1937 AAA Championship Car season

1937 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races	3
Start date	May 30
End date	September 12
Awards
National champion	Wilbur Shaw
Indianapolis 500 winner	Wilbur Shaw
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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.

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

Schedule and results

Rnd	Date	Race name	Track	Location	Type	Pole position	Winning driver
1	May 31	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Brick	Bill Cummings	Wilbur Shaw
NC	June 13	Cleveland 50	Randall Park Raceway	North Randall, Ohio	Dirt	—	Rex Mays
2	July 5	George Vanderbilt Cup	Roosevelt Raceway	Westbury, New York	Road	Rudolf Caracciola	Bernd Rosemeyer
NC	August 21	Springfield 100	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt	—	Mauri Rose
NC	August 29	Milwaukee 100	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	Dirt	Billy Winn	Rex Mays
3	September 12	Syracuse 100	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	Rex Mays	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]

Further information: List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems

Pos Driver INDY ROR SYR Pts 1 Wilbur Shaw 1* 9 DNQ 1135 2 Ted Horn 3 17 6 750 3 Bernd Rosemeyer  RY  1* 600 4 Ralph Hepburn 2 598.1 5 Louis Meyer 4 550 6 Richard Seaman  R  2 495 7 Bill Cummings 6 7 DNQ 444.4 8 Rex Mays 33 3 13 405 9 Cliff Bergere 5 335.2 10 Ernst von Delius  R  4 330 11 Billy Devore  R  7 DNQ 273 12 Giuseppe Farina 5 256.5 13 Joel Thorne DNQ 6 DNQ 225 14 George Connor 9 18 11 225 15 Tony Gulotta 8 206.2 16 Billy Winn 26 29 1* 200 17 Chet Gardner 11 12 8 191 18 Louis Tomei 10 175 19 Jimmy Snyder 32 21 2 165 20 Russ Snowberger 27 8 DNQ 163.5 21 Bob Sall 3 135 22 George Barringer 5 114.7 23 Duke Nalon  R  DNQ 4 110 24 Herb Ardinger 22 10 105 25 Mauri Rose 18 15 5 90 26 Frank Wearne  R  24 11 DNQ 75 27 Ken Fowler 19 8 7 66.5 28 Fred Frame 7 52 29 Shorty Cantlon 16 DNP 9 45 30 Ronney Householder  R  12 28 42.3 31 Bob Henderson  R  10 25 32 Henry Banks 12 23 14 33 Al Putnam 12 8.5 - Gus Zarka 30 12 0 - Frank Brisko 23 13 14 0 - Floyd Roberts 13 0 - Milt Marion DNQ 14 DNQ 0 - Deacon Litz 14 DNP 0 - Floyd Davis 15 DNQ 0 - Eugen Bjørnstad  R  16 0 - Emil Andres 17 DNQ 0 - Al Miller 17 DNQ 0 - Ora Bean  R  19 DNQ 0 - Kelly Petillo 20 20 0 - George Bailey 21 0 - Harry Lewis  R  22 0 - Rudolf Caracciola  R  24 0 - Tony Willman 25 0 - Tazio Nuvolari 25 0 - Al Cusick  R  26 0 - Babe Stapp 31 27 0 - Johnny Seymour 27 0 - Bob Swanson 28 DNP 0 - Harry McQuinn 29 0 - Chet Miller 30 0 - Lou Webb DNQ DNQ 0 - John Moretti DNQ DNQ 0 - Vern Ornduff DNQ DNP 0 - Ben Brandfon DNQ 0 - Tom Cosman DNQ 0 - Dave Evans DNQ 0 - Ira Hall DNQ 0 - Luther Johnson DNQ 0 - Frank McGurk DNQ 0 - Zeke Meyer DNQ 0 - Lee Oldfield DNQ 0 - Overton Phillips DNQ 0 - Doc Williams DNQ 0 - Woody Woodford DNQ 0 - Ray Yeager DNQ 0 - Ernie Gesell DNQ 0 - Sam Grecco DNQ 0 - Tommy Hinnershitz DNQ 0 - Fred Tegtmeier DNQ 0 - Enzo Fiermonte Wth 0 - Lewis Balus DNP 0 - Lucky Teter DNP 0 Pos Driver INDY ROR SYR Pts

Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th-10th place Dark Blue Finished (Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrawn (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Not competing In-line notation Bold Pole position Italics Ran fastest race lap * Led most race laps Rookie of the Year Rookie

See also

• 1937 Indianapolis 500

References

• Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1937". Driver Database. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved April 21, 2011.
• "1937 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved April 21, 2011.
• Harms, Phil. "1937 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2012. Retrieved April 21, 2011.

References

1. "1937 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes".
2. "1937 AAA National Championship Trail".