1910 AAA Championship Car season

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1910 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races19
Start dateMay 5
End dateOctober 1
Awards
National championnone declared
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The 1910 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 19 races, beginning in Atlanta, Georgia on May 5 and concluding in Long Island, New York on October 1. AAA did not award points towards a National Championship during the 1910 season, and did not declare a National Champion. [1]

Contents

The de facto National Champion as polled by the American automobile journal Motor Age, was Ray Harroun. Points were not awarded by the AAA Contest Board during the 1910 season. Harroun was named the champion by Chris G. Sinsabaugh, an editor at Motor Age, based upon merit and on track performance. A points table was created retroactively in 1927. At a later point, it was recognized by historians that these championship results should be considered unofficial.

Schedule and results

DateRace Name
Distance (miles)		TrackLocationTypeNotesPole PositionWinning Driver
May 5Atlanta Speedway Trophy (200) Atlanta Motordrome Atlanta, Georgia 2 Mile Dirt OvalRestricted to stock chassis, 301–450 ci Ray Harroun
May 6Atlanta Race 2 (60)Restricted to stock chassis, 161–230 ci Bill Endicott
Atlanta Race 3 (50) George Robertson held track record of 40:14.03, which was not broken. Herbert Lytle
May 7Atlanta Automobile Association Trophy (200)Restricted to cars 451–600 cu, race completed in heavy rain Tom Kincade
May 27 Prest-O-Lite Trophy Race (100) Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis, Indiana 2.5 Mile Brick OvalOpen to cars with 301–450 ci displacement Tom Kincade
May 28 Wheeler-Schebler Trophy Race (200) Ray Harroun
May 30Remy Brassard Trophy 1 (50)231–300 ci Ray Harroun
July 2Remy Brassard Trophy 2 (100) Bob Burman broke Tom Kincade's track record of 1:23:43. Bob Burman
July 4 Cobe Trophy Race (200) Joe Dawson
August 26Kane County Trophy Race (162) Elgin Road Race Course Elgin, Illinois 8.094 Mile Road CourseOpen to cars 231–300 ci displacement Dave Buck
August 26Illinois Trophy Race (194)Open to cars 301–450 ci displacement Al Livingston
August 27 Elgin National Trophy Race (300)Open to cars 600 ci and under Al Livingston Ralph Mulford
September 3Indianapolis Race 6 (100) Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis, Indiana 2.5 Mile Brick Oval Eddie Hearne Eddie Hearne
Remy Grand Trophy Race (100) Charles Merz Howdy Wilcox
September 5Indianapolis Race 8 (50)Free-For-All Eddie Hearne
Indianapolis Race 9 (200)Stock class, 600 ci and under displacement Johnny Aitken
October 1Massapequa Sweepstakes* (126) Long Island Motor Parkway Long Island, New York 12.64 Mile Road CourseStock class, 161–230 ci displacement Bill Endicott Bill Endicott
Wheatley Hills Sweepstakes* (190)Stock class, 231–300 ci displacement Billy Pearce Frank Gelnaw
William K. Vanderbilt Cup* (278)Stock chassis, 301–600 ci; Milton Bacon, riding mechanic for Harold Stone, and Charles Miller, riding mechanic for Louis Chevrolet, fatally injured [2] Al Livingston Harry Grant

* All events run concurrently; starting times were: Vanderbilt 6:00 AM, Wheatley Hills 7:00 AM, Massapequa 7:30 AM

Leading National Championship standings

The points paying system for the 1909–1915 and 1917–1919 season were retroactively applied in 1927 and revised in 1951 using the points system from 1920.

 # DriverSponsorPoints
1 Ray Harroun Marmon 1240
2 Joe Dawson Marmon 1125
3 Al Livingston National 1020
4 Harry Grant Alco 760
5 Johnny Aitken National 715

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References

  1. ↑ Capps, H. Donald (February–March 2010). "John Glenn Printz and the Struggle for the Past: The A.A.A. Catastrophe - Arthur Means, Val Haresnape, Russ Catlin, and Bob Russo" (PDF). Rear View Mirror. 7 (6): 21–38.
  2. ↑ "Alco again wins Vanderbilt Cup but race's death toll is high" (PDF). The New York Times . October 2, 1910. Archived from the original on July 6, 2014.

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