Race details | |||
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1908 Grand Prix season | |||
Date | November 26, 1908 | ||
Official name | Grand Prize of the Automobile Club of America | ||
Location | Savannah, United States | ||
Course | Public roads | ||
Course length | 40.434 km (25.130 mi) | ||
Distance | 16 laps, 646.946 km (402.080 mi) | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Ralph de Palma | Fiat | |
Time | 21:36.0 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Fiat | ||
Second | Benz | ||
Third | Fiat |
The 1908 Grand Prize of the Automobile Club of America took place at Savannah, Georgia on November 26, 1908.
Louis Wagner won the closely contested race in his Fiat finishing less than a minute ahead of Victor Hémery's Benz. Wagner's average speed for the race was 65.111 mph (104.786 km/h). Ralph de Palma set fastest lap in his Fiat, with an average speed of 69.80 mph (112.33 km/h).