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1926 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races26
Start dateFebruary 22
End dateNovember 11
Awards
National champion United States Harry Hartz
Indianapolis 500 winner United States Frank Lockhart
←  1925
1927 →

The 1926 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 24 races, beginning in Miami Beach, Florida on February 22 and concluding in Pineville, North Carolina on November 11. There were also 7 non-championship races. The AAA National Champion was Harry Hartz and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Frank Lockhart.

The season suffered two fatalities. Herbert Jones died at Indianapolis during a practice session. Jack Foley died at Salem during qualifying for the second race. [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 22 United States Carl G. Fisher Trophy - 300 Fulford–Miami Speedway Miami Beach, Florida Board United States Ralph Hepburn United States Peter DePaolo
2 March 21 United States Culver City Race - 250 Culver City Speedway Culver City, California Board United States Bob McDonogh United States Bennett Hill
NC April 15 United States Raisin Day Classic - 50 Fresno Speedway Fresno, California Board United States Peter DePaolo
3 May 1 United States Atlantic City Race - 300 Atlantic City Speedway Hammonton, New Jersey Board United States Bob McDonogh United States Harry Hartz
4 May 10 United States Charlotte Race - 250 Charlotte Speedway Pineville, North Carolina Board United States Harry Hartz United States Earl Devore
5 May 31 United States International 500 Mile Sweepstakes A Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Brick United States Earl Cooper United States Frank Lockhart
6 June 12 United States Altoona Race 1 - 250 Altoona Speedway Tyrone, Pennsylvania Board United States Peter DePaolo United States Dave Lewis
NC June 27 United States Detroit Race 1 - 100 Michigan State Fairgrounds Detroit, Michigan Dirt United States Frank Lockhart
7 July 5 United States Independence Day Classic Semi - 50 Rockingham Park Salem, New Hampshire Board United States Peter DePaolo United States Peter DePaolo
8 United States Independence Day Classic Main - 200 United States Peter DePaolo United States Earl Cooper
9 July 17 United States Sesquicentennial Classic Heat 1 - 60 Atlantic City Speedway Hammonton, New Jersey Board United States Harry Hartz
10 United States Sesquicentennial Classic Heat 2 - 60 United States Norman Batten
11 United States Sesquicentennial Classic Semi - 60 United States Fred Comer
12 United States Sesquicentennial Classic Main - 60 United States Harry Hartz
13 August 23 United States Charlotte Heat 1 - 25 Charlotte Speedway Pineville, North Carolina Board United States Bob McDonogh United States Earl Cooper
14 United States Charlotte Heat 2 - 25 United States Dave Lewis
15 United States Charlotte Semi - 50 United States Frank Lockhart
16 United States Charlotte Main - 150 United States Dave Lewis United States Frank Lockhart
NC September 4 United States Syracuse - 50 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt United States Ralph DePalma
NC September 11 United States Detroit Race 2 - 100 Michigan State Fairgrounds Detroit, Michigan Dirt United States Frank Lockhart
17 September 18 United States Altoona Race 2 - 250 Altoona Speedway Tyrone, Pennsylvania Board United States Harry Hartz United States Frank Lockhart
NC October 2 United States Fresno Heat 1 - 25 B Fresno Speedway Fresno, California Board United States Peter DePaolo
18 United States Fresno Heat 2 - 25 United States Bennett Hill
19 United States Fresno Race - 50 United States Frank Lockhart
20 October 12 United States Rockingham Race 1 - 25 Rockingham Park Salem, New Hampshire Board United States Bennett Hill
21 United States Rockingham Race 2 - 25 United States Leon Duray
22 United States Rockingham Race 3 - 200 United States Harry Hartz
NC October 24 United States Detroit Race 3 - 100 Michigan State Fairgrounds Detroit, Michigan Dirt United States Sam Ross
23 November 11 United States Charlotte Heat 1 - 25 Charlotte Speedway Pineville, North Carolina Board United States Bennett Hill United States Frank Lockhart
24 United States Charlotte Heat 2 - 25 United States Harry Hartz United States Dave Lewis
25 United States Charlotte Semi - 50 United States Bennett Hill United States Harry Hartz
26 United States Charlotte Main - 100 United States Frank Lockhart United States Leon Duray
  Non-championship race
^A Scheduled for 500 miles, stopped due to rain on the lap 160.
^B The IZOD IndyCar Series 2011 Historical Record Book listed the all time race winners. On the page 77 counted only two of the three October 2, 1926 Fresno races, what won by Bennett Hill and Frank Lockhart.

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 able 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 MIA
United States
CUL
United States
ATL1
United States
CHA1
United States
INDY
United States
ALT1
United States
SAL1
United States
SAL2
United States
ATL2
United States
ATL3
United States
ATL4
United States
ATL5
United States
CHA2
United States
CHA3
United States
CHA4
United States
CHA5
United States
ALT2
United States
FRE1
United States
FRE2
United States
SAL3
United States
SAL4
United States
SAL5
United States
CHA6
United States
CHA7
United States
CHA8
United States
CHA9
United States
Pts
1 United States Harry Hartz 2 3 1 2 2 11 2 4 1 1 3 2 4 2 2 1* 2* 1 4 2954
2 United States Frank Lockhart  RY  1* DNS DSQ 4 10 2 1* 1* 1 2 1 3 3 9 1* 12 7 1830
3 United States Peter DePaolo 1 2 2 14 5 8 1 3 4 6 DNP 4 4 7 9 16 5 5 6 1500
4 United States Bennett Hill 5 1* 10 11 12 6 2 2 11 2 6 7 1 2 1 5 8 2 4 DNS 1050
5 United States Frank Elliott 4 5 16 5 6 7* 4 5 2 8 4 4 2 8 14 12 5 3 6 2 747
6 United States Fred Comer 14 14 7 3 4 4 4 9 1 2 7 6 12 11 13 4 11 5 659
7 United States Dave Lewis 17 13 15 1 14 7 1 DNQ 7 14 3 3 5 4 14 1 3 8 645
8 United States Norman Batten 8 14 4 7 2 6 1 3 5 7 8 18 18 8 15 620
9 United States Pete Kreis 11 11 4 7 DNS DNS DNS 2 13 10 2 5 8 590
10 United States Earl Devore 6 15 11 1 DNP 15 8 DNQ 5 6 4 11 17 17 585
11 United States Leon Duray 10* 10 23 DNS DNQ DNS 3 11 1* 3 6 2 1 555
12 United States Earl Cooper 18 16 13 6 1 6 5 12 1 9 16 DNQ 465
13 United States Bob McDonogh 3 12 3* 12 8 9 10 11 3 6 5 15 DNP 416
14 United States Cliff Woodbury  R  9 13 10 3 12 DNQ 9 3 5 5* 3 9 17 4 6 12 3 360
15 United States Eddie Hearne 4 6 15 17 5 15 3 7 3 9 305
16 United States W. E. Shattuc 8 16 9 8 27 DNS 5 8 8 2 13 4 5 5 10 10 6 4 7 3 280
17 Canada John Duff  R  9 3 13 Wth 155
18 United States Ralph Hepburn 16 6 5 16 8 9 3 DNQ 7 6 DNS DNQ 6 13 11 6 9 9 144
19 United States Dave Evans 9 7 8 13 DNS 16 6 7 10 DNQ 9 7 4 120
20 United States Ben Jones  R  7 12 9 18 10 11 3 9 8 11 80
21 United States Phil Shafer 10 DNS 7 9 5 4 DNS DNP 72
22 United States Wade Morton 4 7 9 10 67
23 United States Harlan Fengler DNP 14 12 8 4 6 8 12 45
24 United States Zeke Meyer  R  13 DNQ 6 35
25 United States Tony Gulotta  R  11 DNS 15 16 7 DNP 15
- United States Daniel O'Brien  R  DNP 17 17 10 Wth 0
- United Kingdom Ernest Eldridge  R  19 DNS DNQ 10 0
- United States Louis Meyer  R  10 0
- United States Jerry Wunderlich 12 14 0
- United States Thane Houser 13 18 0
- United States Fred Lecklider  R  24 13 0
- United Kingdom Douglas Hawkes 14 DNS DNQ DNQ 0
- United States Tommy Milton 15 0
- Russia Vladimir Rashevskiy  R  15 0
- United Kingdom Jack Foley  R  DNQ 16 DNQ 0
- United States Cliff Durant 17 0
- United States Herschell McKee  R  19 0
- United States L. L. Corum 20 0
- United States Steve Nemesh  R  21 0
- United States Jules Ellingboe 22 0
- United States Jack McCarver  R  25 0
- Canada Bon MacDougall  R  26 0
- France Albert Guyot 28 0
- United Kingdom Thomas Pickard DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
- United States Ralph DePalma DNQ DNQ 0
- United States Frank Farmer DNQ 0
- France Jean de Marguenat DNQ 0
- United States Dan Cain DNQ 0
- United States Herbert Jones DNQ 0
- United States Ralph Mulford DNQ 0
- United States Charles Shambaugh DNQ 0
Pos Driver MIA
United States
CUL
United States
ATL1
United States
CHA1
United States
INDY
United States
ALT1
United States
SAL1
United States
SAL2
United States
ATL2
United States
ATL3
United States
ATL4
United States
ATL5
United States
CHA2
United States
CHA3
United States
CHA4
United States
CHA5
United States
ALT2
United States
FRE1
United States
FRE2
United States
SAL3
United States
SAL4
United States
SAL5
United States
CHA6
United States
CHA7
United States
CHA8
United States
CHA9
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

References

  1. ^ "1926 Independence Day Classic".
  2. ^ "1926 AAA National Championship Trail".

See also