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 three non-championship events. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Wilbur Shaw.

Albert Opalko, the riding mechanic of Frank McGurk, died during Indianapolis 500 qualifying on May 28.[1]

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 Randall Park Raceway 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

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 INDY
United States
ROR
United States
SYR
United States
Pts
1 United States Wilbur Shaw 1* 9 DNQ 1135
2 United States Ted Horn 3 17 6 750
3 Germany Bernd Rosemeyer  RY  1* 600
4 United States Ralph Hepburn 2 598.1
5 United States Louis Meyer 4 550
6 United Kingdom Richard Seaman  R  2 495
7 United States Bill Cummings 6 7 DNQ 444.4
8 United States Rex Mays 33 3 13 405
9 United States Cliff Bergere 5 335.2
10 Germany Ernst von Delius  R  4 330
11 United States Billy Devore  R  7 DNQ 273
12 Kingdom of Italy Giuseppe Farina 5 256.5
13 United States Joel Thorne DNQ 6 DNQ 225
14 United States George Connor 9 18 11 225
15 United States Tony Gulotta 8 206.2
16 United States Billy Winn 26 29 1* 200
17 United States Chet Gardner 11 12 8 191
18 United States Louis Tomei 10 175
19 United States Jimmy Snyder 32 21 2 165
20 United States Russ Snowberger 27 8 DNQ 163.5
21 United States Bob Sall 3 135
22 United States George Barringer 5 114.7
23 United States Duke Nalon  R  DNQ 4 110
24 United States Herb Ardinger 22 10 105
25 United States Mauri Rose 18 15 5 90
26 United States Frank Wearne  R  24 11 DNQ 75
27 United States Ken Fowler 19 8 7 66.5
28 United States Fred Frame 7 52
29 United States Shorty Cantlon 16 DNP 9 45
30 United States Ronney Householder  R  12 28 42.3
31 United States Bob Henderson  R  10 25
32 United States Henry Banks 12 23 14
33 United States Al Putnam 12 8.5
- United States Gus Zarka 30 12 0
- United States Frank Brisko 23 13 14 0
- United States Floyd Roberts 13 0
- United States Milt Marion DNQ 14 DNQ 0
- United States Deacon Litz 14 DNP 0
- United States Floyd Davis 15 DNQ 0
- Norway Eugen Bjørnstadt  R  16 0
- United States Emil Andres 17 DNQ 0
- United States Al Miller 17 DNQ 0
- United States Ora Bean  R  19 DNQ 0
- United States Kelly Petillo 20 20 0
- United States George Bailey 21 0
- United States Harry Lewis  R  22 0
- Germany Rudolf Caracciola  R  24 0
- United States Tony Willman 25 0
- Kingdom of Italy Tazio Nuvolari 25 0
- United States Al Cusick  R  26 0
- United States Babe Stapp 31 27 0
- United States Johnny Seymour 27 0
- United States Bob Swanson 28 DNP 0
- United States Harry McQuinn 29 0
- United States Chet Miller 30 0
- United States Lou Webb DNQ DNQ 0
- United States John Moretti DNQ DNQ 0
- United States Vern Ornduff DNQ DNP 0
- United States Ben Brandfon DNQ 0
- United States Tom Cosman DNQ 0
- United States Dave Evans DNQ 0
- United States Ira Hall DNQ 0
- United States Luther Johnson DNQ 0
- United States Frank McGurk DNQ 0
- United States Zeke Meyer DNQ 0
- United States Lee Oldfield DNQ 0
- United States Overton Phillips DNQ 0
- United States Doc Williams DNQ 0
- United States Woody Woodford DNQ 0
- United States Ray Yeager DNQ 0
- United States Ernie Gesell DNQ 0
- United States Sam Grecco DNQ 0
- United States Tommy Hinnershitz DNQ 0
- United States Fred Tegtmeier DNQ 0
- Kingdom of Italy Enzo Fiermonte Wth 0
- United States Lewis Balus DNP 0
- United States Lucky Teter DNP 0
Pos Driver INDY
United States
ROR
United States
SYR
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

  • Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1937". Driver Database. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved April 21, 2011.
  • "1937 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved April 21, 2011.
  • Harms, Phil. "1937 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2012. Retrieved April 21, 2011.

References