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1921 AAA Championship Car season

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1921 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races20
Start dateFebruary 27
End dateDecember 11
Awards
National championUnited States Tommy Milton
Indianapolis 500 winnerUnited States Tommy Milton
← 1920
1922 →

The 1921 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 20 races, beginning in Beverly Hills, California on February 27 and concluding in San Carlos, California on December 11. There was also one non-championship race. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Tommy Milton.

Alton Soules, and his riding mechanic Harry Barner, perished at the Fresno Speedway during the second race.

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 27 United States Beverly Hills Heat 1 - 25 Los Angeles Motor Speedway Beverly Hills, California Board United States Ralph DePalma
2 United States Beverly Hills Heat 2 - 25 United States Roscoe Sarles
3 United States Beverly Hills Heat 3 - 25 United States Jimmy Murphy
4 United States Beverly Hills Heat 4 - 25 United States Tommy Milton
5 United States Beverly Hills Main - 50 United States Ralph DePalma
6 April 10 United States Beverly Hills Heat 1 - 25 Los Angeles Motor Speedway Beverly Hills, California Board United States Tommy Milton United States Ralph DePalma
7 United States Beverly Hills Heat 2 - 25 United States Eddie Pullen
8 United States Beverly Hills Heat 3 - 25 United States Joe Thomas
9 United States Beverly Hills Heat 4 - 25 United States Jimmy Murphy
10 United States Beverly Hills Main - 50 United States Jimmy Murphy
11 April 30 United States Raisin Day Classic - 150 Fresno Speedway Fresno, California Board United States Roscoe Sarles United States Joe Thomas
12 May 30 United States International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Brick United States Ralph DePalma United States Tommy Milton
13 June 18 United States Universal Trophy - 225 Uniontown Speedway Hopwood, Pennsylvania Board United States Roscoe Sarles
14 July 4 United States Tacoma Montamarathon - 250 Tacoma Speedway Tacoma, Washington Board United States Tommy Milton United States Tommy Milton
15 August 14 United States Cotati Race 1 - 150 Cotati Speedway Santa Rosa, California Board United States Eddie Hearne
16 September 5 United States 5th Annual Autumn Classic - 225 Uniontown Speedway Hopwood, Pennsylvania Board United States I. P. Fetterman[1]
NC September 19 United States Syracuse Race - 50 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt United States Ira Vail
17 October 1 United States San Joaquin Valley Classic - 150 Fresno Speedway Fresno, California Board United States Earl Cooper
18 October 23 United States Cotati Race 2 - 150 Cotati Speedway Santa Rosa, California Board United States Roscoe Sarles
19 November 24 United States Beverly Hills Race 11 - 250 Los Angeles Motor Speedway Beverly Hills, California Board United States Roscoe Sarles United States Eddie Hearne
20 December 11 United States San Carlos Race - 250 San Francisco Speedway San Carlos, California Board United States Jimmy Murphy
  Non-championship race

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
United States
BEV2
United States
BEV3
United States
BEV4
United States
BEV5
United States
BEV6
United States
BEV7
United States
BEV8
United States
BEV9
United States
BEV10
United States
FRE1
United States
INDY
United States
UNI1
United States
TAC
United States
COT1
United States
UNI2
United States
FRE2
United States
COT2
United States
BEV11
United States
SCA
United States
Pts
1 United States Tommy Milton 5 2 2* 1* 2 4 4 3 4 6 1 8 1 3 10 8 10 2* 2 2230
2 United States Roscoe Sarles 2* 1 3* 2 2* 5 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 5 1 10 6 1980
3 United States Eddie Hearne 3 5 DNS 5 DNS 6 3 2 3 4 3 13 2 5 1 5 4 3* 1 3 1399
4 United States Jimmy Murphy 8 3 1 4 8 7 DNS 1* 1* 5 14 6 9 2 2 5 4 1* 1215
5 United States Joe Thomas 3 6 1* 5 1* 22 9 3 6 6 DNQ 2 8 7 715
6 United States I. P. Fetterman 1 400
7 United States Eddie Miller 7 6 4 2 6 10 4 3 4 4 4 6 7 6 10 395
8 United States Ralph DePalma 1 9 1 1* 6 8 12* 4 7 5 355
9 United States Earl Cooper 1 300
10 United States Frank Elliott 7 8 9 9 3 6 3 12 265
11 United States Eddie Pullen 5 1 3 4 14 DNP 7 11 140
12 United States Harry Hartz  RY  5 4 130
13 United States Percy Ford 3 127
14 United States Tom Alley 11 4 6 7 DNP 9 90
15 United States Ora Haibe 5 90
16 United States Bennett Hill 7 8 11 DNQ DNP 9 57
17 United States Ira Vail 4 4 3 3 5 7 DNP DNP 50
18 United States Alton Soules  R  6 7 5 4 DNS 7 5 4 5 9 5 10* 5 DNP 9 50
19 United States Jerry Wunderlich 8 11 8 7 8 11 43
20 United States Ralph Mulford 9 DNP 35
21 France Albert Guyot 6 30
22 United States Andy Burt 3 15
23 United States Howdy Wilcox 23 7 DNQ 15
24 United States Don Fretwell  R  DNP 8 15
25 United States Jules Ellingboe  R  19 10 8 DNQ 10
26 United States Art Klein 9 10
- United States John Thiele 9 8 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNP 0
- France René Thomas 10 0
- United States Al Melcher 12 0
- United States Charles Basle 13 0
- United States Riley Brett 15 0
- United States Harry Thicksten 15 0
- United States Cornelius Van Ranst  R  16 0
- United States Joe Boyer 17 0
- France Jean Chassagne 18 0
- France André Boillot 20 0
- United States Louis Fountaine 21 0
- United States Mervin Headley DNQ 0
- United States Eddie Meyer DNQ 0
- United States L. L. Corum DNS 0
- United States Jim Crosby DNS 0
- United States Mike Moosie DNS 0
- United States Ralph Snoddy DNS 0
- United Kingdom Dario Resta DNP 0
Pos Driver BEV1
United States
BEV2
United States
BEV3
United States
BEV4
United States
BEV5
United States
BEV6
United States
BEV7
United States
BEV8
United States
BEV9
United States
BEV10
United States
FRE1
United States
INDY
United States
UNI1
United States
TAC
United States
COT1
United States
UNI2
United States
FRE2
United States
COT2
United States
BEV11
United States
SCA
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. ^ "Fetterman Scores In Uniontown Race. Averages 99.8 Miles an Hour. Capture 225-Mile Auto Classic on Speedway. Murphy Finishes Second. Is Less Than Two Minutes Behind the Winner, With Sarles Third and Miller Fourth". The New York Times. September 6, 1921. Retrieved October 3, 2012. I. P. Fetterman of Pittsburgh today won the Autumn classic at the Automobile Speedway ...
  2. ^ "1921 AAA National Championship Trail".

See also

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