1910 AAA Championship Car season
Appearance
1910 AAA Championship Car season | |
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AAA National Championship Trail | |
Season | |
Races | 19 |
Start date | May 5 |
End date | October 1 |
Awards | |
National champion | none declared |
The 1910 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 19 races, beginning in
Long Island, New York on October 1. AAA did not award points towards a National Championship during the 1910 season, and did not declare a National Champion.[1]
The
created retroactively in 1927
. At a later point, it was recognized by historians that these championship results should be considered unofficial.
Schedule and results
Date | Race Name Distance (miles) |
Track | Location | Type | Notes | Pole Position | Winning Driver |
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May 5 | Atlanta Speedway Trophy (200) | Atlanta Motordrome
|
Atlanta, Georgia
|
2 Mile Dirt Oval | Restricted to stock chassis, 301–450 ci | Ray Harroun | |
May 6 | Atlanta Race 2 (60) | Restricted to stock chassis, 161–230 ci | Bill Endicott | ||||
Atlanta Race 3 (50) | George Robertson held track record of 40:14.03, which was not broken. | Herbert Lytle | |||||
May 7 | Atlanta Automobile Association Trophy (200) | Restricted to cars 451–600 cu, race completed in heavy rain | Tom Kincade | ||||
May 27 | Prest-O-Lite Trophy Race (100) | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis, Indiana
|
2.5 Mile Brick Oval | Open to cars with 301–450 ci displacement | Tom Kincade | |
May 28 | Wheeler-Schebler Trophy Race (200) | Ray Harroun | |||||
May 30 | Remy Brassard Trophy 1 (50) | 231–300 ci | Ray Harroun | ||||
July 2 | Remy Brassard Trophy 2 (100) | Bob Burman broke Tom Kincade's track record of 1:23:43. | Bob Burman | ||||
July 4 | Cobe Trophy Race (200) | Joe Dawson | |||||
August 26 | Kane County Trophy Race (162) | Elgin Road Race Course | Elgin, Illinois | 8.094 Mile Road Course | Open to cars 231–300 ci displacement | Dave Buck | |
August 26 | Illinois Trophy Race (194) | Open to cars 301–450 ci displacement | Al Livingston | ||||
August 27 | Elgin National Trophy Race (300)
|
Open to cars 600 ci and under | Al Livingston | Ralph Mulford | |||
September 3 | Indianapolis Race 6 (100) | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis, Indiana
|
2.5 Mile Brick Oval | Eddie Hearne | Eddie Hearne | |
Remy Grand Trophy Race (100) | Charles Merz | Howdy Wilcox | |||||
September 5 | Indianapolis Race 8 (50) | Free-For-All | Eddie Hearne | ||||
Indianapolis Race 9 (200) | Stock class, 600 ci and under displacement | Johnny Aitken | |||||
October 1 | Massapequa Sweepstakes* (126) | Long Island Motor Parkway | Long Island, New York
|
12.64 Mile Road Course | Stock class, 161–230 ci displacement | Bill Endicott | Bill Endicott |
Wheatley Hills Sweepstakes* (190) | Stock class, 231–300 ci displacement | Billy Pearce | Frank Gelnaw | ||||
William K. Vanderbilt Cup* (278) | Stock chassis, 301–600 ci; Milton Bacon, riding mechanic for Harold Stone, and Charles Miller, riding mechanic for Louis Chevrolet, fatally injured[2] | Al Livingston | Harry Grant |
* All events run concurrently; starting times were: Vanderbilt 6:00 AM, Wheatley Hills 7:00 AM, Massapequa 7:30 AM
Leading National Championship standings
The points paying system for the 1909–1915 and 1917–1919 season were retroactively applied in 1927 and revised in 1951 using the points system from 1920.
# | Driver | Sponsor | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ray Harroun | Marmon | 1240 |
2 | Joe Dawson | Marmon | 1125 |
3 | Al Livingston | National | 1020 |
4 | Harry Grant | Alco | 760 |
5 | Johnny Aitken | National | 715 |
References
- ^ Capps, H. Donald (February–March 2010). "John Glenn Printz and the Struggle for the Past: The A.A.A. Catastrophe - Arthur Means, Val Haresnape, Russ Catlin, and Bob Russo" (PDF). Rear View Mirror. 7 (6): 21–38.
- ^ "Alco again wins Vanderbilt Cup but race's death toll is high" (PDF). The New York Times. October 2, 1910. Archived from the original on July 6, 2014.
General references
- http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1910.htm accessed 9/18/10
- [1] accessed 9/18/10
- http://www.motorsport.com/stats/champ/byyear.asp?Y=1910 accessed 9/18/10