1922 AAA Championship Car season

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.

1922 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races18
Start dateMarch 5
End dateDecember 13
Awards
National championUnited States Jimmy Murphy
Indianapolis 500 winnerUnited States Jimmy Murphy
← 1921
1923 →

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

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 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   Cotati Race 2 - 50   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   Cotati Race 4 - 50   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

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  • 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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1922 Kansas City Race".
  2. ^ "1922 AAA National Championship Trail".