1915 AAA Championship Car season
1915 AAA Championship Car season | |
---|---|
AAA National Championship Trail | |
Season | |
Races | 27 |
Start date | January 9 |
End date | November 25 |
Awards | |
National champion | none declared |
Indianapolis 500 winner | Ralph DePalma |
The 1915 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 27 races, beginning in
San Francisco, California on November 25. AAA did not award points towards a National Championship during the 1915 season, and did not declare a National Champion.[1] Ralph DePalma 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 9 | San Diego Exposition Road Race (305) | Point Loma Road Race Course | San Diego, California
|
5.982 mile road course | Earl Cooper | ||
February 3 | Tropico Road Race (101) | Tropico Road | Tropico, California | 1.906 mile road course | Eddie O'Donnell | ||
February 7 | Ascot Race (100) | Ascot Speedway | South Los Angeles, California
|
1 mile dirt oval | Jack Callaghan fatally injured[2][3] | Eddie O'Donnell | |
February 27 | American Grand Prize (406) | Panama–Pacific International Exposition | San Francisco, California
|
3.905 mile road course | ACA sanction | Earl Cooper | Dario Resta |
March 6 | William K. Vanderbilt Cup (301) | 3.849 mile road course | 600 cu in. | Barney Oldfield | Dario Resta | ||
March 17 | Venice Race (301) | Venice Road Race Course | Venice, California
|
3.105 mile road course | Cliff Durant | Barney Oldfield | |
March 20 | Tucson Race (103) | Tucson Road Race Course | Tucson, Arizona | 4.298 mile road course | Barney Oldfield | ||
April 29 | Southern Sweepstakes Road Race (200) | Oklahoma City Road Race Course | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
|
2.404 mile road course | John Raimey | Bob Burman | |
May 31 | International 500 Mile Sweepstakes | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Speedway, Indiana | 2.5 mile brick oval | 24-car field | Howdy Wilcox | Ralph DePalma |
June 9 | Galesburg Race (100) | Galesburg District Fairgrounds | Galesburg, Illinois | 1 mile dirt oval | Tom Alley | Eddie O'Donnell | |
June 26 | Chicago Race (500) | Speedway Park
|
Maywood, Illinois | 2 mile board oval | Dario Resta | Dario Resta | |
July 3 | Sioux City Race (300) | Sioux City Speedway | North Sioux City, South Dakota | 2 mile dirt oval | 450 cu in.; C. C. Cox fatally injured[4] | Eddie Rickenbacker | |
July 4 | Montamarathon Trophy Race (250) | Pacific Coast Speedway | Tacoma, Washington | 2 mile board oval | 650 cu in.; Billy Carlson and his riding mechanic Paul Franzen fatally injured[5][6] | Glover Ruckstell | |
July 5 | Golden Potlach Trophy Race (200) | Eddie Pullen | |||||
July 5 | Omaha Race (300) | Omaha Speedway | Omaha, Nebraska | 1.25 mile board oval | Eddie O'Donnell | Eddie Rickenbacker | |
July 9 | Burlington Race (100) | Tri-State Fair Grounds | Burlington, Iowa | 0.5 mile dirt oval | Bob Burman | ||
August 7 | Des Moines Race (300) | Des Moines Speedway | Valley Junction, Iowa
|
1 mile board oval | 300 cu in.; Joe Cooper and Maurice Keeler, riding mechanic for Billy Chandler, fatally injured[7] | Ralph Mulford | |
August 7 | Challenge Cup Match Race (100) | Speedway Park
|
Maywood, Illinois | 2 mile board oval | 600 cu in. | Barney Oldfield | Dario Resta |
August 20 | Chicago Auto Club Trophy Race (300) | Elgin Road Race Course | Elgin, Illinois | 8.384 mile road course | 300 cu in. | Earl Cooper | |
August 21 | Elgin National Trophy Race (300)
|
450 cu in. | Gil Andersen | ||||
August 28 | Kalamazoo Race (100) | Recreation Park | Kalamazoo, Michigan | 1 mile dirt oval | Free-for-all | Ralph DePalma | |
September 4 | Minneapolis Race (500) | Twin City Motor Speedway | Minneapolis, Minnesota
|
2 mile concrete oval | 300 cu in. | Dario Resta | Earl Cooper/Johnny Aitken |
September 18 | Providence Race (100) | Narragansett Park Speedway
|
Cranston, Rhode Island | 1 mile concrete oval | Eddie Rickenbacker | ||
October 9 | Astor Cup (350) | Sheepshead Bay Speedway
|
Sheepshead Bay, New York
|
2 mile board oval | 300 cu in.; Harry Grant fatally injured in practice[8][9] | Dario Resta | Gil Andersen |
November 2 | Harkness Gold Medal Race (100) | Ralph DePalma | Dario Resta | ||||
November 20 | Phoenix Race (109) | Arizona State Fairgrounds | Phoenix, Arizona | 1 mile dirt oval | Scheduled for 150 miles; ended early due to darkness.[10] | Earl Cooper | |
November 25 | San Francisco Race 3 (100) | Panama–Pacific International Exposition | San Francisco, California
|
1 mile dirt oval | 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 | 3780 |
2 | Dario Resta | Peugeot | 3320 |
3 | Gil Andersen | Stutz | 2590 |
4 | Eddie O'Donnell | Duesenberg | 2285 |
5 | Eddie Rickenbacker | Maxwell
|
1765 |
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.
- ^ "Callaghan badly hurt in Los Angeles race". The Milwaukee Sentinel. February 8, 1915.
- ^ "Jack Callaghan dies; was hurt on Sunday". The Milwaukee Sentinel. February 9, 1915.
- ^ "Cincinnati driver meets death in auto race at Sioux City". The Cincinnati Enquirer. July 4, 1915. Archived from the original on July 31, 2018.
- ^ "Franzen killed in race" (PDF). The New York Times. July 5, 1915. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 1, 2018.
- ^ "Auto driver dies" (PDF). The New York Times. July 6, 1915. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 1, 2018.
- ^ "Joe Cooper and a mechanician killed in race". The Gazette Times. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. August 8, 1915.
- ^ "Auto driver Grant severely burned" (PDF). The New York Times. September 28, 1915. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 1, 2018.
- ^ "Harry Grant dies of burns" (PDF). The New York Times. October 8, 1915. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 1, 2018.
- ^ "Earl Cooper Wins Race at Phoenix". San Francisco Chronicle. November 21, 1915. p. 43. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
General references
- http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1915.htm accessed 8/21/15
- http://www.teamdan.com/archive/gen/indycar/1915.html accessed 8/21/15