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1905 AAA Championship Car season

American open-wheel racing championship season

American open-wheel racing championship season

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.

RndDateRace NameTrackLocationWinning driver123456**NC**789**NC**1011
June 10[Morris Park 5](1905-morris-park-5)Morris ParkThe Bronx, New YorkUSA Louis Chevrolet
June 17Hartford 5Charter Oak ParkWest Hartford, ConnecticutUSA Barney Oldfield
June 26Empire City 10Empire City SpeedwayYonkers, New YorkUSA Louis Chevrolet
June 28Brunots IslandBrunots Island Driving TrackPittsburgh, PennsylvaniaUSA Barney Oldfield
June 29Brunots Island 10Brunots Island Driving TrackPittsburgh, PennsylvaniaUSA Louis Chevrolet
July 4Morris Park 1Morris ParkThe Bronx, New YorkUSA Webb Jay
August 8Grosse Pointe 5Grosse Pointe TrackDetroit, MichiganUSA Webb Jay
August 14Glenville 5Glenville Driving TrackCleveland, OhioUSA Charles Burman
August 19Buffalo 5Kenilworth ParkBuffalo, New YorkUSA Barney Oldfield
September 9Readville 5Readville Trotting ParkReadville, MassachusettsUSA Barney Oldfield
September 18Syracuse 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 FairgroundsSyracuse, New YorkUSA Guy Vaughan
September 23Providence 5Narragansett Park SpeedwayCranston, Rhode IslandUSA Barney Oldfield
September 29Poughkeepsie 5Hudson River Driving ParkPoughkeepsie, New YorkUSA Barney Oldfield

Leading National Championship standings

#DriverCarPoints123456789
USA Barney OldfieldPeerless "Green Dragon"26
USA Louis ChevroletFiat 9012
USA Webb JayWhite Steamer4
USA Charles BurmanPeerless4
Italy Emanuel CedrinoFiat4
USA Dan WurgisReo Bird 324
USA Herbert LytlePope-Toledo2
USA Montague RobertsThomas2
USA Frank WridgewayPeerless1
USA Guy VaughanDecauville
France Maurice BerninRenault
USA Frank DurbinStanley

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.

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