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1937 AAA Championship Car season

Auto racing season


Auto racing season

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.

Schedule and results

RndDateRace nameTrackLocationTypePole positionWinning driver1NC2NCNC3
May 31US International 500 Mile SweepstakesIndianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, IndianaBrickUS Bill CummingsUS Wilbur Shaw
June 13US Cleveland 50Randall Park RacewayNorth Randall, OhioDirtUS Rex Mays
July 5US George Vanderbilt CupRoosevelt RacewayWestbury, New YorkRoadNazi Germany Rudolf CaracciolaNazi Germany Bernd Rosemeyer
August 21US Springfield 100Illinois State FairgroundsSpringfield, IllinoisDirtUS Mauri Rose
August 29US Milwaukee 100Wisconsin State Fair Park SpeedwayWest Allis, WisconsinDirtUS Billy WinnUS Rex Mays
September 12US Syracuse 100New York State FairgroundsSyracuse, New YorkDirtUS Rex MaysUS Billy Winn

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.

PosDriverINDY
USROR
USSYR
USPts11135275036004598.1555064957444.484059335.2103301127312256.5132251422515206.21620017191181751916520163.52113522114.72311024105259026752766.5285229453042.331253214338.5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0PosDriverINDY
USROR
USSYR
USPts
US Wilbur Shaw1*9DNQ
US Ted Horn3176
Germany Bernd Rosemeyer1*
US Ralph Hepburn2
US Louis Meyer4
UK Richard Seaman2
US Bill Cummings67DNQ
US Rex Mays33313
US Cliff Bergere5
Germany Ernst von Delius4
US Billy Devore7DNQ
Kingdom of Italy Giuseppe Farina5
US Joel ThorneDNQ6DNQ
US George Connor91811
US Tony Gulotta8
US Billy Winn26291*
US Chet Gardner11128
US Louis Tomei10
US Jimmy Snyder32212
US Russ Snowberger278DNQ
US Bob Sall3
US George Barringer5
US Duke NalonDNQ4
US Herb Ardinger2210
US Mauri Rose18155
US Frank Wearne2411DNQ
US Ken Fowler1987
US Fred Frame7
US Shorty Cantlon16DNP9
US Ronney Householder1228
US Bob Henderson10
US Henry Banks1223
US Al Putnam12
US Gus Zarka3012
US Frank Brisko231314
US Floyd Roberts13
US Milt MarionDNQ14DNQ
US Deacon Litz14DNP
US Floyd Davis15DNQ
Norway Eugen Bjørnstad16
US Emil Andres17DNQ
US Al Miller17DNQ
US Ora Bean19DNQ
US Kelly Petillo2020
US George Bailey21
US Harry Lewis22
Germany Rudolf Caracciola24
US Tony Willman25
Kingdom of Italy Tazio Nuvolari25
US Al Cusick26
US Babe Stapp3127
US Johnny Seymour27
US Bob Swanson28DNP
US Harry McQuinn29
US Chet Miller30
US Lou WebbDNQDNQ
US John MorettiDNQDNQ
US Vern OrnduffDNQDNP
US Ben BrandfonDNQ
US Tom CosmanDNQ
US Dave EvansDNQ
US Ira HallDNQ
US Luther JohnsonDNQ
US Frank McGurkDNQ
US Zeke MeyerDNQ
US Lee OldfieldDNQ
US Overton PhillipsDNQ
US Doc WilliamsDNQ
US Woody WoodfordDNQ
US Ray YeagerDNQ
US Ernie GesellDNQ
US Sam GreccoDNQ
US Tommy HinnershitzDNQ
US Fred TegtmeierDNQ
Kingdom of Italy Enzo FiermonteWth
US Lewis BalusDNP
US Lucky TeterDNP
ColorResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
Green4th & 5th place
Light Blue6th-10th place
Dark BlueFinished
(Outside Top 10)
PurpleDid not finish
(Ret)
RedDid not qualify
(DNQ)
BrownWithdrawn
(Wth)
BlackDisqualified
(DSQ)
WhiteDid not start
(DNS)
BlankDid not
participate
(DNP)
Not competing

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References

References

References

  1. "1937 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes".
  2. "1937 AAA National Championship Trail".
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