page_title: 1905 Morris Park 5
section_title: Race
hierarchical_section_title: 1905 Morris Park 5 / Race
caption_attribution_description: English: Louis Chevrolet, "The Dare-Devil Frenchman"
context_page_description: The 1905 Morris Park 5 was the first race in the debut national motor car championship held by the American Automobile Association. It was contested at the Morris Park Racecourse, in the Bronx, New York around a 1.39 miles dirt oval. The cars completed three-and-a-half laps for a distance of 5 miles in total on June 10, 1905. The race was won by Louis Chevrolet in a 90-horsepower Fiat.
context_section_description: There were just four entries in the five-mile race, which was an open to all categories without any handicapping. Major C. J. S. Miller, in his Renault, was unable to start the race due to a gasoline feed failure. The remaining three cars started on the back straight. Louis Chevrolet led the race from start to finish in the 90-horsepower Fiat, which was significantly more powerfully that his rivals; Guy Vaughn was racing in a 40-horsepower Decauville, while Dan Wurgis had a 32-horsepower Reo Bird. By the time they passed the grandstand for the first time, Chevrolet already led by 200 yards (180 m), and he extended that to 440 yards (400 m) on the second lap. Chevrolet completed the race in 4 minutes and 48 seconds. Vaughn was second for most of the race, holding a lead of around 60 yards (55 m) ahead of Wurgis, but as they started the final lap, he dropped away and coasted to a stop on the back straight with a broken gasoline feed pipe. Wurgis finished in second in 5 minutes and 30 seconds.
caption: Louis Chevrolet (pictured in 1914) won the race
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