1914 AAA Championship Car season

1914 AAA Championship Car season

AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races	15
Start date	February 26
End date	November 26
Awards
National champion	Ralph DePalma (unofficial)
Indianapolis 500 winner	René Thomas
Chronology
Previous season	Next season
1913	1915

The 1914 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 15 races, beginning in Santa Monica, California on February 26 and concluding in Corona, California on November 26. The de facto National Champion as poled by the American automobile journal Motor Age was Ralph DePalma and the winner of the Indianapolis 500 was René Thomas. Points were not awarded by the AAA Contest Board during the 1914 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 (miles)	Track	Location	Type	Notes	Pole position	Winning driver
February 26	William K. Vanderbilt Cup (295)	Santa Monica Road Race Course	Santa Monica, California	8.417 mile road course	In practice, Dave Lewis skidded, crashed into a crowd, and overturned, crushing to death a spectator, Lewis Smith, and seriously hurting himself and four other attendants.^[1]	Harry Grant	Ralph DePalma
February 28	American Grand Prize (404)	Santa Monica Road Race Course	Santa Monica, California	8.417 mile road course	ACA sanction	Eddie Pullen	Teddy Tetzlaff
May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	2.5 mile brick oval	450 cu in., Qualifications based upon demonstrated 75 mph single-lap speed, 30-car field	Arthur Duray	René Thomas
July 3	Golden Potlach Trophy Race (200)	Pacific Coast Speedway	Tacoma, Washington	2 mile dirt oval	600 cu in.		Hughie Hughes
July 4	Montamarathon Trophy Race (250)	Pacific Coast Speedway	Tacoma, Washington	2 mile dirt oval	Free-for-all		Earl Cooper
July 4	Sioux City Race (300)	Sioux City Speedway	North Sioux City, South Dakota	2 mile dirt oval		Gil Andersen	Eddie Rickenbacker
July 30	Galveston Race 1 (50)	Denver Beach Course	Galveston, Texas	5 mile beach course			Ralph Mulford
August 1	Galveston Race 2 (50)			2.5 mile beach course			Ralph Mulford
August 3	Galveston Race 3 (50)			2.5 mile beach course			Ralph Mulford
August 21	Chicago Auto Club Trophy Race (301)	Elgin Road Race Course	Elgin, Illinois	8.384 mile road course		Frank Dearborn	Ralph DePalma
August 22	Elgin National Trophy Race (301)	Elgin Road Race Course	Elgin, Illinois	8.384 mile road course	Spencer Wishart and his riding mechanic Jack Jenter fatally injured^[2]^[3]	Frank Dearborn	Ralph DePalma
September 26	Kalamazoo Race (100)	Recreation Park	Kalamazoo, Michigan	1 mile dirt oval	Free-formula		Bob Burman
October 22	Galesburg Race (100)	Galesburg District Fairgrounds	Galesburg, Illinois	1 mile dirt oval	Fritz Walker, riding mechanic for Jack Gable, fatally injured^[4]^[5]		Ralph Mulford
October 24	St. Paul Race (100)	Minnesota State Fair Speedway	St. Paul, Minnesota	1 mile dirt oval			Tom Alley
November 26	Corona Race (302)	Grand Boulevard	Corona, California	2.768 mile road course		Barney Oldfield	Eddie Pullen

Leading National Championship standings

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.

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

#	Driver	Sponsor	Points
1	Ralph DePalma	Mercedes	2045
2	Eddie Pullen	Mercer	1720
3	René Thomas	Delage	1000
4	Barney Oldfield	Stutz	990
5	Ralph Mulford	Peugeot	780

References

↑ "One killed and five hurt at practice spin". San Francisco Chronicle. February 17, 1914. Archived from the original on December 7, 2015.
↑ Parker, Reed L. (August 23, 1914). "Wishart killed at Elgin in race won by DePalma". The Chicago Sunday Tribune. Archived from the original on December 7, 2015.
↑ "Jenter is dead". The Milwaukee Journal. August 26, 1914.
↑ Parker, Reed L. (October 23, 1914). "Ralph Mulford victor in 100 mile motor race". The Chicago Daily Tribune. Archived from the original on December 7, 2015.
↑ ""Mercedes Fritz" dead; motor car race victim". The Milwaukee Sentinel. October 28, 1914.

General references

http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1914.htm accessed 8/21/15
http://www.teamdan.com/archive/gen/indycar/1914.html accessed 8/21/15

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.

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 2016 2017

Years marked in italics are not official championship years.

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