1925 AAA Championship Car season

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1925 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races11
Start dateMarch 1
End dateNovember 29
Awards
National championUnited States Peter DePaolo
Indianapolis 500 winnerUnited States Peter DePaolo
← 1924
1926 →

The 1925 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 11 races, beginning in Culver City, California on March 1 and concluding in the same location on November 29. There were also eight non-championship races. Peter DePaolo won the AAA National Championship, as well as the Indianapolis 500.

Ray Cariens died at Culver City during the last race of the season.[1]

Schedule and results

All races running on dirt/brick/board oval.

Rnd Date Race name Track Location Type Pole position Winning driver
1 March 1 United States Culver City Race 1 - 250 Culver City Speedway Culver City, California Board United States Ralph DePalma United States Tommy Milton
NC April 19 United States Culver City Heat 1 - 25 Culver City Speedway Culver City, California Board United States Leon Duray
United States Culver City Heat 2 - 25 United States Peter DePaolo
United States Culver City Heat 3 - 25 Kingdom of Italy Pietro Bordino
United States Culver City Heat 4 - 25 United States Bob McDonogh
United States Culver City Main - 50 United States Harry Hartz
2 April 30 United States Raisin Day Classic - 150 Fresno Speedway Fresno, California Board United States Bennett Hill United States Peter DePaolo
3 May 11 United States Southern Speed Classic - 250 Charlotte Speedway Pineville, North Carolina Board United States Earl Cooper
4 May 30 United States International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Brick United States Leon Duray United States Pete DePaolo
5 June 13 United States Spring Classic - 250 Altoona Speedway Tyrone, Pennsylvania Board United States Leon Duray United States Peter DePaolo
NC July 4 United States Rockingham Race - 100 Rockingham Park Salem, New Hampshire Dirt United States Ralph DePalma United States Ralph DePalma
6 July 11 United States Laurel Race 1 - 250 Laurel Park Laurel, Maryland Board United States Peter DePaolo United States Peter DePaolo
7 September 7 United States Autumn Classic - 250 Altoona Speedway Tyrone, Pennsylvania Board United States Bennett Hill United States Bob McDonogh
NC September 19 United States Syracuse Race - 100 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt United States Ralph DePalma
NC October 3 United States Fresno Race - 150 Fresno Speedway Fresno, California Board United States Jerry Wunderlich United States Fred Comer
8 October 26 United States Laurel Race 2 - 250 Laurel Park Laurel, Maryland Board United States Bob McDonogh
9 October 31 United States Autumn Classic - 250 Rockingham Park Salem, New Hampshire Board United States Peter DePaolo United States Peter DePaolo
10 November 11 United States Charlotte Race - 250 Charlotte Speedway Pineville, North Carolina Board United States Bennett Hill United States Tommy Milton
11 November 29 United States Culver City Race 2 - 250 Culver City Speedway Culver City, California Board United States Earl Cooper United States Frank Elliott
  Non-championship race
^A Shared drive

Final points standings

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 CUL1
United States
FRE
United States
CHA1
United States
INDY
United States
ALT1
United States
LAU1
United States
ALT2
United States
LAU2
United States
SAL
United States
CHA2
United States
CUL2
United States
Pts
1 United States Peter DePaolo 2 1 5 1* 1 1 DNP 2 1* 15 9 3260
2 United States Tommy Milton 1* 2 3 5 3 7 3 16 1 7 1745
3 United States Harry Hartz 3 6 2 4 4 3 2 9 4 2 2 1640
4 United States Bob McDonogh 4 9 6 14 7 2 1 1 5 16 4 1505
5 United States Earl Cooper 7 5 1 17 12 14 3 5 3 11 5* 935
6 United States Frank Elliott 14 8 12 12 2 5 9 14 14 5 1 870
7 United States Dave Lewis 8 2 18 Wth 465
8 United States Fred Comer 17 7 4 11 5 4 4 8 15 6 3 459
9 United States Ralph Hepburn 16 9 8 10 4 2 7 12 380
10 United States Phil Shafer 16 7 3 17 9 7 6 9 Wth DNS 340
11 United States Norman Batten 1 6 7 4 Wth 250
12 United States Leon Duray 13 3 11 6 5 12 5 11 13 8 8 221
13 United States Jerry Wunderlich 11 10 14 18 11 Wth 11 12 8 3 13 155
14 United States Pete Kreis  RY  5 10 8 6 9 13 11 10 122
15 United States Bennett Hill 19 4 13 18 14 13 15 7 12 13 10 75
16 United States Earl Devore DNP 13 8 8 12 15 6 14 15 55
17 United States Dave Evans  R  8 Wth 9 6 46
18 Kingdom of Italy Pietro Bordino 6 9 10 46
19 United States Ralph DePalma 18 7 8 45
20 United States Jim Hill 10 6 14 17 40
21 United States W. E. Shattuc 10 DNP 9 15 DNQ 13 10 10 12 11 40
22 United States L. L. Corum 8 7 25
23 France Antoine Mourre 10 19
24 United States Vic Spooner  R  8 DNS DNQ 10
25 United States Reginald Johnson  R  9 15 DNS DNS 17 Wth 10
26 United States Wade Morton 12 DNQ 15 13 15 8 4
- United States Ora Haibe 12 0
- United States Glenn Shultz  R  13 0
- United States Ray Cariens 18 14 0
- United States Eddie Hearne 15 0
- United States Jimmy Gleason  R  15 0
- United States Herbert Jones  R  19 0
- United Kingdom Alfred Moss 19 0
- United States Ira Vail 20 0
- United States Fred Harder 21 0
- United States Melville Jones  R  21 0
- United States Jules Ellingboe 22 0
- United States Tom Alley DNQ 0
- United States Clarence Belt DNQ 0
- United States Nick Eckerle DNQ 0
- United States Carl Green DNQ 0
- United States Charles Shambaugh DNQ 0
- United States Harry Thicksten DNQ 0
- United States Lou Fink DNQ 0
- United States Cliff Durant DNS DNS 0
- United States Stuart Wilkinson DNS 0
- United States Harold Skelly DNS 0
- France Albert Guyot DNP 0
- United States Steve Smith DNP 0
- United States Frank Lockhart DSQ 0
Pos Driver CUL1
United States
FRE
United States
CHA1
United States
INDY
United States
ALT1
United States
LAU1
United States
ALT2
United States
LAU2
United States
SAL
United States
CHA2
United States
CUL2
United States
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

See also

References

  1. ^ "1925 AAA Culver City Race 2".
  2. ^ "1925 AAA National Championship Trail".