1937 AAA Championship Car season

The 1937 AAA Championship Car season consisted of three races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Syracuse, New York on September 12. There were three non-championship events. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Wilbur Shaw.

1937 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races3
Start dateMay 30
End dateSeptember 12
Awards
National champion Wilbur Shaw
Indianapolis 500 winner Wilbur Shaw

Albert Opalko, the riding mechanic of Frank McGurk, died during Indianapolis 500 qualifying on May 28.[1]

Schedule and results
Rnd Date Race Name Track Location Type Pole Position Winning Driver
1 May 31 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Brick Bill Cummings Wilbur Shaw
NC June 13 Cleveland 50 Randall Park Raceway North Randall, Ohio Dirt — Rex Mays
2 July 5 George Vanderbilt Cup Roosevelt Raceway Westbury, New York Road Rudolf Caracciola Bernd Rosemeyer
NC August 21 Springfield 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt — Mauri Rose
NC August 29 Milwaukee 100 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Dirt Billy Winn Rex Mays
3 September 12 Syracuse 100 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt Rex Mays Billy Winn
  Dirt/Brick Oval
  Road Course/Hill Climb
  Non-championship race

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.[2]

Further information: List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems
Pos Driver INDY
 ROR
 SYR
 Pts
1 Wilbur Shaw 1* 9 DNQ 1135
2 Ted Horn 3 17 6 750
3 Bernd Rosemeyer  RY  1* 600
4 Ralph Hepburn 2 598.1
5 Louis Meyer 4 550
6 Richard Seaman  R  2 495
7 Bill Cummings 6 7 DNQ 444.4
8 Rex Mays 33 3 13 405
9 Cliff Bergere 5 335.2
10 Ernst von Delius  R  4 330
11 Billy Devore  R  7 DNQ 273
12 Giuseppe Farina 5 256.5
13 Joel Thorne DNQ 6 DNQ 225
14 George Connor 9 18 11 225
15 Tony Gulotta 8 206.2
16 Billy Winn 26 29 1* 200
17 Chet Gardner 11 12 8 191
18 Louis Tomei 10 175
19 Jimmy Snyder 32 21 2 165
20 Russ Snowberger 27 8 DNQ 163.5
21 Bob Sall 3 135
22 George Barringer 5 114.7
23 Duke Nalon  R  DNQ 4 110
24 Herb Ardinger 22 10 105
25 Mauri Rose 18 15 5 90
26 Frank Wearne  R  24 11 DNQ 75
27 Ken Fowler 19 8 7 66.5
28 Fred Frame 7 52
29 Shorty Cantlon 16 DNP 9 45
30 Ronney Householder  R  12 28 42.3
31 Bob Henderson  R  10 25
32 Henry Banks 12 23 14
33 Al Putnam 12 8.5
- Gus Zarka 30 12 0
- Frank Brisko 23 13 14 0
- Floyd Roberts 13 0
- Milt Marion DNQ 14 DNQ 0
- Deacon Litz 14 DNP 0
- Floyd Davis 15 DNQ 0
- Eugen Bjørnstad  R  16 0
- Emil Andres 17 DNQ 0
- Al Miller 17 DNQ 0
- Ora Bean  R  19 DNQ 0
- Kelly Petillo 20 20 0
- George Bailey 21 0
- Harry Lewis  R  22 0
- Rudolf Caracciola  R  24 0
- Tony Willman 25 0
- Tazio Nuvolari 25 0
- Al Cusick  R  26 0
- Babe Stapp 31 27 0
- Johnny Seymour 27 0
- Bob Swanson 28 DNP 0
- Harry McQuinn 29 0
- Chet Miller 30 0
- Lou Webb DNQ DNQ 0
- John Moretti DNQ DNQ 0
- Vern Ornduff DNQ DNP 0
- Ben Brandfon DNQ 0
- Tom Cosman DNQ 0
- Dave Evans DNQ 0
- Ira Hall DNQ 0
- Luther Johnson DNQ 0
- Frank McGurk DNQ 0
- Zeke Meyer DNQ 0
- Lee Oldfield DNQ 0
- Overton Phillips DNQ 0
- Doc Williams DNQ 0
- Woody Woodford DNQ 0
- Ray Yeager DNQ 0
- Ernie Gesell DNQ 0
- Sam Grecco DNQ 0
- Tommy Hinnershitz DNQ 0
- Fred Tegtmeier DNQ 0
- Enzo Fiermonte Wth 0
- Lewis Balus DNP 0
- Lucky Teter DNP 0
Pos Driver INDY
 ROR
 SYR
 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 not
participate
(DNP)
Not competing
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
Italics Ran fastest race lap
* Led most race laps
Rookie of the Year
Rookie

See also

References
  • Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1937". Driver Database. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved April 21, 2011.
  • "1937 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved April 21, 2011.
  • Harms, Phil. "1937 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2012. Retrieved April 21, 2011.

References
  1. "1937 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes".
  2. "1937 AAA National Championship Trail".
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