1927 AAA Championship Car season

1927 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races	11
Start date	March 6
End date	October 12
Awards
National champion	Peter DePaolo
Indianapolis 500 winner	George Souders

The 1927 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 11 races, beginning in Culver City, California on March 6 and concluding in Salem, New Hampshire on October 12. There were also three non-championship races. The AAA National Champion was Peter DePaolo and the Indianapolis 500 winner was George Souders.

Schedule and results

All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	March 6	Culver City Race - 250	Culver City Speedway	Culver City, California	Board	Frank Lockhart	Leon Duray
2	May 7	Atlantic City Race - 200	Atlantic City Speedway	Hammonton, New Jersey	Board	Frank Lockhart	Dave Lewis
3	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Brick	Frank Lockhart	George Souders
NC	June 5	Detroit Race - 100	Michigan State Fairgrounds	Detroit, Michigan	Dirt	—	Frank Lockhart
4	June 11	Altoona Race 1 - 200	Altoona Speedway	Tyrone, Pennsylvania	Board	Leon Duray	Peter DePaolo
5	July 4	Rockingham Race - 200	Rockingham Park	Salem, New Hampshire	Board	Cliff Woodbury	Peter DePaolo
NC	September 3	Syracuse Race - 100	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	Frank Lockhart	Frank Lockhart
6	September 5	Altoona Race 2 - 200	Altoona Speedway	Tyrone, Pennsylvania	Board	Cliff Woodbury	Frank Lockhart
7	September 19	Charlotte Heat - 25	Charlotte Speedway	Pineville, North Carolina	Board	Frank Lockhart	Frank Lockhart
8		Charlotte Semi - 50				—	Peter DePaolo
9		Charlotte Main - 100				Harry Hartz	Babe Stapp
NC	September 25	Cleveland Race - 100	Randall Park Raceway	North Randall, Ohio	Dirt	—	Frank Lockhart
10	October 12	Rockingham Race 1 - 65	Rockingham Park	Salem, New Hampshire	Board	Frank Lockhart	Frank Lockhart
11		Rockingham Race 2 - 75B				Frank Lockhart	Frank Lockhart

  Non-championship race

• Indianapolis 500 was AAA-sanctioned and counted towards the 1927 AIACR World Manufacturers' Championship title.

^A Scheduled for 200 miles, stopped due to fire on track.

^B Extra race added after wreckage cleared and damaged track sections repaired.

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.

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

Pos Driver CUL ATL INDY ALT1 SAL1 ALT2 CHA1 CHA2 CHA3 SAL2 SAL3 Pts 1 Peter DePaolo 3 12 26 1 1* 2 2 1 4 2 3 1440 2 Frank Lockhart 4 13 18* 12 2 1 1 10 10 1 1 1040 3 George Souders  RY  1 DNQ Wth 1000 4 Leon Duray 1 11 27 7 11 5 7 2 5 8 DNS 630 5 Harry Hartz 2 3 25 2 7 13 6 13 13 595 6 Earl Devore 7 6 2 15 12 6 8 5 6 4 9 518 7 Babe Stapp  R  31 5 5 3 4 4 1 7 2 508 8 Tony Gulotta 16 3 3 15 4 5 9 12 6 4 470 9 Dave Lewis 12 1 33 11 DNQ 400 10 Cliff Woodbury 14 5 19 6 4 10 3 3 2 3 5 330 11 Dave Evans 13* 4 5 9 3 7 10 7 3 12 323 12 Al Melcher 9 2 15 8 6 8 6 7 5 7 298 13 Eddie Hearne 6 8 7 4 10 11 126 14 Zeke Meyer 2 DNQ 122 15 Wilbur Shaw  R  4 102 16 Harlan Fengler 5 50 17 Louis Meyer 4 14 38 18 Bob McDonogh 6 10 13 11 34 19 Frank Elliott 11 15 10 13 11 6 33 20 Cliff Bergere  R  DNQ 9 29 21 Tommy Milton 8 16 22 W. E. Shattuc 17 7 22 DNQ 12 11 9 15 15 23 Norman Batten 8 10 30 DNP 15 24 Steve Nemesh 5 12 25 Fred Comer 9 DNQ 8 10 26 Ira Vail 7 6 27 Wesley Crawford 9 6 28 Russ Snowberger  R  14 9 8 8 9 8 5 29 Cornelius Van Ranst 8 5 30 George Abell  R  10 11 5 - Fred Lecklider 18 23 9 9 0 - Pete Kreis 17 16 16 10 10 0 - Bennett Hill 16 28 10 DNQ 0 - Fred Frame  R  DNQ 11 0 - George Fernic  R  11 0 - Jim Hill 12 0 - Don Ostrander  R  12 0 - Benny Shoaff  R  13 DNQ 0 - Ralph Hepburn 15 24 14 DNQ 0 - Earl Cooper DNQ 17 14 0 - Wade Morton 14 DNQ 0 - Ray Keech  R  14 0 - Ralph Holmes  R  14 0 - Freddie Winnai  R  14 0 - L. L. Corum 16 0 - Louis Schneider  R  16 0 - Dutch Baumann  R  20 0 - Eddie Burbach  R  21 0 - Al Cotey 21 0 - Henry Kohlert  R  23 0 - Jules Ellingboe 29 0 - Jack Petticord  R  32 0 - Buddy Marr DNQ DNQ 0 - Leslie Allen DNQ 0 - Dan Cain DNQ 0 - Ben Jones DNQ 0 - Bruce Miller DNQ 0 - Sam Ross DNQ 0 - Steve Smith DNQ 0 - Sam Swank DNQ 0 - Clarence Belt DNQ 0 - Deacon Litz DNQ 0 - Ralph DePalma Wth 0 - Cliff Durant Wth 0 - William White DNP 0 Pos Driver CUL ATL INDY ALT1 SAL1 ALT2 CHA1 CHA2 CHA3 SAL2 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

References

• Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1927". Driver Database. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2011.
• "1927 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2011.
• Harms, Phil. "1927 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2011.

See also

• 1927 Indianapolis 500