1926 AAA Championship Car season

Auto racing season August 2023 AAA Championship Car 1926 AAA National Championship Trail 26 February 22 November 11 National champion United States 1912 Harry Hartz United States 1912 Frank Lockhart 1925 1927 The 1926 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 24 races, beginning in Miami Beach, Florida on February 22 and concluding in Pineville, North Carolina on November 11. There were also 7 non-championship races. The AAA National Champion was Harry Hartz and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Frank Lockhart. The season suffered two fatalities. Herbert Jones died at Indianapolis during a practice session. Jack Foley died at Salem during qualifying for the second race.1926 Independence Day Classic http://www.champcarstats.com/races/192608.htm Schedule and results All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval. Rnd Date Race name Track Location Type Pole position Winning driver 1 February 22 US 1912 Carl G. Fisher Trophy - 300 Fulford–Miami Speedway Miami Beach, Florida Board US 1912 Ralph Hepburn US 1912 Peter DePaolo 2 March 21 US 1912 Culver City Race - 250 Culver City Speedway Culver City, California Board US 1912 Bob McDonogh US 1912 Bennett HillNC April 15 US 1912 Raisin Day Classic - 50 Fresno Speedway Fresno, California Board — US 1912 Peter DePaolo 3 May 1 US 1912 Atlantic City Race - 300 Atlantic City Speedway Hammonton, New Jersey Board US 1912 Bob McDonogh US 1912 Harry Hartz 4 May 10 US 1912 Charlotte Race - 250 Charlotte Speedway Pineville, North Carolina Board US 1912 Harry Hartz US 1912 Earl Devore 5 May 31 US 1912 International 500 Mile SweepstakesA A Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Brick US 1912 Earl Cooper US 1912 Frank Lockhart 6 June 12 US 1912 Altoona Race 1 - 250 Altoona Speedway Tyrone, Pennsylvania Board US 1912 Peter DePaolo US 1912 Dave LewisNC June 27 US 1912 Detroit Race 1 - 100 Michigan State Fairgrounds Detroit, Michigan Dirt — US 1912 Frank Lockhart 7July 5 US 1912 Independence Day Classic Semi - 50Rockingham ParkSalem, New HampshireBoard US 1912 Peter DePaolo US 1912 Peter DePaolo 8 US 1912 Independence Day Classic Main - 200 US 1912 Peter DePaolo US 1912 Earl Cooper 9July 17 US 1912 Sesquicentennial Classic Heat 1 - 60Atlantic City SpeedwayHammonton, New JerseyBoard — US 1912 Harry Hartz 10 US 1912 Sesquicentennial Classic Heat 2 - 60 — US 1912 Norman Batten 11 US 1912 Sesquicentennial Classic Semi - 60 — US 1912 Fred Comer 12 US 1912 Sesquicentennial Classic Main - 60 — US 1912 Harry Hartz 13August 23 US 1912 Charlotte Heat 1 - 25Charlotte SpeedwayPineville, North CarolinaBoard US 1912 Bob McDonogh US 1912 Earl Cooper 14 US 1912 Charlotte Heat 2 - 25 — US 1912 Dave Lewis 15 US 1912 Charlotte Semi - 50 — US 1912 Frank Lockhart 16 US 1912 Charlotte Main - 150 US 1912 Dave Lewis US 1912 Frank LockhartNC September 4 US 1912 Syracuse - 50 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt — US 1912 Ralph DePalmaNC September 11 US 1912 Detroit Race 2 - 100 Michigan State Fairgrounds Detroit, Michigan Dirt — US 1912 Frank Lockhart 17 September 18 US 1912 Altoona Race 2 - 250 Altoona Speedway Tyrone, Pennsylvania Board US 1912 Harry Hartz US 1912 Frank LockhartNCOctober 2 US 1912 Fresno Heat 1 - 25B BFresno SpeedwayFresno, CaliforniaBoard — US 1912 Peter DePaolo 18 US 1912 Fresno Heat 2 - 25 — US 1912 Bennett Hill 19 US 1912 Fresno Race - 50 — US 1912 Frank Lockhart 20October 12 US 1912 Rockingham Race 1 - 25Rockingham ParkSalem, New HampshireBoard — US 1912 Bennett Hill 21 US 1912 Rockingham Race 2 - 25 — US 1912 Leon Duray 22 US 1912 Rockingham Race 3 - 200 — US 1912 Harry HartzNC October 24 US 1912 Detroit Race 3 - 100 Michigan State Fairgrounds Detroit, Michigan Dirt — US 1912 Sam Ross 23November 11 US 1912 Charlotte Heat 1 - 25Charlotte SpeedwayPineville, North CarolinaBoard US 1912 Bennett Hill US 1912 Frank Lockhart 24 US 1912 Charlotte Heat 2 - 25 US 1912 Harry Hartz US 1912 Dave Lewis 25 US 1912 Charlotte Semi - 50 US 1912 Bennett Hill US 1912 Harry Hartz 26 US 1912 Charlotte Main - 100 US 1912 Frank Lockhart US 1912 Leon Duray #FB9902 Non-championship race solid 1px #AAAAAA Indianapolis 500 was AAA-sanctioned and counted towards the 1926 AIACR World Manufacturers' Championship title. A A Scheduled for 500 miles, stopped due to rain on the lap 160. B B The IZOD IndyCar Series 2011 Historical Record Book listed the all time race winners. On the page 77 counted only two of the three October 2, 1926 Fresno races, what won by Bennett Hill and Frank Lockhart. 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 able 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.1926 AAA National Championship Trail http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1926.htm List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems Pos Driver MIAUS 1912 CULUS 1912 ATL1US 1912 CHA1US 1912 INDYUS 1912 ALT1US 1912 SAL1US 1912 SAL2US 1912 ATL2US 1912 ATL3US 1912 ATL4US 1912 ATL5US 1912 CHA2US 1912 CHA3US 1912 CHA4US 1912 CHA5US 1912 ALT2US 1912 FRE1US 1912 FRE2US 1912 SAL3US 1912 SAL4US 1912 SAL5US 1912 CHA6US 1912 CHA7US 1912 CHA8US 1912 CHA9US 1912 Pts 1US 1912 Harry Hartz 2 3 1 2 2 11 2 4 1 1 3 2 4 2 2 1* 2* 1 4 2954 2US 1912 Frank Lockhart gold RY silver 1* DNS DSQ 4 10 2 1* 1* 1 2 1 3 3 9 1* 12 7 1830 3US 1912 Peter DePaolo 1 2 2 14 5 8 1 3 4 6 DNP 4 4 7 9 16 5 5 6 1500 4US 1912 Bennett Hill 5 1* 10 11 12 6 2 2 11 2 6 7 1 2 1 5 8 2 4 DNS 1050 5US 1912 Frank Elliott 4 5 16 5 6 7* 4 5 2 8 4 4 2 8 14 12 5 3 6 2 747 6US 1912 Fred Comer 14 14 7 3 4 4 4 9 1 2 7 6 12 11 13 4 11 5 659 7US 1912 Dave Lewis 17 13 15 1 14 7 1 DNQ 7 14 3 3 5 4 14 1 3 8 645 8US 1912 Norman Batten 8 14 4 7 2 6 1 3 5 7 8 18 18 8 15 620 9US 1912 Pete Kreis 11 11 4 7 DNS DNS DNS 2 13 10 2 5 8 590 10US 1912 Earl Devore 6 15 11 1 DNP 15 8 DNQ 5 6 4 11 17 17 585 11US 1912 Leon Duray 10* 10 23 DNS DNQ DNS 3 11 1* 3 6 2 1 555 12US 1912 Earl Cooper 18 16 13 6 1 6 5 12 1 9 16 DNQ 465 13US 1912 Bob McDonogh 3 12 3* 12 8 9 10 11 3 6 5 15 DNP 416 14US 1912 Cliff Woodbury orange R silver 9 13 10 3 12 DNQ 9 3 5 5* 3 9 17 4 6 12 3 360 15US 1912 Eddie Hearne 4 6 15 17 5 15 3 7 3 9 305 16US 1912 W. E. Shattuc 8 16 9 8 27 DNS 5 8 8 2 13 4 5 5 10 10 6 4 7 3 280 17Canada 1921 John Duff orange R silver 9 3 13 Wth 155 18US 1912 Ralph Hepburn 16 6 5 16 8 9 3 DNQ 7 6 DNS DNQ 6 13 11 6 9 9 144 19US 1912 Dave Evans 9 7 8 13 DNS 16 6 7 10 DNQ 9 7 4 120 20US 1912 Ben Jones orange R silver 7 12 9 18 10 11 3 9 8 11 80 21US 1912 Phil Shafer 10 DNS 7 9 5 4 DNS DNP 72 22US 1912 Wade Morton 4 7 9 10 67 23US 1912 Harlan Fengler DNP 14 12 8 4 6 8 12 45 24US 1912 Zeke Meyer orange R silver 13 DNQ 6 35 25US 1912 Tony Gulotta orange R silver 11 DNS 15 16 7 DNP 15 -US 1912 Daniel O'Brien orange R silver DNP 17 17 10 Wth 0 -UK Ernest Eldridge orange R silver 19 DNS DNQ 10 0 -US 1912 Louis Meyer orange R silver 10 0 -US 1912 Jerry Wunderlich 12 14 0 -US 1912 Thane Houser 13 18 0 -US 1912 Fred Lecklider orange R silver 24 13 0 -UK Douglas Hawkes 14 DNS DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Tommy Milton 15 0 -RUS Vladimir Rashevskiy orange R silver 15 0 -UK Jack Foley orange R silver DNQ 16 DNQ 0 -US 1912 Cliff Durant 17 0 -US 1912 Herschell McKee orange R silver 19 0 -US 1912 L. L. Corum 20 0 -US 1912 Steve Nemesh orange R silver 21 0 -US 1912 Jules Ellingboe 22 0 -US 1912 Jack McCarver orange R silver 25 0 -Canada 1921 Bon MacDougall orange R silver 26 0 -France Albert Guyot 28 0 -UK Thomas Pickard DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Ralph DePalma DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Frank Farmer DNQ 0 -France Jean de Marguenat DNQ 0 -US 1912 Dan Cain DNQ 0 -US 1912 Herbert Jones DNQ 0 -US 1912 Ralph Mulford DNQ 0 -US 1912 Charles Shambaugh DNQ 0 Pos Driver MIAUS 1912 CULUS 1912 ATL1US 1912 CHA1US 1912 INDYUS 1912 ALT1US 1912 SAL1US 1912 SAL2US 1912 ATL2US 1912 ATL3US 1912 ATL4US 1912 ATL5US 1912 CHA2US 1912 CHA3US 1912 CHA4US 1912 CHA5US 1912 ALT2US 1912 FRE1US 1912 FRE2US 1912 SAL3US 1912 SAL4US 1912 SAL5US 1912 CHA6US 1912 CHA7US 1912 CHA8US 1912 CHA9US 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 competing In-line notationBoldPole positionItalicsRan fastest race lap*Led most race lapsRookie of the YearRookie References http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1140-1926/ AAA National Championship 1926 Åberg, Andreas Driver Database 2011-04-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20121019120842/http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1140-1926/ 2012-10-19 live http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1926.htm 1926 AAA National Championship Trail ChampCarStats.com 2011-04-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20110920010110/http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1926.htm 2011-09-20 live http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1926sum.pdf 1926 Championship Driver Summary Harms Phil Motorsport.com 2011-04-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20120810003609/http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1926sum.pdf 2012-08-10 dead See also 1926 Indianapolis 500 AAA Championship Car season Category:AAA Championship Car Category:1926 in American motorsport