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THE AUTOMOBILE — Volume XXVII 27, No. 15, October 10, 1912, page 609
Vanderbilt Cup Race by Photograph
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1 – De Palma in Mercedes, the winner, passing official stand at the beginning of the last lap
2 – Cars lined up for start of Vanderbilt Cup race, October 2. Eight cars started and five finished the 300 miles.
3 – De Palma’s Mercedes traveling at full speed on the backstretch
4 – The Clark Mercedes finished fifth at 61.6 miles per hour. It is here shown on the home stretch
5 – Ralph Mulford’s Knox which was eliminated in the third lap
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1 – Tetzlaff in Fiat on hairpin Tetzlaff set the pace of the race until eliminated in lap 28
2 – Hughes in Mercer Special, winning second place, less than a minute behind De Palma. His speed was 68.8 miles per hour
3 – Wishart in Mercedes on backstretch. He won third place at a speed of 64.9 miles per hour
4 – Anderson in his Stutz winning fourth place at 64.2 miles per hour
5 – Nelson in Lozier, who made twenty-six laps of the course
