1937 AAA Championship Car season

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1937 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races3
Start dateMay 30
End dateSeptember 12
Awards
National champion Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Wilbur Shaw
Indianapolis 500 winner Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Wilbur Shaw
  1936
1938  

The 1937 AAA Championship Car season consisted of three races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Syracuse, New York on September 12. There were three non-championship events. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Wilbur Shaw.

Contents

Albert Opalko, the riding mechanic of Frank McGurk, died during Indianapolis 500 qualifying on May 28. [1]

Schedule and results

RndDateRace NameTrackLocationTypePole PositionWinning Driver
1May 31 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Brick Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Bill Cummings Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Wilbur Shaw
NCJune 13 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Cleveland 50 Randall Park Raceway North Randall, Ohio Dirt Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Rex Mays
2July 5 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg George Vanderbilt Cup Roosevelt Raceway Westbury, New York Road Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Rudolf Caracciola Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Bernd Rosemeyer
NCAugust 21 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Springfield 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Mauri Rose
NCAugust 29 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Milwaukee 100 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Dirt Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Billy Winn Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Rex Mays
3September 12 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Syracuse 100 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Rex Mays Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Billy Winn
  Dirt/Brick Oval
  Road Course/Hill Climb
  Non-championship race

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. [2]

PosDriver INDY
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ROR
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SYR
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Pts
1 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Wilbur Shaw 1*9DNQ1135
2 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Ted Horn 3176750
3 Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Bernd Rosemeyer  RY 1*600
4 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Ralph Hepburn 2598.1
5 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Louis Meyer 4550
6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Seaman  R 2495
7 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Bill Cummings 67DNQ444.4
8 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Rex Mays 33313405
9 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Cliff Bergere 5335.2
10 Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Ernst von Delius  R 4330
11 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Billy Devore  R 7DNQ273
12 Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Giuseppe Farina 5256.5
13 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Joel Thorne DNQ6DNQ225
14 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg George Connor 91811225
15 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Tony Gulotta 8206.2
16 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Billy Winn 26291*200
17 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Chet Gardner 11128191
18 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Louis Tomei 10175
19 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Jimmy Snyder 32212165
20 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Russ Snowberger 278DNQ163.5
21 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Bob Sall 3135
22 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg George Barringer 5114.7
23 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Duke Nalon  R DNQ4110
24 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Herb Ardinger 2210105
25 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Mauri Rose 1815590
26 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Frank Wearne  R 2411DNQ75
27 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Ken Fowler 198766.5
28 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Fred Frame 752
29 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Shorty Cantlon 16DNP945
30 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Ronney Householder  R 122842.3
31 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Bob Henderson  R 1025
32 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Henry Banks 122314
33 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Al Putnam 128.5
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Gus Zarka 30120
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Frank Brisko 2313140
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Floyd Roberts 130
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Milt Marion DNQ14DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Deacon Litz 14DNP0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Floyd Davis 15DNQ0
- Flag of Norway.svg Eugen Bjørnstad  R 160
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Emil Andres 17DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Al Miller 17DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Ora Bean  R 19DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Kelly Petillo 20200
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg George Bailey 210
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Harry Lewis  R 220
- Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Rudolf Caracciola  R 240
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Tony Willman 250
- Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Tazio Nuvolari 250
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Al Cusick  R 260
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Babe Stapp 31270
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Johnny Seymour 270
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Bob Swanson 28DNP0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Harry McQuinn 290
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Chet Miller 300
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Lou Webb DNQDNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg John Moretti DNQDNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Vern Ornduff DNQDNP0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Ben Brandfon DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Tom Cosman DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Dave Evans DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Ira Hall DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Luther Johnson DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Frank McGurk DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Zeke Meyer DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Lee Oldfield DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Overton Phillips DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Doc Williams DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Woody Woodford DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Ray Yeager DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Ernie Gesell DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Sam Grecco DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Tommy Hinnershitz DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Fred Tegtmeier DNQ0
- Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Enzo Fiermonte Wth0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Lewis Balus DNP0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Lucky Teter DNP0
PosDriver INDY
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ROR
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SYR
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Pts
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
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
ItalicsRan fastest race lap
*Led most race laps
Rookie of the Year
Rookie

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