1955 AAA Championship Car season

Sports season August 2023 AAA Championship Car 1955 AAA National Championship Trail 11 May 30 November 6 National champion United States 1912 Bob Sweikert United States 1912 Bob Sweikert 1954 1956 (USAC) The 1955 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 11 races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Phoenix, Arizona on November 6. There was also one non-championship event in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Bob Sweikert. Manny Ayulo was killed at Indianapolis while practicing for the 1955 Indianapolis 500,Ayulo critically injured when car runs into wall https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vTEsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=W8sEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1750%2C2515801 The Spartanburg Herald May 17, 1955 Associated PressCrash injuries fatal to Indianapolis racer https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_HobAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3k0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=2469%2C364138 The Pittsburgh Press May 17, 1955 United Press and Bill Vukovich, the two-time defending winner, was killed in the race itself.Burgess Dale Bob Sweikert winner; Bill Vukovich is dead https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5QQsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=esYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2979%2C6368709 The Florence Times May 31, 1955 Associated Press Jack McGrath, the two-time champion (1952, 1953), was killed in the final race at Phoenix on lap 85.Veteran race driver dies https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KmNTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=coUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7230%2C797882 The Victoria Advocate November 7, 1955 United Press This was the last year of the AAA National Championship;AAA cuts ties with U.S. auto racing https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hAtbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LU4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=832%2C837541 The Michigan Daily August 4, 1955 Ann Arbor, Michigan Associated Press USAC sanctioned the series starting the next year.USAC takes over AAA's place https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=a5cpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hckEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1079%2C1093218 Daytona Beach Morning Journal March 8, 1956 Associated Press Schedule and results Rnd Date Race name Track Location Type Pole position Winning driver 1 May 30 US 1912 International 500 Mile SweepstakesA A Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Paved US 1912 Jerry Hoyt US 1912 Bob Sweikert 2 June 5 US 1912 Rex Mays Classic Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Paved US 1912 Bob Sweikert US 1912 Johnny Thomson 3 June 19 US 1912 Langhorne 100 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Dirt US 1912 Don Freeland US 1912 Jimmy BryanNC July 31 US 1912 Indianapolis Sweepstakes Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Dirt US 1912 Ed Elisian US 1912 Jimmy Bryan 4 August 20 US 1912 Springfield 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt US 1912 Andy Linden US 1912 Jimmy Bryan 5 August 28 US 1912 Milwaukee 250 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Paved US 1912 Ed Elisian US 1912 Pat Flaherty 6 September 5 US 1912 Ted Horn Memorial 100 DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin, Illinois Dirt US 1912 Eddie Russo US 1912 Jimmy Bryan 7 September 5 US 1912 Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak, Colorado Hill US 1912 Shelby HillB B US 1912 Bob Finney 8 September 10 US 1912 Syracuse 100 Syracuse Mile Syracuse, New York Dirt US 1912 Bob Sweikert US 1912 Bob Sweikert 9 September 17 US 1912 Hoosier Hundred Indiana State Fairgrounds Indianapolis, Indiana Dirt US 1912 Bob Sweikert US 1912 Jimmy Bryan 10 October 16 US 1912 Golden State 100 California State Fairgrounds Sacramento, California Dirt US 1912 Bob Sweikert US 1912 Jimmy Bryan 11 November 6 US 1912 Bobby Ball Memorial Arizona State Fairgrounds Phoenix, Arizona Dirt US 1912 Jimmy Reece US 1912 Jimmy Bryan #FFFFFF Paved/Dirt Oval solid 1px #AAAAAA #D0E7FF Road Course/Hill Climb solid 1px #AAAAAA #FB9902 Non-championship race solid 1px #AAAAAA A A Indianapolis 500 was USAC-sanctioned and counted towards the 1955 FIA World Championship of Drivers title. B B No pole is awarded for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, in this schedule on the pole is the driver who started first. No lap led was awarded for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, however, a lap was awarded to the drivers that completed the climb. Final points standings Note: The points became the car, when not only one driver led the car, the relieved driver became small part of the points. Points for driver method: (the points for the finish place) / (number the lap when completed the car) * (number the lap when completed the driver) List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems Pos Driver INDYUS 1912 MIL1US 1912 LHSUS 1912 SPRUS 1912 MIL2US 1912 DQSFUS 1912 PIKUS 1912 SYRUS 1912 ISFUS 1912 CSFUS 1912 ASFUSA Pts 1US 1912 Bob Sweikert 1 2 2 2 3 4 1 17 3 18 2290 2US 1912 Jimmy Bryan 24 4 1 1 23 1 2 1 1 1 1480 3US 1912 Johnny Thomson 4 1 15 5 2 2 2 1380 4US 1912 Tony Bettenhausen 2 DNQ DNQ 2 DNQ Wth 4 9 1060 5US 1912 Andy Linden 6 6 DNQ 3 7 6 DNS 9 4 4 1047.8 6US 1912 Jimmy Davies 3 5 DNQ 9 13 14 8 DNQ DNQ DNQ 890 7US 1912 Pat O'Connor 8 18 5 DNQ 26 9 4 5 5 5 800 8US 1912 Pat Flaherty 10 3 1 DNQ 790 9US 1912 George Amick gold RY silver 7 18 4 20 3 3 3 12 3 750 10US 1912 Walt Faulkner 5 21 16 DNQ DNS DNS 447.5 11US 1912 Al Herman orange R silver 7 10 8 DNQ 22 380 12US 1912 Bob Veith orange R silver DNQ 8 5 6 13 8 355 13US 1912 Johnny Boyd 29 DNQ 5 8 16 DNQ 8 350 14US 1912 Don Freeland 15 12 3 12 18 13 6 6 16 315.2 15US 1912 Art Cross 17 4 300 16US 1912 Paul Russo DNS 300 17US 1912 Rodger Ward 28 DNQ 9 DNQ 24 DNQ 9 14 6 252.2 18US 1912 Jack McGrath 26 8 10 21 2 17 15 18 13 240 19US 1912 Jimmy Daywalt 9 14 18 13 11 DNQ DNS 226.4 20US 1912 Mike Magill orange R silver 13 4 7 10 18 16 210 21US 1912 Bob Finney 1 200 22US 1912 Tony Bonadies orange R silver DNQ DNQ DNQ 6 DNQ 200 23US 1912 Jimmy Reece 33 9 14 8 14 DNQ 10 8 16 12 180 24US 1912 Eddie Russo 22 DNQ 7 13 10 12 DNQ 11 165 25US 1912 Slim Roberts 2 160 26US 1912 Ed Elisian 30 DNQ 6 18 25 DNQ DNQ 7 11 160 27US 1912 Louis Unser orange R silver 3 140 28US 1912 Jerry Unser orange R silver 4 DNQ DNQ DNQ 120 29US 1912 Duane Carter 11 DNQ 10 14 DNQ 112.9 30US 1912 Johnnie Tolan Wth DNQ DNQ 11 19 DNQ DNQ DNQ 10 7 110 31US 1912 Jiggs Peters DNQ 16 DNQ 5 DNS DNS DNQ 100 32US 1912 Bobby Unser orange R silver 5 100 33US 1912 Tommy Hinnershitz 11 6 DNQ DNS 100 34US 1912 Johnny Kay orange R silver DNQ DNQ 16 DNQ 7 10 90 35US 1912 Keith Andrews 20 6 15 DNQ 80 36US 1912 Edgar Elder DNQ 12 DNQ 7 12 DNQ 13 15 80 37US 1912 Elmer George orange R silver DNQ 7 DNQ 60 38US 1912 Charles Louderman 7 60 39US 1912 Johnnie Parsons 21 9 DNQ DNQ 53.2 40US 1912 Bill Homeier DNS DNQ DNQ 17 DNS DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 52.5 41US 1912 Pete Woods 8 50 42US 1912 Shorty Templeman 18 11 DNQ DNQ 17 15 DNQ DNQ 10 50 43US 1912 Gene Hartley DNQ 19 DNQ DNQ 11 DNQ DNQ 50 44US 1912 Chuck Weyant 12 DNP DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 50 45US 1912 Eddie Sachs DNS DNQ DNQ 46.8 46US 1912 Mel McGaughy orange R silver 9 DNQ 40 47US 1912 Paul Kleinschmidt 9 40 48US 1912 Jack Turner orange R silver DNQ 13 DNQ DNS DNQ DNQ DNQ 11 33.4 49US 1912 George Hammond 10 30 50US 1912 Buddy Cagle orange R silver 11 DNQ DNQ 14 20 51US 1912 Louis Unser 11 20 52US 1912 Len Duncan DNQ DNQ DNS 17.1 53US 1912 Eddie Johnson 13 15 DNQ 16 14 12 10 54US 1912 Charles Musselman orange R silver 12 DNQ 10 55US 1912 E. T. Cox orange R silver 12 10 -US 1912 Foster Campbell orange R silver 13 DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Earl Motter orange R silver DNQ 15 18 14 DNQ 0 -US 1912 Jim Rathmann 14 20 0 -US 1912 Art Hillis 14 0 -US 1912 Al Keller 27 15 17 0 -US 1912 Rex Easton 17 DNQ 15 DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Shelby Hill 15 0 -US 1912 Jerry Hoyt 31 22 16 0 -US 1912 Cal Niday 16 0 -US 1912 Jimmy Good 16 0 -US 1912 Len Sutton orange R silver 17 17 0 -US 1912 Bob Carroll 17 DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Ted Foltz 17 0 -US 1912 Wayne Sankey 18 0 -US 1912 Sam Hanks 19 DNQ 0 -US 1912 Jack Hahn orange R silver 19 0 -US 1912 Dan Morgan orange R silver 20 0 -US 1912 Ray Crawford 23 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Bill Vukovich 25 0 -US 1912 Fred Agabashian 32 0 -US 1912 Potsy Goacher DNS DNQ 0 -US 1912 Joe Sostilio DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Russ Klar DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Ernie McCoy DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Leroy Warriner DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 George Tichenor DNQ DNP 0 -US 1912 Manny Ayulo DNQ 0 -US 1912 Bob Christie DNQ 0 -US 1912 Danny Kladis DNQ 0 -US 1912 George Lynch DNQ 0 -US 1912 Troy Ruttman DNQ 0 -US 1912 Spider Webb DNQ 0 -US 1912 Howard Kelley DNQ 0 -US 1912 Colby Scroggin DNQ 0 -US 1912 Malcolm Brazier DNQ 0 -US 1912 Joe Garson DNQ 0 -US 1912 L. J. Green DNQ 0 -US 1912 Berton Groves DNQ 0 -US 1912 Gordon Herring DNQ 0 -US 1912 Johnny Mauro DNQ 0 -US 1912 T. E. Russell DNQ 0 -US 1912 Phil Shafer DNQ 0 -US 1912 Tom Topping DNQ 0 -US 1912 Chuck Fink DNQ 0 Pos Driver INDYUS 1912 MIL1US 1912 LHSUS 1912 SPRUS 1912 MIL2US 1912 DQSFUS 1912 PIKUS 1912 SYRUS 1912 ISFUS 1912 CSFUS 1912 ASFUSA 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 competing In-line notationBoldPole positionItalicsRan fastest race lap*Led most race lapsgold RY silver Rookie of the Yearorange R silver Rookie References General references http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1140-1955/ AAA National Championship 1955 Åberg, Andreas Driver Database 2009-05-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20120908075708/http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1140-1955/ 2012-09-08 live http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1955.htm 1955 AAA National Championship Trail ChampCarStats.com 2009-05-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20080827191530/http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1955.htm 2008-08-27 live http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1955sum.pdf 1955 Championship Driver Summary Harms Phil Motorsport.com 2011-04-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20120810003609/http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1955sum.pdf 2012-08-10 dead http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053905/http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf 2016-03-04 (p. 284-286) See also 1955 Indianapolis 500 AAA Championship Car season Category:AAA Championship Car Category:1955 in American motorsport Category:1955 in sports in Arizona