1954 AAA Championship Car season

1954 AAA Championship Car season
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Season
Races 13
Start date May 30
End date November 14
Awards
National champion Jimmy Bryan
Indianapolis 500 winner Bill Vukovich
Chronology
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1953 1955

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.

Contents

Schedule and results

Rnd Date Race Name Track Location Type Pole Position Winning Driver
1 May 30 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Paved Oval Jack McGrath Bill Vukovich
2 June 6 Rex Mays Classic Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Paved Oval Bill Vukovich Chuck Stevenson
3 June 20 Langhorne 100 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Dirt Oval Joe Sostilio Jimmy Bryan
4 July 5 Independence Day Sweepstakes Darlington Raceway Darlington, South Carolina Paved Oval Chuck Stevenson Manny Ayulo
NC July 25 Indianapolis Sweepstakes Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Dirt Oval Jimmy Davies Jimmy Davies
5 August 21 Springfield 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt Oval Jiggs Peters Jimmy Davies
6 August 29 Milwaukee 250 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Paved Oval Sam Hanks Manny Ayulo
7 September 6 Ted Horn Memorial DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin, Illinois Dirt Oval Don Freeland Sam Hanks
8 September 6 Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak, Colorado Hill Climb Larry Crockett Keith Andrews
9 September 11 Syracuse 100 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt Oval Don Freeland Bob Sweikert
10 September 18 Hoosier Hundred Indiana State Fairgrounds Indianapolis, Indiana Dirt Oval Manny Ayulo Jimmy Bryan
11 October 17 Golden State 100 California State Fairgrounds Sacramento, California Dirt Oval Jack McGrath Jimmy Bryan
12 November 7 Bobby Ball Memorial Arizona State Fairgrounds Phoenix, Arizona Dirt Oval Shorty Templeman Jimmy Bryan
13 November 14 Silver State Century Las Vegas Park Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada Dirt Oval Jimmy Bryan Jimmy Bryan

Leading National Championship standings

 #  Driver Team Points
1 Jimmy Bryan Dean Racing Enterprises 2630
2 Manny Ayulo Peter Schmidt 1290
3 Jack McGrath Hinkle 1220
=4 Bill Vukovich Pat Clancy, Dean Racing Enterprises 1000
=4 Jimmy Reece Malloy 1000

References

See also

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