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1923 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races8
Start dateFebruary 25, 1923
End dateNovember 29, 1923
Awards
National champion United States Eddie Hearne
Indianapolis 500 winner United States Tommy Milton
←  1922
1924 →

The 1923 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 8 races, beginning at Beverly Hills, California on February 25, 1923, and concluding at the same location on November 29, 1923. The AAA National Champion was Eddie Hearne, and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Tommy Milton.

1919 Indianapolis 500 winner Howdy Wilcox died during the Altoona Speedway event on September 4, 1923. [1]

Schedule and results

All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.

Rnd Date Race Name Track Location Type Pole Position Winning Driver
1 February 25, 1923 United States Beverly Hills Race 1 - 250 Los Angeles Motor Speedway Beverly Hills, California Board United States Frank Elliott United States Jimmy Murphy
2 April 26, 1923 United States Raisin Day Classic 150 Fresno Speedway Fresno, California Board United States Jimmy Murphy
3 May 30, 1923 United States International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Brick United States Tommy Milton United States Tommy Milton
4 July 4, 1923 United States Kansas City Race 1 - 250 Kansas City Speedway Kansas City, Missouri Board United States Jimmy Murphy United States Eddie Hearne
5 September 4, 1923 United States Altoona Race - 200 Altoona Speedway Tyrone, Pennsylvania Board United States Earl Cooper United States Eddie Hearne
NC September 15, 1923 United States Syracuse Race - 100 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt United States Tommy Milton
6 September 29, 1923 United States San Joaquin Valley Classic - 200 Fresno Speedway Fresno, California Board United States Harlan Fengler United States Harry Hartz
7 October 21, 1923 United States Kansas City Race 2 - 250 Kansas City Speedway Kansas City, Missouri Board United States Harlan Fengler
8 November 29, 1923 United States Beverly Hills Race 2 - 250 Los Angeles Motor Speedway Beverly Hills, California Board United States Bennett Hill
  Non-championship race
^A Shared drive

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. [2]

Pos Driver BEV1
United States
FRE1
United States
INDY
United States
KAN1
United States
ALT
United States
FRE2
United States
KAN2
United States
BEV2
United States
Pts
1 United States Eddie Hearne 4 2 4 1 1* 2 2 2 1882
2 United States Jimmy Murphy 1* 1* 3 6 3 3 1350
3 United States Bennett Hill 2 3 19 11 5 7 5 1 955
4 United States Harry Hartz 14 8 2 7 12 1 11 Wth 820
5 United States Tommy Milton 6 10 1* 9 8 10* 10* 13 810
6 United States Harlan Fengler  RY  16 3 14 5 1 4 750
7 United States Jerry Wunderlich 10 DNQ 10 12 2 3 4 14 368
8 United States Earl Cooper 11 4 21 2 13 9 12 12* 310
9 United States Frank Elliott 5 5 6 5 6 6 7 5 301
10 United States Dave Lewis 6 4 3 6 234
11 United States Ralph DePalma 3 15 8 8 6 190
12 United States Fred Comer  R  4 4 9 115
13 United States L. L. Corum 5 11 13 90
14 United States Cliff Durant 9 9 7 DNS 9 42
15 France Bertrand Lucinge  R  9 35
16 United States Phil Shafer 10 7 33
17 United States Wade Morton 7 7 10 32
18 United States Leon Duray 12 12 13 DNQ 7 9 10 30
19 Germany Max Sailer  R  8 25
20 United States Joe Thomas DNS 6 20
21 United States Joe Boyer 18 8 15
22 Germany Karl Sailer  R  8 15
23 United Kingdom Dario Resta 8 14 13
24 United States Al Melcher DNS 8 10
25 United States Ora Haibe 10 10 9 14 9
- United States Howdy Wilcox 17 DNS 10 0
- United States Thane Houser  R  10 0
- United States Peter DePaolo 11 0
- Germany Christian Werner  R  11 0
- United States Wesley Crawford  R  11 0
- Spain Pierre de Vizcaya  R  12 0
- United States Ralph Snoddy 13 0
- United States Louis Wilson  R  DNS 13 DNS 0
- United States Ernie Ansterburg  R  14 15 0
- United States Art Klein 15 DNQ 0
- United Kingdom Louis Zborowski  R  20 0
- United States Tom Alley 21 0
- Argentina Raúl Riganti  R  22 0
- Germany Christian Lautenschlager  R  23 0
- Argentina Martín de Álzaga  R  24 DNP 0
- United States Herbert Scheel DNQ 0
- United States Ira Vail DNQ 0
- United States Cornelius Van Ranst DNQ 0
- France Jules Goux Wth 0
- France Albert Guyot Wth 0
- United States Charles Shambaugh Wth 0
- United States Hollis Wells Wth 0
- United States P. O. Palmer DNS 0
- United States William White DNS 0
- United States Herschell McKee DNP 0
- United States Harry Thicksten DNP 0
- United States Louis Chevrolet DNP 0
- France Antoine Mourre DNP 0
- United States Ernie Olsen DNP 0
- United States Wally Butler DSQ 0
Pos Driver BEV
United States
FRE
United States
INDY
United States
KAN
United States
ALT
United States
FRE
United States
KAN
United States
BEV
United States
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 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

See also

References

  1. ^ "1923 Altoona Race".
  2. ^ "1923 AAA National Championship Trail".