1926 AAA Championship Car season

The 1926 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 24 races, beginning in Miami Beach, Florida on February 22 and concluding in Pineville, North Carolina on November 11. There were also 7 non-championship races. The AAA National Champion was Harry Hartz and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Frank Lockhart.

The season suffered two fatalities. Herbert Jones died at Indianapolis during a practice session. Jack Foley died at Salem during qualifying for the second race.

Schedule and results All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.

Rnd Date Race name Track Location Type Pole position Winning driver 1 February 22 Carl G. Fisher Trophy - 300 Fulford–Miami Speedway Miami Beach, Florida Board Ralph Hepburn Peter DePaolo 2 March 21 Culver City Race - 250 Culver City Speedway Culver City, California Board Bob McDonogh Bennett HillNC April 15 Raisin Day Classic - 50 Fresno Speedway Fresno, California Board — Peter DePaolo 3 May 1 Atlantic City Race - 300 Atlantic City Speedway Hammonton, New Jersey Board Bob McDonogh Harry Hartz 4 May 10 Charlotte Race - 250 Charlotte Speedway Pineville, North Carolina Board Harry Hartz Earl Devore 5 May 31 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Brick Earl Cooper Frank Lockhart 6 June 12 Altoona Race 1 - 250 Altoona Speedway Tyrone, Pennsylvania Board Peter DePaolo Dave LewisNC June 27 Detroit Race 1 - 100 Michigan State Fairgrounds Detroit, Michigan Dirt — Frank Lockhart 7July 5 Independence Day Classic Semi - 50Rockingham ParkSalem, New HampshireBoard Peter DePaolo Peter DePaolo 8 Independence Day Classic Main - 200 Peter DePaolo Earl Cooper 9July 17 Sesquicentennial Classic Heat 1 - 60Atlantic City SpeedwayHammonton, New JerseyBoard — Harry Hartz 10 Sesquicentennial Classic Heat 2 - 60 — Norman Batten 11 Sesquicentennial Classic Semi - 60 — Fred Comer 12 Sesquicentennial Classic Main - 60 — Harry Hartz 13August 23 Charlotte Heat 1 - 25Charlotte SpeedwayPineville, North CarolinaBoard Bob McDonogh Earl Cooper 14 Charlotte Heat 2 - 25 — Dave Lewis 15 Charlotte Semi - 50 — Frank Lockhart 16 Charlotte Main - 150 Dave Lewis Frank LockhartNC September 4 Syracuse - 50 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt — Ralph DePalmaNC September 11 Detroit Race 2 - 100 Michigan State Fairgrounds Detroit, Michigan Dirt — Frank Lockhart 17 September 18 Altoona Race 2 - 250 Altoona Speedway Tyrone, Pennsylvania Board Harry Hartz Frank LockhartNCOctober 2 Fresno Heat 1 - 25Fresno SpeedwayFresno, CaliforniaBoard — Peter DePaolo 18 Fresno Heat 2 - 25 — Bennett Hill 19 Fresno Race - 50 — Frank Lockhart 20October 12 Rockingham Race 1 - 25Rockingham ParkSalem, New HampshireBoard — Bennett Hill 21 Rockingham Race 2 - 25 — Leon Duray 22 Rockingham Race 3 - 200 — Harry HartzNC October 24 Detroit Race 3 - 100 Michigan State Fairgrounds Detroit, Michigan Dirt — Sam Ross 23November 11 Charlotte Heat 1 - 25Charlotte SpeedwayPineville, North CarolinaBoard Bennett Hill Frank Lockhart 24 Charlotte Heat 2 - 25 Harry Hartz Dave Lewis 25 Charlotte Semi - 50 Bennett Hill Harry Hartz 26 Charlotte Main - 100 Frank Lockhart Leon Duray

Indianapolis 500 was AAA-sanctioned and counted towards the 1926 AIACR World Manufacturers' Championship title.

Scheduled for 500 miles, stopped due to rain on the lap 160. The IZOD IndyCar Series 2011 Historical Record Book listed the all time race winners. On the page 77 counted only two of the three October 2, 1926 Fresno races, what won by Bennett Hill and Frank Lockhart.

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 able 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.

Pos Driver MIA CUL ATL1 CHA1 INDY ALT1 SAL1 SAL2 ATL2 ATL3 ATL4 ATL5 CHA2 CHA3 CHA4 CHA5 ALT2 FRE1 FRE2 SAL3 SAL4 SAL5 CHA6 CHA7 CHA8 CHA9 Pts 1 Harry Hartz 2 3 1 2 2 11 2 4 1 1 3 2 4 2 2 1* 2* 1 4 2954 2 Frank Lockhart 1* DNS DSQ 4 10 2 1* 1* 1 2 1 3 3 9 1* 12 7 1830 3 Peter DePaolo 1 2 2 14 5 8 1 3 4 6 DNP 4 4 7 9 16 5 5 6 1500 4 Bennett Hill 5 1* 10 11 12 6 2 2 11 2 6 7 1 2 1 5 8 2 4 DNS 1050 5 Frank Elliott 4 5 16 5 6 7* 4 5 2 8 4 4 2 8 14 12 5 3 6 2 747 6 Fred Comer 14 14 7 3 4 4 4 9 1 2 7 6 12 11 13 4 11 5 659 7 Dave Lewis 17 13 15 1 14 7 1 DNQ 7 14 3 3 5 4 14 1 3 8 645 8 Norman Batten 8 14 4 7 2 6 1 3 5 7 8 18 18 8 15 620 9 Pete Kreis 11 11 4 7 DNS DNS DNS 2 13 10 2 5 8 590 10 Earl Devore 6 15 11 1 DNP 15 8 DNQ 5 6 4 11 17 17 585 11 Leon Duray 10* 10 23 DNS DNQ DNS 3 11 1* 3 6 2 1 555 12 Earl Cooper 18 16 13 6 1 6 5 12 1 9 16 DNQ 465 13 Bob McDonogh 3 12 3* 12 8 9 10 11 3 6 5 15 DNP 416 14 Cliff Woodbury 9 13 10 3 12 DNQ 9 3 5 5* 3 9 17 4 6 12 3 360 15 Eddie Hearne 4 6 15 17 5 15 3 7 3 9 305 16 W. E. Shattuc 8 16 9 8 27 DNS 5 8 8 2 13 4 5 5 10 10 6 4 7 3 280 17 John Duff 9 3 13 Wth 155 18 Ralph Hepburn 16 6 5 16 8 9 3 DNQ 7 6 DNS DNQ 6 13 11 6 9 9 144 19 Dave Evans 9 7 8 13 DNS 16 6 7 10 DNQ 9 7 4 120 20 Ben Jones 7 12 9 18 10 11 3 9 8 11 80 21 Phil Shafer 10 DNS 7 9 5 4 DNS DNP 72 22 Wade Morton 4 7 9 10 67 23 Harlan Fengler DNP 14 12 8 4 6 8 12 45 24 Zeke Meyer 13 DNQ 6 35 25 Tony Gulotta 11 DNS 15 16 7 DNP 15 - Daniel O'Brien DNP 17 17 10 Wth 0 - Ernest Eldridge 19 DNS DNQ 10 0 - Louis Meyer 10 0 - Jerry Wunderlich 12 14 0 - Thane Houser 13 18 0 - Fred Lecklider 24 13 0 - Douglas Hawkes 14 DNS DNQ DNQ 0 - Tommy Milton 15 0 - Vladimir Rashevskiy 15 0 - Jack Foley DNQ 16 DNQ 0 - Cliff Durant 17 0 - Herschell McKee 19 0 - L. L. Corum 20 0 - Steve Nemesh 21 0 - Jules Ellingboe 22 0 - Jack McCarver 25 0 - Bon MacDougall 26 0 - Albert Guyot 28 0 - Thomas Pickard DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Ralph DePalma DNQ DNQ 0 - Frank Farmer DNQ 0 - Jean de Marguenat DNQ 0 - Dan Cain DNQ 0 - Herbert Jones DNQ 0 - Ralph Mulford DNQ 0 - Charles Shambaugh DNQ 0 Pos Driver MIA CUL ATL1 CHA1 INDY ALT1 SAL1 SAL2 ATL2 ATL3 ATL4 ATL5 CHA2 CHA3 CHA4 CHA5 ALT2 FRE1 FRE2 SAL3 SAL4 SAL5 CHA6 CHA7 CHA8 CHA9 Pts Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th-10th place Dark Blue Finished(Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish(Ret) Red Did not qualify(DNQ) Brown Withdrawn(Wth) Black Disqualified(DSQ) White Did not start(DNS) Blank Did notparticipate(DNP) Not competing In-line notationBoldPole positionItalicsRan fastest race lap*Led most race lapsRookie of the YearRookie

References

See also 1926 Indianapolis 500