1927 AAA Championship Car season

1927 AAA Championship Car season
1927 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races	11
Start date	March 6
End date	October 12
Awards
National champion	Peter DePaolo
Indianapolis 500 winner	George Souders

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
1	March 6	Culver City Race - 250	Culver City Speedway	Culver City, California	Board	Frank Lockhart	Leon Duray
2	May 7	Atlantic City Race - 200	Atlantic City Speedway	Hammonton, New Jersey	Board	Frank Lockhart	Dave Lewis
3	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Brick	Frank Lockhart	George Souders
NC	June 5	Detroit Race - 100	Michigan State Fairgrounds	Detroit, Michigan	Dirt	—	Frank Lockhart
4	June 11	Altoona Race 1 - 200	Altoona Speedway	Tyrone, Pennsylvania	Board	Leon Duray	Peter DePaolo
5	July 4	Rockingham Race - 200	Rockingham Park	Salem, New Hampshire	Board	Cliff Woodbury	Peter DePaolo
NC	September 3	Syracuse Race - 100	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	Frank Lockhart	Frank Lockhart
6	September 5	Altoona Race 2 - 200	Altoona Speedway	Tyrone, Pennsylvania	Board	Cliff Woodbury	Frank Lockhart
7	September 19	Charlotte Heat - 25	Charlotte Speedway	Pineville, North Carolina	Board	Frank Lockhart	Frank Lockhart
8		Charlotte Semi - 50				—	Peter DePaolo
9		Charlotte Main - 100				Harry Hartz	Babe Stapp
NC	September 25	Cleveland Race - 100	Randall Park Raceway	North Randall, Ohio	Dirt	—	Frank Lockhart
10	October 12	Rockingham Race 1 - 65	Rockingham Park	Salem, New Hampshire	Board	Frank Lockhart	Frank Lockhart
11	October 12	Rockingham Race 2 - 75^B	Rockingham Park	Salem, New Hampshire	Board	Frank Lockhart	Frank Lockhart

Non-championship race

Indianapolis 500 was AAA-sanctioned and counted towards the 1927 AIACR World Manufacturers' Championship title.

^A Scheduled for 200 miles, stopped due to fire on track.

^B 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]

Pos	Driver	CUL	ATL	INDY	ALT1	SAL1	ALT2	CHA1	CHA2	CHA3	SAL2	SAL3	Pts
1	Peter DePaolo	3	12	26	1	1*	2	2	1	4	2	3	1440
2	Frank Lockhart	4	13	18*	12	2	1	1	10	10	1	1	1040
3	George Souders RY			1	DNQ	Wth							1000
4	Leon Duray	1	11	27	7	11	5	7	2	5	8	DNS	630
5	Harry Hartz	2	3	25	2	7	13	6		13	13		595
6	Earl Devore	7	6	2	15	12	6	8	5	6	4	9	518
7	Babe Stapp R			31	5	5	3	4	4	1	7	2	508
8	Tony Gulotta		16	3	3	15	4	5	9	12	6	4	470
9	Dave Lewis	12	1	33	11	DNQ							400
10	Cliff Woodbury	14	5	19	6	4	10	3	3	2	3	5	330
11	Dave Evans	13*	4	5	9	3	7	10	7	3	12		323
12	Al Melcher	9	2	15	8	6	8		6	7	5	7	298
13	Eddie Hearne	6	8	7	4	10				11			126
14	Zeke Meyer			2	DNQ								122
15	Wilbur Shaw R			4									102
16	Harlan Fengler	5											50
17	Louis Meyer			4		14							38
18	Bob McDonogh			6	10	13	11						34
19	Frank Elliott	11	15	10	13						11	6	33
20	Cliff Bergere R	DNQ		9									29
21	Tommy Milton			8									16
22	W. E. Shattuc	17	7	22	DNQ		12		11	9	15		15
23	Norman Batten	8	10	30		DNP							15
24	Steve Nemesh			5									12
25	Fred Comer		9	DNQ		8							10
26	Ira Vail			7									6
27	Wesley Crawford			9									6
28	Russ Snowberger R						14	9	8	8	9	8	5
29	Cornelius Van Ranst			8									5
30	George Abell R	10		11									5
-	Fred Lecklider	18		23		9	9						0
-	Pete Kreis			17	16	16					10	10	0
-	Bennett Hill	16		28	10	DNQ							0
-	Fred Frame R	DNQ		11									0
-	George Fernic R			11									0
-	Jim Hill			12									0
-	Don Ostrander R			12									0
-	Benny Shoaff R			13		DNQ							0
-	Ralph Hepburn	15		24	14	DNQ							0
-	Earl Cooper			DNQ		17					14		0
-	Wade Morton			14	DNQ								0
-	Ray Keech R		14										0
-	Ralph Holmes R			14									0
-	Freddie Winnai R			14									0
-	L. L. Corum			16									0
-	Louis Schneider R			16									0
-	Dutch Baumann R			20									0
-	Eddie Burbach R			21									0
-	Al Cotey			21									0
-	Henry Kohlert R			23									0
-	Jules Ellingboe			29									0
-	Jack Petticord R			32									0
-	Buddy Marr			DNQ	DNQ								0
-	Leslie Allen			DNQ									0
-	Dan Cain			DNQ									0
-	Ben Jones			DNQ									0
-	Bruce Miller			DNQ									0
-	Sam Ross			DNQ									0
-	Steve Smith			DNQ									0
-	Sam Swank			DNQ									0
-	Clarence Belt						DNQ						0
-	Deacon Litz						DNQ						0
-	Ralph DePalma			Wth									0
-	Cliff Durant			Wth									0
-	William White		DNP										0
Pos	Driver	CUL	ATL	INDY	ALT1	SAL1	ALT2	CHA1	CHA2	CHA3	SAL2	SAL3	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

^ "1927 AAA National Championship Trail".

Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1927". Driver Database. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2011.
"1927 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2011.
Harms, Phil. "1927 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2011.

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Schedule and results

Final points standings

References

See also