1919 AAA Championship Car season

Auto racing season August 2023 AAA Championship Car 1919 AAA National Championship Trail 21 March 15 October 12 National champion none declared US 1912 Howdy Wilcox 1918 1920 The 1919 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 21 races, beginning in Santa Monica, California on March 15 and concluding in Cincinnati, Ohio on October 12. AAA did not award points towards a National Championship during the 1919 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 http://forix.autosport.com/8w/rvm/rvm-vol07-no06.pdf Rear View Mirror 7 6 21–38 Howdy Wilcox was the winner of the Indianapolis 500. The de facto National Champion as polled by the American automobile journal Motor Age, was Howdy Wilcox. Wilcox was named the champion by Chris G. Sinsabaugh, an editor at Motor Age, based upon merit and on track performance. A points table was created retroactively in 1927. At a later point, it was recognized by historians that these championship results should be considered unofficial. Schedule and results Date Race NameDistance (miles) Track Location Type Notes Pole position Winning driver March 15 Santa Monica Race (250) Santa Monica Road Race Course Santa Monica, California 7.36 mile road course Walter Melcher fatally injuredAuto racer is killed when car upsets https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fFhRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BWgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4769%2C1329906 The Gazette Times Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Associated Press March 16, 1919 Cliff Durant Cliff Durant March 23 All-Star Sweepstakes (150) Ascot Speedway South Los Angeles, California 1 mile dirt oval Eddie Pullen Roscoe Sarles May 19 Victory Sweepstakes (112.5) Uniontown Speedway Uniontown, Pennsylvania 1.125 mile board oval Tommy Milton May 31 Liberty 500 Mile Sweepstakes (500) Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana 2.5 mile brick oval 33-car field; Arthur Thurman, Louis LeCocq, and the latter's riding mechanic Robert Bandini fatally injured3 die in auto race at Indianapolis https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1919/06/01/97089594.pdf The New York Times June 1, 1919 https://web.archive.org/web/20181001182742/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1919/06/01/97089594.pdf 2018-10-01 live René Thomas Howdy WilcoxJune 14 International Sweepstakes Race 1 (10)Sheepshead Bay SpeedwaySheepshead Bay, New York2 mile board oval Tommy Milton International Sweepstakes Race 2 (10) Ralph Mulford International Sweepstakes Race 3 (30) Ralph Mulford International Sweepstakes Race Main (50) Ralph DePalmaJuly 4 Tacoma Race 1 (40)Pacific Coast SpeedwayTacoma, Washington2 mile board oval Ralph Mulford Tacoma Race 2 (60) Louis Chevrolet Tacoma Race 3 (80) Louis Chevrolet July 4 Independence Auto Derby (100) Sheepshead Bay SpeedwaySheepshead Bay, New York 2 mile board oval Emilio Jandelli, riding mechanic for Ray Howard, fatally injured in practiceAuto racer killed at Sheepshead Bay https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1919/07/04/96326162.pdf The New York Times July 4, 1919 https://web.archive.org/web/20181001183024/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1919/07/04/96326162.pdf 2018-10-01 live Joe Thomas Gaston ChevroletJuly 19 Uniontown Heat 1 (22.5)Uniontown SpeedwayUniontown, Pennsylvania1.125 mile board oval Tommy Milton Uniontown Heat 2 (22.5) Dave Lewis Uniontown Heat 3 (22.5) I. P. Fetterman Uniontown Heat 4 (22.5) Roscoe Sarles Uniontown Main (22.5) Tommy Milton August 23 Elgin National Trophy Race (302) Elgin Road Race Course Elgin, Illinois 8.384 mile road course Ralph Mulford Tommy Milton September 1 3rd Annual Autumn Classic (225) Uniontown Speedway Uniontown, Pennsylvania 1.125 mile board oval Joe Boyer relieved Gaston Chevrolet on lap 118. Gaston Chevrolet/Joe Boyer September 20 Sheepshead Bay Race 6 (150) Sheepshead Bay SpeedwaySheepshead Bay, New York 2 mile board oval Gaston Chevrolet October 12 Cincinnati Race (250) Cincinnati Motor Speedway Sharonville, Ohio 2 mile board oval Joe Boyer Leading National Championship standings The points paying system for the 1909–1915 and 1917–1919 season were 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 Howdy Wilcox Peugeot 1110 2 Eddie Hearne Duesenberg 1070 3 Gaston Chevrolet Frontenac 980 4 Roscoe Sarles Barney Oldfield 950 5 Tommy Milton Duesenberg 905 References General references http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1919.htm accessed 12/1/15 AAA Championship Car season Category:AAA Championship Car AAA Championship Car