The only information I found is the following piece in 'Great American
Automobiles' by John Bentley
' The 1915 racing highlight was the last but one of the Vanderbuilt cups,
run off in March on the San Francisco Exposition Grounds.
Here Eddie Pullen finished third behind Wilcox's Stutz and the winning
Peugeot of Dario Resta. The event was run over one of the worst courses ever
used for road racing in America. Despite the many dangers of this circuit,
Pullen was second only two laps from the finish when a loose gas tank forced
him to stop. The mishap cost him not only second but possibly also the race,
for at the time he was giving Resta a hard chase and was moving up
uncomfortably close.'
NB Pullen raced a Mercer
-----Original Message-----
From: VEENET@aol.com <VEENET@aol.com>
To: vintage-race@autox.team.net <vintage-race@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, December 07, 1997 06:09
Subject: San Francisco Vanderbilt cup 1915
>Can any one tell me where I can find some information on the Vanderbilt Cup
>race held in SF in 1915? I think it was held in conjuction with the worlds
>fair???But I can't find out much in the books I have.....Thanks..Jerry Burr
>
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