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1923 AAA Championship Car season

Auto racing season

The 1923 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 8 races, beginning at Beverly Hills, California on February 25, 1923, and concluding at the same location on November 29, 1923. The AAA National Champion was Eddie Hearne, and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Tommy Milton.

1919 Indianapolis 500 winner Howdy Wilcox died during the Altoona Speedway event on September 4, 1923.

Schedule and results

All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.

Rnd	Date	Race name	Track	Location	Type	Pole position
February 25, 1923	US Beverly Hills Race 1 - 250	Los Angeles Motor Speedway	Beverly Hills, California	Board	US Frank Elliott	US Jimmy Murphy
April 26, 1923	US Raisin Day Classic 150	Fresno Speedway	Fresno, California	Board	—	US Jimmy Murphy
May 30, 1923	US International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Brick	US Tommy Milton	US Tommy Milton
July 4, 1923	US Kansas City Race 1 - 250	Kansas City Speedway	Kansas City, Missouri	Board	US Jimmy Murphy	US Eddie Hearne
September 4, 1923	US Altoona Race - 200	Altoona Speedway	Tyrone, Pennsylvania	Board	US Earl Cooper	US Eddie Hearne
September 15, 1923	US Syracuse Race - 100	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	—	US Tommy Milton
September 29, 1923	US San Joaquin Valley Classic - 200	Fresno Speedway	Fresno, California	Board	US Harlan Fengler	US Harry Hartz
October 21, 1923	US Kansas City Race 2 - 250	Kansas City Speedway	Kansas City, Missouri	Board	—	US Harlan Fengler
November 29, 1923	US Beverly Hills Race 2 - 250	Los Angeles Motor Speedway	Beverly Hills, California	Board	—	US Bennett Hill

: 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.

Pos	Driver	BEV1
US	FRE1
US	INDY
US	KAN1
US	ALT
US	FRE2
US	KAN2
US	BEV2
US	Pts	1	1882	2	1350	3	955	4	820	5	810	6	750	7	368	8	310	9	301	10	234	11	190	12	115	13	90	14	42	15	35	16	33	17	32	18	30	19	25	20	20	21	15	22	15	23	13	24	10	25	9	-	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	-	0	Pos	Driver	BEV
US	FRE
US	INDY
US	KAN
US	ALT
US	FRE
US	KAN
US	BEV
US	Pts
US Eddie Hearne	4	2	4	1	1*	2	2	2
US Jimmy Murphy	1*	1*	3	6			3	3
US Bennett Hill	2	3	19	11	5	7	5	1
US Harry Hartz	14	8	2	7	12	1	11	Wth
US Tommy Milton	6	10	1*	9	8	10*	10*	13
US Harlan Fengler			16	3	14	5	1	4
US Jerry Wunderlich	10	DNQ	10	12	2	3	4	14
US Earl Cooper	11	4	21	2	13	9	12	12*
US Frank Elliott	5	5	6	5	6	6	7	5
US Dave Lewis			6	4	3		6
US Ralph DePalma	3		15	8			8	6
US Fred Comer					4	4		9
US L. L. Corum			5		11		13
US Cliff Durant	9	9	7			DNS		9
France Bertrand Lucinge			9
US Phil Shafer			10					7
US Wade Morton	7	7	10
US Leon Duray	12	12	13	DNQ	7		9	10
Germany Max Sailer			8
US Joe Thomas	DNS	6
US Joe Boyer			18					8
Germany Karl Sailer			8
UK Dario Resta	8		14
US Al Melcher	DNS					8
US Ora Haibe			10	10	9		14
US Howdy Wilcox			17	DNS	10
US Thane Houser			10
US Peter DePaolo		11
Germany Christian Werner			11
US Wesley Crawford								11
Spain Pierre de Vizcaya			12
US Ralph Snoddy	13
US Louis Wilson		DNS	13			DNS
US Ernie Ansterburg			14					15
US Art Klein	15	DNQ
UK Louis Zborowski			20
US Tom Alley			21
Argentina Raúl Riganti			22
Germany Christian Lautenschlager			23
Argentina Martín de Álzaga			24					DNP
US Herbert Scheel			DNQ
US Ira Vail			DNQ
US Cornelius Van Ranst			DNQ
France Jules Goux			Wth
France Albert Guyot			Wth
US Charles Shambaugh			Wth
US Hollis Wells			Wth
US P. O. Palmer		DNS
US William White					DNS
US Herschell McKee		DNP
US Harry Thicksten			DNP
US Louis Chevrolet					DNP
France Antoine Mourre								DNP
US Ernie Olsen								DNP
US Wally Butler								DSQ

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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