1924 AAA Championship Car season


The 1924 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 9 races, beginning in Beverly Hills, California on February 24 and concluding in Culver City, California on December 14. The AAA National Champion was Jimmy Murphy and the Indianapolis 500 winners were L. L. Corum and Joe Boyer.

Schedule and results

All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.
RndDateRace NameLengthTrackLocationTypePole PositionWinning Driver
1February 24 Beverley Hills RaceLos Angeles Motor SpeedwayBeverly Hills, CaliforniaBoard Phil Shafer Harlan Fengler
2May 30 International 500 Mile SweepstakesIndianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, IndianaBrick Jimmy Murphy L. L. Corum
2May 30 International 500 Mile SweepstakesIndianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, IndianaBrick Jimmy Murphy Joe Boyer
3June 14 Altoona RaceAltoona SpeedwayTyrone, PennsylvaniaBoard Ira Vail Jimmy Murphy
4July 4 Kansas City RaceKansas City SpeedwayKansas City, MissouriBoard Tommy Milton Jimmy Murphy
5September 1 Altoona RaceAltoona SpeedwayTyrone, PennsylvaniaBoard Ray Cariens Jimmy Murphy
6September 15 Syracuse RaceNew York State FairgroundsSyracuse, New YorkDirt Norman Batten Phil Shafer
7October 2 Fresno 150Fresno SpeedwayFresno, CaliforniaBoard Fred Comer Earl Cooper
8October 25 Charlotte RaceCharlotte SpeedwayPineville, North CarolinaBoard Bennett Hill Tommy Milton
9December 14 Culver City RaceCulver City SpeedwayCulver City, CaliforniaBoard Bennett Hill

Leading National Championship standings

# DriverCarPoints
1Jimmy Murphy†Miller1595
2Earl CooperMiller1240
3Bennett HillMiller1214
4Tommy MiltonMiller1505
5Fred ComerMiller725

† Murphy was killed at the Syracuse race on September 15