #16
17	Louis Strang	Isotta ? 1909, #17
18	Joe Parkin	Chadwick ? 1909, #18
19	Lee Lorimer	Chalmers ? 1909, #19
20	Erwin Bergdoll	unknown ? 1909, #20	Welch
21	Joe Seymour	Lozier ? 1909, #22
22	Charles Young	Selden ? 1909, #23