1937 AAA Championship Car season

Auto racing 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
← 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 three non-championship events. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Wilbur Shaw.

Albert Opalko, the riding mechanic of Frank McGurk, died during Indianapolis 500 qualifying on May 28.

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

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.

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

Pos	Driver	INDY	ROR	SYR	Pts
1	Wilbur Shaw	1*	9	DNQ	1135
2	Ted Horn	3	17	6	750
3	Bernd Rosemeyer RY		1*		600
4	Ralph Hepburn	2			598.1
5	Louis Meyer	4			550
6	Richard Seaman R		2		495
7	Bill Cummings	6	7	DNQ	444.4
8	Rex Mays	33	3	13	405
9	Cliff Bergere	5			335.2
10	Ernst von Delius R		4		330
11	Billy Devore R	7		DNQ	273
12	Giuseppe Farina		5		256.5
13	Joel Thorne	DNQ	6	DNQ	225
14	George Connor	9	18	11	225
15	Tony Gulotta	8			206.2
16	Billy Winn	26	29	1*	200
17	Chet Gardner	11	12	8	191
18	Louis Tomei	10			175
19	Jimmy Snyder	32	21	2	165
20	Russ Snowberger	27	8	DNQ	163.5
21	Bob Sall			3	135
22	George Barringer	5			114.7
23	Duke Nalon R	DNQ		4	110
24	Herb Ardinger	22	10		105
25	Mauri Rose	18	15	5	90
26	Frank Wearne R	24	11	DNQ	75
27	Ken Fowler	19	8	7	66.5
28	Fred Frame	7			52
29	Shorty Cantlon	16	DNP	9	45
30	Ronney Householder R	12	28		42.3
31	Bob Henderson R			10	25
32	Henry Banks	12	23		14
33	Al Putnam	12			8.5
-	Gus Zarka		30	12	0
-	Frank Brisko	23	13	14	0
-	Floyd Roberts	13			0
-	Milt Marion	DNQ	14	DNQ	0
-	Deacon Litz	14	DNP		0
-	Floyd Davis	15		DNQ	0
-	Eugen Bjørnstad R		16		0
-	Emil Andres	17		DNQ	0
-	Al Miller	17		DNQ	0
-	Ora Bean R		19	DNQ	0
-	Kelly Petillo	20	20		0
-	George Bailey	21			0
-	Harry Lewis R		22		0
-	Rudolf Caracciola R		24		0
-	Tony Willman	25			0
-	Tazio Nuvolari		25		0
-	Al Cusick R		26		0
-	Babe Stapp	31	27		0
-	Johnny Seymour	27			0
-	Bob Swanson	28	DNP		0
-	Harry McQuinn	29			0
-	Chet Miller	30			0
-	Lou Webb	DNQ		DNQ	0
-	John Moretti		DNQ	DNQ	0
-	Vern Ornduff	DNQ	DNP		0
-	Ben Brandfon		DNQ		0
-	Tom Cosman	DNQ			0
-	Dave Evans	DNQ			0
-	Ira Hall	DNQ			0
-	Luther Johnson	DNQ			0
-	Frank McGurk	DNQ			0
-	Zeke Meyer	DNQ			0
-	Lee Oldfield	DNQ			0
-	Overton Phillips	DNQ			0
-	Doc Williams	DNQ			0
-	Woody Woodford	DNQ			0
-	Ray Yeager	DNQ			0
-	Ernie Gesell			DNQ	0
-	Sam Grecco			DNQ	0
-	Tommy Hinnershitz			DNQ	0
-	Fred Tegtmeier			DNQ	0
-	Enzo Fiermonte		Wth		0
-	Lewis Balus		DNP		0
-	Lucky Teter		DNP		0
Pos	Driver	INDY	ROR	SYR	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

Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1937". Driver Database. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved April 21, 2011.
"1937 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved April 21, 2011.
Harms, Phil. "1937 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2012. Retrieved April 21, 2011.

References

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National Champions	Billy Arnold Henry Banks Tony Bettenhausen Jimmy Bryan Bob Carey Gaston Chevrolet Bill Cummings Pete 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
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