1924 AAA Championship Car season

1924 AAA Championship Car season
1924 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races	9
Start date	February 24
End date	December 14
Awards
National champion	Jimmy Murphy
Indianapolis 500 winner	L. L. Corum/Joe Boyer
	← 1923 1925 →

The 1924 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 9 races, beginning in Beverly Hills, California on February 24 and concluding in Culver City, California on December 14. The AAA National Champion was Jimmy Murphy and the Indianapolis 500 winners were L. L. Corum and Joe Boyer.

Schedule and results[]

All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Length	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	February 24	Beverley Hills Race	250 mi (400 km)	Los Angeles Motor Speedway	Beverly Hills, California	Board	Phil Shafer	Harlan Fengler
2	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	500 mi (800 km)	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Brick	Jimmy Murphy	L. L. Corum
2	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	500 mi (800 km)	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Brick	Jimmy Murphy	Joe Boyer^A
3	June 14	Altoona Race	250 mi (400 km)	Altoona Speedway	Tyrone, Pennsylvania	Board	Ira Vail	Jimmy Murphy
4	July 4	Kansas City Race	150 mi (240 km)	Kansas City Speedway	Kansas City, Missouri	Board	Tommy Milton	Jimmy Murphy
5	September 1	Altoona Race	250 mi (400 km)	Altoona Speedway	Tyrone, Pennsylvania	Board	Ray Cariens	Jimmy Murphy
6	September 15	Syracuse Race	150 mi (240 km)	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	Norman Batten	Phil Shafer
7	October 2	Fresno 150	150 mi (240 km)		Fresno, California	Board	Fred Comer	Earl Cooper
8	October 25	Charlotte Race	250 mi (400 km)	Charlotte Speedway	Pineville, North Carolina	Board	Bennett Hill	Tommy Milton
9	December 14	Culver City Race	250 mi (400 km)		Culver City, California	Board	—	Bennett Hill

^A Shared drive

Leading National Championship standings[]

#	Driver	Car	Points
1	Jimmy Murphy†	Miller	1595
2	Earl Cooper	Miller	1240
3	Bennett Hill	Miller	1214
4	Tommy Milton	Miller	1505
5	Fred Comer	Miller	725

† Murphy was killed at the Syracuse race on September 15

References[]

Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1924". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 2011-04-26. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
"1924 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on 2011-04-26. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
Harms, Phil. "1924 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-04-26. Retrieved 2011-04-25.

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National Champions	Billy Arnold Henry Banks Tony Bettenhausen Jimmy Bryan Bob Carey Gaston Chevrolet Bill Cummings Pete DePaolo (twice) Sam Hanks Harry Hartz Eddie Hearne Ted Horn (three times) Rex Mays (twice) Louis Meyer (three times) Tommy Milton Jimmy Murphy (twice) Barney Oldfield Johnnie Parsons Kelly Petillo Dario Resta Floyd Roberts Mauri Rose Louis Schneider Wilbur Shaw (twice) Chuck Stevenson Bob Sweikert
AAA Contest Board Years marked in italics are not official championship years.

1924 AAA Championship Car season

Contents

Schedule and results[]

Leading National Championship standings[]

References[]

See also[]