1924 AAA Championship Car season

The 1924 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 9 races, beginning in Beverly Hills, California on February 24 and concluding in Culver City, California on December 14. The AAA National Champion was Jimmy Murphy and the Indianapolis 500 winners were L. L. Corum and Joe Boyer.

1924 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races9
Start dateFebruary 24
End dateDecember 14
Awards
National champion Jimmy Murphy
Indianapolis 500 winner L. L. Corum/Joe Boyer

Schedule and results

All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.

Rnd Date Race Name Length Track Location Type Pole Position Winning Driver
1 February 24 Beverley Hills Race 250 mi (400 km) Los Angeles Motor Speedway Beverly Hills, California Board Phil Shafer Harlan Fengler
2 May 30 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes 500 mi (800 km) Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Brick Jimmy Murphy L. L. Corum
Joe BoyerA
3 June 14 Altoona Race 250 mi (400 km) Altoona Speedway Tyrone, Pennsylvania Board Ira Vail Jimmy Murphy
4 July 4 Kansas City Race 150 mi (240 km) Kansas City Speedway Kansas City, Missouri Board Tommy Milton Jimmy Murphy
5 September 1 Altoona Race 250 mi (400 km) Altoona Speedway Tyrone, Pennsylvania Board Ray Cariens Jimmy Murphy
6 September 15 Syracuse Race 150 mi (240 km) New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt Norman Batten Phil Shafer
7 October 2 Fresno 150 150 mi (240 km) Fresno Speedway Fresno, California Board Fred Comer Earl Cooper
8 October 25 Charlotte Race 250 mi (400 km) Charlotte Speedway Pineville, North Carolina Board Bennett Hill Tommy Milton
9 December 14 Culver City Race 250 mi (400 km) Culver City Speedway Culver City, California Board Bennett Hill
^A Shared drive

Leading National Championship standings

 #  Driver Car Points
1 Jimmy Murphy† Miller 1595
2 Earl Cooper Miller 1240
3 Bennett Hill Miller 1214
4 Tommy Milton Miller 1505
5 Fred Comer Miller 725

† Murphy was killed at the Syracuse race on September 15

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References

  • Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1924". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 2011-04-26. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
  • "1924 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on 2011-04-26. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
  • Harms, Phil. "1924 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-04-26. Retrieved 2011-04-25.

See also

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