1916 Metropolitan Trophy in AAA National Motor Car Championship at the Sheepshead Bay circuit. Full information

1916 Metropolitan Trophy

1916 Metropolitan Trophy is 139th AAA National Motor Car Championship race. Passed at the Sheepshead Bay circuit. Eddie Rickenbacher won this race. Jules Devigne and Ira Vail also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 75 laps (241 km).

Previous race: 1915 San Francisco 100
Next race: 1916 Indianapolis 500
Race Start: 13th May 1916

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1916 Metropolitan Trophy

1st victory for the Prest-O-Lite Racing Team team
5th victory for the Eddie Rickenbacher
9th podium for the Eddie Rickenbacher
1st podium for the Jules Devigne
1st podium for the Ira Vail

Maxwell ? 1916 - 1916 Metropolitan Trophy winner

Maxwell ? 1916 #11 - 1916 Metropolitan Trophy winner

1916 Metropolitan Trophy results

Position Name Car Points Result Lap Team
1 Eddie Rickenbacher Maxwell ? 1916, #11 600 1h 33m 31.000s 0 Prest-O-Lite Racing Team
2 Jules Devigne Delage ? 1916, #7 320 1h 35m 11.000s+1m 40.000s 0 Harry Harkness
3 Ira Vail Hudson ? 1916, #21 170 1h 38m 44.000s+5m 13.000s 0 Hudson Motor Car Co
4 Charles Devlin Duesenberg ? 1916, #14 90 1h 43m 3.000s+9m 32.000s 0
5 George Adams Adams ? 1916, #17 55 1h 51m 0.000s+17m 29.000s 0
6 Bert Watson Richard ? 1916, #4 35 0 JJR
7 Dario Resta Peugeot L76, #19 0 0 Peugeot Auto Racing
8 Aldo Franchi Peugeot L76, #12 0 0 Aldo Franchi
9 Carl Limberg Delage ? 1916, #6 0 0
10 Ralph Mulford Peugeot L76, #9 0 0

List of all cars for the 1916 Metropolitan Trophy on the Sheepshead Bay circuit

Peugeot L76

Peugeot

Duesenberg ? 1916

Duesenberg

Adams ? 1916

Duesenberg

Richard ? 1916

Duesenberg

Peugeot L76

Sunbeam