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1915 WK Vanderbilt Cup in AAA National Motor Car Championship at the San Francisco circuit. Full information

1915 WK Vanderbilt Cup

1915 WK Vanderbilt Cup is 116th AAA National Motor Car Championship race. Passed at the San Francisco circuit. Barney Oldfield won the pole position, Dario Resta won this race. Howdy Wilcox and Eddie Pullen also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 77 laps (476 km).

Previous race: 1915 American Grand Prize
Next race: 1915 Venice Grand Prix
Race Start: 6th March 1915

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1915 WK Vanderbilt Cup

2nd victory for the Peugeot Auto Import team
2nd victory for the Dario Resta
2nd podium for the Dario Resta
5th podium for the Howdy Wilcox
6th podium for the Eddie Pullen

1915 WK Vanderbilt Cup

Peugeot L76 #9 - 1915 WK Vanderbilt Cup winner

1915 WK Vanderbilt Cup results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Dario Resta	Peugeot L76, #9	600	4h 27m 37.650s	Peugeot Auto Import
2	Howdy Wilcox	Stutz ? 1915, #26	320	4h 34m 36.930s+6m 59.280s	Stutz Motor Car Co
3	Eddie Pullen	Mercer ? 1915, #4	170	4h 35m 37.700s+8m 0.050s	Eddie Pullen
4	Ralph de Palma	Mercedes-Benz 115 hp Grand Prix, #22	90	4h 39m 7.260s+11m 29.610s	EC Patterson
5	Billy Carlson	Maxwell ? 1915, #32	55	4h 44m 12.380s+16m 34.730s	United States Motor Co
6	Claude Newhouse	Delage Type Y, #15	35	4h 45m 38.880s+18m 1.230s	Claude R Newhouse
7	Barney Oldfield	Maxwell ? 1915, #1	25	4h 52m 47.880s+25m 10.230s	Maxwell Motor Corporation
8	Lou Disbrow	Simplex ZIP 90hp, #12	15	4h 53m 37.300s+25m 59.650s	Simplex Automobile Co
9	Hughie Hughes	Fiat ? 1915, #28	10		Frank Young
10	Art Klein	King ? 1915, #16	5		Arthur H Klein
11	Eddie Hearne	Case ? 1915, #21	0		JI Case Threshing Machine Co
12	Tom McKelvey	Overland ? 1915, #31	0
13	Gil Anderson	Stutz ? 1915, #5	0		Stutz Motor Car Co
14	Glover Ruckstell	Mercer ? 1915, #6	0		Mercer Automobile Co
15	Lou Gandy	Edwards Special, #11	0		Cap Kennedy
16	Eddie O'Donnell	Duesenberg ? 1915, #19	0		Duesenberg Bros
17	Harry Grant	Stutz ? 1915, #8	0
18	Huntley Gordon	Mercer ? 1915, #51	0		Huntley L Gordon
19	Bob Burman	Case ? 1915, #30	0
20	Tom Alley	Duesenberg ? 1915, #2	0		Duesenberg Bros
21	Cap Kennedy	Edwards Special, #7	0		Cap Kennedy
22	Jack Gable	Robinson ? 1915, #3	0		Jack Gable
23	Jim Parsons	Stutz ? 1915, #24	0		Jim Parsons
24	TA Tomasini	unknown ? 1915, #34	0		TA Tomasini
25	Caleb Bragg	Mercer ? 1915, #14	0		Californian Motor Car Corporation
26	John Marquis	Bugatti ? 1915, #27	0		John B Marquis
27	Harold Hall	Hercules ? 1915, #33	0
28	Eddie Rickenbacher	Maxwell ? 1915, #17	0		United States Motor Co
29	Jack le Cain	Chevrolet ? 1915, #18	0		Chevrolet Motor Co
30	Cliff Durant	Stutz ? 1915, #20	0		Chevrolet Motor Co
31	Louis Nikrent	Mercer ? 1915, #10	0		Mercer Automobile Co

Qualifying Results for the 1915 WK Vanderbilt Cup on the San Francisco circuit

Position	Name	Car	Team
1	Barney Oldfield	Maxwell ? 1915, #1	Maxwell Motor Corporation
2	Tom Alley	Duesenberg ? 1915, #2	Duesenberg Bros
3	Jack Gable	Robinson ? 1915, #3	Jack Gable
4	Eddie Pullen	Mercer ? 1915, #4	Eddie Pullen
5	Gil Anderson	Stutz ? 1915, #5	Stutz Motor Car Co
6	Glover Ruckstell	Mercer ? 1915, #6	Mercer Automobile Co
7	Cap Kennedy	Edwards Special, #7	Cap Kennedy
8	Harry Grant	Stutz ? 1915, #8
9	Dario Resta	Peugeot L76, #9	Peugeot Auto Import
10	Louis Nikrent	Mercer ? 1915, #10	Mercer Automobile Co
11	Lou Gandy	Edwards Special, #11	Cap Kennedy
12	Lou Disbrow	Simplex ZIP 90hp, #12	Simplex Automobile Co
13	Caleb Bragg	Mercer ? 1915, #14	Californian Motor Car Corporation
14	Claude Newhouse	Delage Type Y, #15	Claude R Newhouse
15	Art Klein	King ? 1915, #16	Arthur H Klein
16	Eddie Rickenbacher	Maxwell ? 1915, #17	United States Motor Co
17	Jack le Cain	Chevrolet ? 1915, #18	Chevrolet Motor Co
18	Eddie O'Donnell	Duesenberg ? 1915, #19	Duesenberg Bros
19	Cliff Durant	Stutz ? 1915, #20	Chevrolet Motor Co
20	Eddie Hearne	Case ? 1915, #21	JI Case Threshing Machine Co
21	Ralph de Palma	Mercedes-Benz 115 hp Grand Prix, #22	EC Patterson
22	Jim Parsons	Stutz ? 1915, #24	Jim Parsons
23	Howdy Wilcox	Stutz ? 1915, #26	Stutz Motor Car Co
24	John Marquis	Bugatti ? 1915, #27	John B Marquis
25	Hughie Hughes	Fiat ? 1915, #28	Frank Young
26	Bob Burman	Case ? 1915, #30
27	Tom McKelvey	Overland ? 1915, #31
28	Billy Carlson	Maxwell ? 1915, #32	United States Motor Co
29	Harold Hall	Hercules ? 1915, #33
30	TA Tomasini	unknown ? 1915, #34	TA Tomasini
31	Huntley Gordon	Mercer ? 1915, #51	Huntley L Gordon