1937 AAA Championship Car season

Auto racing season August 2023 AAA Championship Car 1937 AAA National Championship Trail 3 May 30 September 12 National champion United States 1912 Wilbur Shaw United States 1912 Wilbur Shaw 1936 1938 The 1937 AAA Championship Car season consisted of three races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Syracuse, New York on September 12. There were three non-championship events. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Wilbur Shaw. Albert Opalko, the riding mechanic of Frank McGurk, died during Indianapolis 500 qualifying on May 28.1937 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes https://www.champcarstats.com/races/193701.htm Schedule and results Rnd Date Race name Track Location Type Pole position Winning driver 1 May 31 US 1912 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Brick US 1912 Bill Cummings US 1912 Wilbur ShawNC June 13 US 1912 Cleveland 50 Randall Park Raceway North Randall, Ohio Dirt — US 1912 Rex Mays 2 July 5 US 1912 George Vanderbilt Cup Roosevelt Raceway Westbury, New York Road Nazi Germany 1935 Rudolf Caracciola Nazi Germany 1935 Bernd RosemeyerNC August 21 US 1912 Springfield 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt — US 1912 Mauri RoseNC August 29 US 1912 Milwaukee 100 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Dirt US 1912 Billy Winn US 1912 Rex Mays 3 September 12 US 1912 Syracuse 100 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt US 1912 Rex Mays US 1912 Billy Winn #FFFFFF Dirt/Brick Oval solid 1px #AAAAAA #D0E7FF Road Course/Hill Climb solid 1px #AAAAAA #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.1937 AAA National Championship Trail http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1937.htm List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems Pos Driver INDYUS 1912 RORUS 1912 SYRUS 1912 Pts 1US 1912 Wilbur Shaw 1* 9 DNQ 1135 2US 1912 Ted Horn 3 17 6 750 3Germany 1935 Bernd Rosemeyer gold RY silver 1* 600 4US 1912 Ralph Hepburn 2 598.1 5US 1912 Louis Meyer 4 550 6UK Richard Seaman orange R silver 2 495 7US 1912 Bill Cummings 6 7 DNQ 444.4 8US 1912 Rex Mays 33 3 13 405 9US 1912 Cliff Bergere 5 335.2 10Germany 1935 Ernst von Delius orange R silver 4 330 11US 1912 Billy Devore orange R silver 7 DNQ 273 12Kingdom of Italy Giuseppe Farina 5 256.5 13US 1912 Joel Thorne DNQ 6 DNQ 225 14US 1912 George Connor 9 18 11 225 15US 1912 Tony Gulotta 8 206.2 16US 1912 Billy Winn 26 29 1* 200 17US 1912 Chet Gardner 11 12 8 191 18US 1912 Louis Tomei 10 175 19US 1912 Jimmy Snyder 32 21 2 165 20US 1912 Russ Snowberger 27 8 DNQ 163.5 21US 1912 Bob Sall 3 135 22US 1912 George Barringer 5 114.7 23US 1912 Duke Nalon orange R silver DNQ 4 110 24US 1912 Herb Ardinger 22 10 105 25US 1912 Mauri Rose 18 15 5 90 26US 1912 Frank Wearne orange R silver 24 11 DNQ 75 27US 1912 Ken Fowler 19 8 7 66.5 28US 1912 Fred Frame 7 52 29US 1912 Shorty Cantlon 16 DNP 9 45 30US 1912 Ronney Householder orange R silver 12 28 42.3 31US 1912 Bob Henderson orange R silver 10 25 32US 1912 Henry Banks 12 23 14 33US 1912 Al Putnam 12 8.5 -US 1912 Gus Zarka 30 12 0 -US 1912 Frank Brisko 23 13 14 0 -US 1912 Floyd Roberts 13 0 -US 1912 Milt Marion DNQ 14 DNQ 0 -US 1912 Deacon Litz 14 DNP 0 -US 1912 Floyd Davis 15 DNQ 0 -Norway Eugen Bjørnstad orange R silver 16 0 -US 1912 Emil Andres 17 DNQ 0 -US 1912 Al Miller 17 DNQ 0 -US 1912 Ora Bean orange R silver 19 DNQ 0 -US 1912 Kelly Petillo 20 20 0 -US 1912 George Bailey 21 0 -US 1912 Harry Lewis orange R silver 22 0 -Germany 1935 Rudolf Caracciola orange R silver 24 0 -US 1912 Tony Willman 25 0 -Kingdom of Italy Tazio Nuvolari 25 0 -US 1912 Al Cusick orange R silver 26 0 -US 1912 Babe Stapp 31 27 0 -US 1912 Johnny Seymour 27 0 -US 1912 Bob Swanson 28 DNP 0 -US 1912 Harry McQuinn 29 0 -US 1912 Chet Miller 30 0 -US 1912 Lou Webb DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 John Moretti DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Vern Ornduff DNQ DNP 0 -US 1912 Ben Brandfon DNQ 0 -US 1912 Tom Cosman DNQ 0 -US 1912 Dave Evans DNQ 0 -US 1912 Ira Hall DNQ 0 -US 1912 Luther Johnson DNQ 0 -US 1912 Frank McGurk DNQ 0 -US 1912 Zeke Meyer DNQ 0 -US 1912 Lee Oldfield DNQ 0 -US 1912 Overton Phillips DNQ 0 -US 1912 Doc Williams DNQ 0 -US 1912 Woody Woodford DNQ 0 -US 1912 Ray Yeager DNQ 0 -US 1912 Ernie Gesell DNQ 0 -US 1912 Sam Grecco DNQ 0 -US 1912 Tommy Hinnershitz DNQ 0 -US 1912 Fred Tegtmeier DNQ 0 -Kingdom of Italy Enzo Fiermonte Wth 0 -US 1912 Lewis Balus DNP 0 -US 1912 Lucky Teter DNP 0 Pos Driver INDYUS 1912 RORUS 1912 SYRUS 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 See also 1937 Indianapolis 500 References http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1140-1937/ AAA National Championship 1937 Åberg, Andreas Driver Database 2011-04-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20121019115707/http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1140-1937/ 2012-10-19 live http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1937.htm 1937 AAA National Championship Trail ChampCarStats.com 2011-04-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20120405190456/http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1937.htm 2012-04-05 live http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1937sum.pdf 1937 Championship Driver Summary Harms Phil Motorsport.com 2011-04-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20120810003609/http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1937sum.pdf 2012-08-10 dead References AAA Championship Car season Category:AAA Championship Car Category:1937 in American motorsport