1928 AAA Championship Car season

The 1928 AAA Championship Car season consisted of seven races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Salem, New Hampshire on October 12. There were also three non-championship races. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Louis Meyer.

1928 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races7
Start dateMay 30
End dateOctober 12
Awards
National championUnited States Louis Meyer
Indianapolis 500 winnerUnited States Louis Meyer
← 1927
1929 →

Fred Comer died during the season's final event at Rockingham.[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 May 30   International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Brick   Leon Duray   Louis Meyer
2 June 10   Detroit Race 1 - 100 Michigan State Fairgrounds Detroit, Michigan Dirt   Ray Keech   Ray Keech
3 July 4   Rockingham Preliminary - 15 Rockingham Park Salem, New Hampshire Board   Leon Duray   Leon Duray
4   Rockingham Race - 185   Leon Duray   Ray Keech
NC July 4   Atlantic City Race 1 - 100 Atlantic City Speedway Hammonton, New Jersey Board   Freddie Winnai
NC July 15   Detroit Race 2 - 100 Michigan State Fairgrounds Detroit, Michigan Dirt   Howard Taylor
5 August 19   Altoona Race - 200 Altoona Speedway Tyrone, Pennsylvania Board   Leon Duray   Louis Meyer
6 September 1   Syracuse Race - 100 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt   Cliff Woodbury   Ray Keech
NC September 16   Atlantic City Race 2 - 100 Atlantic City Speedway Hammonton, New Jersey Board   Ray Keech
7 October 12   International Motor Classic - 200A Rockingham Park Salem, New Hampshire Board   Bob McDonogh   Cliff Woodbury
  Non-championship race
^A Scheduled for 200 miles, stopped due to track breaking up after 50 laps.

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 INDY
 
DET
 
SAL1
 
SAL2
 
ALT
 
SYR
 
SAL3
 
Pts
1   Louis Meyer 1 DNQ 7 2 1 10 16 1596
2   Ray Keech 4 1* 8 1 6 1 14 915
3   Lou Moore  RY  2 3 11 11 13 12 406
4   George Souders 3 14 DNQ 270
5   Bob McDonogh 16 2 6 2 11 248
6   Fred Frame 8 2 146
7   Norman Batten 5 12 9 3 16 8 8 145
8   Cliff Woodbury 23 6 5 10 11 7 1 138
9   Billy Arnold  R  7 7 4 3 120
10   Bill Spence  R  7 4 12 4 DNQ 115
11   Russ Snowberger 29 DNQ 2 110
12   Dave Evans 12 13 5 5 5 10 97
13   Fred Comer 9 3 9 3 15 95
14   Zeke Meyer 5 4 DNQ 89
15   Babe Stapp 6 DNQ 14 13 7 12 4 87
16   Ralph Hepburn 24* 4 DNS 15 DNQ 2 70
17   Chet Gardner  R  10 3 DNQ 60
18   Leon Duray 19* 11 1 7 8 13 7 49
19   Earl Devore 18 10 8 9 5 22
20   Tony Gulotta 10 21
21   Howard Taylor  R  5 20
22   Bob Robinson  R  6 15
23   Cliff Bergere 28 6 12 14 DNQ 6 10
24   Dutch Baumann 10 9
-   Louis Schneider 11 8 0
-   Deacon Litz  R  14 13 10 9 0
-   Wilbur Shaw 25 9 0
-   Charles Ganung  R  9 0
-   Louis Wilson 11 0
-   Frank Farmer 11 0
-   Johnny Seymour  R  17 12 0
-   Jimmy Gleason 15 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 13 0
-   Shorty Cantlon  R  13 DNQ 0
-   Henry Kohlert 13 0
-   W. E. Shattuc 13 0
-   Wesley Crawford 14 0
-   Ralph DePalma 14 0
-   Cliff Durant 16 0
-   Cy Marshall  R  18 0
-   Sam Ross  R  20 DNQ 0
-   Ira Hall  R  21 0
-   Jack Petticord 21 0
-   Pete Kreis 22 0
-   Benny Shoaff 26 0
-   Clarence Belt  R  27 0
-   Buddy Marr DNQ DNQ 0
-   L. L. Corum DNQ 0
-   Peter DePaolo DNQ 0
-   Jim Hill DNQ 0
-   Chet Miller DNQ 0
-   Kelly Petillo DNQ 0
-   Herman Schurch DNQ 0
-   Eddie Hearne DNQ 0
-   Bill Albertson DNQ 0
-   Bo Amos DNQ 0
-   Claude Berton DNQ 0
-   Frank Conley DNQ 0
-   Rick Decker DNQ 0
-   Louis Hornbrook DNQ 0
-   G. Hunn DNQ 0
-   George Huss DNQ 0
-   Henry Korgis DNQ 0
-   Aguila Lenyard DNQ 0
-   Ralph Malamud DNQ 0
-   Hap Ray DNQ 0
-   Charles Schwab DNQ 0
-   Ira Vail DNQ 0
-   George Wingerter DNQ 0
-   Freddie Winnai DNQ 0
-   George Zimmerman DNQ 0
-   Ionel Ghica-Cantacuzino DNP 0
-   Phil Shafer DNP 0
Pos Driver INDY
 
DET
 
SAL1
 
SAL2
 
ALT
 
SYR
 
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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1928 International Motor Classic".
  2. ^ "1928 AAA National Championship Trail".