1910 AAA Championship Car season

1910 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Circuit Championship
Season
Races 19
Start date May 5
End date October 1
Awards
National champion Ray Harroun (unofficial)
Chronology
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1909 1911

The 1910 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 19 races, beginning in Atlanta, Georgia on May 5 and concluding in Long Island, New York on October 1. The de facto National Champion as poled by the American automobile journal Motor Age was Ray Harroun. Points were not awarded by the AAA Contest Board during the 1910 season. Champions of the day were decided by Chris G. Sinsabaugh, an editor at Motor Age, based on merit and on track performance. The points table was created retroactively in 1927, all championship results should be considered unofficial.

Schedule and results

Date Race Name, (Distance) Track Location Type Notes Pole Position Winning Driver
May 5 Atlanta Race 1 (200) Atlanta Motordrome Atlanta, Georgia 2 Mile Dirt Oval Restricted to stock chassis, 301–450 ci Ray Harroun
May 6 Atlanta Race 2 (60) Restricted to stock chassis, 161–230 ci Bill Endicott
Atlanta Race 3 (50) Robertson held track record of 40:14.03 which was not broken Herbert Lytle
May 7 Atlanta Race 4 (200) Restricted to cars 451–600 cu, race completed in heavy rain Tom Kincaid
May 27 Prest-O-Lite Trophy Race (100) Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis, Indiana 2.5 Mile Brick Oval Open to cars with 301–450 ci displacement Tom Kincaid
May 28 Wheeler-Schebler Trophy (200) Ray Harroun
May 30 Remy Brassard Trophy 1 (50) Remy Brassard race, 231–300 ci. Ray Harroun
July 2 Remy Brassard Trophy 2 (100) Bob Burman broken track record of 1:23:43, held by Tom Kincaid Bob Burman
July 4 Cobe Trophy Race (200) Joe Dawson
August 26 Kane County Trophy Race (162) Elgin Road Race Circuit Elgin, Illinois 8.094 Mile Road Course Open to cars 231–300 ci displacement Dave Buck
August 26 Illinois Trophy Race (194) Open to cars 301–450 ci displacement Al Livingstone
August 27 Elgin National Trophy Race (300) Open to cars 600 ci and under Al Livingstone Ralph Mulford
September 3 Indianapolis Race 6 (100) Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis, Indiana 2.5 Mile Brick Oval Eddie Hearne Eddie Hearne
Remy Grand Trophy Race (100) Charles Merz Howdy Wilcox
September 5 Indianapolis Race 8 (50) Free-For-All Eddie Hearne
Indianapolis Race 9 (200) Stock class, 600 ci and under displacement Johnny Aitken
October 1 Massapequa Sweepstakes* (126) Long Island Motor Parkway Long Island, New York 12.64 Mile Road Course Stock class, 161–230 ci displacement Bill Endicott Bill Endicott
Wheatley Hills Sweepstakes* (190) Stock class, 231–300 ci displacement Billy Pearce Frank Gelnaw
William K. Vanderbilt Cup* (278) Stock chassis, 301–600 ci Al Livingstone Harry Grant

* All events run concurrently. Starting times were; vanderbilt 6:00 AM, wheatley 7:00 AM, massapequa 7:30 AM

Leading National Championship standings

 #  Driver Points
1 Ray Harroun 1240
2 Joe Dawson 1125
3 Al Livingstone 1020
4 Harry Grant 760
5 Johnny Aitken 715

The points paying system for the 1909–1915 and 1917–1919 season were retroactively applied in 1927 and revised in 1951 using the points system from 1920. Points were awarded as follows.

Miles/ Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
40 80 45 25 15 10 X X X X x
50 100 55 30 20 10 5 X X X X
60 120 65 35 25 15 X X X X X
80 160 80 45 30 20 X X X X X
100 200 110 60 35 20 15 10 5 X X
150 300 160 90 50 30 20 15 10 X X
200 400 210 110 60 40 25 15 10 X X
250 500 260 140 80 50 35 25 15 10 5
300 600 420 220 120 70 45 35 25 15 10
400 800 420 220 120 70 45 35 25 15 10
500 1000 520 270 140 90 60 50 40 35 30

References