1905 AAA Championship Car season explained
The 1905 AAA National Motor Car Championship consisted of 11 points-paying races, beginning in The Bronx, New York on June 10 and concluding in Poughkeepsie, New York on September 29. There were also at least two non-championship events held during the year. This was the first year that the AAA Contest Board (then known as the Racing Board) officially recognized a National Champion in American Championship Car competition.
The 1905 AAA National Champion was Barney Oldfield. For reasons unclear, but likely due to a change in attitudes and opinions by AAA officials about the dangers of racing following several serious accidents, no national championship was officially recognized again until 1916.
Schedule and results
All races running on Dirt Oval.
| Rnd | Date | Race Name | Track | Location | Winning Driver |
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| 1 | June 10 | Morris Park 5 | Morris Park | The Bronx, New York | Louis Chevrolet |
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| 2 | June 17 | Hartford 5 | Charter Oak Park | West Hartford, Connecticut | Barney Oldfield |
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| 3 | June 26 | Empire City 10 | Empire City Speedway | Yonkers, New York | Louis Chevrolet |
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| 4 | June 28 | Brunots Island | Brunots Island Driving Track | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Barney Oldfield |
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| 5 | June 29 | Brunots Island 10 | Brunots Island Driving Track | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Louis Chevrolet |
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| 6 | July 4 | Morris Park 1 | Morris Park | The Bronx, New York | Webb Jay |
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| NC | August 8 | Grosse Pointe 5 | Grosse Pointe Track | Detroit, Michigan | Webb Jay |
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| 7 | August 14 | Glenville 5 | Glenville Driving Track | Cleveland, Ohio | Charles Burman |
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| 8 | August 19 | Buffalo 5 | Kenilworth Park | Buffalo, New York | Barney Oldfield |
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| 9 | September 9 | Readville 5 | Readville Trotting Park | Readville, Massachusetts | Barney Oldfield |
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| NC | September 18 | Syracuse 5[1] | New York State Fairgrounds | Syracuse, New York | Guy Vaughan |
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| 10 | September 23 | Providence 5 | Narragansett Park Speedway | Cranston, Rhode Island | Barney Oldfield |
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| 11 | September 29 | Poughkeepsie 5 | Hudson River Driving Park | Poughkeepsie, New York | Barney Oldfield | |
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Leading National Championship standings
In 1951, Victor Hémery, winner of the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup, was retroactively awarded a national championship. At a later point, it was recognized by historians that these championship results were revisionist, after discovering published sources naming Oldfield as the National Champion.
References
Works cited
- Web site: AAA National Championship 1905 . Åberg, Andreas . Driver Database . 2009-05-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120908075717/http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1140-1905/ . 2012-09-08 . live .
- Web site: 1905 AAA National Circuit Championship . ChampCarStats.com . 2009-05-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081010170713/http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1905.htm . 2008-10-10 . live .
Footnotes
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Notes and References
- "Considerable and reasonable doubt is raised" (based on coverage in The Motor World) about the Syracuse event being a points-paying race in the 1905 national championship; per research by Don Capps (February 14, 2015).
