1924 AAA Championship Car season

1924 AAA Championship Car season

AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races	9
Start date	February 24
End date	December 14
Awards
National champion	Jimmy Murphy
Indianapolis 500 winner	L. L. Corum/Joe Boyer
Chronology
Previous season	Next season
1923	1925

The 1924 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 9 races, beginning in Beverly Hills, California on February 24 and concluding in Culver City, California on December 14. The AAA National Champion was Jimmy Murphy and the Indianapolis 500 winners were L. L. Corum and Joe Boyer.

Schedule and results

All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Length	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	February 24	Beverley Hills Race	250 mi (400 km)	Los Angeles Motor Speedway	Beverly Hills, California	Board	Phil Shafer	Harlan Fengler
2	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	500 mi (800 km)	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Brick	Jimmy Murphy	L. L. Corum
2	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	500 mi (800 km)	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Brick	Jimmy Murphy	Joe Boyer^A
3	June 14	Altoona Race	250 mi (400 km)	Altoona Speedway	Tyrone, Pennsylvania	Board	Ira Vail	Jimmy Murphy
4	July 4	Kansas City Race	150 mi (240 km)	Kansas City Speedway	Kansas City, Missouri	Board	Tommy Milton	Jimmy Murphy
5	September 1	Altoona Race	250 mi (400 km)	Altoona Speedway	Tyrone, Pennsylvania	Board	Ray Cariens	Jimmy Murphy
6	September 15	Syracuse Race	150 mi (240 km)	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	Norman Batten	Phil Shafer
7	October 2	Fresno 150	150 mi (240 km)	Fresno Speedway	Fresno, California	Board	Fred Comer	Earl Cooper
8	October 25	Charlotte Race	250 mi (400 km)	Charlotte Speedway	Pineville, North Carolina	Board	Bennett Hill	Tommy Milton
9	December 14	Culver City Race	250 mi (400 km)	Culver City Speedway	Culver City, California	Board	—	Bennett Hill

^A Shared drive

Leading National Championship standings

#	Driver	Car	Points
1	Jimmy Murphy†	Miller	1595
2	Earl Cooper	Miller	1240
3	Bennett Hill	Miller	1214
4	Tommy Milton	Miller	1505
5	Fred Comer	Miller	725

† Murphy was killed at the Syracuse race on September 15

References

Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1924". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 2011-04-25. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
"1924 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on 2011-04-25. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
Harms, Phil. "1924 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 2011-04-25. Retrieved 2011-04-25.

American Championship car racing (IndyCar) seasons

AAA	1905 1906–1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955

NASCAR	1952 1953

USAC	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95

CART / CCWS	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ~~2008~~

INDYCAR	1996 1996–97 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Years marked in italics are not official championship years.

AAA Championship Cars (1905–1955)

Seasons	1905 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955

Indianapolis 500s	1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 ~~1942~~ 1943–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955

National Champions	Billy Arnold Henry Banks Tony Bettenhausen Jimmy Bryan Bob Carey Gaston Chevrolet Bill Cummings Peter DePaolo (twice) Sam Hanks Harry Hartz Eddie Hearne Ted Horn (three times) Rex Mays (twice) Louis Meyer (three times) Tommy Milton Jimmy Murphy (twice) Barney Oldfield Johnnie Parsons Kelly Petillo Dario Resta Floyd Roberts Mauri Rose Louis Schneider Wilbur Shaw (twice) Chuck Stevenson Bob Sweikert

AAA Contest Board Years marked in italics are not official championship years.

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1924 AAA Championship Car season

Schedule and results

Leading National Championship standings

References

See also