Auto racing season
The1926 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 24 races, beginning inMiami Beach ,Florida on February 22 and concluding inPineville ,North Carolina on November 11. There were also 7 non-championship races. TheAAA National Champion wasHarry Hartz and theIndianapolis 500 winner wasFrank Lockhart .
The season suffered two fatalities.Herbert Jones died atIndianapolis during a practice session.Jack Foley died atSalem during qualifying for the second race.[ 1]
Schedule and results [ edit ] All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.
Rnd Date Race name Track Location Type Pole position Winning driver 1 February 22 Fulford–Miami Speedway Miami Beach ,Florida Board Ralph Hepburn Peter DePaolo 2 March 21 Culver City Speedway Culver City ,California Board Bob McDonogh Bennett Hill NC April 15 Fresno Speedway Fresno ,California Board — Peter DePaolo 3 May 1 Atlantic City Speedway Hammonton ,New Jersey Board Bob McDonogh Harry Hartz 4 May 10 Charlotte Speedway Pineville ,North Carolina Board Harry Hartz Earl Devore 5 May 31 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes A Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway ,Indiana Brick Earl Cooper Frank Lockhart 6 June 12 Altoona Speedway Tyrone ,Pennsylvania Board Peter DePaolo Dave Lewis NC June 27 Michigan State Fairgrounds Detroit ,Michigan Dirt — Frank Lockhart 7 July 5 Rockingham Park Salem ,New Hampshire Board Peter DePaolo Peter DePaolo 8 Peter DePaolo Earl Cooper 9 July 17 Atlantic City Speedway Hammonton ,New Jersey Board — Harry Hartz 10 — Norman Batten 11 — Fred Comer 12 — Harry Hartz 13 August 23 Charlotte Speedway Pineville ,North Carolina Board Bob McDonogh Earl Cooper 14 — Dave Lewis 15 — Frank Lockhart 16 Dave Lewis Frank Lockhart NC September 4 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse ,New York Dirt — Ralph DePalma NC September 11 Michigan State Fairgrounds Detroit ,Michigan Dirt — Frank Lockhart 17 September 18 Altoona Speedway Tyrone ,Pennsylvania Board Harry Hartz Frank Lockhart NC October 2 B Fresno Speedway Fresno ,California Board — Peter DePaolo 18 — Bennett Hill 19 — Frank Lockhart 20 October 12 Rockingham Park Salem ,New Hampshire Board — Bennett Hill 21 — Leon Duray 22 — Harry Hartz NC October 24 Michigan State Fairgrounds Detroit ,Michigan Dirt — Sam Ross 23 November 11 Charlotte Speedway Pineville ,North Carolina Board Bennett Hill Frank Lockhart 24 Harry Hartz Dave Lewis 25 Bennett Hill Harry Hartz 26 Frank Lockhart Leon Duray
Non-championship race
^A ^B Final points standings [ edit ] 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 able 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.[ 2]
Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th-10th place Dark Blue Finished Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify Brown Withdrawn Black Disqualified White Did not start Blank Did not Not competing
In-line notation Bold Pole position Italics Ran fastest race lap * Led most race laps Rookie of the Year Rookie
Harry Hartz
