1921 AAA Championship Car season

1921 AAA Championship Car season
1921 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races	20
Start date	February 27
End date	December 11
Awards
National champion	Tommy Milton
Indianapolis 500 winner	Tommy Milton

The 1921 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 20 races, beginning in Beverly Hills, California on February 27 and concluding in San Carlos, California on December 11. There was also one non-championship race. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Tommy Milton.

Alton Soules, and his riding mechanic Harry Barner, perished at the Fresno Speedway during the second race.

Schedule and results

All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Track	Location-	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	February 27	Beverly Hills Heat 1 - 25	Los Angeles Motor Speedway	Beverly Hills, California	Board	—	Ralph DePalma
2		Beverly Hills Heat 2 - 25				—	Roscoe Sarles
3		Beverly Hills Heat 3 - 25				—	Jimmy Murphy
4		Beverly Hills Heat 4 - 25				—	Tommy Milton
5		Beverly Hills Main - 50				—	Ralph DePalma
6	April 10	Beverly Hills Heat 1 - 25	Los Angeles Motor Speedway	Beverly Hills, California	Board	Tommy Milton	Ralph DePalma
7		Beverly Hills Heat 2 - 25				—	Eddie Pullen
8		Beverly Hills Heat 3 - 25				—	Joe Thomas
9		Beverly Hills Heat 4 - 25				—	Jimmy Murphy
10		Beverly Hills Main - 50				—	Jimmy Murphy
11	April 30	Raisin Day Classic - 150	Fresno Speedway	Fresno, California	Board	Roscoe Sarles	Joe Thomas
12	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Brick	Ralph DePalma	Tommy Milton
13	June 18	Universal Trophy - 225	Uniontown Speedway	Hopwood, Pennsylvania	Board	—	Roscoe Sarles
14	July 4	Tacoma Montamarathon - 250	Tacoma Speedway	Tacoma, Washington	Board	Tommy Milton	Tommy Milton
15	August 14	Cotati Race 1 - 150	Cotati Speedway	Santa Rosa, California	Board	—	Eddie Hearne
16	September 5	5th Annual Autumn Classic - 225	Uniontown Speedway	Hopwood, Pennsylvania	Board	—	I. P. Fetterman^[1]
NC	September 19	Syracuse Race - 50	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	—	Ira Vail
17	October 1	San Joaquin Valley Classic - 150	Fresno Speedway	Fresno, California	Board	—	Earl Cooper
18	October 23	Cotati Race 2 - 150	Cotati Speedway	Santa Rosa, California	Board	—	Roscoe Sarles
19	November 24	Beverly Hills Race 11 - 250	Los Angeles Motor Speedway	Beverly Hills, California	Board	Roscoe Sarles	Eddie Hearne
20	December 11	San Carlos Race - 250	San Francisco Speedway	San Carlos, California	Board	—	Jimmy Murphy

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]

Pos	Driver	BEV1	BEV2	BEV3	BEV4	BEV5	BEV6	BEV7	BEV8	BEV9	BEV10	FRE1	INDY	UNI1	TAC	COT1	UNI2	FRE2	COT2	BEV11	SCA	Pts
1	Tommy Milton	5	2	2*	1*	2	4	4	3	4		6	1	8	1	3	10	8	10	2*	2	2230
2	Roscoe Sarles	2*	1			3*	2	2*	5	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	5	1	10	6	1980
3	Eddie Hearne	3	5	DNS	5	DNS	6	3	2	3	4	3	13	2	5	1	5	4	3*	1	3	1399
4	Jimmy Murphy	8	3	1		4	8	7	DNS	1*	1*	5	14	6	9		2	2	5	4	1*	1215
5	Joe Thomas						3	6	1*		5	1*	22	9	3	6	6	DNQ	2	8	7	715
6	I. P. Fetterman																1					400
7	Eddie Miller	7	6	4	2	6						10	4	3	4	4	4	6	7	6	10	395
8	Ralph DePalma	1	9			1	1*				6	8	12*						4	7	5	355
9	Earl Cooper																	1				300
10	Frank Elliott													7	8	9	9	3	6	3	12	265
11	Eddie Pullen						5	1			3	4	14	DNP	7						11	140
12	Harry Hartz RY																			5	4	130
13	Percy Ford												3									127
14	Tom Alley												11	4	6	7		DNP	9			90
15	Ora Haibe												5									90
16	Bennett Hill											7	8				11		DNQ	DNP	9	57
17	Ira Vail	4	4	3	3	5							7	DNP		DNP						50
18	Alton Soules R	6	7	5	4	DNS	7	5	4	5		9		5	10*	5	DNP	9				50
19	Jerry Wunderlich												8	11		8		7	8	11		43
20	Ralph Mulford												9	DNP								35
21	Albert Guyot												6									30
22	Andy Burt												3									15
23	Howdy Wilcox												23				7		DNQ			15
24	Don Fretwell R																			DNP	8	15
25	Jules Ellingboe R												19	10			8		DNQ			10
26	Art Klein																			9		10
-	John Thiele	9	8	DNS	DNS								DNS			DNS		DNP				0
-	René Thomas												10									0
-	Al Melcher																			12		0
-	Charles Basle																			13		0
-	Riley Brett												15									0
-	Harry Thicksten												15									0
-	Cornelius Van Ranst R												16									0
-	Joe Boyer												17									0
-	Jean Chassagne												18									0
-	André Boillot												20									0
-	Louis Fountaine												21									0
-	Mervin Headley												DNQ									0
-	Eddie Meyer																	DNQ				0
-	L. L. Corum												DNS									0
-	Jim Crosby															DNS						0
-	Mike Moosie															DNS						0
-	Ralph Snoddy																			DNS		0
-	Dario Resta												DNP									0
Pos	Driver	BEV1	BEV2	BEV3	BEV4	BEV5	BEV6	BEV7	BEV8	BEV9	BEV10	FRE1	INDY	UNI1	TAC	COT1	UNI2	FRE2	COT2	BEV11	SCA	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

References

^ "Fetterman Scores In Uniontown Race. Averages 99.8 Miles an Hour. Capture 225-Mile Auto Classic on Speedway. Murphy Finishes Second. Is Less Than Two Minutes Behind the Winner, With Sarles Third and Miller Fourth". The New York Times. September 6, 1921. Retrieved October 3, 2012. I. P. Fetterman of Pittsburgh today won the Autumn classic at the Automobile Speedway ...
^ "1921 AAA National Championship Trail".

Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1921". Driver Database. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved April 26, 2011.
"1921 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved April 26, 2011.
Harms, Phil. "1921 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2012. Retrieved April 26, 2011.

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Schedule and results

Final points standings

References

See also