1928 AAA Championship Car season

The 1928 AAA Championship Car season consisted of seven races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Salem, New Hampshire on October 12. There were also three non-championship races. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Louis Meyer.

1928 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races7
Start dateMay 30
End dateOctober 12
Awards
National championUnited States Louis Meyer
Indianapolis 500 winnerUnited States Louis Meyer
← 1927
1929 →

Fred Comer died during the season's final event at Rockingham.[1]

Schedule and results

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All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.

RndDateRace NameTrackLocationTypePole PositionWinning Driver
1May 30 International 500 Mile SweepstakesIndianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, IndianaBrick Leon Duray Louis Meyer
2June 10 Detroit Race 1 - 100Michigan State FairgroundsDetroit, MichiganDirt Ray Keech Ray Keech
3July 4 Rockingham Preliminary - 15Rockingham ParkSalem, New HampshireBoard Leon Duray Leon Duray
4 Rockingham Race - 185 Leon Duray Ray Keech
NCJuly 4 Atlantic City Race 1 - 100Atlantic City SpeedwayHammonton, New JerseyBoard Freddie Winnai
NCJuly 15 Detroit Race 2 - 100Michigan State FairgroundsDetroit, MichiganDirt Howard Taylor
5August 19 Altoona Race - 200Altoona SpeedwayTyrone, PennsylvaniaBoard Leon Duray Louis Meyer
6September 1 Syracuse Race - 100New York State FairgroundsSyracuse, New YorkDirt Cliff Woodbury Ray Keech
NCSeptember 16 Atlantic City Race 2 - 100Atlantic City SpeedwayHammonton, New JerseyBoard Ray Keech
7October 12 International Motor Classic - 200ARockingham ParkSalem, New HampshireBoard Bob McDonogh Cliff Woodbury
  Non-championship race
^A Scheduled for 200 miles, stopped due to track breaking up after 50 laps.

Final points standings

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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]

PosDriverINDY
DET
SAL1
SAL2
ALT
SYR
SAL3
Pts
1 Louis Meyer1DNQ72110161596
2 Ray Keech41*816114915
3 Lou Moore  RY 2311111312406
4 George Souders314DNQ270
5 Bob McDonogh1626211248
6 Fred Frame82146
7 Norman Batten512931688145
8 Cliff Woodbury2365101171138
9 Billy Arnold  R 7743120
10 Bill Spence  R 74124DNQ115
11 Russ Snowberger29DNQ2110
12 Dave Evans12135551097
13 Fred Comer93931595
14 Zeke Meyer54DNQ89
15 Babe Stapp6DNQ1413712487
16 Ralph Hepburn24*4DNS15DNQ270
17 Chet Gardner  R 103DNQ60
18 Leon Duray19*1117813749
19 Earl Devore181089522
20 Tony Gulotta1021
21 Howard Taylor  R 520
22 Bob Robinson  R 615
23 Cliff Bergere2861214DNQ610
24 Dutch Baumann109
- Louis Schneider1180
- Deacon Litz  R 14131090
- Wilbur Shaw2590
- Charles Ganung  R 90
- Louis Wilson110
- Frank Farmer110
- Johnny Seymour  R 17120
- Jimmy Gleason15DNQDNQDNQDNQ130
- Shorty Cantlon  R 13DNQ0
- Henry Kohlert130
- W. E. Shattuc130
- Wesley Crawford140
- Ralph DePalma140
- Cliff Durant160
- Cy Marshall  R 180
- Sam Ross  R 20DNQ0
- Ira Hall  R 210
- Jack Petticord210
- Pete Kreis220
- Benny Shoaff260
- Clarence Belt  R 270
- Buddy MarrDNQDNQ0
- L. L. CorumDNQ0
- Peter DePaoloDNQ0
- Jim HillDNQ0
- Chet MillerDNQ0
- Kelly PetilloDNQ0
- Herman SchurchDNQ0
- Eddie HearneDNQ0
- Bill AlbertsonDNQ0
- Bo AmosDNQ0
- Claude BertonDNQ0
- Frank ConleyDNQ0
- Rick DeckerDNQ0
- Louis HornbrookDNQ0
- G. HunnDNQ0
- George HussDNQ0
- Henry KorgisDNQ0
- Aguila LenyardDNQ0
- Ralph MalamudDNQ0
- Hap RayDNQ0
- Charles SchwabDNQ0
- Ira VailDNQ0
- George WingerterDNQ0
- Freddie WinnaiDNQ0
- George ZimmermanDNQ0
- Ionel Ghica-CantacuzinoDNP0
- Phil ShaferDNP0
PosDriverINDY
DET
SAL1
SAL2
ALT
SYR
SAL3
Pts
ColorResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
Green4th & 5th place
Light Blue6th-10th place
Dark BlueFinished
(Outside Top 10)
PurpleDid not finish
(Ret)
RedDid not qualify
(DNQ)
BrownWithdrawn
(Wth)
BlackDisqualified
(DSQ)
WhiteDid not start
(DNS)
BlankDid not
participate
(DNP)
Not competing
In-line notation
BoldPole position
ItalicsRan fastest race lap
*Led most race laps
Rookie of the Year
Rookie

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1928 International Motor Classic".
  2. ^ "1928 AAA National Championship Trail".