1936 Vanderbilt Cup

United States  1936 Vanderbilt Cup Grand Prix
Race details
Date 12 October 1936
Official name I George Vanderbilt Cup
Location Roosevelt Raceway
Westbury, Long Island, New York City, USA
Course Purpose built race circuit
Course length 6.39 km (3.97 mi)
Distance 75 laps, 479.25 km (297.75 mi)
Pole position
Driver Scuderia Ferrari
Time 17:54.15
Fastest lap
Driver Italy Tazio Nuvolari Scuderia Ferrari
Time 3:25.42
Podium
First Scuderia Ferrari
Second Automobiles Bugatti
Third Scuderia Ferrari

The 1936 Vanderbilt Cup (formally known as I George Vanderbilt Cup) was a Grand Prix that was held on 12 October 1936 at Roosevelt Raceway near Westbury, Long Island, New York City, USA. It was the fourth and last race of the 1936 AAA Championship Car season, not counting the non-championship events. The race, contested over 75 laps of 6.39 km (3.97 mi), was won by Tazio Nuvolari driving a Alfa Romeo 12C-36 after starting from eighth position.

Background

For the history of the Vanderbilt Cup: see Vanderbilt Cup

This was the first time that the Vanderbilt Cup was held since 1916. George Washington Vanderbilt III, the nephew of the founder of the Vanderbilt Cup, William Kissam Vanderbilt II, sponsored a 300-mile race (480 km) in 1936 at Roosevelt Raceway. Just like in the original races, European drivers were enticed by the substantial prize money - Scuderia Ferrari entered three Alfa Romeo racers. However, because of little American competition and an unexciting course layout, the race was organised for only two years. Both races were won by Europeans. After 1937, the Vanderbilt Cup would not be raced until 1960.

Sources:
The Golden Era of Grand prix Racing - I George Vanderbilt Cup Race
Vanderbilt Cup Races - Race Profile: 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race

Entries

No.DriverCarDNA/DNS/DNQ
2United States Bill CummingsMiller-Offenhauser
3United States Wilbur ShawShaw-Offenhauser
4United States Emil AndresStevens-Offenhauser
5United States Shorty CantlonMiller
6United States Chuck TaborDuesenberg-Offenhauser
United States Chet GardnerDNS - Tabor drove the #6 car
7United States Billy WinnMiller
8Italy Tazio NuvolariAlfa Romeo 12C-36
9Italy Antonio Brivio
10Italy Nino Farina
12Australia Frederick McEvoyMaserati 4CM
Italy Carlo Felice Trossi
14United States Frank BriskoMiller-Brisko
15United States Deacon LitzMiller
United States Tony Willman
16France Raymond SommerAlfa Romeo Tipo B
17United States Chet GardnerMiller
United States Frank BeederDNS - Gardner drove the #17 car
18France Jean-Pierre WimilleBugatti T59
19United States Zeke Meyer-OffenhauserDNQ - no qualifying attempt
21United States Babe StappShaw-Offenhauser
22United States Ted HornWetteroth-Miller
23United States Russ Snowberger-Offenhauser
24France Philippe ÉtancelinMaserati V8RI
25United States Floyd Davis-Offenhauser
26United States Phil ShaferMiller
27United States George ConnorWeil-Miller
28United States Dave EvansBugatti T51
29France "Raph"Maserati V8RI
32United States Mauri RoseMiller-Offenhauser
33United States Rex MaysAdams-SparksDNS - crash in practice
34United States Al PutnamStudebaker
35United States Fred WinnaiMercedesDNA
36United States Chet MillerRigling-Carew
37United Kingdom Brian LewisERA B-Type
Sidney CottonDNS - Lewis drove the #37 car
38United States Joel Thorne-Miller
39United States Frank McGurkDNS - crash in practice
42United States Tony WillmanStevens-Miller
43United States Jimmy SnyderStevens-Offenhauser
44United States Tony GulottaStevens-Miller
45United Kingdom Earl HoweERA B-Type
46United Kingdom Pat Fairchild
47United Kingdom Brian LewisBugattiDNS - cracked cylinder head in practice
48United Kingdom Teddy RaysonMaserati 4CM
United Kingdom Goldie GardnerDNS - Rayson drove the #48 car
49United States Overton PhillipsBugatti
51United States Bob SwansonMiller-Offenhauser
United States Billy DevoreDNS - Swanson drove the #51 car
52United States Lewis BalusDuesenberg
53United States Louis Tomei-Offenhauser
United States Bob SwansonDNS - Tomei drove the #53 car
56Ben BrandfonDuesenbergDNS
57United States Ted ChamberlainDuesenberg-Miller
United States George WingerterDNS - Chamberlain drove the #57 car
59United States Rick Decker
61John CebulaDNQ
62United States Milt Marion-Miller
63United States Frank WearneMillerDNA
64Mike CarusoMercedes-FordDNQ
United States Bob SallDNS - Caruso drove the #64 car
65United States Henry BanksMiller
66United States Gus ZarkaAmbler
Chuck TaborDNS - Zarka drove the #66 car
67United States Roy Lake
68United States Lem Ladd DNA
73John Moretti
74Don Moore
United StatesLouis MeyerBugatti Type 59DNS - crash in practice
ItalyAttilio MarinoniAlfa RomeoDNS - drove only in practice

Sources:
ChampCarStats.com - 1936 George Vanderbilt Cup
The Golden Era of Grand prix Racing - I George Vanderbilt Cup Race

Grid positions

Pos123
Row 1 Brivio
17:54.15
Winn
18:01.77
Shaw
18:13.92
Row 2 Connor
18:23.22
Litz
19:26.86
Putnam
19:28.17
Row 3 Shafer
20:16.09
Nuvolari
17:09.62
Farina
17:24.40
Row 4 Swanson
18:05.54
Cantlon
18:08.96
Tabor
18:12.20
Row 5 C. Gardner
18:27.07
Wimille
18:28.02
Willman
18:32.92
Row 6 "Raph"
18:41.80
Zarka
18:42.93
Snyder
18:46.62
Row 7 Sommer
18:49.10
Marion
18:50.04
Horn
18:50.24
Row 8 Decker
18:53.45
Fairchild
19:02.53
Rose
19:04.15
Row 9 Tomei
19:15.81
Cummings
19:28.11
Andres
19:34.34
Row 10 Stapp
19:50.03
Davis
19:50.34
McEvoy
19:51.50
Row 11 Lake
19:53.94
Étancelin
19:55.97
Miller
19:56.88
Row 12 Evans
20:01.61
Banks
20:05.61
Rayson
20:06.40
Row 13 Brisko
20:06.43
Snowberger
20:07.93
Thorne
20:24.88
Row 14 Chamberlain
20:36.37
Howe
20:35.63
Lewis
20:46.53
Row 15 Gulotta
20:54.31
Phillips
21:00.13
Balus
21:13.08

Sources:
ChampCarStats.com - 1936 George Vanderbilt Cup
Vanderbilt Cup Races - Starting Lineup for the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race
The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing - I George Vanderbilt Cup Race

Race results

Twelve of the forty-five drivers that started the race were Europeans driving an English ERA or an Italian Alfa Romeo, Bugatti or Maserati. The rest of the field was made up of Americans in dirt track cars with two-speed gearboxes. Although the course contained only one long straight, and the European drivers had to get used to the loose dirt track surface, the Americans were no contest for the Grand Prix cars. For example, even with Nuvolari's V12 Alfa Romeo running on eleven cylinders, he won by eight minutes on Wimille. The best American driver was Cummings finishing seventh almost twenty-five minutes behind the winner.

Pos.DriverCar ConstructorTime (Status)
1NuvolariAlfa Romeo4:32:44.0
2WimilleBugatti4:40:55.9
3BrivioAlfa Romeo4:45:44.4
4Sommer4:46:59.51
5FairchildERA4:56:48.5
6McEvoyMaserati4:57:24.8
7CummingsMiller4:57:43.11
8Rose4:57:47.2
9ÉtancelinMaserati4:59:43.11
10LitzMiller5:01:05.82
11TaborDuesenberg5:04:06.6
12AndresStevens5:05:54.9
13HoweERA5:06:11.75
14EvansBugatti5:07:42.5
15LewisERA5:08:17.27
16DeckerDuesenburg5:08:18.63
17PutnamStudebaker+1 lap
18RaysonMaserati+1 lap
19LakeAmbler+2 laps
20BanksMiller+3 laps
21Gardner+3 laps
22ZarkaAmbler+4 laps
23SwansonMiller+4 laps
24GulottaStevens+6 laps
25ShaferMiller+6 laps
26MillerRigling+10 laps
27BriskoMiller+10 laps
28BalusDuesenberg+10 laps
29Chamberlain+10 laps
30Tomei +10 laps
31ConnorWeil+3 laps (DNF - engine)
32WinnMiller+11 laps (DNF - rear gear)
33Snowberger +14 laps (DNF - brakes)
34Thorne+26 laps (DNF - universal joint)
35StappShaw+27 laps (DNF - fuel tank)
36HornWetteroth+30 laps (DNF - stalled)
37SnyderStevens+35 laps (DNF - rear axle gear)
38CantlonMiller+40 laps (DNF - valves)
39Davis +45 laps (DSQ - car towed)
40WillmanStevens+54 laps (DNF - steering gear)
41FarinaAlfa Romeo+58 laps (DNF - steering arm)
42"Raph"Maserati+66 laps (DSQ - push start)
43PhillipsBugatti+67 laps (DNF - connecting rod)
44Marion +72 laps (DNF - clutch shaft)
45ShawShaw+73 laps (DNF - crash)

Sources: see Entries

Sources

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