|| *Comments on the 1916 International 300:* View the most recent comment <#14> | Post a comment <#post> Tweet 1. Anonymous posted: 05.26.2010 - 6:54 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Probably due to the war the race was only 300 miles long. 2. ii posted: 09.23.2010 - 5:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) After this there hasn't been an Indy race until 1919. 3. Anonymous posted: 01.10.2015 - 10:15 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) race called International 300 DNQ Gaston Chevrolet 8 Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac Robert Delno RiChard RiChard 4. Team Gordon posted: 03.10.2015 - 3:54 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Shortened due to the thought that people didn't want to sit through a 500 mile race. They were wrong and it went back to the 500 miles in 1919. 5. Schroeder51 posted: 03.13.2015 - 9:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) First Indy starts for Wilbur D'Alene, Pete Henderson, Ora Haibe, and Dave Lewis. Only Indy starts for Art Johnson, Jules Devigne, Tom Rooney, and Aldo Franchi. Last Indy starts for Josef Christiaens, Barney Oldfield, Billy Chandler, Gil Andersen, Johnny Aitken, Arthur Chevrolet, Charlie Merz, and Eddie Rickenbacker. 6. James W. McLaughlin posted: 11.24.2015 - 12:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) And with only 21 cars starting, the 1916 running of the International "300" was the one with the smallest field. 7. Alex posted: 12.20.2015 - 7:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Leaders from reports: Eddie Rickenbacker 1-9 Johnny Aitken 10-17 Dario Resta 18-120** 8. Alex posted: 12.26.2015 - 3:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The two "Maxwell / Prest-O-Lite Racing" sponsored cars were also owned by the "Indianapolis Speedway Team"** 9. Alex posted: 12.27.2015 - 8:14 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "S. Ostewig" is "Swan Ostewig" 10. RaceFanX posted: 12.27.2015 - 2:44 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) "Fast Eddie" Rickenbacker's final Indy 500 start proves to be the only one he would lead. The outbreak of World War I led Rickenbacker to retire from racing not long after this race to become a US Army pilot, shooting down 26 enemy planes during the war and becoming America's top scoring "Ace of Aces" in the process. 11. Eric posted: 05.26.2017 - 10:41 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Still a 500K in a way 12. Jolly Mean Giant posted: 05.30.2018 - 12:21 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Qualifying speeds: 1. Johnny Aitken, 96.690 MPH 2. Eddie Rickenbacker, 96.440 MPH 3. Gil Andersen, 95.940 MPH 4. Dario Resta, 94.400 MPH 5. Barney Oldfield, 94.330 MPH 6. Howdy Wilcox, 93.810 MPH 7. Tom Rooney, 93.390 MPH 8. Charlie Merz, 93.330 MPH 9. Pete Henderson, 91.330 MPH 10. Ralph Mulford, 91.090 MPH 11. Wilbur D'Alene, 90.870 MPH 12. Arthur Chevrolet, 87.740 MPH 13. Louis Chevrolet, 87.690 MPH 14. Jules DeVigne, 87.170 MPH 15. Ora Haibe, 87.080 MPH 16. Josef Christiaens, 86.080 MPH 17. Billy Chandler, 84.840 MPH 18. Aldo Franchi, 84.120 MPH 19. Art Johnson, 83.690 MPH 20. Dave Lewis, 83.120 MPH 21. Tom Alley, 82.040 MPH 13. Jolly Mean Giant posted: 11.28.2018 - 3:47 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Riding mechanics for this race: Dario Resta: Bob Dahnke Wilbur D'Alene: Eddie Miller Ralph Mulford: Fred McCarthy Josef Christiaens: Frank Bill Barney Oldfield: Ray Daschbach Pete Henderson: Ralph Kriplen Howdy Wilcox: Gaston Weigle Art Johnson: C. L. Roush Billy Chandler: Jim Alexander Ora Haibe: Swan Ostewig Tom Alley: Harold Smith Louis Chevrolet: George Tucker Gil Andersen: Al Voight Dave Lewis: Joe Moody Johnny Aitken: Maurice Becker Jules DeVigne: Robert Moore Tom Rooney: James McAllister Arthur Chevrolet: Maurice Ronco Charlie Merz: Jack Wassner Eddie Rickenbacker: Harry Goetz Aldo Franchi: Nicholas Zwick 14. Anonymous posted: 06.03.2019 - 7:34 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 300 miles translates to roughly 480 kilometers, so in a perfect world, we could count this as the Indy 500km. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: