The 1912 American Grand Prix was the seventh and final race of the 1912 Grand Prix season. It was held at the Wauwatosa Road Race Course in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and was sanctioned by the Automobile Club of America. Caleb Bragg won by over 15 minutes over Erwin Bergdoll. Bragg's average speed was 68.397 mph (110.074 km/h).
The event was marred by the deaths of two-time and defending winner David Bruce-Brown and his mechanician Tony Scudellari in a practice accident. Bruce-Brown's car was repaired by Barney Oldfield and driven to a fourth-place finish. Ralph DePalma and his mechanician Tom Alley were injured when DePalma's Mercedes touched the rear of Bragg's Fiat and overturned, ejecting its occupants.
Classification
PosNoDriverCarLapsTime/Retired 1 41 Caleb Bragg Fiat 52 5:59:27.44 2 40 Erwin Bergdoll Benz 52 6:14:58.38 3 43 Gil Andersen Stutz-Wisconsin 52 6:15:22.47 4 44 Barney Oldfield Fiat 52 6:19:54.69 5 39 George Clark Mercedes 50 +2 Laps 6 42 Joe Horan Benz 47 +5 Laps 7 35 Ralph DePalma Mercedes 51 Crashed 8 33 Teddy Tetzlaff Fiat 30 Broken Radius Rod 9 32 Louis Fountaine Lozier 21 Steering knuckle 10 34 Hughie Hughes Mercer 16 Broken fuel line 11 36 Spencer Wishart Mercedes 3 Drive shaft 12 31 Bob Burman Benz 2 Broken piston DNS 47 Ralph Mulford Knox 0 Ignition
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