1954 AAA Championship Car season


The 1954 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 13 races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 14. There was also one non-championship event in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The AAA National Champion was Jimmy Bryan, and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Bill Vukovich. Bob Scott was killed in the Independence Day Sweepstakes race at Darlington.

Schedule and results

RndDateRace NameTrackLocationTypePole PositionWinning Driver
1May 30 International 500 Mile SweepstakesIndianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, IndianaPaved Jack McGrath Bill Vukovich
2June 6 Rex Mays ClassicWisconsin State Fair Park SpeedwayWest Allis, WisconsinPaved Bill Vukovich Chuck Stevenson
3June 20 Langhorne 100Langhorne SpeedwayLanghorne, PennsylvaniaDirt Joe Sostilio Jimmy Bryan
4July 5 Darlington RacewayDarlington, South CarolinaPaved Chuck Stevenson Manny Ayulo
NCJuly 25 Indianapolis SweepstakesWilliams Grove SpeedwayMechanicsburg, PennsylvaniaDirt Jimmy Davies Jimmy Davies
5August 21 Springfield 100Illinois State FairgroundsSpringfield, IllinoisDirt Jiggs Peters Jimmy Davies
6August 29 Milwaukee 250Wisconsin State Fair Park SpeedwayWest Allis, WisconsinPaved Sam Hanks Manny Ayulo
7September 6 Ted Horn MemorialDuQuoin State FairgroundsDu Quoin, IllinoisDirt Don Freeland Sam Hanks
8September 6 Pikes Peak Auto Hill ClimbPikes Peak HighwayPikes Peak, ColoradoHill Larry Crockett Keith Andrews
9September 11 Syracuse 100New York State FairgroundsSyracuse, New YorkDirt Don Freeland Bob Sweikert
10September 18 Hoosier HundredIndiana State FairgroundsIndianapolis, IndianaDirt Manny Ayulo Jimmy Bryan
11October 17 Golden State 100California State FairgroundsSacramento, CaliforniaDirt Jack McGrath Jimmy Bryan
12November 7-8 Bobby Ball MemorialArizona State FairgroundsPhoenix, ArizonaDirt Shorty Templeman Jimmy Bryan
13November 14 Silver State CenturyLas Vegas Park SpeedwayLas Vegas, NevadaDirt Jimmy Bryan Jimmy Bryan

Final points standings

Note: The points became the car, when not only one driver led the car, the relieved driver became small part of the points. Points for driver method: / *

General references

  • http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf
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