1927 AAA Championship Car season

1927 AAA Championship Car season
1927 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races	11
Start date	March 6
End date	October 12
Awards
National champion	Peter DePaolo
Indianapolis 500 winner	George Souders

The 1927 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 11 races, beginning in Culver City, California on March 6 and concluding in Salem, New Hampshire on October 12. There were also three non-championship races. The AAA National Champion was Peter DePaolo and the Indianapolis 500 winner was George Souders.

Schedule and results

All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Length	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	March 6	Culver City Race	250 mi (400 km)	Culver City Speedway	Culver City, California	Board	Frank Lockhart	Leon Duray
2	May 7	Atlantic City Race	200 mi (320 km)	Atlantic City Speedway	Hammonton, New Jersey	Board	Frank Lockhart	Dave Lewis
3	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	500 mi (800 km)	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Brick	Frank Lockhart	George Souders
NC	June 5	Detroit 100	100 mi (160 km)	Michigan State Fairgrounds Speedway	Detroit, Michigan	Dirt	—	Frank Lockhart
4	June 11	Altoona Race	200 mi (320 km)	Altoona Speedway	Tyrone, Pennsylvania	Board	Leon Duray	Peter DePaolo
5	July 4	Rockingham Race	185 mi (298 km)	Rockingham Park	Salem, New Hampshire	Board	Cliff Woodbury	Peter DePaolo
NC	September 3	Syracuse 100	100 mi (160 km)	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	Frank Lockhart	Frank Lockhart
6	September 5	Altoona Race	200 mi (320 km)	Altoona Speedway	Tyrone, Pennsylvania	Board	Cliff Woodbury	Frank Lockhart
7	September 19	Charlotte Race	25 mi (40 km)	Charlotte Speedway	Pineville, North Carolina	Board	Frank Lockhart	Frank Lockhart
8			50 mi (80 km)				—	Peter DePaolo
9			100 mi (160 km)				Harry Hartz	Babe Stapp
NC	September 25	Cleveland Race	100 mi (160 km)	Randall Park Raceway	North Randall, Ohio	Dirt	—	Frank Lockhart
10	October 12	Rockingham Race	65 mi (105 km)^A	Rockingham Park	Salem, New Hampshire	Board	Frank Lockhart	Frank Lockhart
11	October 12	Rockingham Race^B	75 mi (121 km)	Rockingham Park	Salem, New Hampshire	Board	Frank Lockhart	Frank Lockhart

Non-championship race

Indianapolis 500 was AAA-sanctioned and counted towards the 1927 AIACR World Manufacturers' Championship title.

^A Scheduled for 200 miles, stopped due to fire on track.

^B Extra race added after wreckage cleared and damaged track sections repaired.

#	Driver	Car	Points
1	Peter DePaolo	Miller	1440
2	Frank Lockhart	Miller	1040
3	George Souders	Duesenberg	1000
4	Leon Duray	Miller	630
5	Harry Hartz	Miller	595

Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1927". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 2011-04-25. Retrieved 2011-04-24.
"1927 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on 2011-04-25. Retrieved 2011-04-24.
Harms, Phil. "1927 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-04-25. Retrieved 2011-04-24.

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National Champions	Billy Arnold Henry Banks Tony Bettenhausen Jimmy Bryan Bob Carey Gaston Chevrolet Bill Cummings Pete DePaolo (twice) Sam Hanks Harry Hartz Eddie Hearne Ted Horn (three times) Rex Mays (twice) Louis Meyer (three times) Tommy Milton Jimmy Murphy (twice) Barney Oldfield Johnnie Parsons Kelly Petillo Dario Resta Floyd Roberts Mauri Rose Louis Schneider Wilbur Shaw (twice) Chuck Stevenson Bob Sweikert
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