1922 AAA Championship Car season


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.

Schedule and results

All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.
RndDateRace NameLengthTrackLocationTypePole PositionWinning Driver
1March 5 Beverly Hills RaceLos Angeles Motor SpeedwayBeverly Hills, CaliforniaBoard Tommy Milton
2April 2 Beverly Hills Heat 1Los Angeles Motor SpeedwayBeverly Hills, CaliforniaBoard Pietro Bordino
3April 2 Beverly Hills Heat 2Los Angeles Motor SpeedwayBeverly Hills, CaliforniaBoard Tommy Milton
4April 2 Beverly Hills Heat 3Los Angeles Motor SpeedwayBeverly Hills, CaliforniaBoard Frank Elliott Jimmy Murphy
5April 2 Beverly Hills Heat 4Los Angeles Motor SpeedwayBeverly Hills, CaliforniaBoard Frank Elliott
6April 2 Beverly Hills MainLos Angeles Motor SpeedwayBeverly Hills, CaliforniaBoard Frank Elliott Tommy Milton
7April 16 Golden State Motor DerbySan Francisco SpeedwaySan Carlos, CaliforniaBoard Harry Hartz
8April 27 Raisin Day ClassicFresno SpeedwayFresno, CaliforniaBoard Jimmy Murphy
9May 7 Cotati RaceCotati SpeedwaySanta Rosa, CaliforniaBoard Jimmy Murphy
10May 7 Cotati RaceCotati SpeedwaySanta Rosa, CaliforniaBoard Pietro Bordino
11May 30 International 500 Mile SweepstakesIndianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, IndianaBrick Jimmy Murphy Jimmy Murphy
NCJune 14 San Carlos RaceSan Francisco SpeedwaySan Carlos, CaliforniaBoard Joe Thomas
12June 17 Universal TrophyUniontown SpeedwayHopwood, PennsylvaniaBoard Jimmy Murphy Jimmy Murphy
13July 4 Tacoma MontamarathonTacoma SpeedwayTacoma, WashingtonBoard Jimmy Murphy Tommy Milton
14August 6 Cotati RaceCotati SpeedwaySanta Rosa, CaliforniaBoard Frank Elliott
15August 6 Cotati RaceCotati SpeedwaySanta Rosa, CaliforniaBoard Frank Elliott
NCSeptember 16 Syracuse 50New York State FairgroundsSyracuse, New YorkDirt Tom Alley
16September 17 Kansas City RaceKansas City SpeedwayKansas City, MissouriBoard Bennett Hill Tommy Milton
17September 30 Fresno RaceFresno SpeedwayFresno, CaliforniaBoard Art Klein Bennett Hill
18December 3 Beverly Hills RaceLos Angeles Motor SpeedwayBeverly Hills, CaliforniaBoard Al Melcher Jimmy Murphy

Leading National Championship standings

# DriverCarPoints
1Jimmy MurphyDuesenberg, Duesenberg-Miller3420
2Tommy MiltonMiller1920
3Harry HartzDuesenberg1788
4Frank ElliottMiller905
5Bennett HillMiller459