1927 AAA Championship Car season explained
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.
Rnd | Date | Race Name | Track | Location | Type | Pole Position | Winning Driver |
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1 | March 6 | Culver City Race - 250 | Culver City Speedway | Culver City, California | Board | Frank Lockhart | Leon Duray |
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2 | May 7 | Atlantic City Race - 200 | Atlantic City Speedway | Hammonton, New Jersey | Board | Frank Lockhart | Dave Lewis |
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3 | May 30 | International 500 Mile Sweepstakes | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Speedway, Indiana | Brick | Frank Lockhart | George Souders |
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NC | June 5 | Detroit Race - 100 | Michigan State Fairgrounds | Detroit, Michigan | Dirt | — | Frank Lockhart |
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4 | June 11 | Altoona Race 1 - 200 | Altoona Speedway | Tyrone, Pennsylvania | Board | Leon Duray | Peter DePaolo |
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5 | July 4 | Rockingham Race - 200 | Rockingham Park | Salem, New Hampshire | Board | Cliff Woodbury | Peter DePaolo |
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NC | September 3 | Syracuse Race - 100 | New York State Fairgrounds | Syracuse, New York | Dirt | Frank Lockhart | Frank Lockhart |
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6 | September 5 | Altoona Race 2 - 200 | Altoona Speedway | Tyrone, Pennsylvania | Board | Cliff Woodbury | Frank Lockhart |
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7 | September 19 | Charlotte Heat - 25 | Charlotte Speedway | Pineville, North Carolina | Board | Frank Lockhart | Frank Lockhart |
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8 | Charlotte Semi - 50 | — | Peter DePaolo |
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9 | Charlotte Main - 100 | Harry Hartz | Babe Stapp |
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NC | September 25 | Cleveland Race - 100 | Randall Park Raceway | North Randall, Ohio | Dirt | — | Frank Lockhart |
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10 | October 12 | Rockingham Race 1 - 65 | Rockingham Park | Salem, New Hampshire | Board | Frank Lockhart | Frank Lockhart |
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11 | Rockingham Race 2 - 75 | Frank Lockhart | Frank Lockhart | |
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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.[1]
| Color | Result |
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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 | *|style="background:#F2F2F2;" align=center|Led most race laps|-|style="background:#FDE910;" align=center colspan=2|Rookie of the Year|-|style="background:Orange;" align=center colspan=2|Rookie|}|}|}References
- Web site: AAA National Championship 1927 . Åberg, Andreas . Driver Database . 2011-04-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121019120555/http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1140-1927/ . 2012-10-19 . live .
- Web site: 1927 AAA National Championship Trail . ChampCarStats.com . 2011-04-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120405190634/http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1927.htm . 2012-04-05 . live .
- Web site: 1927 Championship Driver Summary . Harms . Phil . Motorsport.com . 2011-04-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120810003609/http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1927sum.pdf . 2012-08-10 . dead .
See also
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Notes and References
- Web site: 1927 AAA National Championship Trail.