1927 AAA Championship Car season


The 1927 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 11 races, beginning in Culver City, California on March 6 and concluding in Salem, New Hampshire on October 12. There were also three non-championship races. The AAA National Champion was Peter DePaolo and the Indianapolis 500 winner was George Souders.

Schedule and results

All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.
RndDateRace NameLengthTrackLocationTypePole PositionWinning Driver
1March 6 Culver City RaceCulver City SpeedwayCulver City, CaliforniaBoard Frank Lockhart Leon Duray
2May 7 Atlantic City RaceAtlantic City SpeedwayHammonton, New JerseyBoard Frank Lockhart Dave Lewis
3May 30 International 500 Mile SweepstakesIndianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, IndianaBrick Frank Lockhart George Souders
NCJune 5 Detroit 100Michigan State Fairgrounds SpeedwayDetroit, MichiganDirt Frank Lockhart
4June 11 Altoona RaceAltoona SpeedwayTyrone, PennsylvaniaBoard Leon Duray Peter DePaolo
5July 4 Rockingham RaceRockingham ParkSalem, New HampshireBoard Cliff Woodbury Peter DePaolo
NCSeptember 3 Syracuse 100New York State FairgroundsSyracuse, New YorkDirt Frank Lockhart Frank Lockhart
6September 5 Altoona RaceAltoona SpeedwayTyrone, PennsylvaniaBoard Cliff Woodbury Frank Lockhart
7September 19 Charlotte RaceCharlotte SpeedwayPineville, North CarolinaBoard Frank Lockhart Frank Lockhart
8September 19 Charlotte RaceCharlotte SpeedwayPineville, North CarolinaBoard Peter DePaolo
9September 19 Charlotte RaceCharlotte SpeedwayPineville, North CarolinaBoard Harry Hartz Babe Stapp
NCSeptember 25 Cleveland RaceRandall Park RacewayNorth Randall, OhioDirt Frank Lockhart
10October 12 Rockingham RaceRockingham ParkSalem, New HampshireBoard Frank Lockhart Frank Lockhart
11October 12 Rockingham RaceRockingham ParkSalem, New HampshireBoard Frank Lockhart Frank Lockhart

# DriverCarPoints
1Peter DePaoloMiller1440
2Frank LockhartMiller1040
3George SoudersDuesenberg1000
4Leon DurayMiller630
5Harry HartzMiller595