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1916 Grand American Prize in AAA National Motor Car Championship at the Maywood Speedway circuit. Full information

1916 Grand American Prize

1916 Grand American Prize is 149th AAA National Motor Car Championship race. Passed at the Maywood Speedway circuit. Art Klein won the pole position, Dario Resta won this race. Johnny Aitken and Eddie Rickenbacher also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 125 laps (402 km).

Previous race: 1916 Vincent Astor Cup
Next race: 1916 Harkness Trophy
Race Start: 14th October 1916

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1916 Grand American Prize

4th victory for the Peugeot Auto Racing team
9th victory for the Dario Resta
10th podium for the Dario Resta
11th podium for the Johnny Aitken
13th podium for the Eddie Rickenbacher

Peugeot L76 - 1916 Grand American Prize winner

Peugeot L76 #4 - 1916 Grand American Prize winner

1916 Grand American Prize results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Dario Resta	Peugeot L76, #4	800	2h 24m 16.680s	Peugeot Auto Racing
2	Johnny Aitken	Peugeot L76, #10	420	2h 24m 32.610s+15.930s
3	Eddie Rickenbacher	Maxwell ? 1916, #22	220	2h 25m 52.760s+1m 36.080s	Prest-O-Lite Racing Team
4	Dave Lewis	Premier ? 1916, #6	120	2h 32m 28.930s+8m 12.250s
5	Pete Henderson	Maxwell ? 1916, #3	70	2h 32m 31.390s+8m 14.710s
6	Frank Galvin	Premier ? 1916, #11	45	2h 33m 20.500s+9m 3.820s
7	Earl Devore	Duesenberg ? 1916, #21	30	2h 45m 35.430s+21m 18.750s
8	Andy Burt	Ogren ? 1916, #2	25	2h 52m 5.350s+27m 48.670s	Ogren
9	Jack Gable	Peugeot L76, #15	15	3h 4m 52.230s+40m 35.550s	Erbes
10	Ira Vail	Hudson ? 1916, #18	10	3h 5m 37.370s+41m 20.690s	Hudson Motor Car Co
11	Howdy Wilcox	Peugeot L76, #1	0		Indianapolis Speedway Team
12	EE Rawlings, Ora Haibe	Duesenberg ? 1916, #5	0		West Duluth
13	Ralph de Palma	Peugeot L76, #9	0
14	Swan Ostewig	Ostewig ? 1916, #0	0		Swan Ostewig
15	Art Klein	Crawford ? 1916, #8	0		Crawford
16	Wilbur d'Alene, Tom Alley	Crawford ? 1916, #13	0		Crawford
17	George Buzane	Duesenberg ? 1916, #14	0
18	Tommy Milton, Hughie Hughes	Duesenberg ? 1916, #17	0		Duesenberg Bros

Qualifying Results for the 1916 Grand American Prize on the Maywood Speedway circuit

Position	Name	Car	Team
1	Art Klein	Crawford ? 1916, #8	Crawford
2	Wilbur d'Alene, Tom Alley	Crawford ? 1916, #13	Crawford
3	Pete Henderson	Maxwell ? 1916, #3
4	Dario Resta	Peugeot L76, #4	Peugeot Auto Racing
5	EE Rawlings, Ora Haibe	Duesenberg ? 1916, #5	West Duluth
6	Dave Lewis	Premier ? 1916, #6
7	Hughie Hughes	Duesenberg ? 1916, #19	Hoskins
8	Howdy Wilcox	Peugeot L76, #1	Indianapolis Speedway Team
9	Eddie Rickenbacher	Maxwell ? 1916, #22	Prest-O-Lite Racing Team
10	Frank Galvin	Premier ? 1916, #11
11	Andy Burt	Ogren ? 1916, #2	Ogren
12	George Buzane	Duesenberg ? 1916, #14
13	Jack Gable	Peugeot L76, #15	Erbes
14	Johnny Aitken	Peugeot L76, #10
15	Ralph de Palma	Peugeot L76, #9
16	Tommy Milton	Duesenberg ? 1916, #17	Duesenberg Bros
17	Earl Devore	Duesenberg ? 1916, #21
18	Ira Vail, Swan Ostewig	Hudson ? 1916, #18	Hudson Motor Car Co