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1917 War Derby Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post AAA Champ Car Series race number 4 of 21 Saturday, June 16, 1917 at Maywood Speedway Park, Maywood, IL 125 laps on a 2.000 mile board track (250.000 miles) Time of race: 2:25:29 Average speed: 103.107 mph Pole speed: 110.09 mph Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: 42.23 sec Attendance: 60000 Lead changes: 12 Glossary    1917 AAA Champ Car Series results   /   1917 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 10 5   Earl Cooper Stutz Stutz / Stutz 125   running 7   2 17 9   Ralph Mulford Hudson Motor Car Hudson / Hudson 125   running 69   3 8 35   Cliff Durant Delage Delage / Delage 125   running 0   4 7 11   Eddie Hearne Duesennberg Duesenberg / Duesenberg 125   running 0   5 9 18   Walter Haines Mercer Motors Mercer / Mercer 125   running 0   6 20 8   Pete Henderson Duesenberg Duesenberg / Duesenberg 125   running 0   7 19 12   Dave Lewis Duesenberg   (J.C. Hoskins) Duesenberg / Duesenberg 125   running 0   8 12 14   Ira Vail Hudson Motor Car Hudson / Hudson 125   running 17   9 15 1   Louis Chevrolet Frontenac Motors   (Chevrolet Brothers) Frontenac / Frontenac 125   running 1   10 11 2   Louis Fontaine Mercedes Mercedes / Mercedes 125   running 0   11 1 4   Ralph DePalma Packard Motor Car Packard / Packard 125   running 2   12 6 32   Al Schillo Mercer Motors Mercer / Mercer –   running 0   13 13 16   William Taylor Stutz   (Newman) Stutz / Stutz –   running 0   14 18 35   Andy Burt Peugeot Auto Racing   (Erbes) Peugeot / Peugeot –   running 0   15 21 23   Tom Alley Pan-American Pan-Am / Miller –   running 0   16 26 7   Tommy Milton Duesenberg Duesenberg / Duesenberg –   running 0   17 24 29   Omar Toft Miller   (Omar Toft) Miller / Miller –   running 0   18 27 31   George Mason Duesenberg   (Ogren) Duesenberg / Duesenberg 76   rocker arm 0   19 2 24   Joe Boyer Frontenac Motors   (Chevrolet Brothers) Frontenac / Frontenac 66   crash 18   20 3 27   Barney Oldfield Golden Submarine   (Barney Oldfield & Harry Miller) Miller / Miller 24   valve spring 2   21 16 17   A.H. Patterson Hudson Motor Car Hudson / Hudson 21   spring / frame 0   22 4 6   Joe Thomas Mercer Motors Mercer / Mercer 18   off course 9   23 5 25   Jack LeCain Delage Delage / Delage 17   cylinder head 0   24 25 33   Ed Diedrich Duesenberg Duesenberg / Duesenberg 16   connecting rod 0   25 14 3   George Buzane Detroit – 12   piston 0   26 22 22   Otto Henning Duesenberg   (Ogren) Duesenberg / Duesenberg 12   piston rings 0   27 23 15   Jules Devigne Delage Delage / Delage 5   water jacket 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car M.C. Britt Duesenberg Duesenberg / Duesenberg Gaston Chevrolet Frontenac Motors Chevrolet Bros. Frontenac / Frontenac Charles Ewan Duesenberg Duesenberg / Duesenberg Jack Gable Hudson Hudson / Hudson Milton McBride Duesenberg Duesenberg / Duesenberg Wilmer Monahon Duesenberg Duesenberg / Duesenberg Swan Ostewig Duesenberg Duesenberg / Duesenberg Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Joe Boyer 1 1 1   Ralph DePalma 2 2 1   Barney Oldfield 3 4 2   Ralph DePalma 5 5 1   Louis Chevrolet 6 6 1   Joe Thomas 7 9 3   Ira Vail 10 12 3   Joe Thomas 13 18 6   Joe Boyer 19 35 17   Ira Vail 36 49 14   Ralph Mulford 50 118 69   Earl Cooper 119 125 7