In early 1915, Resta was brought to the United States by Alphonse Kaufman, an America importer of
Peugeots, to drive Kaufman's
Peugeot EX3. In January he married Mary Wishart, the sister of racer
Spencer Wishart who had died the previous year. In February he won the
United States Grand Prix, more properly named the United States Grand Prize, at
San Francisco followed by a victory in the
Vanderbilt Cup. After leading during the final stages of that year's
Indianapolis 500, he finished second to
Ralph DePalma when his car skidded and he had to make a pit-stop for tyres. Resta then drove his blue Peugeot to victory in the inaugural race on the
board track at the
Chicago Speedway on 26 June 1915. The race received eighteen pages of coverage in the 1 July 1915, issue of
Motor Age magazine. The following year, in 1916, en route to winning the
United States National Driving Championship, Resta repeated as the winner of the
Vanderbilt Cup plus he won the
1916 Indianapolis 500, the
Chicago 300, the
Minneapolis 150 and the
Omaha 150 races. With
World War I raging in Europe and the
United States entering the war in 1918, races were reduced to a minimum. During 1918, Resta drove a Peugeot at a race in
Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, a minor event with only a handful of competitors. == Comeback years ==