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
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 #11 - 1916 Metropolitan Trophy winner
Position | Name | Car | Points | Result | Lap | Team |
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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 |
Position | Name | Car | Result | Team |
---|---|---|---|---|
3 | Jules Devigne | Delage ? 1916, #7 | 0 | Harry Harkness |
3 | Ira Vail | Hudson ? 1916, #21 | 0 | Hudson Motor Car Co |
4 | Charles Devlin | Duesenberg ? 1916, #14 | 0 | |
5 | Eddie Rickenbacher | Maxwell ? 1916, #11 | 0 | Prest-O-Lite Racing Team |
5 | George Adams | Adams ? 1916, #17 | 0 | |
6 | Bert Watson | Richard ? 1916, #4 | 0 | JJR |
7 | Dario Resta | Peugeot L76, #19 | 0 | Peugeot Auto Racing |
8 | Aldo Franchi | Peugeot L76, #12 | 0 | Aldo Franchi |
9 | Carl Limberg | Delage ? 1916, #6 | 0 | |
10 | Ralph Mulford | Peugeot L76, #9 | 0 |
Peugeot
Maxwell
Delage
Hudson
Duesenberg
Duesenberg
Duesenberg
Sunbeam