1922 AAA Championship Car season

1922 American Championship Car season
Series  : AAA Championship Car
Champion : Jimmy Murphy
Previous: 1921	Next: 1923

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.

Schedule and results

All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Length	Track	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	March 5	Beverley Hills Race	250 mi (Template:Convert/250*1609.344)	Los Angeles Motor Speedway	Board	—	Tommy Milton
2	April 2	Beverley Hills Heat 1	25 mi (Template:Convert/25*1609.344)	Los Angeles Motor Speedway	Board	—	Pietro Bordino
3		Beverley Hills Heat 2	25 mi (Template:Convert/25*1609.344)			—	Tommy Milton
4		Beverley Hills Heat 3	25 mi (Template:Convert/25*1609.344)			Frank Elliott	Jimmy Murphy
5		Beverley Hills Heat 4	25 mi (Template:Convert/25*1609.344)			—	Frank Elliott
6		Beverley Hills Main	50 mi (Template:Convert/50*1609.344)			Frank Elliott	Tommy Milton
7	April 16	Golden State Motor Derby	150 mi (Template:Convert/150*1609.344)	San Francisco Speedway	Board	—	Harry Hartz
8	April 27	Raisin Day Classic	150 mi (Template:Convert/150*1609.344)	Fresno Speedway	Board	—	Jimmy Murphy
9	May 7	Cotati Race	100 mi (Template:Convert/100*1609.344)	Cotati Speedway	Board	—	Jimmy Murphy
10			50 mi (Template:Convert/50*1609.344)			—	Pietro Bordino
11	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	500 mi (Template:Convert/500*1609.344)	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Brick	Jimmy Murphy	Jimmy Murphy
NC	June 14	San Carlos Race	150 mi (Template:Convert/150*1609.344)	San Francisco Speedway	Board	—	Joe Thomas
12	June 17	Universal Trophy	225 mi (Template:Convert/225*1609.344)	Uniontown Speedway	Board	Jimmy Murphy	Jimmy Murphy
13	July 4	Tacoma Montamarathon	250 mi (Template:Convert/250*1609.344)	Tacoma Speedway	Board	Jimmy Murphy	Tommy Milton
14	August 6	Cotati Race	100 mi (Template:Convert/100*1609.344)	Cotati Speedway	Board	—	Frank Elliott
15			50 mi (Template:Convert/50*1609.344)			—	Frank Elliott
NC	September 16	Syracuse 50	50 mi (Template:Convert/50*1609.344)	New York State Fairgrounds	Dirt	—	Tom Alley
16	September 17	Kansas City Race	300 mi (Template:Convert/300*1609.344)	Kansas City Speedway	Board	Bennett Hill	Tommy Milton
17	September 30	Fresno Race	150 mi (Template:Convert/150*1609.344)	Fresno Speedway	Board	Art Klein	Bennett Hill
18	December 3	Beverley Hills Race	250 mi (Template:Convert/250*1609.344)	Los Angeles Motor Speedway	Board	Al Melcher	Jimmy Murphy

  Non-championship race

Leading National Championship standings

#	Driver	Car	Points
1	Jimmy Murphy	Duesenberg, Duesenberg-Miller	3420
2	Tommy Milton	Miller	1920
3	Harry Hartz	Duesenberg	1788
4	Frank Elliott	Miller	905
5	Bennett Hill	Miller	459

References

• Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1922". Driver Database. Archived

from the original on 2011-04-26. http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1140-1922/. Retrieved 2011-04-26. 

• "1922 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived

from the original on 2011-04-26. http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1922.htm. Retrieved 2011-04-26. 

• Harms, Phil. "1922 Championship Driver Summary". Motorsport.com. Archived

from the original on 2011-04-26. http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1922sum.pdf. Retrieved 2011-04-26. 

See also

• 1922 Indianapolis 500

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