1905 AAA Championship Car season

1905 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Track Championship
Season
Races 11
Start date June 10
End date September 29
Awards
National champion Barney Oldfield
Chronology
Previous season Next season
None 1909

The 1905 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 11 races, beginning in The Bronx, New York on June 10 and concluding in Poughkeepsie, New York on September 29. There was also one non-championship event in Detroit, Michigan. The AAA National Champion was Barney Oldfield. This was the first year AAA awarded a National Champion and for reasons unknown, they did not award another official champion until 1916. Though not historically considered the first year of the American Championship Car Racing title due to only featuring short sprints on dirt ovals, This was the first time in the western hemisphere that a racing champion was declared based on points.

Schedule and results

Rnd Date Race Name Track Location Type Pole Position Winning Driver
1 June 10 Morris Park 5 Morris Park The Bronx, New York Dirt Oval Louis Chevrolet
2 June 17 Hartford 5 Charter Oak Park West Hartford, Connecticut Dirt Oval Barney Oldfield
3 June 26 Empire City 10 Empire City Speedway Yonkers, New York Dirt Oval Louis Chevrolet
4 June 29 Brunots Island 10 Brunots Island Track Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Dirt Oval Louis Chevrolet
5 July 4 Morris Park 1 Morris Park The Bronx, New York Dirt Oval Webb Jay
NC August 8 Grosse Point 5* Grosse Point Track Detroit, Michigan Dirt Oval Webb Jay
6 August 14 Glenville 5 Glenville Driving Track Cleveland, Ohio Dirt Oval Charles Burman
7 August 19 Buffalo 5 Kenilworth Park Buffalo, New York Dirt Oval Barney Oldfield
8 September 9 Readville 5 Readville Trotting Park Readville, Massachusetts Dirt Oval Barney Oldfield
9 September 18 Syracuse 5 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt Oval Guy Vaughn
10 September 23 Providence 5 Narragansett Park Pawtuxet, Rhode Island Dirt Oval Barney Oldfield
11 September 29 Poughkeepsie 5 Hudson River Driving Park Poughkeepsie, New York Dirt Oval Barney Oldfield

Leading National Championship standings

 #  Driver Team Points
1 Barney Oldfield Peerless "Green Dragon" 22
2 Louis Chevrolet Fiat 90 16
3 Webb Jay White Steamer 7
4 Dan Wurgis Reo Bird 32 6
5 Guy Vaughn Decauville 5

In 1951, Victor Hémery, winner of the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup, was retroactively awarded a National Championship.

References

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