1915 in Sports - Motor Racing

Motor Racing

Grand Prix racing

  • No Grand Prix races are held in Europe from 1915 to 1920 inclusive.

Indianapolis 500

  • 31 May — 5th running of the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is won by Ralph DePalma (Italy) in a Mercedes 18/100.

Vanderbilt Cup

  • 6 March — 10th running of the Vanderbilt Cup at San Francisco is won by Dario Resta (Great Britain) driving a Peugeot EX3.

American Grand Prize

  • 27 February — 6th running of the American Grand Prize takes place at San Francisco over 644.22 km (6.195 km x 104 laps) and is won by Dario Resta (Great Britain) driving a Peugeot EX3 in 7:07:53.

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