1927 AAA Championship Car season |
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AAA National Championship Trail |
Season |
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Races | 11 |
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Start date | March 6 |
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End date | October 12 |
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Awards |
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National champion | Peter DePaolo |
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Indianapolis 500 winner | George Souders |
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The 1927 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 11 races, beginning in Culver City, California on March 6 and concluding in Salem, New Hampshire on October 12. There were also three non-championship races. The AAA National Champion was Peter DePaolo and the Indianapolis 500 winner was George Souders.
Schedule and results
All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.
Rnd | Date | Race Name | Track | Location | Type | Pole Position | Winning Driver |
1 | March 6 | Culver City Race - 250 | Culver City Speedway | Culver City, California | Board | Frank Lockhart | Leon Duray |
2 | May 7 | Atlantic City Race - 200 | Atlantic City Speedway | Hammonton, New Jersey | Board | Frank Lockhart | Dave Lewis |
3 | May 30 | International 500 Mile Sweepstakes | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Speedway, Indiana | Brick | Frank Lockhart | George Souders |
NC | June 5 | Detroit Race - 100 | Michigan State Fairgrounds | Detroit, Michigan | Dirt | — | Frank Lockhart |
4 | June 11 | Altoona Race 1 - 200 | Altoona Speedway | Tyrone, Pennsylvania | Board | Leon Duray | Peter DePaolo |
5 | July 4 | Rockingham Race - 200 | Rockingham Park | Salem, New Hampshire | Board | Cliff Woodbury | Peter DePaolo |
NC | September 3 | Syracuse Race - 100 | New York State Fairgrounds | Syracuse, New York | Dirt | Frank Lockhart | Frank Lockhart |
6 | September 5 | Altoona Race 2 - 200 | Altoona Speedway | Tyrone, Pennsylvania | Board | Cliff Woodbury | Frank Lockhart |
7 | September 19 | Charlotte Heat - 25 | Charlotte Speedway | Pineville, North Carolina | Board | Frank Lockhart | Frank Lockhart |
8 | Charlotte Semi - 50 | — | Peter DePaolo |
9 | Charlotte Main - 100 | Harry Hartz | Babe Stapp |
NC | September 25 | Cleveland Race - 100 | Randall Park Raceway | North Randall, Ohio | Dirt | — | Frank Lockhart |
10 | October 12 | Rockingham Race 1 - 65 | Rockingham Park | Salem, New Hampshire | Board | Frank Lockhart | Frank Lockhart |
11 | Rockingham Race 2 - 75B | Frank Lockhart | Frank Lockhart |
Non-championship race
- ^A Scheduled for 200 miles, stopped due to fire on track.
- ^B Extra race added after wreckage cleared and damaged track sections repaired.
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.[1]
| 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 not participate (DNP) | Not competing | | In-line notation | Bold | Pole position | Italics | Ran fastest race lap | * | Led most race laps | Rookie of the Year | Rookie | | |
References
- ^ "1927 AAA National Championship Trail".
- Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1927". Driver Database. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2011.
- "1927 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2011.
- Harms, Phil. "1927 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2011.
See also