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1922 AAA Championship Car season

Auto racing season

The 1922 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 18 races, beginning in Beverly Hills, California on March 5 and concluding in the same location on December 13. There were also 2 non-championship races. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Jimmy Murphy.

Roscoe Sarles died at Kansas City Speedway on September 17.

Schedule and results

All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.

Rnd	Date	Race name	Track	Location	Type	Pole position
March 5	US Beverly Hills Race 1 - 250	Los Angeles Motor Speedway	Beverly Hills, California	Board	—	US Tommy Milton
April 2	US Beverly Hills Heat 1 - 25	Los Angeles Motor Speedway	Beverly Hills, California	Board	—	Italy Pietro Bordino
US Beverly Hills Heat 2 - 25	—	US Tommy Milton
US Beverly Hills Heat 3 - 25	US Frank Elliott	US Jimmy Murphy
US Beverly Hills Heat 4 - 25	—	US Frank Elliott
US Beverly Hills Main - 50	US Frank Elliott	US Tommy Milton
April 16	US Golden State Motor Derby - 150	San Francisco Speedway	San Carlos, California	Board	—	US Harry Hartz
April 27	US Raisin Day Classic - 150	Fresno Speedway	Fresno, California	Board	—	US Jimmy Murphy
May 7	US Cotati Race 1 - 100	Cotati Speedway	Santa Rosa, California	Board	—	US Jimmy Murphy
US Cotati Race 2 - 50	—	Italy Pietro Bordino
May 30	US International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Brick	US Jimmy Murphy	US Jimmy Murphy
June 14	US San Carlos Race - 150	San Francisco Speedway	San Carlos, California	Board	—	US Joe Thomas
June 17	US 7th Annual Universal Trophy Race - 225	Uniontown Speedway	Hopwood, Pennsylvania	Board	US Jimmy Murphy	US Jimmy Murphy
July 4	US Tacoma Montamarathon - 250	Tacoma Speedway	Tacoma, Washington	Board	US Jimmy Murphy	US Tommy Milton
August 6	US Cotati Race 3 - 100	Cotati Speedway	Santa Rosa, California	Board	—	US Frank Elliott
US Cotati Race 4 - 50	—	US Frank Elliott
September 16	US Syracuse Race - 50	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	—	US Tom Alley
September 17	US Kansas City Race - 300	Kansas City Speedway	Kansas City, Missouri	Board	US Bennett Hill	US Tommy Milton
September 30	US San Joaquin Valley Classic - 150	Fresno Speedway	Fresno, California	Board	US Art Klein	US Bennett Hill
December 3	US Beverly Hills Race 7 - 250	Los Angeles Motor Speedway	Beverly Hills, California	Board	US Al Melcher	US Jimmy Murphy

Final points standings

Note 1: Pietro Bordino was not eligible for points.
Note 2: 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.

Pos	Driver	BEV1
US	BEV2
US	BEV3
US	BEV4
US	BEV5
US	BEV6
US	SCA
US	FRE1
US	COT1
US	COT2
US	INDY
US	UNI
US	TAC
US	COT3
US	COT4
US	KAN
US	FRE2
US	BEV7
US	Pts	1	3420	2	1910	3	1788	4	905	5	459	6	390	7	372	8	280	9	260	10	255	11	227	12	150	13	135	14	109	15	108	16	50	17	50	18	35	19	25	20	21	21	19	22	17	23	15	24	5	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	Pos	Driver	BEV1
US	BEV2
US	BEV3
US	BEV4
US	BEV5
US	BEV6
US	SCA
US	FRE1
US	COT1
US	COT2
US	INDY
US	UNI
US	TAC
US	COT3
US	COT4
US	KAN
US	FRE2
US	BEV7
US	Pts
US Jimmy Murphy	2	3	2	1		2	2	1*	1*	3	1*	1*	1	3	9	14	8	1
US Tommy Milton	1*	2*	1			1*	DNS				24	10	2*	2	2	1*	2	5
US Harry Hartz	3	8	4	2	4	3	1*	3	3	2	2	6	6	7	8	2	3	3
US Frank Elliott	4	4	3*	4*	1*	6	7	2	2	5	16	7	DNP	1*	1*	3	5	8
US Bennett Hill	DNP												DNP	4	5	6	1*	4
US Eddie Hearne	5	5	8	8	5			10		10	3		11	6	3	10	6	10
US Jerry Wunderlich		6	7	6	6		6	6	10	8	6	3	4	8	4	5	4	15
US Roscoe Sarles	11	7	5	3	2	5	3	9	4	4	23		3		10	11
US Earl Cooper																		2
US Ralph Mulford											19	2	9			4
US Art Klein	10	10	DNS	5	3	7	4	4	5	6	21		7	5	6		7	6
US Ralph DePalma	8							DNS	7	7	4		DNP					11
US Joe Thomas	6	9	6	7	DNS		5	8	8	9	10		8	DNQ		9		7
US Ora Haibe											5	5				DNQ
US I. P. Fetterman											7	4				7
US Howdy Wilcox											27		5			8
US Peter DePaolo	12						8	7	6	DNS	20		Wth			12
US Tom Alley											9
US Eddie Miller	7						DNS
US Ira Vail											8
US David Koetzla											8
US Phil Shafer											7
US Wade Morton											10							17
US Al Melcher	DNP													9	7	DNP	9	16
Kingdom of Italy Pietro Bordino	9	1				4		5	9	1*
US Jack Curtner											14	8
US Leon Duray											22	9	DNP			13		14
US Cliff Durant											12		10			DNS		13
US Erwin Baker											11
US Ray Howard												11
US Dave Lewis											12
US Earl Devore																		12
US Ralph Snoddy	13
UK Douglas Hawkes											13
US Homer Ormsby											14
US Wilbur D'Alene											15
US Riley Brett																15
US L. L. Corum											17
US Glenn Howard											18
France Jules Goux											25
US Jules Ellingboe											26
US Leo Nordenschuld							DNQ			DNS
US Jim Crosby	DNP						DNQ
US Frank Davidson											DNQ
US William Gardner											DNQ
UK Tom Mulligan											DNQ
US Rudolph Wehr											DNQ
US Allen Mulford																DNQ
US Louis Hansen																		DNQ
US Herschell McKee																		DNQ
US Wallace Reid											Wth
US Charles Shambaugh											Wth
US W. W. Brown																DNS

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

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