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 American Grand Prize Races, 1910 and 1911 Vanderbilt Cup Race, 1911 - GHM 025-3 - Chatham Co., GA Posted by:  Lat34North
N 32° 02.752 W 081° 05.159
17S E 491882 N 3545522
On each side of Waters Avenue at this site stood the grandstands built for the famous Savannah automobile races in 1910 and 1911. Located on Waters Ave. at East 46th St., Savannah, GA.
Waymark Code: WME2XY
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 03/27/2012
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American Grand Prize Races,
1910 and 1911
Vanderbilt Cup Race, 1911
On each side of Waters Avenue at this site stood the grandstands built for the famous Savannah automobile races in 1910 and 1911. The starting and finishing line was located in front of the stands.
On November 12, 1910, David Bruce-Brown won the American Grand Prize Race of 415 miles by only one and a half seconds, averaging 70.55 miles per hour in a Benz car. The Grand Prize Race hold on November 30, 1911, was also won by Bruce-Brown driving a Fiat, with an average speed of 74.45 miles per hour.
On November 27, 1911, Ralph Mulford, at the wheel of an American-made Lozier, was victor in the Vanderbilt Cup Race, averaging 74.07 miles per hour.
These races which were run over a course of 17 miles of fine roads in Chatham County are considered by authorities as the greatest automobile road races held in this country. Of international interest and importance, the events contributed their share in the development of the early automobile industry in America.
GHM 025-33 Georgia Historical Commission 1955
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: GHM 025-33
Date: 1955
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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