1928 AAA Championship Car season

The 1928 AAA Championship Car season consisted of seven races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Salem, New Hampshire on October 12. There were also three non-championship races. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Louis Meyer.

1928 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races7
Start dateMay 30
End dateOctober 12
Awards
National champion Louis Meyer
Indianapolis 500 winner Louis Meyer

Schedule and results

All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.

Rnd Date Race Name Length Track Location Type Pole Position Winning Driver
1 May 30 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes 500 mi (800 km) Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Brick Leon Duray Louis Meyer
2 June 10 Detroit Race 100 mi (160 km) Michigan State Fairgrounds Speedway Detroit, Michigan Dirt Ray Keech Ray Keech
3 July 4 Rockingham Preliminary 15 mi (24 km) Rockingham Park Salem, New Hampshire Board Leon Duray Leon Duray
4 Rockingham Race 185 mi (298 km) Leon Duray Ray Keech
NC July 4 Atlantic City 100 100 mi (160 km) Atlantic City Speedway Hammonton, New Jersey Board — Fred Winnai
NC July 15 Detroit 100 100 mi (160 km) Michigan State Fairgrounds Speedway Detroit, Michigan Dirt — Howard Taylor
5 August 19 Altoona Race 200 mi (320 km) Altoona Speedway Tyrone, Pennsylvania Board Leon Duray Louis Meyer
6 September 1 Syracuse Race 100 mi (160 km) New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt Cliff Woodbury Ray Keech
NC September 16 Atlantic City 100 100 mi (160 km) Atlantic City Speedway Hammonton, New Jersey Board — Ray Keech
7 October 12 International Motor Classic 62.5 mi (100.6 km)A Rockingham Park Salem, New Hampshire Board Bob McDonogh Cliff Woodbury
  Non-championship race
^A Scheduled for 200 miles, stopped due to track breaking up.

Leading National Championship standings
 #  Driver Car Points
1 Louis Meyer Miller 1596
2 Ray Keech Miller 915
3 Lou Moore Miller 406
4 George Souders Miller 270
5 Bob McDonogh Miller 248
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References
  • Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1928". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 2011-04-25. Retrieved 2011-04-24.
  • "1928 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on 2011-04-25. Retrieved 2011-04-24.
  • Harms, Phil. "1928 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-04-25. Retrieved 2011-04-24.

See also
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