1937 AAA Championship Car season

1937 AAA Championship Car season

AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races	3
Start date	May 30
End date	September 12
Awards
National champion	Wilbur Shaw
Indianapolis 500 winner	Wilbur Shaw
Chronology
Previous season	Next season
1936	1938

The 1937 AAA Championship Car season consisted of three races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Syracuse, New York on September 12. There were also three non-championship events. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Wilbur Shaw.

Schedule and results

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	May 31	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Brick	Bill Cummings	Wilbur Shaw
NC	June 13	Cleveland 50	Randall Park Raceway	North Randall, Ohio	Dirt	—	Rex Mays
2	July 5	George Vanderbilt Cup	Roosevelt Raceway	Westbury, New York	Road	Rudolf Caracciola	Bernd Rosemeyer
NC	August 21	Springfield 100	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt	—	Mauri Rose
NC	August 29	Milwaukee 100	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	Dirt	Billy Winn	Rex Mays
3	September 12	Syracuse 100	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	Rex Mays	Billy Winn

Dirt/Brick Oval

Road Course/Hill Climb

Non-championship race

Leading National Championship standings

#	Driver	Team	Points
1	Wilbur Shaw	Shaw Gilmore, Maserati	1135
2	Ted Horn	Miller	750
3	Bernd Rosemeyer	Auto Union	600
4	Ralph Hepburn	Hamilton-Harris	598.1
5	Louis Meyer	Boyle Valve	550

References

Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1937". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 2011-04-21. Retrieved 2011-04-21.
"1937 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on 2011-04-21. Retrieved 2011-04-21.
Harms, Phil. "1937 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 2011-04-21. Retrieved 2011-04-21.

American Championship car racing (IndyCar) seasons

AAA	1905 1906–1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955

NASCAR	1952 1953

USAC	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95

CART / CCWS	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ~~2008~~

INDYCAR	1996 1996–97 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Years marked in italics are not official championship years.

AAA Championship Cars (1905–1955)

Seasons	1905 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955

Indianapolis 500s	1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 ~~1942~~ 1943–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955

National Champions	Billy Arnold Henry Banks Tony Bettenhausen Jimmy Bryan Bob Carey Gaston Chevrolet Bill Cummings Peter DePaolo (twice) Sam Hanks Harry Hartz Eddie Hearne Ted Horn (three times) Rex Mays (twice) Louis Meyer (three times) Tommy Milton Jimmy Murphy (twice) Barney Oldfield Johnnie Parsons Kelly Petillo Dario Resta Floyd Roberts Mauri Rose Louis Schneider Wilbur Shaw (twice) Chuck Stevenson Bob Sweikert

AAA Contest Board Years marked in italics are not official championship years.

1937 AAA Championship Car season

Schedule and results

Leading National Championship standings

References

See also