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1928 AAA Championship Car season

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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 →

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.

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.

Rnd Date Race Name Track Location Type Pole Position Winning Driver
1 May 30 United States International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Brick United States Leon Duray United States Louis Meyer
2 June 10 United States Detroit Race 1 - 100 Michigan State Fairgrounds Detroit, Michigan Dirt United States Ray Keech United States Ray Keech
3 July 4 United States Rockingham Preliminary - 15 Rockingham Park Salem, New Hampshire Board United States Leon Duray United States Leon Duray
4 United States Rockingham Race - 185 United States Leon Duray United States Ray Keech
NC July 4 United States Atlantic City Race 1 - 100 Atlantic City Speedway Hammonton, New Jersey Board United States Freddie Winnai
NC July 15 United States Detroit Race 2 - 100 Michigan State Fairgrounds Detroit, Michigan Dirt United States Howard Taylor
5 August 19 United States Altoona Race - 200 Altoona Speedway Tyrone, Pennsylvania Board United States Leon Duray United States Louis Meyer
6 September 1 United States Syracuse Race - 100 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt United States Cliff Woodbury United States Ray Keech
NC September 16 United States Atlantic City Race 2 - 100 Atlantic City Speedway Hammonton, New Jersey Board United States Ray Keech
7 October 12 United States International Motor Classic - 200A Rockingham Park Salem, New Hampshire Board United States Bob McDonogh United States 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]

Pos Driver INDY
United States
DET
United States
SAL1
United States
SAL2
United States
ALT
United States
SYR
United States
SAL3
United States
Pts
1 United States Louis Meyer 1 DNQ 7 2 1 10 16 1596
2 United States Ray Keech 4 1* 8 1 6 1 14 915
3 United States Lou Moore  RY  2 3 11 11 13 12 406
4 United States George Souders 3 14 DNQ 270
5 United States Bob McDonogh 16 2 6 2 11 248
6 United States Fred Frame 8 2 146
7 United States Norman Batten 5 12 9 3 16 8 8 145
8 United States Cliff Woodbury 23 6 5 10 11 7 1 138
9 United States Billy Arnold  R  7 7 4 3 120
10 United States Bill Spence  R  7 4 12 4 DNQ 115
11 United States Russ Snowberger 29 DNQ 2 110
12 United States Dave Evans 12 13 5 5 5 10 97
13 United States Fred Comer 9 3 9 3 15 95
14 United States Zeke Meyer 5 4 DNQ 89
15 United States Babe Stapp 6 DNQ 14 13 7 12 4 87
16 United States Ralph Hepburn 24* 4 DNS 15 DNQ 2 70
17 United States Chet Gardner  R  10 3 DNQ 60
18 United States Leon Duray 19* 11 1 7 8 13 7 49
19 United States Earl Devore 18 10 8 9 5 22
20 United States Tony Gulotta 10 21
21 United States Howard Taylor  R  5 20
22 United States Bob Robinson  R  6 15
23 United States Cliff Bergere 28 6 12 14 DNQ 6 10
24 United States Dutch Baumann 10 9
- United States Louis Schneider 11 8 0
- United States Deacon Litz  R  14 13 10 9 0
- United States Wilbur Shaw 25 9 0
- United States Charles Ganung  R  9 0
- United States Louis Wilson 11 0
- United States Frank Farmer 11 0
- United States Johnny Seymour  R  17 12 0
- United States Jimmy Gleason 15 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 13 0
- United States Shorty Cantlon  R  13 DNQ 0
- United States Henry Kohlert 13 0
- United States W. E. Shattuc 13 0
- United States Wesley Crawford 14 0
- United States Ralph DePalma 14 0
- United States Cliff Durant 16 0
- United States Cy Marshall  R  18 0
- United States Sam Ross  R  20 DNQ 0
- United States Ira Hall  R  21 0
- United States Jack Petticord 21 0
- United States Pete Kreis 22 0
- United States Benny Shoaff 26 0
- United States Clarence Belt  R  27 0
- United States Buddy Marr DNQ DNQ 0
- United States L. L. Corum DNQ 0
- United States Peter DePaolo DNQ 0
- United States Jim Hill DNQ 0
- United States Chet Miller DNQ 0
- United States Kelly Petillo DNQ 0
- United States Herman Schurch DNQ 0
- United States Eddie Hearne DNQ 0
- United States Bill Albertson DNQ 0
- United States Bo Amos DNQ 0
- United States Claude Berton DNQ 0
- United States Frank Conley DNQ 0
- United States Rick Decker DNQ 0
- United States Louis Hornbrook DNQ 0
- United States G. Hunn DNQ 0
- United States George Huss DNQ 0
- United States Henry Korgis DNQ 0
- United States Aguila Lenyard DNQ 0
- United States Ralph Malamud DNQ 0
- United States Hap Ray DNQ 0
- United States Charles Schwab DNQ 0
- United States Ira Vail DNQ 0
- United States George Wingerter DNQ 0
- United States Freddie Winnai DNQ 0
- United States George Zimmerman DNQ 0
- Romania Ionel Ghica-Cantacuzino DNP 0
- United States Phil Shafer DNP 0
Pos Driver INDY
United States
DET
United States
SAL1
United States
SAL2
United States
ALT
United States
SYR
United States
SAL3
United States
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

See also

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References

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