Draft:1937 Vanderbilt Cup
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| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Race 2 of 3 in the 1937 AAA Championship Car season | |
| Date | 5 July, 1937 |
| Official name | II George Vanderbilt Cup |
| Location | Roosevelt Raceway, Westbury, New York, United States |
| Course | Purpose-built race course 3.33 mi / 5.36 km |
| Distance | 90 laps 299.97 mi / 482.75 km |
| Pole position | |
| Driver |  Rudolf Caracciola (Mercedes) |
| Time | 2:19.78 |
| Podium | |
| First | Bernd Rosemeyer (Auto Union) |
| Second |  Richard Seaman (Mercedes) |
| Third |  Rex Mays (Alfa Romeo) |
The 1937 Vanderbilt Cup was a Championship Car race held on 5 July 1937 at the Roosevelt Raceway near Westbury, New York. It was the second of three races in the 1937 AAA Championship Car season, not counting the non-championship events. The race was won by Bernd Rosemeyer driving for Auto Union.
Background
[edit]For the history of the Vanderbilt Cup: see Vanderbilt Cup
The race clashed with the 1937 Belgian Grand Prix with two drivers from each of the main European teams taking part in either race. Organizers moved the race forward to 3 July allowing time to catch the ship home in case of wet weather delays. The race was subsequently postponed until 5 July due to heavy rain. The track had been modified since the previous year with faster curves and a reduced length of 3.3 mi from 4.0 mi. [1]
Entries
[edit]Grid positions
[edit]| Pos | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Row 1 | Caracciola 20:58.01 |
Rosemeyer 21:20.07 |
Mays 21:24.89 |
| Row 2 | Seaman 21:38.51 |
Nuvolari 21:40.46 |
Farina 21:51.08 |
| Row 3 | Winn 22:03.44 |
Von Delius 22:00.02 |
Horn 22:05.78 |
| Row 4 | Householder 22:19.22 |
Stapp 22:33.38 |
Connor 22:41.68 |
| Row 5 | Petillo 22:45.81 |
Thorne 23:11.10 |
Cummings 23:14.08 |
| Row 6 | Banks 23:17.54 |
Snyder 23:21.58 |
Wearne 23:13.85 |
| Row 7 | Snowberger 23:30.71 |
Gardner 23:48.46 |
Fiermonte 24:13.21 |
| Row 8 | Bean 24:30.78 |
Zarka 24:32.51 |
Race results
[edit]| Pos | No | Driver | Team/Sponsor | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Bernd Rosemeyer
|
Auto Union | Auto Union | 90 | 3:38:00.75 | 2 | 600 |
| 2 | 15 | Richard Seaman
|
Daimler-Benz AG | Mercedes-Benz | 90 | 3:38:51.78 | 4 | 495 |
| 3 | 14 | Rex Mays
|
Bowes Seal Fast | Alfa Romeo | 90 | 3:44:35.82 | 3 | 405 |
| 4 | 9 | Ernst von Delius
|
Auto Union | Auto Union | 90 | 3:48:09.50 | 8 | 330 |
| 5 | 10 |  Giuseppe Farina
|
Scuderia Ferrari | Alfa Romeo | 90 | 3:51:29.75 | 6 | 256.5 |
| 6 | 22 | Joel Thorne
|
Thorne | Alfa Romeo | 90 | 3:59:56.10 | 15 | 225 |
| 7 | 18 | Bill Cummings
|
Burd Piston Ring | Miller-Offenhauser | 90 | 4:02:54.30 | 18 | 195 |
| 8 | 72 | Russ Snowberger
|
Burd Piston Ring | Packard-Miller | 90 | 4:03:47.40 | 21 | 163.5 |
| 9 | 45 | Wilbur Shaw
|
Maserati | Maserati | 90 | 4:04:03.42 | 24 | 135 |
| 10 | 54 | Herb Ardinger
|
Chicago Rawhide | Welch-Offenhauser | 90 | 4:17:18.43 | 28 | 105 |
| 11 | 33 | Frank Wearne
|
Weirick | Miller | 90 | 4:19:19.42 | 17 | 75 |
| 12 | 31 | Chet Gardner
|
Burd Piston Ring | Deusenberg-Offenhauser | 90 | 4:22:00.37 | 23 | 45 |
| 13 | 24 | Frank Brisko
|
Elgin Piston Ring | Stevens-Brisko FD | 87 | broken piston | 22 | 0 |
| DNF | 1 | Mauri Rose
|
T. B. Martin | Maserati | 85 | universal joint | 16 | 0 |
| 14 | 65 | Milt Marion
|
Marion Miller | Miller | 78 | flagged | 27 | 0 |
| DNF | 16 |  Eugen Bjørnstad
|
Balmacaam Team | Alfa Romeo | 60 | broken transmission | 20 | 0 |
| DNF | 3 | Ted Horn
|
H. Hartz | Miller-Wetteroth | 59 | broken transmission | 9 | 0 |
| DNF | 17 | George Connor
|
J. Marks | Adams-Miller | 55 | broken transmission | 12 | 0 |
| DNF | 67 | Ora Bean
|
R. B. Lynch | Ambler | 42 | sheared flywheel bolt | 25 | 0 |
| DNF | 25 | Kelly Petillo
|
K. Petillo | Miller-Wetteroth | 39 | broken pinion bearing | 13 | 0 |
| DNF | 2 | Jimmy Snyder
|
H. C. Henning | Boyle-Miller | 39 | broken gear lever | 14 | 0 |
| DNF | 19 | Harry Lewis
|
K. Petillo | DeBaets-Studebaker | 25 | broken magneto coupling | 30 | 0 |
| DNF | 49 | Henry Banks
|
L. Kimmel | Kimmel-Offenhauser | 24 | broken rear axle | 19 | 0 |
| DNF | 1 | Rudolf Caracciola
|
Daimler-Benz AG | Mercedes-Benz | 17 | broken supercharger | 12 | 0 |
| DNF | 5 | Tazio Nuvolari
|
Scuderia Ferrari | Alfa Romeo | 16 | broken connecting rod | 5 | 0 |
| DNF | 27 | Al Cusick
|
Gustav-Schumacher | Schumacher-Gustav-Ford | 11 | broken left rear axle hub | 29 | 0 |
| DNF | 21 | Babe Stapp
|
H. J. Topping | Maserati | 8 | broken piston | 11 | 0 |
| DNF | 44 | Ronney Householder
|
R. Householder | Stevens-Miller | 8 | broken oil pipe | 10 | 0 |
| DNF | 7 | Billy Winn
|
B. Winn | Summers-Miller | 8 | broken transmission | 7 | 0 |
| DNF | 66 | Gus Zarka
|
G. Watts | Ambler | 2 | broken connecting rod | 26 | 0 |