1937 AAA Championship Car season

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1937 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races3
Start dateMay 30
End dateSeptember 12
Awards
National championUnited States Wilbur Shaw
Indianapolis 500 winnerUnited States Wilbur Shaw
← 1936
1938 →

The 1937 AAA Championship Car season consisted of three races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Syracuse, New York on September 12. There were also three non-championship events. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Wilbur Shaw.

Schedule and results[]

Rnd Date Race Name Track Location Type Pole Position Winning Driver
1 May 31 United States International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Brick United States Bill Cummings United States Wilbur Shaw
NC June 13 United States Cleveland 50 North Randall, Ohio Dirt United States Rex Mays
2 July 5 United States George Vanderbilt Cup Roosevelt Raceway Westbury, New York Road Nazi Germany Rudolf Caracciola Nazi Germany Bernd Rosemeyer
NC August 21 United States Springfield 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt United States Mauri Rose
NC August 29 United States Milwaukee 100 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Dirt United States Billy Winn United States Rex Mays
3 September 12 United States Syracuse 100 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt United States Rex Mays United States Billy Winn
  Dirt/Brick Oval
  Road Course/Hill Climb
  Non-championship race

Leading National Championship standings[]

 #  Driver Team Points
1 Wilbur Shaw Shaw Gilmore, Maserati 1135
2 Ted Horn Miller 750
3 Bernd Rosemeyer Auto Union 600
4 Ralph Hepburn Hamilton-Harris 598.1
5 Louis Meyer Boyle Valve 550

References[]

  • Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1937". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 2011-04-21. Retrieved 2011-04-21.
  • "1937 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on 2011-04-21. Retrieved 2011-04-21.
  • Harms, Phil. "1937 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-04-21. Retrieved 2011-04-21.

See also[]

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