1905 AAA Championship Car season

1905 American Championship Car season
Series  : AAA Championship Car
Champion : Barney Oldfield
Previous: None	Next: 1909

The 1905 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 11 races, beginning in The Bronx, New York on June 10 and concluding in Poughkeepsie, New York on September 29. There was also one non-championship event in Detroit, Michigan. The AAA National Champion was Barney Oldfield. This was the first year AAA awarded a National Champion and for reasons unknown, they did not award another official champion until 1916. Though not historically considered the first year of the American Championship Car Racing title due to only featuring short sprints on dirt ovals, This was the first time in the western hemisphere that a racing champion was declared based on points.

Schedule and results

All races running on Dirt Oval.

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Location	Track	Winning Driver
1	June 10	Morris Park 5	Morris Park	The Bronx, New York	Louis Chevrolet
2	June 17	Hartford 5	Charter Oak Park	West Hartford, Connecticut	Barney Oldfield
3	June 26	Empire City 10	Empire City Speedway	Yonkers, New York	Louis Chevrolet
4	June 29	Brunots Island 10	Brunots Island Track	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Louis Chevrolet
5	July 4	Morris Park 1	Morris Park	The Bronx, New York	Webb Jay
NC	August 8	Grosse Point 5	Grosse Point Track	Detroit, Michigan	Webb Jay
6	August 14	Glenville 5	Glenville Driving Track	Cleveland, Ohio	Charles Burman
7	August 19	Buffalo 5	Kenilworth Park	Buffalo, New York	Barney Oldfield
8	September 9	Readville 5	Readville Trotting Park	Readville, Massachusetts	Barney Oldfield
9	September 18	Syracuse 5	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Guy Vaughn
10	September 23	Providence 5	Narragansett Park	Pawtuxet, Rhode Island	Barney Oldfield
11	September 29	Poughkeepsie 5	Hudson River Driving Park	Poughkeepsie, New York	Barney Oldfield

  Non-championship race

Leading National Championship standings

#	Driver	Team	Points
1	Barney Oldfield	Peerless "Green Dragon"	22
2	Louis Chevrolet	Fiat 90	16
3	Webb Jay	White Steamer	7
4	Dan Wurgis	Reo Bird 32	6
5	Guy Vaughn	Decauville	5
6	Charles Burman	Peerless	4
7	Emanuel Cerdino	Fiat	4
8	Montague Roberts	Thomas	3
9	Herbert Lytle	Pope-Toledo	3
10	Maurice Bernin	Renault	1
11	Frank Durbin	Stanley	1

In 1951, Victor Hémery, winner of the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup, was retroactively awarded a National Championship.

References

• Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1905". Driver Database. Archived

from the original on 2009-05-14. http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1140-1905/. Retrieved 2009-05-12. 

• "1905 AAA National Circuit Championship". ChampCarStats.com. Archived

from the original on 2009-05-14. http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1905.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-12. 

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