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1924 AAA Championship Car season

Auto racing season

United States L. L. Corum The 1924 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 9 races, beginning at Beverly Hills, California on February 24, and concluding at Culver City, California on December 14. The AAA National Champion was posthumously won by Jimmy Murphy. The Indianapolis 500 co-winners were Joe Boyer and L. L. Corum - the first of two occasions where co-winners were awarded a victory.

The 1924 season suffered three fatal accidents. Joe Boyer at the Altoona Race on September 1. On September 15, Jimmy Murphy - winner of both the Indianapolis 500 and the National Championship in 1922 - perished at Syracuse. On October 16, Ernie Ansterburg died at Charlotte during a practice run. Murphy won the championship posthumously after Earl Cooper failed to win at Culver City, the final race of the season.

Schedule and results

All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.

Rnd	Date	Race name	Track	Location	Type	Pole position
February 24	US Beverly Hills Race - 250	Los Angeles Motor Speedway	Beverly Hills, California	Board	US Phil Shafer	US Harlan Fengler
May 30	US International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Brick	US Jimmy Murphy	US Joe Boyer
US L. L. Corum
June 14	US Altoona Race - 250	Altoona Speedway	Tyrone, Pennsylvania	Board	US Ira Vail	US Jimmy Murphy
July 4	US Kansas City Race - 150	Kansas City Speedway	Kansas City, Missouri	Board	US Tommy Milton	US Jimmy Murphy
September 1	US Fall Classic - 250	Altoona Speedway	Tyrone, Pennsylvania	Board	US Ray Cariens	US Jimmy Murphy
September 15	US Syracuse Race - 150	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	US Norman Batten	US Phil Shafer
October 3	US Raisin Day Classic - 150	Fresno Speedway	Fresno, California	Board	US Fred Comer	US Earl Cooper
October 25	US Charlotte Race - 250	Charlotte Speedway	Pineville, North Carolina	Board	US Bennett Hill	US Tommy Milton
December 14	US Culver City Race - 250	Culver City Speedway	Culver City, California	Board	—	US Bennett Hill

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Final points standings

Note 1: Joe Boyer started the No. 9 car during the Indianapolis 500, but dropped out early with mechanical issues. On lap 112, he relieved L. L. Corum in the No. 15 car, and went on to finish first. While both Boyer and Corum were recognized as co-winners - the first of two such occasions in Indianapolis 500 history - the winner's points went to Corum, who started and qualified the No. 15 car.
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.
Final standings based upon reference:

Pos	Driver	BEV
US	INDY
US	ALT1
US	KAN
US	ALT2
US	SYR
US	FRE
US	CHA
US	CUL
US	Pts	1	1595	2	1240	3	1214	4	1101	5	725	6	666	7	570	8	563	9	430	10	295	11	230	12	225	13	160	14	50	15	45	16	35	17	34	18	25	19	15	20	15	21	14	22	10	23	8	24	8	25	5	-	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	INDY
US	ALT1
US	KAN
US	ALT2
US	SYR
US	FRE
US	CHA
US	CUL
US	Pts
US Jimmy Murphy	7	3	1*	1	1*	6
US Earl Cooper	8*	2	6	5	5	5	1*	2	16
US Bennett Hill	4	5	DNQ	3	14	2	2	3	1
US Tommy Milton	5	21	7	2	3	8	3	1	3
US Fred Comer	14	7	2	12	2	4	4	8	4
US Harry Hartz	3	4	5	6	10	11	8	5	2
US L. L. Corum		1	8	11
US Harlan Fengler	1*	DNQ		4	7		10	12	Wth
US Phil Shafer	11	13			4	1*	7	7	7
US Jerry Wunderlich	2	12	DNQ				13	6	13
US Peter DePaolo		6	DNQ	10	12	3	11	4	12
France Antoine Mourre	16	9	3	7	6		9		15
US Bob McDonogh		10	4	9	9	9	5	9	10
US W. E. Shattuc									5
US Eddie Hearne	6	19	Wth						9
US Stuart Wilkinson									6
US Ira Vail	17	8	9	16		10
US Ernie Ansterburg	12	22	10	15*	13	DNS	6	DNQ
US Ray Cariens					8
Kingdom of Italy Pietro Bordino									8
US Wade Morton	17	7	11	8			12	10	14
US Joe Boyer	9	18	DNQ	13	11
US Cornelius Van Ranst		8
US Louis Wilson			9	16
US Cliff Durant	10	13							DNQ
US Norman Batten						7
US Frank Elliott	15	20	DNQ	14				11	DNQ
US Jules Ellingboe		11
US Ralph DePalma									11
US Ralph Hepburn	13
US Bill Hunt		14
US Elmer Dempsey		15		DNQ
US Ora Haibe		15		DNQ
UK Alfred Moss		16
US Fred Harder		17
US Thane Houser		18
US Tom Alley		DNQ	DNS
US Wally Butler		DNQ
US Calvin Hartley		DNQ
Denmark C. J. Ramsey		DNQ
Kingdom of Italy Giovanni Rossi		DNQ
US Charles Shambaugh		DNQ
US Herbert Scheel		DNQ
US Harry Thicksten		DNQ
US Hollis Wells		DNQ
US Pete Kreis									DNQ
US Ralph Mulford									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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