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1927 AAA Championship Car season

Auto racing season

Auto racing season

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.

RndDateRace nameTrackLocationTypePole positionWinning driver123**NC**45**NC**6789**NC**1011
March 6US Culver City Race - 250Culver City SpeedwayCulver City, CaliforniaBoardUS Frank LockhartUS Leon Duray
May 7US Atlantic City Race - 200Atlantic City SpeedwayHammonton, New JerseyBoardUS Frank LockhartUS Dave Lewis
May 30US [International 500 Mile Sweepstakes](1927-indianapolis-500)Indianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, IndianaBrickUS Frank LockhartUS George Souders
June 5US Detroit Race - 100Michigan State FairgroundsDetroit, MichiganDirt—US Frank Lockhart
June 11US Altoona Race 1 - 200Altoona SpeedwayTyrone, PennsylvaniaBoardUS Leon DurayUS Peter DePaolo
July 4US Rockingham Race - 200Rockingham ParkSalem, New HampshireBoardUS Cliff WoodburyUS Peter DePaolo
September 3US Syracuse Race - 100New York State FairgroundsSyracuse, New YorkDirtUS Frank LockhartUS Frank Lockhart
September 5US Altoona Race 2 - 200Altoona SpeedwayTyrone, PennsylvaniaBoardUS Cliff WoodburyUS Frank Lockhart
September 19US Charlotte Heat - 25Charlotte SpeedwayPineville, North CarolinaBoardUS Frank LockhartUS Frank Lockhart
US Charlotte Semi - 50—US Peter DePaolo
US Charlotte Main - 100US Harry HartzUS Babe Stapp
September 25US Cleveland Race - 100Randall Park RacewayNorth Randall, OhioDirt—US Frank Lockhart
October 12US Rockingham Race 1 - 65Rockingham ParkSalem, New HampshireBoardUS Frank LockhartUS Frank Lockhart
US Rockingham Race 2 - 75US Frank LockhartUS Frank Lockhart

: Scheduled for 200 miles, stopped due to fire on track. : 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.

PosDriverCUL
USATL
US[INDY](1927-indianapolis-500)
USALT1
USSAL1
USALT2
USCHA1
USCHA2
USCHA3
USSAL2
USSAL3
USPts1144021040310004630559565187508847094001033011323122981312614122151021650173818341933202921162215231524122510266276285295305-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0PosDriverCUL
USATL
US[INDY](1927-indianapolis-500)
USALT1
USSAL1
USALT2
USCHA1
USCHA2
USCHA3
USSAL2
USSAL3
USPts
US Peter DePaolo3122611*221423
US Frank Lockhart**4****13****18***1221**1**1010**1****1**
US George Souders1DNQWth
US Leon Duray11127**7**1157258DNS
US Harry Hartz2325271361313
US Earl Devore7621512685649
US Babe Stapp3155344172
US Tony Gulotta1633154591264
US Dave Lewis1213311DNQ
US Cliff Woodbury145196**4****10**33235
US Dave Evans13*45937107312
US Al Melcher92158686757
US Eddie Hearne68741011
US Zeke Meyer2DNQ
US Wilbur Shaw4
US Harlan Fengler5
US Louis Meyer414
US Bob McDonogh6101311
US Frank Elliott11151013116
US Cliff BergereDNQ9
US Tommy Milton8
US W. E. Shattuc17722DNQ1211915
US Norman Batten81030DNP
US Steve Nemesh5
US Fred Comer9DNQ8
US Ira Vail7
US Wesley Crawford9
US Russ Snowberger1498898
US Cornelius Van Ranst8
US George Abell1011
US Fred Lecklider182399
US Pete Kreis1716161010
US Bennett Hill162810DNQ
US Fred FrameDNQ11
Romania George Fernic11
US Jim Hill12
US Don Ostrander12
US Benny Shoaff13DNQ
US Ralph Hepburn152414DNQ
US Earl CooperDNQ1714
US Wade Morton14DNQ
US Ray Keech14
US Ralph Holmes14
US Freddie Winnai14
US L. L. Corum16
US Louis Schneider16
US Dutch Baumann20
US Eddie Burbach21
US Al Cotey21
US Henry Kohlert23
US Jules Ellingboe29
US Jack Petticord32
US Buddy MarrDNQDNQ
US Leslie AllenDNQ
US Dan CainDNQ
US Ben JonesDNQ
US Bruce MillerDNQ
US Sam RossDNQ
US Steve SmithDNQ
US Sam SwankDNQ
US Clarence BeltDNQ
US Deacon LitzDNQ
US Ralph DePalmaWth
US Cliff DurantWth
US William WhiteDNP
ColorResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
Green4th & 5th place
Light Blue6th-10th place
Dark BlueFinished
(Outside Top 10)
PurpleDid not finish
(Ret)
RedDid not qualify
(DNQ)
BrownWithdrawn
(Wth)
BlackDisqualified
(DSQ)
WhiteDid not start
(DNS)
BlankDid not
participate
(DNP)
Not competing

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References

References

  1. "1927 AAA National Championship Trail".
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