1905 AAA Championship Car season

American open-wheel racing championship season April 2026 August 2023 AAA Championship Car 1905 AAA National Circuit Championship 11 June 10 September 29 National champion USA 1896 Barney Oldfield None 1909 The 1905 AAA National Motor Car Championship consisted of 11 points-paying races, beginning in The Bronx, New York on June 10 and concluding in Poughkeepsie, New York on September 29. There were also at least two non-championship events held during the year. This was the first year that the AAA Contest Board (then known as the Racing Board) officially recognized a National Champion in American Championship Car competition. The 1905 AAA National Champion was Barney Oldfield. For reasons unclear, but likely due to a change in attitudes and opinions by AAA officials about the dangers of racing following several serious accidents, no national championship was officially recognized again until 1916. Schedule and results All races running on Dirt Oval. Rnd Date Race Name Track Location Winning driver 1 June 10 Morris Park 5 Morris Park The Bronx, New York USA 1896 Louis Chevrolet 2 June 17 Hartford 5 Charter Oak Park West Hartford, Connecticut USA 1896 Barney Oldfield 3 June 26 Empire City 10 Empire City Speedway Yonkers, New York USA 1896 Louis Chevrolet 4 June 28 Brunots Island Brunots Island Driving Track Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA 1896 Barney Oldfield 5 June 29 Brunots Island 10 Brunots Island Driving Track Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA 1896 Louis Chevrolet 6 July 4 Morris Park 1 Morris Park The Bronx, New York USA 1896 Webb JayNC August 8 Grosse Pointe 5 Grosse Pointe Track Detroit, Michigan USA 1896 Webb Jay 7 August 14 Glenville 5 Glenville Race Track Cleveland, Ohio USA 1896 Charles Burman 8 August 19 Buffalo 5 Kenilworth Park Buffalo, New York USA 1896 Barney Oldfield 9 September 9 Readville 5 Readville Trotting Park Readville, Massachusetts USA 1896 Barney OldfieldNC September 18 Syracuse 5"Considerable and reasonable doubt is raised" (based on coverage in The Motor World) about the Syracuse event being a points-paying race in the 1905 national championship; per research by Don Capps (February 14, 2015). New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York USA 1896 Guy Vaughan 10 September 23 Providence 5 Narragansett Park Speedway Cranston, Rhode Island USA 1896 Barney Oldfield 11 September 29 Poughkeepsie 5 Hudson River Driving Park Poughkeepsie, New York USA 1896 Barney Oldfield #FB9902 Non-championship race solid 1px #AAAAAA Leading National Championship standings  #  Driver Car Points 1 USA 1896 Barney Oldfield Peerless "Green Dragon" 26 2 USA 1896 Louis Chevrolet Fiat 90 12 3 USA 1896 Webb Jay White Steamer 4 4 USA 1896 Charles Burman Peerless 4 5 Italy 1861 Emanuel Cedrino Fiat 4 6 USA 1896 Dan Wurgis Reo Bird 32 4 7 USA 1896 Herbert Lytle Pope-Toledo 2 8 USA 1896 Montague Roberts Thomas 2 9 USA 1896 Frank Wridgeway Peerless 1 USA 1896 Guy Vaughan Decauville France Maurice Bernin Renault USA 1896 Frank Durbin Stanley In 1951, Victor Hémery, winner of the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup, was retroactively awarded a national championship. At a later point, it was recognized by historians that these championship results were revisionist, after discovering published sources naming Oldfield as the National Champion. References Works cited http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1140-1905/ AAA National Championship 1905 Åberg, Andreas Driver Database 2009-05-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20120908075717/http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1140-1905/ 2012-09-08 live http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1905.htm 1905 AAA National Circuit Championship ChampCarStats.com 2009-05-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20081010170713/http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1905.htm 2008-10-10 live Footnotes note External links Compilation of articles on "The Lost Championship of 1905" AAA Championship Car season Category:AAA Championship Car AAA Championship Car