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1924 AAA Championship Car season

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1924 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races9
Start dateFebruary 24
End dateDecember 14
Awards
National championUnited States Jimmy Murphy
Indianapolis 500 winnerUnited States Joe Boyer
United States L. L. Corum
← 1923
1925 →

The 1924 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 9 races, beginning at Beverly Hills, California on February 24, and concluding at Culver City, California on December 14. The AAA National Champion was posthumously won by Jimmy Murphy. The Indianapolis 500 co-winners were Joe Boyer and L. L. Corum - the first of two occasions where co-winners were awarded a victory.

The 1924 season suffered three fatal accidents. Joe Boyer at the Altoona Race on September 1.[1] On September 15, Jimmy Murphy - winner of both the Indianapolis 500 and the National Championship in 1922 - perished at Syracuse.[2] On October 16, Ernie Ansterburg died at Charlotte during a practice run.[3] Murphy won the championship posthumously after Earl Cooper failed to win at Culver City, the final race of the season.

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 24 United States Beverly Hills Race - 250 Los Angeles Motor Speedway Beverly Hills, California Board United States Phil Shafer United States Harlan Fengler
2 May 30 United States International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Brick United States Jimmy Murphy United States Joe Boyer
United States L. L. CorumA
3 June 14 United States Altoona Race - 250 Altoona Speedway Tyrone, Pennsylvania Board United States Ira Vail United States Jimmy Murphy
4 July 4 United States Kansas City Race - 150 Kansas City Speedway Kansas City, Missouri Board United States Tommy Milton United States Jimmy Murphy
5 September 1 United States Fall Classic - 250 Altoona Speedway Tyrone, Pennsylvania Board United States Ray Cariens United States Jimmy Murphy
6 September 15 United States Syracuse Race - 150 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt United States Norman Batten United States Phil Shafer
7 October 3 United States Raisin Day Classic - 150 Fresno Speedway Fresno, California Board United States Fred Comer United States Earl Cooper
8 October 25 United States Charlotte Race - 250 Charlotte Speedway Pineville, North Carolina Board United States Bennett Hill United States Tommy Milton
9 December 14 United States Culver City Race - 250 Culver City Speedway Culver City, California Board  — United States Bennett Hill
^A Shared drive

Final points standings

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  • Note 1: Joe Boyer started the No. 9 car during the Indianapolis 500, but dropped out early with mechanical issues. On lap 112, he relieved L. L. Corum in the No. 15 car, and went on to finish first. While both Boyer and Corum were recognized as co-winners - the first of two such occasions in Indianapolis 500 history - the winner's points went to Corum, who started and qualified the No. 15 car.
  • 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.
  • Final standings based upon reference:[4]
Pos Driver BEV
United States
INDY
United States
ALT1
United States
KAN
United States
ALT2
United States
SYR
United States
FRE
United States
CHA
United States
CUL
United States
Pts
1 United States Jimmy Murphy 7 3 1* 1 1* 6 1595
2 United States Earl Cooper 8* 2 6 5 5 5 1* 2 16 1240
3 United States Bennett Hill 4 5 DNQ 3 14 2 2 3 1 1214
4 United States Tommy Milton 5 21 7 2 3 8 3 1 3 1101
5 United States Fred Comer 14 7 2 12 2 4 4 8 4 725
6 United States Harry Hartz 3 4 5 6 10 11 8 5 2 666
7 United States L. L. Corum 1 8 11 570
8 United States Harlan Fengler 1* DNQ 4 7 10 12 Wth 563
9 United States Phil Shafer 11 13 4 1* 7 7 7 430
10 United States Jerry Wunderlich 2 12 DNQ 13 6 13 295
11 United States Peter DePaolo 6 DNQ 10 12 3 11 4 12 230
12 France Antoine Mourre  RY  16 9 3 7 6 9 15 225
13 United States Bob McDonogh  R  10 4 9 9 9 5 9 10 160
14 United States W. E. Shattuc  R  5 50
15 United States Eddie Hearne 6 19 Wth 9 45
16 United States Stuart Wilkinson  R  6 35
17 United States Ira Vail 17 8 9 16 10 34
18 United States Ernie Ansterburg 12 22 10 15* 13 DNS 6 DNQ 25
19 United States Ray Cariens  R  8 15
20 Kingdom of Italy Pietro Bordino 8 15
21 United States Wade Morton 17 7 11 8 12 10 14 14
22 United States Joe Boyer 9 18 DNQ 13 11 10
23 United States Cornelius Van Ranst 8 8
24 United States Louis Wilson 9 16 8
25 United States Cliff Durant 10 13 DNQ 5
- United States Norman Batten  R  7 0
- United States Frank Elliott 15 20 DNQ 14 11 DNQ 0
- United States Jules Ellingboe 11 0
- United States Ralph DePalma 11 0
- United States Ralph Hepburn  R  13 0
- United States Bill Hunt  R  14 0
- United States Elmer Dempsey  R  15 DNQ 0
- United States Ora Haibe 15 DNQ 0
- United Kingdom Alfred Moss  R  16 0
- United States Fred Harder  R  17 0
- United States Thane Houser 18 0
- United States Tom Alley DNQ DNS 0
- United States Wally Butler DNQ 0
- United States Calvin Hartley DNQ 0
- Denmark C. J. Ramsey DNQ 0
- Kingdom of Italy Giovanni Rossi DNQ 0
- United States Charles Shambaugh DNQ 0
- United States Herbert Scheel DNQ 0
- United States Harry Thicksten DNQ 0
- United States Hollis Wells DNQ 0
- United States Pete Kreis DNQ 0
- United States Ralph Mulford DNS 0
Pos Driver BEV
United States
INDY
United States
ALT1
United States
KAN
United States
ALT2
United States
SYR
United States
FRE
United States
CHA
United States
CUL
United States
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. ^ "1924 Fall Classic".
  2. ^ "1924 Syracuse Race".
  3. ^ "1924 Charlotte Race".
  4. ^ "1924 AAA National Championship Trail".

See also

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