1923 AAA Championship Car season

The 1923 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 8 races, beginning at Beverly Hills, California on February 25, 1923, and concluding at the same location on November 29, 1923. The AAA National Champion was Eddie Hearne, and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Tommy Milton.

1923 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races8
Start dateFebruary 25, 1923
End dateNovember 29, 1923
Awards
National championUnited States Eddie Hearne
Indianapolis 500 winnerUnited States Tommy Milton
← 1922
1924 →

1919 Indianapolis 500 winner Howdy Wilcox died during the Altoona Speedway event on September 4, 1923.[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 February 25, 1923   Beverly Hills Race 1 - 250 Los Angeles Motor Speedway Beverly Hills, California Board   Frank Elliott   Jimmy Murphy
2 April 26, 1923   Raisin Day Classic 150 Fresno Speedway Fresno, California Board   Jimmy Murphy
3 May 30, 1923   International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Brick   Tommy Milton   Tommy Milton
4 July 4, 1923   Kansas City Race 1 - 250 Kansas City Speedway Kansas City, Missouri Board   Jimmy Murphy   Eddie Hearne
5 September 4, 1923   Altoona Race - 200 Altoona Speedway Tyrone, Pennsylvania Board   Earl Cooper   Eddie Hearne
NC September 15, 1923   Syracuse Race - 100 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt   Tommy Milton
6 September 29, 1923   San Joaquin Valley Classic - 200 Fresno Speedway Fresno, California Board   Harlan Fengler   Harry Hartz
7 October 21, 1923   Kansas City Race 2 - 250 Kansas City Speedway Kansas City, Missouri Board   Harlan Fengler
8 November 29, 1923   Beverly Hills Race 2 - 250 Los Angeles Motor Speedway Beverly Hills, California Board   Bennett Hill
  Non-championship race
^A Shared drive

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.[2]

Pos Driver BEV1
 
FRE1
 
INDY
 
KAN1
 
ALT
 
FRE2
 
KAN2
 
BEV2
 
Pts
1   Eddie Hearne 4 2 4 1 1* 2 2 2 1882
2   Jimmy Murphy 1* 1* 3 6 3 3 1350
3   Bennett Hill 2 3 19 11 5 7 5 1 955
4   Harry Hartz 14 8 2 7 12 1 11 Wth 820
5   Tommy Milton 6 10 1* 9 8 10* 10* 13 810
6   Harlan Fengler  RY  16 3 14 5 1 4 750
7   Jerry Wunderlich 10 DNQ 10 12 2 3 4 14 368
8   Earl Cooper 11 4 21 2 13 9 12 12* 310
9   Frank Elliott 5 5 6 5 6 6 7 5 301
10   Dave Lewis 6 4 3 6 234
11   Ralph DePalma 3 15 8 8 6 190
12   Fred Comer  R  4 4 9 115
13   L. L. Corum 5 11 13 90
14   Cliff Durant 9 9 7 DNS 9 42
15   Bertrand Lucinge  R  9 35
16   Phil Shafer 10 7 33
17   Wade Morton 7 7 10 32
18   Leon Duray 12 12 13 DNQ 7 9 10 30
19   Max Sailer  R  8 25
20   Joe Thomas DNS 6 20
21   Joe Boyer 18 8 15
22   Karl Sailer  R  8 15
23   Dario Resta 8 14 13
24   Al Melcher DNS 8 10
25   Ora Haibe 10 10 9 14 9
-   Howdy Wilcox 17 DNS 10 0
-   Thane Houser  R  10 0
-   Peter DePaolo 11 0
-   Christian Werner  R  11 0
-   Wesley Crawford  R  11 0
-   Pierre de Vizcaya  R  12 0
-   Ralph Snoddy 13 0
-   Louis Wilson  R  DNS 13 DNS 0
-   Ernie Ansterburg  R  14 15 0
-   Art Klein 15 DNQ 0
-   Louis Zborowski  R  20 0
-   Tom Alley 21 0
-   Raúl Riganti  R  22 0
-   Christian Lautenschlager  R  23 0
-   Martín de Álzaga  R  24 DNP 0
-   Herbert Scheel DNQ 0
-   Ira Vail DNQ 0
-   Cornelius Van Ranst DNQ 0
-   Jules Goux Wth 0
-   Albert Guyot Wth 0
-   Charles Shambaugh Wth 0
-   Hollis Wells Wth 0
-   P. O. Palmer DNS 0
-   William White DNS 0
-   Herschell McKee DNP 0
-   Harry Thicksten DNP 0
-   Louis Chevrolet DNP 0
-   Antoine Mourre DNP 0
-   Ernie Olsen DNP 0
-   Wally Butler DSQ 0
Pos Driver BEV
 
FRE
 
INDY
 
KAN
 
ALT
 
FRE
 
KAN
 
BEV
 
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. ^ "1923 Altoona Race".
  2. ^ "1923 AAA National Championship Trail".