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{{Infobox Grand Prix race report
| Type           = CUST
| Description    = 
| Country        = United States
| Grand Prix     = Vanderbilt Cup
| Details ref    = 
| Fulldate       = {{Start date|df=y|1904|10|8}}
| Year           = 1904
| Image          = 1904 Vanderbilt Cup - George Heath, the winner, crossing the finish line.jpg
| Caption        = The race winner, [[George Heath (racing driver)|George Heath]], crossing the finish line.
| image_alt      = A black and white photograph of a racing car on a road surrounded by celebrating crowds. A fabric banner is strung over the top of the road, and visible from behind are the words start and finish.
| Official name  = 
| Location       = [[Long Island, New York]]
| Course         = 
| Course_length  = {{convert|28.44|miles|km}}
| Distance_laps  = 10
| Distance_length= {{convert|284.4|miles|km}}
| Weather        = 
| Attendance     = 
| First_Driver   = [[George Heath (racing driver)|George Heath]]
| First_Country  = 
| First_Team     = [[Panhard|Panhard & Levassor]]
| Second_Driver  = [[Albert Clément]]
| Second_Country = 
| Second_Team    = [[Clément-Bayard]]
}}
The '''1904 Vanderbilt Cup''' was an automobile [[motor race]] held on October 8, 1904 on closed public roads on [[Long Island, New York]]. The race was organised by [[William Kissam Vanderbilt II]], who was inspired by similar races in Europe which were motivating the car industry there to make advancements. The race lasted for over five hours and was won by a Long Island native, [[George Heath (racing driver)|George Heath]], who was driving for the French manufacturer, [[Panhard|Panhard & Levassor]]. The only other official finisher, [[Albert Clément]], was also driving a French car, his family's [[Clément-Bayard]] marque.

==Background==
Motor racing had started in France towards the end of the 19th century with a series of city-to-city races, typically based out of Paris, such as the [[Paris–Rouen (motor race)|Paris–Rouen race]], often said to be the first motor race, and later the first three iterations of the [[Gordon Bennett Cup (auto racing)|Gordon Bennett Cup]]. French manufacturers thrived in the early events, but were soon joined by British and German marques.{{sfn|Burns|2006|loc=chpt. 1}} [[William Kissam Vanderbilt II]], who came from a wealthy American family, was an automobile enthusiastic who had already been a patron of many of the famous European races,{{sfn|Burns|2006|loc=chpt. 2}} as well as setting a [[land speed record]] in 1902.{{sfn|Northey|1974|p=1162}} He established the Vanderbilt Cup in an effort to motivate American car manufacturers to improve and compete with their European counterparts.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-vanderbilt-cup |title=Vanderbilt Cup: Topics in Chronicling America |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=January 14, 2023}}</ref>

===Course===
* 30.24 miles in total, but minus the two controls 28.44 miles.<ref name=BDE-1906-summary>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116434849/bde-vanderbilt-cup-1904-and-1905/ |title=Other Races for Vanderbilt Cup Held Over Long Island Highways |newspaper=[[Brooklyn Eagle|The Brooklyn Daily Eagle]] |location=[[Brooklyn]], New York |date=October 5, 1905 |page=3 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

===Cars===

==Race report==

==Classification==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+Final standings<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116427988/spg-vanderbilt-race-summary/ |title=Vanderbilt Cup is Baptized in Blood |newspaper=[[The St. Paul Globe]] |date=October 9, 1904 |page=16 |location=[[Saint Paul, Minnesota]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! scope="col" | Rank
! scope="col" | No.
! scope="col" | Driver
! scope="col" | Entry
! scope="col" | Representing
! scope="col" | Car
! scope="col" | {{abbr|HP|Horsepower}}
! scope="col" | Time/Laps
! scope="col" | Notes
|-
|| 1
|| 7
! scope="row" | [[George Heath (racing driver)|George Heath]] 
|| [[Panhard|Panhard & Levassor]]
|| {{flagu|France}} 
|| Panhard
|| 90
|| 5:26.45
|| 
|-
|| 2
|| 12
! scope="row" | [[Albert Clément]] 
|| [[Clément-Bayard]] 
|| {{flagu|France}} 
|| Clément
|| 90
|| 5:28.13
|| 
|-
| rowspan="16" | DNF
|| 6
! scope="row" | Herb Lytle
|| [[Pope Manufacturing Company|Pope Motor Car Company]]
|| {{flagu|United States}} 
|| [[Pope-Toledo]]
|| 24
|| 8
|| Still running<ref name=BDE-1906-summary/>{{efn|Despite the race being called off due to spectators on the track after Heath and Clément had finished, while Lytle was still on his ninth lap, he continued to complete the entire 10 laps.}}
|-
|| 16
! scope="row" | Charles Schmidt
|| [[Packard|Packard Motor Car Company]]
|| {{flagu|United States}} 
|| Packard
|| 30
|| 8
|| Still running<ref name=BDE-1906-summary/>
|-
|| 1
! scope="row" | Albert Campbell
|| S. B. Stevens
|| {{flagu|Germany}} 
|| [[Mercedes (marque)|Mercedes]]
|| 60
|| 8
|| Still running<ref name=BDE-1906-summary/>
|-
|| 14
! scope="row" | Henri Tart
|| [[Panhard|Panhard & Levassor]]
|| {{flagu|France}} 
|| Panhard
|| 90
|| 7
|| Still running<ref name=BDE-1906-summary/>
|-
|| 18
! scope="row" | William Luttgen
|| Isadore Wormser
|| {{flagu|Germany}} 
|| [[Mercedes (marque)|Mercedes]]
|| 60
|| 7
|| Still running<ref name=BDE-1906-summary/>
|-
|| 17
! scope="row" | Frank Croker
|| Frank Croker
|| {{flagu|United States}} 
|| [[Smith and Mabley|Smith & Mabley Simplex]]
|| 75
|| 6
|| Still running<ref name=BDE-1906-summary/>
|-
|| 2
! scope="row" | Fernand Gabriel
|| R. E. Jarrige
|| {{flagu|France}} 
|| [[Lorraine-Dietrich|De Dietrich]]
|| 90
|| 6 (unref)
|| 
|-
|| 4
! scope="row" | A. C. Webb
|| [[Pope Manufacturing Company|Pope Motor Car Company]]
|| {{flagu|United States}} 
|| [[Pope-Toledo]]
|| 60
|| 5 (unref)
|| 
|-
|| 8
! scope="row" | Edward Hawley
|| E. R. Thomas
|| {{flagu|Germany}} 
|| [[Mercedes (marque)|Mercedes]]
|| 60
|| 3
|| Mechanical failure<ref name="BEN-p1">{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116444128/ben-1904-vanderbilt-cup-evening-report/ |title=Clement is in the Lead! One Driver is Killed! |newspaper=[[The Buffalo News|Buffalo Evening News]] |date=October 8, 1904 |location=Buffalo, New York |page=1 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
|-
|| 15
! scope="row" | George Teste
|| [[Panhard|Panhard & Levassor]]
|| {{flagu|France}} 
|| Panhard
|| 90
|| 3 (unref)
|| 
|-
|| 5
! scope="row" | [[George Arents]]
|| George Arents
|| {{flagu|Germany}} 
|| [[Mercedes (marque)|Mercedes]]
|| 60
|| 1
|| Crash<ref name="CT-report-p3>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/350239272/ |title=Auto Road Race Won by American |work=[[Chicago Tribune|The Chicago Sunday Tribune]] |location=Chicago, Illinois |date=October 9, 1904 |page=3 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
|-
|| 11
! scope="row" | Maurice Bernin
|| W. G. Brokaw
|| {{flagu|France}} 
|| [[Renault]]
|| 90
|| 1
|| Mechanical failure<ref name="CT-report-p3/>
|-
|| 3
! scope="row" | [[Joe Tracy]]
|| C. A. Duerr
|| {{flagu|United States}} 
|| [[Royal Motor Company|Royal]]
|| 40
|| 1
|| Mechanical failure<ref name="CT-report-p3/>
|-
|| 9
! scope="row" | Wilhelm Werner
|| C. G. Dinsmore
|| {{flagu|Germany}} 
|| [[Mercedes (marque)|Mercedes]]
|| 90
|| 1 (unref)
|| 
|-
|| 19
! scope="row" | William Wallace
|| William Wallace
|| {{flagu|Italy}} 
|| [[Fiat]]
|| 90
|| 0
|| Mechanical failure<ref name="CT-report-p3/>
|-
|| 10
! scope="row" | Paul Sartori
|| [[Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt|A. G. Vanderbilt]]
|| {{flagu|Italy}} 
|| [[Fiat]]
|| 90
|| DNS
|| Mechanical failure<ref name="BEN-p1"/>
|}

==Notes==
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==References==
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==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qrujEAAAQBAJ |title=Thunder at Sunrise: A History of the Vanderbilt Cup, the Grand Prize and Indianapolis 500, 1904–1916 |last=Burns |first=John M. |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |publisher=McFarland |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-7864-7712-8 |via=[[Google Books]]}}
* {{cite book |last=Northey |first=Tom |year=1974 |chapter=Land Speed Record: The Fastest Men on Earth |title=The World of Automobiles : An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Motor Car |volume=10 |editor-last=Ward |editor-first=Ian |location=London |publisher=Orbis |oclc=317081688}}