The 1921 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 20 races, beginning in Beverly Hills, California on February 27 and concluding in San Carlos, California on December 11. There was also one non-championship race. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Tommy Milton.

Alton Soules, and his riding mechanic Harry Barner, perished at the Fresno Speedway during 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 1February 27 Beverly Hills Heat 1 - 25Los Angeles Motor SpeedwayBeverly Hills, CaliforniaBoard — Ralph DePalma 2 Beverly Hills Heat 2 - 25 — Roscoe Sarles 3 Beverly Hills Heat 3 - 25 — Jimmy Murphy 4 Beverly Hills Heat 4 - 25 — Tommy Milton 5 Beverly Hills Main - 50 — Ralph DePalma 6April 10 Beverly Hills Heat 1 - 25Los Angeles Motor SpeedwayBeverly Hills, CaliforniaBoard Tommy Milton Ralph DePalma 7 Beverly Hills Heat 2 - 25 — Eddie Pullen 8 Beverly Hills Heat 3 - 25 — Joe Thomas 9 Beverly Hills Heat 4 - 25 — Jimmy Murphy 10 Beverly Hills Main - 50 — Jimmy Murphy 11 April 30 Raisin Day Classic - 150 Fresno Speedway Fresno, California Board Roscoe Sarles Joe Thomas 12 May 30 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Brick Ralph DePalma Tommy Milton 13 June 18 Universal Trophy - 225 Uniontown Speedway Hopwood, Pennsylvania Board — Roscoe Sarles 14 July 4 Tacoma Montamarathon - 250 Tacoma Speedway Tacoma, Washington Board Tommy Milton Tommy Milton 15 August 14 Cotati Race 1 - 150 Cotati Speedway Santa Rosa, California Board — Eddie Hearne 16 September 5 5th Annual Autumn Classic - 225 Uniontown Speedway Hopwood, Pennsylvania Board — I. P. FettermanNC September 19 Syracuse Race - 50 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt — Ira Vail 17 October 1 San Joaquin Valley Classic - 150 Fresno Speedway Fresno, California Board — Earl Cooper 18 October 23 Cotati Race 2 - 150 Cotati Speedway Santa Rosa, California Board — Roscoe Sarles 19 November 24 Beverly Hills Race 11 - 250 Los Angeles Motor Speedway Beverly Hills, California Board Roscoe Sarles Eddie Hearne 20 December 11 San Carlos Race - 250 San Francisco Speedway San Carlos, California Board — Jimmy Murphy

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 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 BEV7 BEV8 BEV9 BEV10 FRE1 INDY UNI1 TAC COT1 UNI2 FRE2 COT2 BEV11 SCA Pts 1 Tommy Milton 5 2 2* 1* 2 4 4 3 4 6 1 8 1 3 10 8 10 2* 2 2230 2 Roscoe Sarles 2* 1 3* 2 2* 5 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 5 1 10 6 1980 3 Eddie Hearne 3 5 DNS 5 DNS 6 3 2 3 4 3 13 2 5 1 5 4 3* 1 3 1399 4 Jimmy Murphy 8 3 1 4 8 7 DNS 1* 1* 5 14 6 9 2 2 5 4 1* 1215 5 Joe Thomas 3 6 1* 5 1* 22 9 3 6 6 DNQ 2 8 7 715 6 I. P. Fetterman 1 400 7 Eddie Miller 7 6 4 2 6 10 4 3 4 4 4 6 7 6 10 395 8 Ralph DePalma 1 9 1 1* 6 8 12* 4 7 5 355 9 Earl Cooper 1 300 10 Frank Elliott 7 8 9 9 3 6 3 12 265 11 Eddie Pullen 5 1 3 4 14 DNP 7 11 140 12 Harry Hartz 5 4 130 13 Percy Ford 3 127 14 Tom Alley 11 4 6 7 DNP 9 90 15 Ora Haibe 5 90 16 Bennett Hill 7 8 11 DNQ DNP 9 57 17 Ira Vail 4 4 3 3 5 7 DNP DNP 50 18 Alton Soules 6 7 5 4 DNS 7 5 4 5 9 5 10* 5 DNP 9 50 19 Jerry Wunderlich 8 11 8 7 8 11 43 20 Ralph Mulford 9 DNP 35 21 Albert Guyot 6 30 22 Andy Burt 3 15 23 Howdy Wilcox 23 7 DNQ 15 24 Don Fretwell DNP 8 15 25 Jules Ellingboe 19 10 8 DNQ 10 26 Art Klein 9 10 - John Thiele 9 8 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNP 0 - René Thomas 10 0 - Al Melcher 12 0 - Charles Basle 13 0 - Riley Brett 15 0 - Harry Thicksten 15 0 - Cornelius Van Ranst 16 0 - Joe Boyer 17 0 - Jean Chassagne 18 0 - André Boillot 20 0 - Louis Fountaine 21 0 - Mervin Headley DNQ 0 - Eddie Meyer DNQ 0 - L. L. Corum DNS 0 - Jim Crosby DNS 0 - Mike Moosie DNS 0 - Ralph Snoddy DNS 0 - Dario Resta DNP 0 Pos Driver BEV1 BEV2 BEV3 BEV4 BEV5 BEV6 BEV7 BEV8 BEV9 BEV10 FRE1 INDY UNI1 TAC COT1 UNI2 FRE2 COT2 BEV11 SCA 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 competingIn-line notationBoldPole positionItalicsRan fastest race lap*Led most race lapsRookie of the YearRookie

References

See also 1921 Indianapolis 500