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.
Roscoe Sarles died at Kansas City Speedway on September 17.
Schedule and results All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.
Rnd Date Race name Track Location Type Pole position Winning driver 1 March 5 Beverly Hills Race 1 - 250 Los Angeles Motor Speedway Beverly Hills, California Board — Tommy Milton 2April 2 Beverly Hills Heat 1 - 25Los Angeles Motor SpeedwayBeverly Hills, CaliforniaBoard — Pietro Bordino 3 Beverly Hills Heat 2 - 25 — Tommy Milton 4 Beverly Hills Heat 3 - 25 Frank Elliott Jimmy Murphy 5 Beverly Hills Heat 4 - 25 — Frank Elliott 6 Beverly Hills Main - 50 Frank Elliott Tommy Milton 7 April 16 Golden State Motor Derby - 150 San Francisco Speedway San Carlos, California Board — Harry Hartz 8 April 27 Raisin Day Classic - 150 Fresno Speedway Fresno, California Board — Jimmy Murphy 9May 7 Cotati Race 1 - 100Cotati SpeedwaySanta Rosa, CaliforniaBoard — Jimmy Murphy 10 Cotati Race 2 - 50 — Pietro Bordino 11 May 30 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Brick Jimmy Murphy Jimmy MurphyNC June 14 San Carlos Race - 150 San Francisco Speedway San Carlos, California Board — Joe Thomas 12 June 17 7th Annual Universal Trophy Race - 225 Uniontown Speedway Hopwood, Pennsylvania Board Jimmy Murphy Jimmy Murphy 13 July 4 Tacoma Montamarathon - 250 Tacoma Speedway Tacoma, Washington Board Jimmy Murphy Tommy Milton 14August 6 Cotati Race 3 - 100Cotati SpeedwaySanta Rosa, CaliforniaBoard — Frank Elliott 15 Cotati Race 4 - 50 — Frank ElliottNC September 16 Syracuse Race - 50 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt — Tom Alley 16 September 17 Kansas City Race - 300 Kansas City Speedway Kansas City, Missouri Board Bennett Hill Tommy Milton 17 September 30 San Joaquin Valley Classic - 150 Fresno Speedway Fresno, California Board Art Klein Bennett Hill 18 December 3 Beverly Hills Race 7 - 250 Los Angeles Motor Speedway Beverly Hills, California Board Al Melcher Jimmy Murphy
Final points standings
Note 1: Pietro Bordino was not eligible for points.
Note 2: 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 allowed 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 BEV1 BEV2 BEV3 BEV4 BEV5 BEV6 SCA FRE1 COT1 COT2 INDY UNI TAC COT3 COT4 KAN FRE2 BEV7 Pts 1 Jimmy Murphy 2 3 2 1 2 2 1* 1* 3 1* 1* 1 3 9 14 8 1 3420 2 Tommy Milton 1* 2* 1 1* DNS 24 10 2* 2 2 1* 2 5 1910 3 Harry Hartz 3 8 4 2 4 3 1* 3 3 2 2 6 6 7 8 2 3 3 1788 4 Frank Elliott 4 4 3* 4* 1* 6 7 2 2 5 16 7 DNP 1* 1* 3 5 8 905 5 Bennett Hill DNP DNP 4 5 6 1* 4 459 6 Eddie Hearne 5 5 8 8 5 10 10 3 11 6 3 10 6 10 390 7 Jerry Wunderlich 6 7 6 6 6 6 10 8 6 3 4 8 4 5 4 15 372 8 Roscoe Sarles 11 7 5 3 2 5 3 9 4 4 23 3 10 11 280 9 Earl Cooper 2 260 10 Ralph Mulford 19 2 9 4 255 11 Art Klein 10 10 DNS 5 3 7 4 4 5 6 21 7 5 6 7 6 227 12 Ralph DePalma 8 DNS 7 7 4 DNP 11 150 13 Joe Thomas 6 9 6 7 DNS 5 8 8 9 10 8 DNQ 9 7 135 14 Ora Haibe 5 5 DNQ 109 15 I. P. Fetterman 7 4 7 108 16 Howdy Wilcox 27 5 8 50 17 Peter DePaolo 12 8 7 6 DNS 20 Wth 12 50 18 Tom Alley 9 35 19 Eddie Miller 7 DNS 25 20 Ira Vail 8 21 21 David Koetzla 8 19 22 Phil Shafer 7 17 23 Wade Morton 10 17 15 24 Al Melcher DNP 9 7 DNP 9 16 5 - Pietro Bordino 9 1 4 5 9 1* 0 - Jack Curtner 14 8 0 - Leon Duray 22 9 DNP 13 14 0 - Cliff Durant 12 10 DNS 13 0 - Erwin Baker 11 0 - Ray Howard 11 0 - Dave Lewis 12 0 - Earl Devore 12 0 - Ralph Snoddy 13 0 - Douglas Hawkes 13 0 - Homer Ormsby 14 0 - Wilbur D'Alene 15 0 - Riley Brett 15 0 - L. L. Corum 17 0 - Glenn Howard 18 0 - Jules Goux 25 0 - Jules Ellingboe 26 0 - Leo Nordenschuld DNQ DNS 0 - Jim Crosby DNP DNQ 0 - Frank Davidson DNQ 0 - William Gardner DNQ 0 - Tom Mulligan DNQ 0 - Rudolph Wehr DNQ 0 - Allen Mulford DNQ 0 - Louis Hansen DNQ 0 - Herschell McKee DNQ 0 - Wallace Reid Wth 0 - Charles Shambaugh Wth 0 - W. W. Brown DNS 0 Pos Driver BEV1 BEV2 BEV3 BEV4 BEV5 BEV6 SCA FRE1 COT1 COT2 INDY UNI TAC COT3 COT4 KAN FRE2 BEV7 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
See also 1922 Indianapolis 500
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