1923 AAA Championship Car season

1923 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races	8
Start date	February 25, 1923
End date	November 29, 1923
Awards
National champion	Eddie Hearne
Indianapolis 500 winner	Tommy Milton

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.

1919 Indianapolis 500 winner Howdy Wilcox died during the Altoona Speedway event on September 4, 1923.^[1]

Schedule and results

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

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]

Further information: List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems

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

• 1923 Indianapolis 500

References

1. "1923 Altoona Race".
2. "1923 AAA National Championship Trail".

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