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1917 War Derby Race in AAA National Motor Car Championship at the Maywood Speedway circuit. Full information

1917 War Derby Race

1917 War Derby Race is 157th AAA National Motor Car Championship race. Passed at the Maywood Speedway circuit. Ralph de Palma won the pole position, Earl Cooper won this race. Ralph Mulford and Cliff Durant also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 125 laps (402 km).

Previous race: 1917 Sharronsville Sweepstakes
Next race: 1917 Omaha Derby
Race Start: 16th June 1917

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1917 War Derby Race

11th victory for the Stutz Motor Car Co team
14th victory for the Earl Cooper
25th podium for the Earl Cooper
20th podium for the Ralph Mulford
2nd podium for the Cliff Durant

1917 War Derby Race results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Earl Cooper	Stutz ? 1917, #5	500	2h 25m 28.800s	Stutz Motor Car Co
2	Ralph Mulford	Hudson ? 1917, #9	260	2h 26m 11.030s+42.230s
3	Cliff Durant	Delage ? 1917, #35	140	2h 26m 36.430s+1m 7.630s	Cliff Durant
4	Eddie Hearne	Duesenberg ? 1917, #11	80	2h 27m 48.030s+2m 19.230s	Duesenberg Bros
5	Walter Haines	Mercer ? 1917, #18	50	2h 30m 56.430s+5m 27.630s
6	Pete Henderson	Duesenberg ? 1917, #8	35	2h 33m 7.950s+7m 39.150s
7	Dave Lewis	Duesenberg ? 1917, #12	25	2h 35m 8.070s+9m 39.270s	Hoskins
8	Ira Vail	Hudson ? 1917, #14	15	2h 39m 3.000s+13m 34.200s
9	Louis Chevrolet	Frontenac ? 1917, #1	10	2h 40m 8.860s+14m 40.060s	Frontenac Motors
10	Louis Fontaine	Mercedes-Benz ? 1917, #2	5	2h 42m 23.900s+16m 55.100s
11	Ralph de Palma	Packard ? 1917, #4	0	2h 43m 8.460s+17m 39.660s
12	Al Schillo	Mercer ? 1917, #32	0
13	Billy Taylor	Stutz ? 1917, #16	0		Newman
14	Andy Burt	Peugeot L76, #35	0		Erbes
15	Tom Alley	PanAm ? 1917, #23	0		Pan-American
16	Tommy Milton	Duesenberg ? 1917, #7	0		Duesenberg Bros
17	Omar Toft	Miller ? 1917, #29	0		Omar Toft
18	George Mason	Duesenberg ? 1917, #31	0		Ogren
19	Joe Boyer	Frontenac ? 1917, #24	0		Frontenac Motors
20	Barney Oldfield	Miller ? 1917, #27	0		Golden Submarine
21	AH Patterson	Hudson ? 1917, #17	0		Hudson Motor Car Co
22	Joe Thomas	Mercer ? 1917, #6	0
23	Jack le Cain	Delage ? 1917, #25	0
24	Ed Diedrich	Duesenberg ? 1917, #33	0
25	George Buzane	unknown ? 1917, #3	0		Detroit
26	Otto Henning	Duesenberg ? 1917, #22	0		Ogren
27	Jules Devigne	Delage ? 1917, #15	0

Qualifying Results for the 1917 War Derby Race on the Maywood Speedway circuit

Position	Name	Car	Team
1	Ralph de Palma	Packard ? 1917, #4
2	Joe Boyer	Frontenac ? 1917, #24	Frontenac Motors
3	Barney Oldfield	Miller ? 1917, #27	Golden Submarine
4	Joe Thomas	Mercer ? 1917, #6
5	Jack le Cain	Delage ? 1917, #25
6	Al Schillo	Mercer ? 1917, #32
7	Eddie Hearne	Duesenberg ? 1917, #11	Duesenberg Bros
8	Cliff Durant	Delage ? 1917, #35	Cliff Durant
9	Walter Haines	Mercer ? 1917, #18
10	Earl Cooper	Stutz ? 1917, #5	Stutz Motor Car Co
11	Louis Fontaine	Mercedes-Benz ? 1917, #2
12	Ira Vail	Hudson ? 1917, #14
13	Billy Taylor	Stutz ? 1917, #16	Newman
14	George Buzane	unknown ? 1917, #3	Detroit
15	Louis Chevrolet	Frontenac ? 1917, #1	Frontenac Motors
16	AH Patterson	Hudson ? 1917, #17	Hudson Motor Car Co
17	Ralph Mulford	Hudson ? 1917, #9
18	Andy Burt	Peugeot L76, #35	Erbes
19	Dave Lewis	Duesenberg ? 1917, #12	Hoskins
20	Pete Henderson	Duesenberg ? 1917, #8
21	Tom Alley	PanAm ? 1917, #23	Pan-American
22	Otto Henning	Duesenberg ? 1917, #22	Ogren
23	Jules Devigne	Delage ? 1917, #15
24	Omar Toft	Miller ? 1917, #29	Omar Toft
25	Ed Diedrich	Duesenberg ? 1917, #33
26	Tommy Milton	Duesenberg ? 1917, #7	Duesenberg Bros
27	George Mason	Duesenberg ? 1917, #31	Ogren