G & J Trophy Race

The G & J Trophy Race was an automobile race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in each of the two years prior to the first Indianapolis 500. The trophy was sponsored by the G & J Tire Company.

Race results

Year	Date	Winning Driver	Car	Race Distance		Time of Race	Winning Speed	Starting Cars
				Miles	Laps
1909	Aug 20	Lewis Strang	Buick	100	40	01:32:47.08	64.611 mph	6
1910	July 1	Billy Pearce [a]	FAL	50	20	00:45:12.83	66.351 mph	11

Note:

[a] Billy Pearce was awarded the victory in the G & J Trophy race of July 1, 1910, after the original first and second place finishers (Bob Burman and Louis Chevrolet) were disqualified. The disqualifications took place a few weeks after the race was run, because Burman's and Chevrolet's Marquette-Buick cars did not meet the rules' definition of a "stock car." Burman's winning time would have been 0:40:03.08, for a speed of 74.904 mph.

Sources

• Scott, D. Bruce; INDY: Racing Before the 500; Indiana Reflections; 2005; ISBN 0-9766149-0-1.
• Galpin, Darren; A Record of Motorsport Racing Before World War I.
• http://www.motorsport.com/stats/champ/byyear.asp?Y=1909
• http://www.motorsport.com/stats/champ/byyear.asp?Y=1910
• http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1909.htm
• http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1910.htm