1912 American Grand Prize

  1912 American Grand Prize

Race details
1912 Grand Prix season
Date	October 5, 1912
Official name	IV American Grand Prize
Location	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Course	Public roads 12.68 km (7.88 mi)
Distance	52 laps, 659.36 km (409.76 mi)
Podium
First	Caleb Bragg	Fiat
Second	Erwin Bergdoll	Benz
Third	Gil Andersen	Stutz

The 1912 American Grand Prize was the seventh and final race of the 1912 Grand Prix season. It was held at the Wauwatosa Road Race Course in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and was sanctioned by the American Automobile Association. Caleb Bragg won by over 15 minutes over Erwin Bergdoll. Bragg's average speed was 68.397 mph (110.074 km/h).^[1]

The event was marred by the death of two time and defending winner David Bruce-Brown in a practice accident. His car was repaired by Barney Oldfield and driven to a fourth place finish.

Classification

The grid before the race

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/Retired
1	41	Caleb Bragg	Fiat	52	5:59:27.44
2	40	Erwin Bergdoll	Benz	52	6:14:58.38
3	43	Gil Andersen	Stutz-Wisconsin	52	6:15:22.47
4	44	Barney Oldfield	Fiat	52	6:19:54.69
5	39	George Clark	Mercedes	50	+2 Laps
6	42	Joe Horan	Benz	47	+5 Laps
7	35	Ralph DePalma	Mercedes	51	Crashed
8	33	Ted Tetzlaff	Fiat	30	Broken Radius Rod
9	32	Louis Fontaine	Lozier	21	Steering knuckle
10	34	Hughie Hughes	Mercer	16	Broken fuel line
11	36	Spencer Wishart	Mercedes	3	Drive shaft
12	31	Bob Burman	Benz	2	Broken piston
DNS	47	Ralph Mulford	Knox	0	Ignition

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