1913 AAA Championship Car season
1913 AAA Championship Car season | |
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AAA National Championship Trail | |
Season | |
Races | 14 |
Start date | January 1 |
End date | September 9 |
Awards | |
National champion | none declared |
Indianapolis 500 winner | Jules Goux |
The 1913 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 14 races, beginning in
San Diego, California on January 1 and concluding in Corona, California on September 9. AAA did not award points towards a National Championship during the 1913 season, and did not declare a National Champion.[1] Jules Goux was the winner of the Indianapolis 500
.
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January 1 | San Diego Race (183) | San Diego Road Race Course | San Diego, California
|
91.7 mile road course | Elmer Knox | George Hill | |
March 1 | Point Loma Race (201) | Point Loma Road Race Course | San Diego, California
|
5.982 mile road course | Billy Carlson | ||
May 30 | International 500 Mile Sweepstakes | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Speedway, Indiana | 2.5 mile brick oval | Qualifications based upon demonstrated 75 mph single-lap speed, 27-car field | Caleb Bragg | Jules Goux |
July 4 | Columbus Race (200) | Driving Park | Columbus, Ohio | 1 mile dirt oval | Harry Knight and his riding mechanic Milton Michaelis fatally injured[2] | Ralph Mulford | |
July 5 | Potlach Trophy Race (200) | Tacoma Road Race Course | Tacoma, Washington | 3.423 mile road course | Earl Cooper | ||
July 7 | Montamarathon Trophy Race (249) | Earl Cooper | |||||
July 28 | Galveston Race 1 (100) | Denver Beach Course | Galveston, Texas | 5 mile beach course | Louis Disbrow | ||
July 29 | Galveston Race 2 (100) | Armour Ferguson | |||||
July 30 | Galveston Race 3 (100) | Louis Disbrow | |||||
August 9 | Santa Monica Road Race (445) | Santa Monica Road Race Course | Santa Monica, California | 8.417 mile road course | Gaston Morris | Earl Cooper | |
August 29 | Chicago Auto Club Trophy Race (302) | Elgin Road Race Course | Elgin, Illinois | 8.384 mile road course | 231-300 cu in. | Joe Dawson | Ralph DePalma |
August 30 | Elgin National Trophy Race (302)
|
450 cu in. | Bill Endicott | Gil Andersen | |||
September 9 | Corona Race 1 (302) | Grand Boulevard | Corona, California | 2.768 mile road course | Free-for-all | Earl Cooper | |
Corona Race 2 (252) | 450 cu in. | Earl Cooper |
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 | Earl Cooper | Stutz | 2710 |
2 | Jules Goux | Peugeot | 1000 |
3 | Ralph Mulford | Mason | 770 |
4 | Ralph DePalma | Mercer | 715 |
5 | Spencer Wishart | Mercer | 690 |
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.
- ^ "Autoist killed in race at Columbus". The Saturday Evening Citizen. Ottawa, Canada. July 5, 1913.
General references
- http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1913.htm accessed 8/21/15
- http://www.teamdan.com/archive/gen/indycar/1913.html Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine accessed 8/21/15