1921 AAA Championship Car season

The 1921 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 20 races, beginning in Beverly Hills, California on February 27 and concluding in San Carlos, California on December 11. There was also one non-championship race. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Tommy Milton.

1921 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races	20
Start date	February 27
End date	December 11
Awards
National champion	Tommy Milton
Indianapolis 500 winner	Tommy Milton
← 1920 1922 →

Alton Soules, and his riding mechanic Harry Barner, perished at the Fresno Speedway during the second race.

Schedule and results

All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Track	Location-	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	February 27	Beverly Hills Heat 1 - 25	Los Angeles Motor Speedway	Beverly Hills, California	Board	—	Ralph DePalma
2		Beverly Hills Heat 2 - 25				—	Roscoe Sarles
3		Beverly Hills Heat 3 - 25				—	Jimmy Murphy
4		Beverly Hills Heat 4 - 25				—	Tommy Milton
5		Beverly Hills Main - 50				—	Ralph DePalma
6	April 10	Beverly Hills Heat 1 - 25	Los Angeles Motor Speedway	Beverly Hills, California	Board	Tommy Milton	Ralph DePalma
7		Beverly Hills Heat 2 - 25				—	Eddie Pullen
8		Beverly Hills Heat 3 - 25				—	Joe Thomas
9		Beverly Hills Heat 4 - 25				—	Jimmy Murphy
10		Beverly Hills Main - 50				—	Jimmy Murphy
11	April 30	Raisin Day Classic - 150	Fresno Speedway	Fresno, California	Board	Roscoe Sarles	Joe Thomas
12	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Brick	Ralph DePalma	Tommy Milton
13	June 18	Universal Trophy - 225	Uniontown Speedway	Hopwood, Pennsylvania	Board	—	Roscoe Sarles
14	July 4	Tacoma Montamarathon - 250	Tacoma Speedway	Tacoma, Washington	Board	Tommy Milton	Tommy Milton
15	August 14	Cotati Race 1 - 150	Cotati Speedway	Santa Rosa, California	Board	—	Eddie Hearne
16	September 5	5th Annual Autumn Classic - 225	Uniontown Speedway	Hopwood, Pennsylvania	Board	—	I. P. Fetterman[1]
NC	September 19	Syracuse Race - 50	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	—	Ira Vail
17	October 1	San Joaquin Valley Classic - 150	Fresno Speedway	Fresno, California	Board	—	Earl Cooper
18	October 23	Cotati Race 2 - 150	Cotati Speedway	Santa Rosa, California	Board	—	Roscoe Sarles
19	November 24	Beverly Hills Race 11 - 250	Los Angeles Motor Speedway	Beverly Hills, California	Board	Roscoe Sarles	Eddie Hearne
20	December 11	San Carlos Race - 250	San Francisco Speedway	San Carlos, California	Board	—	Jimmy Murphy

  Non-championship race

Final points standings

Note: Drivers had to be running at the finish to score points. Points scored by drivers sharing a ride were split according to percentage of race driven. Starters were not allowed to score points as relief drivers, if a race starter finished the race in another car, in a points scoring position, those points were awarded to the driver who had started the car.
The final standings based on reference.^[2]

Further information: List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems

Pos Driver BEV1 BEV2 BEV3 BEV4 BEV5 BEV6 BEV7 BEV8 BEV9 BEV10 FRE1 INDY UNI1 TAC COT1 UNI2 FRE2 COT2 BEV11 SCA Pts 1 Tommy Milton 5 2 2* 1* 2 4 4 3 4 6 1 8 1 3 10 8 10 2* 2 2230 2 Roscoe Sarles 2* 1 3* 2 2* 5 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 5 1 10 6 1980 3 Eddie Hearne 3 5 DNS 5 DNS 6 3 2 3 4 3 13 2 5 1 5 4 3* 1 3 1399 4 Jimmy Murphy 8 3 1 4 8 7 DNS 1* 1* 5 14 6 9 2 2 5 4 1* 1215 5 Joe Thomas 3 6 1* 5 1* 22 9 3 6 6 DNQ 2 8 7 715 6 I. P. Fetterman 1 400 7 Eddie Miller 7 6 4 2 6 10 4 3 4 4 4 6 7 6 10 395 8 Ralph DePalma 1 9 1 1* 6 8 12* 4 7 5 355 9 Earl Cooper 1 300 10 Frank Elliott 7 8 9 9 3 6 3 12 265 11 Eddie Pullen 5 1 3 4 14 DNP 7 11 140 12 Harry Hartz  RY  5 4 130 13 Percy Ford 3 127 14 Tom Alley 11 4 6 7 DNP 9 90 15 Ora Haibe 5 90 16 Bennett Hill 7 8 11 DNQ DNP 9 57 17 Ira Vail 4 4 3 3 5 7 DNP DNP 50 18 Alton Soules  R  6 7 5 4 DNS 7 5 4 5 9 5 10* 5 DNP 9 50 19 Jerry Wunderlich 8 11 8 7 8 11 43 20 Ralph Mulford 9 DNP 35 21 Albert Guyot 6 30 22 Andy Burt 3 15 23 Howdy Wilcox 23 7 DNQ 15 24 Don Fretwell  R  DNP 8 15 25 Jules Ellingboe  R  19 10 8 DNQ 10 26 Art Klein 9 10 - John Thiele 9 8 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNP 0 - René Thomas 10 0 - Al Melcher 12 0 - Charles Basle 13 0 - Riley Brett 15 0 - Harry Thicksten 15 0 - Cornelius Van Ranst  R  16 0 - Joe Boyer 17 0 - Jean Chassagne 18 0 - André Boillot 20 0 - Louis Fountaine 21 0 - Mervin Headley DNQ 0 - Eddie Meyer DNQ 0 - L. L. Corum DNS 0 - Jim Crosby DNS 0 - Mike Moosie DNS 0 - Ralph Snoddy DNS 0 - Dario Resta DNP 0 Pos Driver BEV1 BEV2 BEV3 BEV4 BEV5 BEV6 BEV7 BEV8 BEV9 BEV10 FRE1 INDY UNI1 TAC COT1 UNI2 FRE2 COT2 BEV11 SCA Pts

Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th-10th place Dark Blue Finished (Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrawn (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Not competing In-line notation Bold Pole position Italics Ran fastest race lap * Led most race laps Rookie of the Year Rookie

References

1. "Fetterman Scores In Uniontown Race. Averages 99.8 Miles an Hour. Capture 225-Mile Auto Classic on Speedway. Murphy Finishes Second. Is Less Than Two Minutes Behind the Winner, With Sarles Third and Miller Fourth". The New York Times. September 6, 1921. Retrieved October 3, 2012. I. P. Fetterman of Pittsburgh today won the Autumn classic at the Automobile Speedway ...
2. "1921 AAA National Championship Trail".

• Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1921". Driver Database. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved April 26, 2011.
• "1921 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved April 26, 2011.
• Harms, Phil. "1921 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2012. Retrieved April 26, 2011.

See also

• 1921 Indianapolis 500