1905 AAA Championship Car season
1905 AAA Championship Car season | |
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AAA National Circuit Championship | |
Season | |
Races | 11 |
Start date | June 10 |
End date | September 29 |
Awards | |
National champion | Barney Oldfield |
The 1905 AAA National Motor Car Championship consisted of 11 points-paying races, beginning in The Bronx, New York on June 10 and concluding in Poughkeepsie, New York on September 29. There were also at least two non-championship events held during the year. This was the first year that the AAA Contest Board (then known as the Racing Board) officially recognized a National Champion in American Championship Car competition.
The 1905 AAA National Champion was Barney Oldfield. For reasons unclear, but likely due to a change in attitudes and opinions by AAA officials about the dangers of racing following several serious accidents, no national championship was officially recognized again until 1916.
Schedule and results[]
All races running on Dirt Oval.
Rnd | Date | Race Name | Track | Location | Winning Driver |
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1 | June 10 | Morris Park 5 | Morris Park | The Bronx, New York | Louis Chevrolet |
2 | June 17 | Hartford 5 | West Hartford, Connecticut | Barney Oldfield | |
3 | June 26 | Empire City 10 | Empire City Speedway | Yonkers, New York | Louis Chevrolet |
4 | June 28 | Brunots Island | Brunots Island Driving Track | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Barney Oldfield |
5 | June 29 | Brunots Island 10 | Brunots Island Driving Track | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Louis Chevrolet |
6 | July 4 | Morris Park 1 | Morris Park | The Bronx, New York | |
NC | August 8 | Grosse Pointe 5 | Detroit, Michigan | ||
7 | August 14 | Glenville 5 | Cleveland, Ohio | ||
8 | August 19 | Buffalo 5 | Buffalo, New York | Barney Oldfield | |
9 | September 9 | Readville 5 | Readville Trotting Park | Readville, Massachusetts | Barney Oldfield |
NC | September 18 | Syracuse 5[note 1] | New York State Fairgrounds | Syracuse, New York | |
10 | September 23 | Providence 5 | Narragansett Park Speedway | Cranston, Rhode Island | Barney Oldfield |
11 | September 29 | Poughkeepsie 5 | Poughkeepsie, New York | Barney Oldfield |
Leading National Championship standings[]
# | Driver | Car | Points |
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1 | Barney Oldfield | Peerless "Green Dragon" | 26 |
2 | Louis Chevrolet | Fiat 90 | 12 |
3 | White Steamer | 4 | |
4 | Peerless | 4 | |
5 | Fiat | 4 | |
6 | Reo Bird 32 | 4 | |
7 | Herbert Lytle | Pope-Toledo | 2 |
8 | Thomas | 2 | |
9 | Peerless | 1 | |
Decauville | |||
Renault | |||
Stanley |
In 1951, Victor Hémery, winner of the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup, was retroactively awarded a national championship.
References[]
Works cited[]
- Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1905". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 2009-05-14. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
- "1905 AAA National Circuit Championship". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-14. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
Footnotes[]
- ^ "Considerable and reasonable doubt is raised" (based on coverage in The Motor World) about the Syracuse event being a points-paying race in the 1905 national championship; per research by Don Capps (February 14, 2015).
External links[]
- 1905 in motorsport
- AAA Championship Car
- 1905 in American motorsport