1922 AAA Championship Car season

1922 AAA Championship Car season
1922 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races	18
Start date	March 5
End date	December 13
Awards
National champion	Jimmy Murphy
Indianapolis 500 winner	Jimmy Murphy

The 1922 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 18 races, beginning in Beverly Hills, California on March 5 and concluding in the same location on December 13. There were also 2 non-championship races. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Jimmy Murphy.

Roscoe Sarles died at Kansas City Speedway on September 17.^[1]

Schedule and results

All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	March 5	Beverly Hills Race 1 - 250	Los Angeles Motor Speedway	Beverly Hills, California	Board	—	Tommy Milton
2	April 2	Beverly Hills Heat 1 - 25	Los Angeles Motor Speedway	Beverly Hills, California	Board	—	Pietro Bordino
3		Beverly Hills Heat 2 - 25				—	Tommy Milton
4		Beverly Hills Heat 3 - 25				Frank Elliott	Jimmy Murphy
5		Beverly Hills Heat 4 - 25				—	Frank Elliott
6		Beverly Hills Main - 50				Frank Elliott	Tommy Milton
7	April 16	Golden State Motor Derby - 150	San Francisco Speedway	San Carlos, California	Board	—	Harry Hartz
8	April 27	Raisin Day Classic - 150	Fresno Speedway	Fresno, California	Board	—	Jimmy Murphy
9	May 7	Cotati Race 1 - 100	Cotati Speedway	Santa Rosa, California	Board	—	Jimmy Murphy
10	May 7	Cotati Race 2 - 50	Cotati Speedway	Santa Rosa, California	Board	—	Pietro Bordino
11	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Brick	Jimmy Murphy	Jimmy Murphy
NC	June 14	San Carlos Race - 150	San Francisco Speedway	San Carlos, California	Board	—	Joe Thomas
12	June 17	7th Annual Universal Trophy Race - 225	Uniontown Speedway	Hopwood, Pennsylvania	Board	Jimmy Murphy	Jimmy Murphy
13	July 4	Tacoma Montamarathon - 250	Tacoma Speedway	Tacoma, Washington	Board	Jimmy Murphy	Tommy Milton
14	August 6	Cotati Race 3 - 100	Cotati Speedway	Santa Rosa, California	Board	—	Frank Elliott
15	August 6	Cotati Race 4 - 50	Cotati Speedway	Santa Rosa, California	Board	—	Frank Elliott
NC	September 16	Syracuse Race - 50	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	—	Tom Alley
16	September 17	Kansas City Race - 300	Kansas City Speedway	Kansas City, Missouri	Board	Bennett Hill	Tommy Milton
17	September 30	San Joaquin Valley Classic - 150	Fresno Speedway	Fresno, California	Board	Art Klein	Bennett Hill
18	December 3	Beverly Hills Race 7 - 250	Los Angeles Motor Speedway	Beverly Hills, California	Board	Al Melcher	Jimmy Murphy

Non-championship race

Final points standings

Note 1: Pietro Bordino was not eligible for points.

Note 2: 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	SCA	FRE1	COT1	COT2	INDY	UNI	TAC	COT3	COT4	KAN	FRE2	BEV7	Pts
1	Jimmy Murphy	2	3	2	1		2	2	1*	1*	3	1*	1*	1	3	9	14	8	1	3420
2	Tommy Milton	1*	2*	1			1*	DNS				24	10	2*	2	2	1*	2	5	1910
3	Harry Hartz	3	8	4	2	4	3	1*	3	3	2	2	6	6	7	8	2	3	3	1788
4	Frank Elliott	4	4	3*	4*	1*	6	7	2	2	5	16	7	DNP	1*	1*	3	5	8	905
5	Bennett Hill	DNP												DNP	4	5	6	1*	4	459
6	Eddie Hearne	5	5	8	8	5			10		10	3		11	6	3	10	6	10	390
7	Jerry Wunderlich		6	7	6	6		6	6	10	8	6	3	4	8	4	5	4	15	372
8	Roscoe Sarles	11	7	5	3	2	5	3	9	4	4	23		3		10	11			280
9	Earl Cooper																		2	260
10	Ralph Mulford											19	2	9			4			255
11	Art Klein	10	10	DNS	5	3	7	4	4	5	6	21		7	5	6		7	6	227
12	Ralph DePalma	8							DNS	7	7	4		DNP					11	150
13	Joe Thomas	6	9	6	7	DNS		5	8	8	9	10		8	DNQ		9		7	135
14	Ora Haibe											5	5				DNQ			109
15	I. P. Fetterman											7	4				7			108
16	Howdy Wilcox											27		5			8			50
17	Peter DePaolo RY	12						8	7	6	DNS	20		Wth			12			50
18	Tom Alley											9								35
19	Eddie Miller	7						DNS												25
20	Ira Vail											8								21
21	David Koetzla R											8								19
22	Phil Shafer R											7								17
23	Wade Morton											10							17	15
24	Al Melcher	DNP													9	7	DNP	9	16	5
-	Pietro Bordino R	9	1				4		5	9	1*									0
-	Jack Curtner R											14	8							0
-	Leon Duray R											22	9	DNP			13		14	0
-	Cliff Durant											12		10			DNS		13	0
-	Erwin Baker R											11								0
-	Ray Howard												11							0
-	Dave Lewis											12								0
-	Earl Devore																		12	0
-	Ralph Snoddy R	13																		0
-	Douglas Hawkes R											13								0
-	Homer Ormsby R											14								0
-	Wilbur D'Alene											15								0
-	Riley Brett																15			0
-	L. L. Corum R											17								0
-	Glenn Howard R											18								0
-	Jules Goux											25								0
-	Jules Ellingboe											26								0
-	Leo Nordenschuld							DNQ			DNS									0
-	Jim Crosby	DNP						DNQ												0
-	Frank Davidson											DNQ								0
-	William Gardner											DNQ								0
-	Tom Mulligan											DNQ								0
-	Rudolph Wehr											DNQ								0
-	Allen Mulford																DNQ			0
-	Louis Hansen																		DNQ	0
-	Herschell McKee																		DNQ	0
-	Wallace Reid											Wth								0
-	Charles Shambaugh											Wth								0
-	W. W. Brown																DNS			0
Pos	Driver	BEV1	BEV2	BEV3	BEV4	BEV5	BEV6	SCA	FRE1	COT1	COT2	INDY	UNI	TAC	COT3	COT4	KAN	FRE2	BEV7	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

Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1922". Driver Database. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved April 26, 2011.
"1922 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved April 26, 2011.
Harms, Phil. "1922 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2012. Retrieved April 26, 2011.

[ChampCar19221-1] "1922 Kansas City Race".

[ChampCar1922-2] "1922 AAA National Championship Trail".

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American Championship car racing (Indy car) seasons
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AAA Championship Cars (1905–1955)
Seasons	1905 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
Indianapolis 500s	1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 ~~1942~~ 1943–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
National Champions	Billy Arnold Henry Banks Tony Bettenhausen Jimmy Bryan Bob Carey Gaston Chevrolet Bill Cummings Pete DePaolo (twice) Sam Hanks Harry Hartz Eddie Hearne Ted Horn (three times) Rex Mays (twice) Louis Meyer (three times) Tommy Milton Jimmy Murphy (twice) Barney Oldfield Johnnie Parsons Kelly Petillo Dario Resta Floyd Roberts Mauri Rose Louis Schneider Wilbur Shaw (twice) Chuck Stevenson Bob Sweikert
AAA Contest Board Years marked in italics are not official championship years.

Schedule and results

Final points standings

See also

References