1915_AAA_Championship_Car_season

1915 AAA Championship Car season

1915 AAA Championship Car season

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The 1915 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 27 races, beginning in San Diego, California on January 9 and concluding in San Francisco, California on November 25. AAA did not award points towards a National Championship during the 1915 season, and did not declare a National Champion.[1] Ralph DePalma was the winner of the Indianapolis 500.

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The de facto National Champion as polled by the American automobile journal Motor Age, was Earl Cooper. Points were not awarded by the AAA Contest Board during the 1915 season. Cooper was named the champion by Chris G. Sinsabaugh, an editor at Motor Age, based upon merit and on track performance. A points table was created retroactively in 1927. At a later point, it was recognized by historians that these championship results should be considered unofficial.

Schedule and results

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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
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References

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    Capps, H. Donald (February–March 2010). "John Glenn Printz and the Struggle for the Past: The A.A.A. Catastrophe - Arthur Means, Val Haresnape, Russ Catlin, and Bob Russo" (PDF). Rear View Mirror. 7 (6): 21–38.
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    "Callaghan badly hurt in Los Angeles race". The Milwaukee Sentinel. February 8, 1915.
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    "Jack Callaghan dies; was hurt on Sunday". The Milwaukee Sentinel. February 9, 1915.
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    "Cincinnati driver meets death in auto race at Sioux City". The Cincinnati Enquirer. July 4, 1915. Archived from the original on July 31, 2018.
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    "Franzen killed in race" (PDF). The New York Times. July 5, 1915. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 1, 2018.
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    "Auto driver dies" (PDF). The New York Times. July 6, 1915. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 1, 2018.
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    "Joe Cooper and a mechanician killed in race". The Gazette Times. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. August 8, 1915.
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    "Auto driver Grant severely burned" (PDF). The New York Times. September 28, 1915. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 1, 2018.
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    "Harry Grant dies of burns" (PDF). The New York Times. October 8, 1915. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 1, 2018.
  10. [10]
    "Earl Cooper Wins Race at Phoenix". San Francisco Chronicle. November 21, 1915. p. 43. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via newspapers.com.

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