1910 AAA Championship Car season
1910 AAA Championship Car season | |
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AAA National Championship Trail | |
Season | |
Races | 19 |
Start date | May 5 |
End date | October 1 |
Awards | |
National champion | Ray Harroun (unofficial) |
Chronology | |
Previous season | Next season |
1909 | 1911 |
The 1910 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 19 races, beginning in Atlanta, Georgia on May 5 and concluding in Long Island, New York on October 1. The de facto National Champion as poled by the American automobile journal Motor Age was Ray Harroun. Points were not awarded by the AAA Contest Board during the 1910 season. Champions of the day were decided by Chris G. Sinsabaugh, an editor at Motor Age, based on merit and on track performance. The points table was created retroactively in 1927 – all championship results should be considered unofficial.
Schedule and results
Date | Race Name Distance (miles) |
Track | Location | Type | Notes | Pole Position | Winning Driver |
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May 5 | Atlanta Race 1 (200) | Atlanta Motordrome | Atlanta, Georgia | 2 Mile Dirt Oval | Restricted to stock chassis, 301–450 ci | Ray Harroun | |
May 6 | Atlanta Race 2 (60) | Restricted to stock chassis, 161–230 ci | Bill Endicott | ||||
Atlanta Race 3 (50) | George Robertson held track record of 40:14.03, which was not broken. | Herbert Lytle | |||||
May 7 | Atlanta Race 4 (200) | Restricted to cars 451–600 cu, race completed in heavy rain | Tom Kincaid | ||||
May 27 | Prest-O-Lite Trophy Race (100) | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis, Indiana | 2.5 Mile Brick Oval | Open to cars with 301–450 ci displacement | Tom Kincaid | |
May 28 | Wheeler-Schebler Trophy Race (200) | Ray Harroun | |||||
May 30 | Remy Brassard Trophy 1 (50) | 231–300 ci | Ray Harroun | ||||
July 2 | Remy Brassard Trophy 2 (100) | Bob Burman broke Tom Kincaid's track record of 1:23:43. | Bob Burman | ||||
July 4 | Cobe Trophy Race (200) | Joe Dawson | |||||
August 26 | Kane County Trophy Race (162) | Elgin Road Race Course | Elgin, Illinois | 8.094 Mile Road Course | Open to cars 231–300 ci displacement | Dave Buck | |
August 26 | Illinois Trophy Race (194) | Open to cars 301–450 ci displacement | Al Livingstone | ||||
August 27 | Elgin National Trophy Race (300) | Open to cars 600 ci and under | Al Livingstone | Ralph Mulford | |||
September 3 | Indianapolis Race 6 (100) | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis, Indiana | 2.5 Mile Brick Oval | Eddie Hearne | Eddie Hearne | |
Remy Grand Trophy Race (100) | Charles Merz | Howdy Wilcox | |||||
September 5 | Indianapolis Race 8 (50) | Free-For-All | Eddie Hearne | ||||
Indianapolis Race 9 (200) | Stock class, 600 ci and under displacement | Johnny Aitken | |||||
October 1 | Massapequa Sweepstakes* (126) | Long Island Motor Parkway | Long Island, New York | 12.64 Mile Road Course | Stock class, 161–230 ci displacement | Bill Endicott | Bill Endicott |
Wheatley Hills Sweepstakes* (190) | Stock class, 231–300 ci displacement | Billy Pearce | Frank Gelnaw | ||||
William K. Vanderbilt Cup* (278) | Stock chassis, 301–600 ci; Milton Bacon, riding mechanic for Harold Stone, and Charles Miller, riding mechanic for Louis Chevrolet, fatally injured[1] | Al Livingstone | Harry Grant | ||||
* All events run concurrently; starting times were: Vanderbilt 6:00 AM, Wheatley Hills 7:00 AM, Massapequa 7:30 AM
Leading National Championship standings
The points paying system for the 1909–1915 and 1917–1919 season were retroactively applied in 1927 and revised in 1951 using the points system from 1920.
# | Driver | Sponsor | Points |
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1 | Ray Harroun | Marmon | 1240 |
2 | Joe Dawson | Marmon | 1125 |
3 | Al Livingstone | National | 1020 |
4 | Harry Grant | Alco | 760 |
5 | Johnny Aitken | National | 715 |
References
- ↑ "Alco again wins Vanderbilt Cup but race's death toll is high". The New York Times. October 2, 1910. Archived from the original on July 6, 2014.
General references
- http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1910.htm accessed 9/18/10
- http://www.rumbledrome.com/10stats.html accessed 9/18/10
- http://www.motorsport.com/stats/champ/byyear.asp?Y=1910 accessed 9/18/10