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1917 Sharronsville Sweepstakes in AAA National Motor Car Championship at the Cincinnati Speedway circuit. Full information

1917 Sharronsville Sweepstakes

1917 Sharronsville Sweepstakes is 156th AAA National Motor Car Championship race. Passed at the Cincinnati Speedway circuit. Ralph de Palma won the pole position, Louis Chevrolet won this race. Ira Vail and Gaston Chevrolet also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 125 laps (402 km).

Previous race: 1917 Universal Trophy
Next race: 1917 War Derby Race
Race Start: 30th May 1917

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1917 Sharronsville Sweepstakes

1st victory for the Frontenac Motors team
4th victory for the Louis Chevrolet
4th podium for the Louis Chevrolet
3rd podium for the Ira Vail
1st podium for the Gaston Chevrolet

1917 Sharronsville Sweepstakes results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Louis Chevrolet	Frontenac ? 1917, #1	500	2h 26m 47.900s	Frontenac Motors
2	Ira Vail	Hudson ? 1917, #14	260	2h 27m 57.440s+1m 9.540s
3	Gaston Chevrolet	Frontenac ? 1917, #24	140	2h 28m 45.730s+1m 57.830s	Frontenac Motors
4	Tommy Milton	Duesenberg ? 1917, #7	80	2h 32m 47.550s+5m 59.650s	Duesenberg Bros
5	Eddie Hearne	Duesenberg ? 1917, #51	50	2h 34m 17.360s+7m 29.460s	Duesenberg Bros
6	Earl Cooper	Stutz ? 1917, #5	35	2h 34m 28.470s+7m 40.570s	Stutz Motor Car Co
7	AH Patterson	Hudson ? 1917, #17	25	2h 35m 48.050s+9m 0.150s	Hudson Motor Car Co
8	Otto Henning	Duesenberg ? 1917, #22	15	2h 35m 49.660s+9m 1.760s	Ogren
9	Ralph Mulford	Peugeot L76, #9	10	2h 38m 5.050s+11m 17.150s
10	Omar Toft	Miller ? 1917, #29	5	2h 39m 28.920s+12m 41.020s	Omar Toft
11	Barney Oldfield	Delage ? 1917, #27	0	2h 39m 51.650s+13m 3.750s	Barney Oldfield
13	Andy Burt, Joe Thomas	Mercer ? 1917, #0	0
14	George Buzane	unknown ? 1917, #19	0		Detroit
15	Charles Ewan	Crawford ? 1917, #0	0		Crawford
16	Ralph de Palma	Packard ? 1917, #4	0
20	Louis Fontaine, Pete Henderson, Charles Kirkpatrick, Dave Lewis	Duesenberg ? 1917, #0	0		Hoskins
21	Jules Devigne	Delage ? 1917, #21	0
23	Billy Taylor, Walter Haines	Mercer ? 1917, #0	0
24	Jack le Cain	Delage ? 1917, #22	0
26	Swan Ostewig, Mel Stringer, Wilmer Monahan	unknown ? 1917, #0	0		MEL

Qualifying Results for the 1917 Sharronsville Sweepstakes on the Cincinnati Speedway circuit

Position	Name	Car	Team
1	Ralph de Palma	Packard ? 1917, #4
2	Joe Thomas	Mercer ? 1917, #0
3	Eddie Hearne	Duesenberg ? 1917, #51	Duesenberg Bros
4	Ralph Mulford	Peugeot L76, #9
5	Omar Toft	Miller ? 1917, #29	Omar Toft
6	Louis Chevrolet	Frontenac ? 1917, #1	Frontenac Motors
7	AH Patterson	Hudson ? 1917, #17	Hudson Motor Car Co
7	Dave Lewis	Duesenberg ? 1917, #0	Hoskins
8	Gaston Chevrolet	Frontenac ? 1917, #24	Frontenac Motors
8	Otto Henning	Duesenberg ? 1917, #22	Ogren
10	Earl Cooper	Stutz ? 1917, #5	Stutz Motor Car Co
11	Barney Oldfield	Delage ? 1917, #27	Barney Oldfield
12	Tommy Milton	Duesenberg ? 1917, #7	Duesenberg Bros
12	Andy Burt	Peugeot L76, #0	Erbes
14	Ira Vail	Hudson ? 1917, #14
14	George Buzane	unknown ? 1917, #19	Detroit
19	Charles Ewan, Louis Fontaine, Pete Henderson, Charles Kirkpatrick	Frontenac ? 1917, #0
21	Jules Devigne	Delage ? 1917, #21
23	Billy Taylor, Walter Haines	Mercer ? 1917, #0
24	Jack le Cain	Delage ? 1917, #22
26	Swan Ostewig, Mel Stringer, Wilmer Monahan	unknown ? 1917, #0	MEL