1925 AAA Championship Car season

The 1925 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 11 races, beginning in Culver City, California on March 1 and concluding in the same location on November 29. There were also eight non-championship races. Peter DePaolo won the AAA National Championship, as well as the Indianapolis 500.

1925 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races11
Start dateMarch 1
End dateNovember 29
Awards
National championUnited States Peter DePaolo
Indianapolis 500 winnerUnited States Peter DePaolo
← 1924
1926 →

Ray Cariens died at Culver City during the last race of the season.[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 1   Culver City Race 1 - 250 Culver City Speedway Culver City, California Board   Ralph DePalma   Tommy Milton
NC April 19   Culver City Heat 1 - 25 Culver City Speedway Culver City, California Board   Leon Duray
  Culver City Heat 2 - 25   Peter DePaolo
  Culver City Heat 3 - 25   Pietro Bordino
  Culver City Heat 4 - 25   Bob McDonogh
  Culver City Main - 50   Harry Hartz
2 April 30   Raisin Day Classic - 150 Fresno Speedway Fresno, California Board   Bennett Hill   Peter DePaolo
3 May 11   Southern Speed Classic - 250 Charlotte Speedway Pineville, North Carolina Board   Earl Cooper
4 May 30   International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Brick   Leon Duray   Pete DePaolo
5 June 13   Spring Classic - 250 Altoona Speedway Tyrone, Pennsylvania Board   Leon Duray   Peter DePaolo
NC July 4   Rockingham Race - 100 Rockingham Park Salem, New Hampshire Dirt   Ralph DePalma   Ralph DePalma
6 July 11   Laurel Race 1 - 250 Laurel Park Laurel, Maryland Board   Peter DePaolo   Peter DePaolo
7 September 7   Autumn Classic - 250 Altoona Speedway Tyrone, Pennsylvania Board   Bennett Hill   Bob McDonogh
NC September 19   Syracuse Race - 100 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt   Ralph DePalma
NC October 3   Fresno Race - 150 Fresno Speedway Fresno, California Board   Jerry Wunderlich   Fred Comer
8 October 26   Laurel Race 2 - 250 Laurel Park Laurel, Maryland Board   Bob McDonogh
9 October 31   Autumn Classic - 250 Rockingham Park Salem, New Hampshire Board   Peter DePaolo   Peter DePaolo
10 November 11   Charlotte Race - 250 Charlotte Speedway Pineville, North Carolina Board   Bennett Hill   Tommy Milton
11 November 29   Culver City Race 2 - 250 Culver City Speedway Culver City, California Board   Earl Cooper   Frank Elliott
  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 CUL1
 
FRE
 
CHA1
 
INDY
 
ALT1
 
LAU1
 
ALT2
 
LAU2
 
SAL
 
CHA2
 
CUL2
 
Pts
1   Peter DePaolo 2 1 5 1* 1 1 DNP 2 1* 15 9 3260
2   Tommy Milton 1* 2 3 5 3 7 3 16 1 7 1745
3   Harry Hartz 3 6 2 4 4 3 2 9 4 2 2 1640
4   Bob McDonogh 4 9 6 14 7 2 1 1 5 16 4 1505
5   Earl Cooper 7 5 1 17 12 14 3 5 3 11 5* 935
6   Frank Elliott 14 8 12 12 2 5 9 14 14 5 1 870
7   Dave Lewis 8 2 18 Wth 465
8   Fred Comer 17 7 4 11 5 4 4 8 15 6 3 459
9   Ralph Hepburn 16 9 8 10 4 2 7 12 380
10   Phil Shafer 16 7 3 17 9 7 6 9 Wth DNS 340
11   Norman Batten 1 6 7 4 Wth 250
12   Leon Duray 13 3 11 6 5 12 5 11 13 8 8 221
13   Jerry Wunderlich 11 10 14 18 11 Wth 11 12 8 3 13 155
14   Pete Kreis  RY  5 10 8 6 9 13 11 10 122
15   Bennett Hill 19 4 13 18 14 13 15 7 12 13 10 75
16   Earl Devore DNP 13 8 8 12 15 6 14 15 55
17   Dave Evans  R  8 Wth 9 6 46
18   Pietro Bordino 6 9 10 46
19   Ralph DePalma 18 7 8 45
20   Jim Hill 10 6 14 17 40
21   W. E. Shattuc 10 DNP 9 15 DNQ 13 10 10 12 11 40
22   L. L. Corum 8 7 25
23   Antoine Mourre 10 19
24   Vic Spooner  R  8 DNS DNQ 10
25   Reginald Johnson  R  9 15 DNS DNS 17 Wth 10
26   Wade Morton 12 DNQ 15 13 15 8 4
-   Ora Haibe 12 0
-   Glenn Shultz  R  13 0
-   Ray Cariens 18 14 0
-   Eddie Hearne 15 0
-   Jimmy Gleason  R  15 0
-   Herbert Jones  R  19 0
-   Alfred Moss 19 0
-   Ira Vail 20 0
-   Fred Harder 21 0
-   Melville Jones  R  21 0
-   Jules Ellingboe 22 0
-   Tom Alley DNQ 0
-   Clarence Belt DNQ 0
-   Nick Eckerle DNQ 0
-   Carl Green DNQ 0
-   Charles Shambaugh DNQ 0
-   Harry Thicksten DNQ 0
-   Lou Fink DNQ 0
-   Cliff Durant DNS DNS 0
-   Stuart Wilkinson DNS 0
-   Harold Skelly DNS 0
-   Albert Guyot DNP 0
-   Steve Smith DNP 0
-   Frank Lockhart DSQ 0
Pos Driver CUL1
 
FRE
 
CHA1
 
INDY
 
ALT1
 
LAU1
 
ALT2
 
LAU2
 
SAL
 
CHA2
 
CUL2
 
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. ^ "1925 AAA Culver City Race 2".
  2. ^ "1925 AAA National Championship Trail".