1917 AAA Championship Car season
1917 AAA Championship Car season | |
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AAA National Championship Trail | |
Season | |
Races | 21 |
Start date | March 4 |
End date | November 29 |
Awards | |
National champion | none declared |
Indianapolis 500 winner | event not held |
The 1917 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 21 races, beginning in
Los Angeles, California on March 4 and concluding there on November 29. AAA did not award points towards a National Championship during the 1917 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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March 4 | George Washington Sweepstakes (100) | Ascot Speedway | South Los Angeles, California
|
1 mile dirt oval | Joe Boyer | Earl Cooper | |
May 10 | Universal Trophy Race (113) | Uniontown Speedway | Uniontown, Pennsylvania | 1.125 mile board oval | 300 cu in. | Louis Chevrolet | William Taylor |
May 30 | Sharonville Sweepstakes (250) | Cincinnati Motor Speedway | Sharonville, Ohio | 2 mile board oval | Ralph DePalma | Louis Chevrolet | |
June 16 | War Derby (250) | Speedway Park
|
Maywood, Illinois | 2 mile board oval | Louis Chevrolet | Earl Cooper | |
July 4 | Omaha Derby (150) | Omaha Speedway | Omaha, Nebraska | 1.25 mile board oval | Louis Chevrolet | Ralph Mulford | |
July 14 | Minneapolis Race 1 (50) | Twin City Motor Speedway | Minneapolis, Minnesota
|
2 mile concrete oval | 300 cu in. | Dave Lewis | Earl Cooper |
Minneapolis Race 2 (100) | Dave Lewis | Ira Vail | |||||
September 3 | Army Post Sweepstakes (100) | Pacific Coast Speedway | Tacoma, Washington | 2 mile board oval | Earl Cooper | ||
September 3 | Chicago Race 2 (50) | Speedway Park
|
Maywood, Illinois | 2 mile board oval | Ralph DePalma | ||
Chicago Race 3 (100) | Louis Chevrolet | ||||||
September 3 | 1st Annual Autumn Classic (113) | Uniontown Speedway | Uniontown, Pennsylvania | 1.125 mile board oval | Frank Elliott | ||
September 15 | Providence Race 1 (5) | Narragansett Park Speedway
|
Cranston, Rhode Island | 1 mile concrete oval | 300 cu in. | Ralph Mulford | |
Providence Race 2 (25) | Tommy Milton | ||||||
Providence Race 3 (100) | Tommy Milton | ||||||
September 22 | Harkness Trophy Race (100) | Sheepshead Bay Speedway
|
Sheepshead Bay, New York
|
2 mile board oval | 300 cu in. | Louis Chevrolet | |
October 13 | Chicago Race 4 (20) | Speedway Park
|
Maywood, Illinois | 2 mile board oval | Tom Alley | ||
Chicago Race 5 (50) | 300 cu in. | Ralph Mulford | |||||
Chicago Race 6 (50) | Pete Henderson | ||||||
October 29 | Uniontown Race 3 (169) | Uniontown Speedway | Uniontown, Pennsylvania | 1.125 mile board oval | 300 cu in. | Eddie Hearne | Eddie Hearne |
November 29 | Ascot Race 2 (10) | Ascot Speedway | South Los Angeles, California
|
1 mile dirt oval | 300 cu in. | Louis Chevrolet | |
Ascot Race 3 (50) | Free formula | Eddie Hearne |
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 | 1095 |
2 | Louis Chevrolet | Frontenac | 1046 |
3 | Ralph Mulford | Frontenac | 868 |
4 | Eddie Hearne | Duesenberg | 848 |
5 | Tommy Milton | Duesenberg | 771 |
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.
- http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1917.htm accessed 8/21/15
- http://www.teamdan.com/archive/gen/indycar/1917.html accessed 8/21/15