1917 AAA Championship Car season

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1917 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races21
Start dateMarch 4
End dateNovember 29
Awards
National championnone declared
Indianapolis 500 winnerevent not held
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Earl Cooper and his mechanic Reeves Dutton 1917 Tacoma Speedway Earl Cooper General Photograph Collection G521088.jpg
Earl Cooper and his mechanic Reeves Dutton

The 1917 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 21 races, beginning in Los Angeles, California on March 4 and concluding there on November 29. AAA did not award points towards a National Championship during the 1917 season, and did not declare a National Champion. [1]

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The de facto National Champion as polled by the American automobile journal Motor Age, was Earl Cooper. Cooper 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
March 4George Washington Sweepstakes (100)Ascot Speedway South Los Angeles, California 1 mile dirt oval Joe Boyer Earl Cooper
May 10Universal Trophy Race (113) Uniontown Speedway Uniontown, Pennsylvania 1.125 mile board oval300 cu in. Louis Chevrolet William Taylor
May 30Sharonville Sweepstakes (250) Cincinnati Motor Speedway Sharonville, Ohio 2 mile board oval Ralph DePalma Louis Chevrolet
June 16War Derby (250) Speedway Park Maywood, Illinois 2 mile board oval Louis Chevrolet Earl Cooper
July 4Omaha Derby (150) Omaha Speedway Omaha, Nebraska 1.25 mile board oval Louis Chevrolet Ralph Mulford
July 14Minneapolis Race 1 (50) Twin City Motor Speedway Minneapolis, Minnesota 2 mile concrete oval300 cu in. Dave Lewis Earl Cooper
Minneapolis Race 2 (100) Dave Lewis Ira Vail
September 3Army Post Sweepstakes (100) Pacific Coast Speedway Tacoma, Washington 2 mile board oval Earl Cooper
September 3Chicago Race 2 (50) Speedway Park Maywood, Illinois 2 mile board oval Ralph DePalma
Chicago Race 3 (100) Louis Chevrolet
September 31st Annual Autumn Classic (113) Uniontown Speedway Uniontown, Pennsylvania 1.125 mile board oval Frank Elliott
September 15Providence Race 1 (5) Narragansett Park Speedway Cranston, Rhode Island 1 mile concrete oval300 cu in. Ralph Mulford
Providence Race 2 (25) Tommy Milton
Providence Race 3 (100) Tommy Milton
September 22 Harkness Trophy Race (100) Sheepshead Bay Speedway Sheepshead Bay, New York 2 mile board oval300 cu in. Louis Chevrolet
October 13Chicago Race 4 (20) Speedway Park Maywood, Illinois 2 mile board oval Tom Alley
Chicago Race 5 (50)300 cu in. Ralph Mulford
Chicago Race 6 (50) Canadian Red Ensign (1868-1921).svg Pete Henderson
October 29Uniontown Race 3 (169) Uniontown Speedway Uniontown, Pennsylvania 1.125 mile board oval300 cu in. Eddie Hearne Eddie Hearne
November 29Ascot Race 2 (10)Ascot Speedway South Los Angeles, California 1 mile dirt oval300 cu in. Louis Chevrolet
Ascot Race 3 (50)Free formula Eddie Hearne

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 Earl Cooper Stutz 1095
2 Louis Chevrolet Frontenac 1046
3 Ralph Mulford Frontenac 868
4 Eddie Hearne Duesenberg 848
5 Tommy Milton Duesenberg 771

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.
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