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1915 Venice Grand Prix in AAA National Motor Car Championship at the Venice circuit. Full information

1915 Venice Grand Prix

1915 Venice Grand Prix is 117th AAA National Motor Car Championship race. Passed at the Venice circuit. Cliff Durant won the pole position, Barney Oldfield won this race. Billy Carlson and Glover Ruckstell also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 97 laps (485 km).

Previous race: 1915 WK Vanderbilt Cup
Next race: 1915 Tucson 100
Race Start: 17th March 1915

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1915 Venice Grand Prix

2nd victory for the Maxwell Motor Corporation team
1st victory for the Barney Oldfield
5th podium for the Barney Oldfield
5th podium for the Billy Carlson
2nd podium for the Glover Ruckstell

1915 Venice Grand Prix results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Barney Oldfield	Maxwell ? 1915, #1	600	4h 24m 2.400s	Maxwell Motor Corporation
2	Billy Carlson	Maxwell ? 1915, #14	320	4h 24m 43.600s+41.200s	United States Motor Co
3	Glover Ruckstell	Mercer ? 1915, #11	170	4h 27m 43.600s+3m 41.200s	Mercer Automobile Co
4	John Marquis	Bugatti ? 1915, #5	90	4h 31m 39.600s+7m 37.200s	John B Marquis
5	Eddie Hearne	Case ? 1915, #20	55	4h 44m 51.600s+20m 49.200s	JI Case Threshing Machine Co
6	Cliff Durant	Stutz ? 1915, #9	35		Chevrolet Motor Co
7	Lou Disbrow	Simplex ZIP 90hp, #7	25		Simplex Automobile Co
8	Dave Lewis	Stutz ? 1915, #6	0
9	Jim Parsons	Stutz ? 1915, #22	0		Jim Parsons
10	Eddie Rickenbacher	Maxwell ? 1915, #12	0		United States Motor Co
11	UL McCroskey	Chalmers ? 1915, #2	0
12	Art Klein	King ? 1915, #19	0		Puente Pronto
13	Harry Grant	Stutz ? 1915, #8	0
14	Claude Newhouse	Delage Type Y, #16	0		Claude R Newhouse
15	Jack le Cain	Chevrolet ? 1915, #10	0		Chevrolet Motor Co
16	AA Cadwell	unknown ? 1915, #15	0		Neiswender
17	Gaston Morris	National ? 1915, #17	0
18	Eddie Pullen	Mercer ? 1915, #4	0		Eddie Pullen

Qualifying Results for the 1915 Venice Grand Prix on the Venice circuit

Position	Name	Car	Team
1	Cliff Durant	Stutz ? 1915, #9	Chevrolet Motor Co
2	Eddie Rickenbacher	Maxwell ? 1915, #12	United States Motor Co
3	Glover Ruckstell	Mercer ? 1915, #11	Mercer Automobile Co
4	Lou Disbrow	Simplex ZIP 90hp, #7	Simplex Automobile Co
5	Art Klein	King ? 1915, #19	Puente Pronto
6	UL McCroskey	Chalmers ? 1915, #2
7	Jack le Cain	Chevrolet ? 1915, #10	Chevrolet Motor Co
8	Claude Newhouse	Delage Type Y, #16	Claude R Newhouse
9	John Marquis	Bugatti ? 1915, #5	John B Marquis
10	Jim Parsons	Stutz ? 1915, #22	Jim Parsons
11	Dave Lewis	Stutz ? 1915, #6
12	Barney Oldfield	Maxwell ? 1915, #1	Maxwell Motor Corporation
13	Harry Grant	Stutz ? 1915, #8
14	Billy Carlson	Maxwell ? 1915, #14	United States Motor Co
15	Eddie Hearne	Case ? 1915, #20	JI Case Threshing Machine Co
16	Gaston Morris	National ? 1915, #17
17	AA Cadwell	unknown ? 1915, #15	Neiswender
18	Eddie Pullen	Mercer ? 1915, #4	Eddie Pullen