1915 AAA Championship Car season

Auto racing season August 2023 AAA Championship Car 1915 AAA National Championship Trail 27 January 9 November 25 National champion none declared US 1912 Ralph DePalma 1914 1916 The 1915 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 27 races, beginning in San Diego, California on January 9 and concluding in San Francisco, California on November 25. The AAA did not award points towards a National Championship during the 1915 season and did not declare a National Champion.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 https://forix.autosport.com/8w/rvm/rvm-vol07-no06.pdf Rear View Mirror 7 6 21–38 Ralph DePalma won the International 500 Mile Sweepstakes. Earl Cooper was named the de facto National Champion by the American automobile journal Motor Age. Points were not awarded by the AAA Contest Board during the 1915 season. Cooper was named champion by Chris G. Sinsabaugh, an editor at Motor Age, based on merit and on-track performance. A points table was created retroactively in 1927. Historians later recognized that these championship results should be considered unofficial. Schedule and results Date Race NameDistance (miles) Track Location Type Notes Pole position Winning driver January 9 San Diego Exposition Road Race (305) Point Loma Road Race Course San Diego, California 5.982 mile road course Earl Cooper February 3 Tropico Road Race (101) Tropico Road Tropico, California 1.906 mile road course Eddie O'Donnell February 7 Ascot Race (100) Ascot Speedway South Los Angeles, California 1 mile dirt oval Jack Callaghan fatally injuredCallaghan badly hurt in Los Angeles race https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DhZQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iwoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3593%2C1265194 The Milwaukee Sentinel February 8, 1915Jack Callaghan dies; was hurt on Sunday https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DxZQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iwoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2874%2C1351369 The Milwaukee Sentinel February 9, 1915 Eddie O'Donnell February 27 American Grand Prize (406)Panama–Pacific International ExpositionSan Francisco, California 3.905 mile road course ACA sanction Earl Cooper Dario Resta March 6 William K. Vanderbilt Cup (301) 3.849 mile road course 600 cu in. Barney Oldfield Dario Resta March 17 Venice Race (301) Venice Road Race Course Venice, California 3.105 mile road course Cliff Durant Barney Oldfield March 20 Tucson Race (103) Tucson Road Race Course Tucson, Arizona 4.298 mile road course Barney Oldfield April 29 Southern Sweepstakes Road Race (200) Oklahoma City Road Race Course Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 2.404 mile road course John Raimey Bob Burman May 31 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana 2.5 mile brick oval 24-car field Howdy Wilcox Ralph DePalma June 9 Galesburg Race (100) Galesburg District Fairgrounds Galesburg, Illinois 1 mile dirt oval Tom Alley Eddie O'Donnell June 26 Chicago Race (500) Speedway Park Maywood, Illinois 2 mile board oval Dario Resta Dario Resta July 3 Sioux City Race (300) Sioux City Speedway North Sioux City, South Dakota 2 mile dirt oval 450 cu in.; C. C. Cox fatally injuredCincinnati driver meets death in auto race at Sioux City https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3599648 The Cincinnati Enquirer July 4, 1915 https://web.archive.org/web/20180731202108/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3599648/death_of_race_car_driver_charles_cox/ 2018-07-31 live Eddie Rickenbacker July 4 Montamarathon Trophy Race (250)Pacific Coast SpeedwayTacoma, Washington2 mile board oval 650 cu in.; Billy Carlson and his riding mechanic Paul Franzen fatally injuredFranzen killed in race https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/07/05/100165469.pdf The New York Times July 5, 1915 https://web.archive.org/web/20181001182231/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/07/05/100165469.pdf 2018-10-01 liveAuto driver dies https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/07/06/100165861.pdf The New York Times July 6, 1915 https://web.archive.org/web/20181001182406/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/07/06/100165861.pdf 2018-10-01 live Glover Ruckstell July 5 Golden Potlach Trophy Race (200) Eddie Pullen July 5 Omaha Race (300) Omaha Speedway Omaha, Nebraska 1.25 mile board oval Eddie O'Donnell Eddie Rickenbacker July 9 Burlington Race (100) Tri-State Fair Grounds Burlington, Iowa 0.5 mile dirt oval Bob Burman August 7 Des Moines Race (300) Des Moines Speedway Valley Junction, Iowa 1 mile board oval 300 cu in.; Joe Cooper and Maurice Keeler, riding mechanic for Billy Chandler, fatally injuredJoe Cooper and a mechanician killed in race https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CYRRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GWgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1556%2C2041245 The Gazette Times Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania August 8, 1915 Ralph Mulford August 7 Challenge Cup Match Race (100) Speedway Park Maywood, Illinois 2 mile board oval 600 cu in. Barney Oldfield Dario Resta August 20 Chicago Auto Club Trophy Race (300)Elgin Road Race CourseElgin, Illinois8.384 mile road course 300 cu in. Earl Cooper August 21 Elgin National Trophy Race (300) 450 cu in. Gil Andersen August 28 Kalamazoo Race (100) Recreation Park Kalamazoo, Michigan 1 mile dirt oval Free-for-all Ralph DePalma September 4 Minneapolis Race (500) Twin City Motor Speedway Minneapolis, Minnesota 2 mile concrete oval 300 cu in. Dario Resta Earl Cooper/Johnny Aitken September 18 Providence Race (100) Narragansett Park Speedway Cranston, Rhode Island 1 mile concrete oval Eddie Rickenbacker October 9 Astor Cup (350)Sheepshead Bay SpeedwaySheepshead Bay, New York2 mile board oval 300 cu in.; Harry Grant fatally injured in practiceAuto driver Grant severely burned https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/09/28/100335689.pdf The New York Times September 28, 1915 https://web.archive.org/web/20181001182525/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/09/28/100335689.pdf 2018-10-01 liveHarry Grant dies of burns https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/10/08/105042259.pdf The New York Times October 8, 1915 https://web.archive.org/web/20181001182631/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/10/08/105042259.pdf 2018-10-01 live Dario Resta Gil Andersen November 2 Harkness Gold Medal Race (100) Ralph DePalma Dario Resta November 20 Phoenix Race (109) Arizona State Fairgrounds Phoenix, Arizona 1 mile dirt oval Scheduled for 150 miles; ended early due to darkness.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78644774/earl-cooper-wins-race-at-phoenix/ Earl Cooper Wins Race at Phoenix San Francisco Chronicle 43 November 21, 1915 May 30, 2021 newspapers.com Earl Cooper November 25 San Francisco Race 3 (100) Panama–Pacific International Exposition San Francisco, California 1 mile dirt oval Earl Cooper Leading National Championship standings The points-paying system for the 1909–1915 and 1917–1919 seasons was retroactively applied in 1927 and revised in 1951 using the points system from 1920. List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems  #  Driver Sponsor Points 1 Earl Cooper Stutz 3780 2 Dario Resta Peugeot 3320 3 Gil Andersen Stutz 2590 4 Eddie O'Donnell Duesenberg 2285 5 Eddie Rickenbacker Maxwell 1765 References General references http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1915.htm accessed 8/21/15 http://www.teamdan.com/archive/gen/indycar/1915.html accessed 8/21/15 AAA Championship Car season Category:AAA Championship Car AAA Championship Car