1927 AAA Championship Car season

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.

1927 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races11
Start dateMarch 6
End dateOctober 12
Awards
National championUnited States Peter DePaolo
Indianapolis 500 winnerUnited States George Souders
← 1926
1928 →

Schedule and results

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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   Rockingham Race 2 - 75B   Frank Lockhart   Frank Lockhart
  Non-championship race
^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

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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

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  1. ^ "1927 AAA National Championship Trail".

See also

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