1954 AAA Championship Car season

1954 American Championship Car season
Series  : AAA Championship Car
Champion : Jimmy Bryan
Previous: 1953	Next: 1955

The 1954 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 13 races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 14. There was also one non-championship event in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The AAA National Champion was Jimmy Bryan, and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Bill Vukovich.

Schedule and results

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Paved	Jack McGrath	Bill Vukovich
2	June 6	Rex Mays Classic	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	Paved	Bill Vukovich	Chuck Stevenson
3	June 20	Langhorne 100	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Dirt	Joe Sostilio	Jimmy Bryan
4	July 5	Independence Day Sweepstakes	Darlington Raceway	Darlington, South Carolina	Paved	Chuck Stevenson	Manny Ayulo
NC	July 25	Indianapolis Sweepstakes	Williams Grove Speedway	Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania	Dirt	Jimmy Davies	Jimmy Davies
5	August 21	Springfield 100	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt	Jiggs Peters	Jimmy Davies
6	August 29	Milwaukee 250	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	Paved	Sam Hanks	Manny Ayulo
7	September 6	Ted Horn Memorial	DuQuoin State Fairgrounds	Du Quoin, Illinois	Dirt	Don Freeland	Sam Hanks
8	September 6	Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb	Pikes Peak Highway	Pikes Peak, Colorado	Hill	Larry Crockett	Keith Andrews
9	September 11	Syracuse 100	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	Don Freeland	Bob Sweikert
10	September 18	Hoosier Hundred	Indiana State Fairgrounds	Indianapolis, Indiana	Dirt	Manny Ayulo	Jimmy Bryan
11	October 17	Golden State 100	California State Fairgrounds	Sacramento, California	Dirt	Jack McGrath	Jimmy Bryan
12	November 7	Bobby Ball Memorial	Arizona State Fairgrounds	Phoenix, Arizona	Dirt	Shorty Templeman	Jimmy Bryan
13	November 14	Silver State Century	Las Vegas Park Speedway	Las Vegas Valley, Nevada	Dirt	Jimmy Bryan	Jimmy Bryan

  Paved/Dirt Oval

  Road Course/Hill Climb

  Non-championship race

• Indianapolis 500 was AAA-sanctioned and counted towards the FIA F1 World Drivers' Championship title.

Leading National Championship standings

#	Driver	Team	Points
1	Jimmy Bryan	Dean Racing Enterprises	2630
2	Manny Ayulo	Peter Schmidt	1290
3	Jack McGrath	Hinkle	1220
=4	Bill Vukovich	Pat Clancy, Dean Racing Enterprises	1000
=4	Jimmy Reece	Malloy	1000

References

• Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1954". Driver Database. Archived

from the original on 2011-04-15. http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1140-1954/. Retrieved 2011-04-15. 

• "1954 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived

from the original on 2011-04-15. http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1954.htm. Retrieved 2011-04-15. 

• Harms, Phil. "1954 Championship Driver Summary". Motorsport.com. Archived

from the original on 2011-04-15. http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1954sum.pdf. Retrieved 2011-04-15. 

See also

• 1954 Indianapolis 500

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