1921 AAA Championship Car season

The 1921 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 20 races, beginning in Beverly Hills, California on February 27 and concluding in San Carlos, California on December 11. There was also one non-championship race. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Tommy Milton.

1921 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races20
Start dateFebruary 27
End dateDecember 11
Awards
National championUnited States Tommy Milton
Indianapolis 500 winnerUnited States Tommy Milton
← 1920
1922 →

Alton Soules, and his riding mechanic Harry Barner, perished at the Fresno Speedway during the second race.

Schedule and results

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All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.

Rnd Date Race Name Track Location- Type Pole Position Winning Driver
1 February 27   Beverly Hills Heat 1 - 25 Los Angeles Motor Speedway Beverly Hills, California Board   Ralph DePalma
2   Beverly Hills Heat 2 - 25   Roscoe Sarles
3   Beverly Hills Heat 3 - 25   Jimmy Murphy
4   Beverly Hills Heat 4 - 25   Tommy Milton
5   Beverly Hills Main - 50   Ralph DePalma
6 April 10   Beverly Hills Heat 1 - 25 Los Angeles Motor Speedway Beverly Hills, California Board   Tommy Milton   Ralph DePalma
7   Beverly Hills Heat 2 - 25   Eddie Pullen
8   Beverly Hills Heat 3 - 25   Joe Thomas
9   Beverly Hills Heat 4 - 25   Jimmy Murphy
10   Beverly Hills Main - 50   Jimmy Murphy
11 April 30   Raisin Day Classic - 150 Fresno Speedway Fresno, California Board   Roscoe Sarles   Joe Thomas
12 May 30   International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Brick   Ralph DePalma   Tommy Milton
13 June 18   Universal Trophy - 225 Uniontown Speedway Hopwood, Pennsylvania Board   Roscoe Sarles
14 July 4   Tacoma Montamarathon - 250 Tacoma Speedway Tacoma, Washington Board   Tommy Milton   Tommy Milton
15 August 14   Cotati Race 1 - 150 Cotati Speedway Santa Rosa, California Board   Eddie Hearne
16 September 5   5th Annual Autumn Classic - 225 Uniontown Speedway Hopwood, Pennsylvania Board   I. P. Fetterman[1]
NC September 19   Syracuse Race - 50 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt   Ira Vail
17 October 1   San Joaquin Valley Classic - 150 Fresno Speedway Fresno, California Board   Earl Cooper
18 October 23   Cotati Race 2 - 150 Cotati Speedway Santa Rosa, California Board   Roscoe Sarles
19 November 24   Beverly Hills Race 11 - 250 Los Angeles Motor Speedway Beverly Hills, California Board   Roscoe Sarles   Eddie Hearne
20 December 11   San Carlos Race - 250 San Francisco Speedway San Carlos, California Board   Jimmy Murphy
  Non-championship race

Final points standings

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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.[2]

Pos Driver BEV1
 
BEV2
 
BEV3
 
BEV4
 
BEV5
 
BEV6
 
BEV7
 
BEV8
 
BEV9
 
BEV10
 
FRE1
 
INDY
 
UNI1
 
TAC
 
COT1
 
UNI2
 
FRE2
 
COT2
 
BEV11
 
SCA
 
Pts
1   Tommy Milton 5 2 2* 1* 2 4 4 3 4 6 1 8 1 3 10 8 10 2* 2 2230
2   Roscoe Sarles 2* 1 3* 2 2* 5 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 5 1 10 6 1980
3   Eddie Hearne 3 5 DNS 5 DNS 6 3 2 3 4 3 13 2 5 1 5 4 3* 1 3 1399
4   Jimmy Murphy 8 3 1 4 8 7 DNS 1* 1* 5 14 6 9 2 2 5 4 1* 1215
5   Joe Thomas 3 6 1* 5 1* 22 9 3 6 6 DNQ 2 8 7 715
6   I. P. Fetterman 1 400
7   Eddie Miller 7 6 4 2 6 10 4 3 4 4 4 6 7 6 10 395
8   Ralph DePalma 1 9 1 1* 6 8 12* 4 7 5 355
9   Earl Cooper 1 300
10   Frank Elliott 7 8 9 9 3 6 3 12 265
11   Eddie Pullen 5 1 3 4 14 DNP 7 11 140
12   Harry Hartz  RY  5 4 130
13   Percy Ford 3 127
14   Tom Alley 11 4 6 7 DNP 9 90
15   Ora Haibe 5 90
16   Bennett Hill 7 8 11 DNQ DNP 9 57
17   Ira Vail 4 4 3 3 5 7 DNP DNP 50
18   Alton Soules  R  6 7 5 4 DNS 7 5 4 5 9 5 10* 5 DNP 9 50
19   Jerry Wunderlich 8 11 8 7 8 11 43
20   Ralph Mulford 9 DNP 35
21   Albert Guyot 6 30
22   Andy Burt 3 15
23   Howdy Wilcox 23 7 DNQ 15
24   Don Fretwell  R  DNP 8 15
25   Jules Ellingboe  R  19 10 8 DNQ 10
26   Art Klein 9 10
-   John Thiele 9 8 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNP 0
-   René Thomas 10 0
-   Al Melcher 12 0
-   Charles Basle 13 0
-   Riley Brett 15 0
-   Harry Thicksten 15 0
-   Cornelius Van Ranst  R  16 0
-   Joe Boyer 17 0
-   Jean Chassagne 18 0
-   André Boillot 20 0
-   Louis Fountaine 21 0
-   Mervin Headley DNQ 0
-   Eddie Meyer DNQ 0
-   L. L. Corum DNS 0
-   Jim Crosby DNS 0
-   Mike Moosie DNS 0
-   Ralph Snoddy DNS 0
-   Dario Resta DNP 0
Pos Driver BEV1
 
BEV2
 
BEV3
 
BEV4
 
BEV5
 
BEV6
 
BEV7
 
BEV8
 
BEV9
 
BEV10
 
FRE1
 
INDY
 
UNI1
 
TAC
 
COT1
 
UNI2
 
FRE2
 
COT2
 
BEV11
 
SCA
 
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

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  1. ^ "Fetterman Scores In Uniontown Race. Averages 99.8 Miles an Hour. Capture 225-Mile Auto Classic on Speedway. Murphy Finishes Second. Is Less Than Two Minutes Behind the Winner, With Sarles Third and Miller Fourth". The New York Times. September 6, 1921. Retrieved October 3, 2012. I. P. Fetterman of Pittsburgh today won the Autumn classic at the Automobile Speedway ...
  2. ^ "1921 AAA National Championship Trail".

See also

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