Hotchkiss #6 (1906)
Struck and fatally injured a spectator during lap 7
Make: Hotchkiss
Year: 1906
Mechanician:
Charles Lehman
Horsepower: 130
#6 Hotchkiss (France) driven by William K.Vanderbilt Jr.'s cousin Elliot Shepard, 130 HP. Finished 15th. Killed spectator in Mineola during Lap 7. Stopped at East Norwich.
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