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1916 Vincent Astor Cup in AAA National Motor Car Championship at the Sheepshead Bay circuit. Full information

1916 Vincent Astor Cup

1916 Vincent Astor Cup is 148th AAA National Motor Car Championship race. Passed at the Sheepshead Bay circuit. Johnny Aitken won the pole position and this race. Eddie Rickenbacher and Ira Vail also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 125 laps (402 km).

Previous race: 1916 Harvest Racing Classic
Next race: 1916 Grand American Prize
Race Start: 30th September 1916

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1916 Vincent Astor Cup

6th victory for the Johnny Aitken
10th podium for the Johnny Aitken
12th podium for the Eddie Rickenbacher
2nd podium for the Ira Vail

Peugeot L76 - 1916 Vincent Astor Cup winner

Peugeot L76 #10 - 1916 Vincent Astor Cup winner

1916 Vincent Astor Cup results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Johnny Aitken	Peugeot L76, #10	800	2h 23m 4.030s
2	Eddie Rickenbacher	Maxwell ? 1916, #12	420	2h 24m 19.540s+1m 15.510s	Prest-O-Lite Racing Team
3	Ira Vail	Hudson ? 1916, #5	220	2h 34m 1.000s+10m 56.970s	Hudson Motor Car Co
4	Jack le Cain	Delage ? 1916, #16	120	2h 34m 42.210s+11m 38.180s	Harry Harkness
5	Eddie Pullen	Mercer ? 1916, #4	70	2h 37m 26.000s+14m 21.970s	Eddie Pullen
6	Art Klein	Crawford ? 1916, #8	45	2h 38m 1.000s+14m 56.970s	Crawford
7	Jules Devigne	Delage ? 1916, #18	30	2h 38m 31.000s+15m 26.970s	Harry Harkness
8	Ralph Mulford	Duesenberg ? 1916, #6	25	2h 42m 2.380s+18m 58.350s
9	Hughie Hughes	Duesenberg ? 1916, #28	15	2h 42m 56.150s+19m 52.120s	Hoskins
10	Tommy Milton	Duesenberg ? 1916, #3	10	2h 45m 36.900s+22m 32.870s	Duesenberg Bros
11	Jim Meyer	Pugh ? 1916, #36	0	2h 47m 11.650s+24m 7.620s	Pugh
12	George Adams	Adams ? 1916, #27	0	2h 55m 6.070s+32m 2.040s	Adams
13	Wilbur d'Alene	Crawford ? 1916, #9	0	3h 4m 1.900s+40m 57.870s	Crawford
14	Andy Burt	Ogren ? 1916, #37	0	3h 6m 20.520s+43m 16.490s	Ogren
15	Pete Henderson	Maxwell ? 1916, #14	0
16	Frank Galvin	Premier ? 1916, #15	0
17	Howdy Wilcox	Peugeot L76, #22	0		Indianapolis Speedway Team
18	George Buzane	Duesenberg ? 1916, #24	0
19	Dave Lewis	Premier ? 1916, #25	0
20	Milton McBride	Olson ? 1916, #34	0		Norm Olson
21	Robert Moore	Crawford ? 1916, #32	0		Crawford
22	EE Rawlings	Duesenberg ? 1916, #0	0		West Duluth
23	Otto Henning	Duesenberg ? 1916, #33	0		Ogren
24	William Muller	Duesenberg ? 1916, #21	0		Dans L'Argent
25	Jack Gable	Peugeot L76, #29	0		Erbes
26	Charles Devlin	Duesenberg ? 1916, #26	0
27	Glover Ruckstell	Mercer ? 1916, #11	0		Mercer Automobile Co
28	Joseph Christiaens	Sunbeam ? 1916, #1	0		Sunbeam Motor Co
29	Dario Resta	Peugeot L76, #2	0		Peugeot Auto Racing
30	Louis Chevrolet	Sunbeam ? 1916, #19	0
31	Bert Watson	Olson ? 1916, #35	0		Norm Olson

Qualifying Results for the 1916 Vincent Astor Cup on the Sheepshead Bay circuit

Position	Name	Car	Team
1	Johnny Aitken	Peugeot L76, #10
2	Eddie Rickenbacher	Maxwell ? 1916, #12	Prest-O-Lite Racing Team
3	Ira Vail	Hudson ? 1916, #5	Hudson Motor Car Co
4	Jack le Cain	Delage ? 1916, #16	Harry Harkness
5	Eddie Pullen	Mercer ? 1916, #4	Eddie Pullen
6	Art Klein	Crawford ? 1916, #8	Crawford
7	Jules Devigne	Delage ? 1916, #18	Harry Harkness
8	Ralph Mulford	Duesenberg ? 1916, #6
9	Hughie Hughes	Duesenberg ? 1916, #28	Hoskins
10	Tommy Milton	Duesenberg ? 1916, #3	Duesenberg Bros
11	Jim Meyer	Pugh ? 1916, #36	Pugh
12	George Adams	Adams ? 1916, #27	Adams
13	Wilbur d'Alene	Crawford ? 1916, #9	Crawford
14	Andy Burt	Ogren ? 1916, #37	Ogren
15	Pete Henderson	Maxwell ? 1916, #14
16	Frank Galvin	Premier ? 1916, #15
17	Howdy Wilcox	Peugeot L76, #22	Indianapolis Speedway Team
18	George Buzane	Duesenberg ? 1916, #24
19	Dave Lewis	Premier ? 1916, #25
20	Milton McBride	Olson ? 1916, #34	Norm Olson
21	Robert Moore	Crawford ? 1916, #32	Crawford
22	EE Rawlings	Duesenberg ? 1916, #0	West Duluth
23	Otto Henning	Duesenberg ? 1916, #33	Ogren
24	William Muller	Duesenberg ? 1916, #21	Dans L'Argent
25	Jack Gable	Peugeot L76, #29	Erbes
26	Charles Devlin	Duesenberg ? 1916, #26
27	Glover Ruckstell	Mercer ? 1916, #11	Mercer Automobile Co
28	Joseph Christiaens	Sunbeam ? 1916, #1	Sunbeam Motor Co
29	Dario Resta	Peugeot L76, #2	Peugeot Auto Racing
30	Louis Chevrolet	Sunbeam ? 1916, #19
31	Bert Watson	Olson ? 1916, #35	Norm Olson