1921 AAA Championship Car season

Auto racing season August 2023 AAA Championship Car 1921 AAA National Championship Trail 20 February 27 December 11 National champion United States 1912 Tommy Milton United States 1912 Tommy Milton 1920 1922 The 1921 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 20 races, beginning in Beverly Hills, California on February 27 and concluding in San Carlos, California on December 11. There was also one non-championship race. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Tommy Milton. Alton Soules, and his riding mechanic Harry Barner, perished at the Fresno Speedway during the second race. Schedule and results All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval. Rnd Date Race name Track Location- Type Pole position Winning driver 1February 27 US 1912 Beverly Hills Heat 1 - 25Los Angeles Motor SpeedwayBeverly Hills, CaliforniaBoard — US 1912 Ralph DePalma 2 US 1912 Beverly Hills Heat 2 - 25 — US 1912 Roscoe Sarles 3 US 1912 Beverly Hills Heat 3 - 25 — US 1912 Jimmy Murphy 4 US 1912 Beverly Hills Heat 4 - 25 — US 1912 Tommy Milton 5 US 1912 Beverly Hills Main - 50 — US 1912 Ralph DePalma 6April 10 US 1912 Beverly Hills Heat 1 - 25Los Angeles Motor SpeedwayBeverly Hills, CaliforniaBoard US 1912 Tommy Milton US 1912 Ralph DePalma 7 US 1912 Beverly Hills Heat 2 - 25 — US 1912 Eddie Pullen 8 US 1912 Beverly Hills Heat 3 - 25 — US 1912 Joe Thomas 9 US 1912 Beverly Hills Heat 4 - 25 — US 1912 Jimmy Murphy 10 US 1912 Beverly Hills Main - 50 — US 1912 Jimmy Murphy 11 April 30 US 1912 Raisin Day Classic - 150 Fresno Speedway Fresno, California Board US 1912 Roscoe Sarles US 1912 Joe Thomas 12 May 30 US 1912 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Brick US 1912 Ralph DePalma US 1912 Tommy Milton 13 June 18 US 1912 Universal Trophy - 225 Uniontown Speedway Hopwood, Pennsylvania Board — US 1912 Roscoe Sarles 14 July 4 US 1912 Tacoma Montamarathon - 250 Tacoma Speedway Tacoma, Washington Board US 1912 Tommy Milton US 1912 Tommy Milton 15 August 14 US 1912 Cotati Race 1 - 150 Cotati Speedway Santa Rosa, California Board — US 1912 Eddie Hearne 16 September 5 US 1912 5th Annual Autumn Classic - 225 Uniontown Speedway Hopwood, Pennsylvania Board — US 1912 I. P. FettermanFetterman Scores In Uniontown Race. Averages 99.8 Miles an Hour. Capture 225-Mile Auto Classic on Speedway. Murphy Finishes Second. Is Less Than Two Minutes Behind the Winner, With Sarles Third and Miller Fourth https://www.nytimes.com/1921/09/06/archives/fetterman-scores-in-uniontown-race-averages-998-miles-an-hour.html I. P. Fetterman of Pittsburgh today won the Autumn classic at the Automobile Speedway ... The New York Times September 6, 1921 2012-10-03 NC September 19 US 1912 Syracuse Race - 50 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt — US 1912 Ira Vail 17 October 1 US 1912 San Joaquin Valley Classic - 150 Fresno Speedway Fresno, California Board — US 1912 Earl Cooper 18 October 23 US 1912 Cotati Race 2 - 150 Cotati Speedway Santa Rosa, California Board — US 1912 Roscoe Sarles 19 November 24 US 1912 Beverly Hills Race 11 - 250 Los Angeles Motor Speedway Beverly Hills, California Board US 1912 Roscoe Sarles US 1912 Eddie Hearne 20 December 11 US 1912 San Carlos Race - 250 San Francisco Speedway San Carlos, California Board — US 1912 Jimmy Murphy #FB9902 Non-championship race solid 1px #AAAAAA Final points standings Note: Drivers had to be running at the finish to score points. Points scored by drivers sharing a ride were split according to percentage of race driven. Starters were not allowed to score points as relief drivers, if a race starter finished the race in another car, in a points scoring position, those points were awarded to the driver who had started the car. The final standings based on reference.1921 AAA National Championship Trail http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1921.htm List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems Pos Driver BEV1US 1912 BEV2US 1912 BEV3US 1912 BEV4US 1912 BEV5US 1912 BEV6US 1912 BEV7US 1912 BEV8US 1912 BEV9US 1912 BEV10US 1912 FRE1US 1912 INDYUS 1912 UNI1US 1912 TACUS 1912 COT1US 1912 UNI2US 1912 FRE2US 1912 COT2US 1912 BEV11US 1912 SCAUS 1912 Pts 1US 1912 Tommy Milton 5 2 2* 1* 2 4 4 3 4 6 1 8 1 3 10 8 10 2* 2 2230 2US 1912 Roscoe Sarles 2* 1 3* 2 2* 5 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 5 1 10 6 1980 3US 1912 Eddie Hearne 3 5 DNS 5 DNS 6 3 2 3 4 3 13 2 5 1 5 4 3* 1 3 1399 4US 1912 Jimmy Murphy 8 3 1 4 8 7 DNS 1* 1* 5 14 6 9 2 2 5 4 1* 1215 5US 1912 Joe Thomas 3 6 1* 5 1* 22 9 3 6 6 DNQ 2 8 7 715 6US 1912 I. P. Fetterman 1 400 7US 1912 Eddie Miller 7 6 4 2 6 10 4 3 4 4 4 6 7 6 10 395 8US 1912 Ralph DePalma 1 9 1 1* 6 8 12* 4 7 5 355 9US 1912 Earl Cooper 1 300 10US 1912 Frank Elliott 7 8 9 9 3 6 3 12 265 11US 1912 Eddie Pullen 5 1 3 4 14 DNP 7 11 140 12US 1912 Harry Hartz gold RY silver 5 4 130 13US 1912 Percy Ford 3 127 14US 1912 Tom Alley 11 4 6 7 DNP 9 90 15US 1912 Ora Haibe 5 90 16US 1912 Bennett Hill 7 8 11 DNQ DNP 9 57 17US 1912 Ira Vail 4 4 3 3 5 7 DNP DNP 50 18US 1912 Alton Soules orange R silver 6 7 5 4 DNS 7 5 4 5 9 5 10* 5 DNP 9 50 19US 1912 Jerry Wunderlich 8 11 8 7 8 11 43 20US 1912 Ralph Mulford 9 DNP 35 21France Albert Guyot 6 30 22US 1912 Andy Burt 3 15 23US 1912 Howdy Wilcox 23 7 DNQ 15 24US 1912 Don Fretwell orange R silver DNP 8 15 25US 1912 Jules Ellingboe orange R silver 19 10 8 DNQ 10 26US 1912 Art Klein 9 10 -US 1912 John Thiele 9 8 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNP 0 -France René Thomas 10 0 -US 1912 Al Melcher 12 0 -US 1912 Charles Basle 13 0 -US 1912 Riley Brett 15 0 -US 1912 Harry Thicksten 15 0 -US 1912 Cornelius Van Ranst orange R silver 16 0 -US 1912 Joe Boyer 17 0 -France Jean Chassagne 18 0 -France André Boillot 20 0 -US 1912 Louis Fountaine 21 0 -US 1912 Mervin Headley DNQ 0 -US 1912 Eddie Meyer DNQ 0 -US 1912 L. 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Corum DNS 0 -US 1912 Jim Crosby DNS 0 -US 1912 Mike Moosie DNS 0 -US 1912 Ralph Snoddy DNS 0 -UK Dario Resta DNP 0 Pos Driver BEV1US 1912 BEV2US 1912 BEV3US 1912 BEV4US 1912 BEV5US 1912 BEV6US 1912 BEV7US 1912 BEV8US 1912 BEV9US 1912 BEV10US 1912 FRE1US 1912 INDYUS 1912 UNI1US 1912 TACUS 1912 COT1US 1912 UNI2US 1912 FRE2US 1912 COT2US 1912 BEV11US 1912 SCAUS 1912 Pts Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th-10th place Dark Blue Finished(Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish(Ret) Red Did not qualify(DNQ) Brown Withdrawn(Wth) Black Disqualified(DSQ) White Did not start(DNS) Blank Did notparticipate(DNP) Not competingIn-line notationBoldPole positionItalicsRan fastest race lap*Led most race lapsRookie of the YearRookie References http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1140-1921/ AAA National Championship 1921 Åberg, Andreas Driver Database 2011-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20121019120946/http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1140-1921/ 2012-10-19 live http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1921.htm 1921 AAA National Championship Trail ChampCarStats.com 2011-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20120405190815/http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1921.htm 2012-04-05 live http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1921sum.pdf 1921 Championship Driver Summary Harms Phil Motorsport.com 2011-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20120810003609/http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1921sum.pdf 2012-08-10 dead See also 1921 Indianapolis 500 AAA Championship Car season Category:AAA Championship Car Category:1921 in American motorsport