Auto racing season
The1927 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 11 races, beginning inCulver City ,California on March 6 and concluding inSalem ,New Hampshire on October 12. There were also three non-championship races. TheAAA National Champion wasPeter DePaolo and theIndianapolis 500 winner wasGeorge Souders .
Schedule and results [ edit ] All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.
Rnd Date Race name Track Location Type Pole position Winning driver 1 March 6 Culver City Speedway Culver City ,California Board Frank Lockhart Leon Duray 2 May 7 Atlantic City Speedway Hammonton ,New Jersey Board Frank Lockhart Dave Lewis 3 May 30 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway ,Indiana Brick Frank Lockhart George Souders NC June 5 Michigan State Fairgrounds Detroit ,Michigan Dirt — Frank Lockhart 4 June 11 Altoona Speedway Tyrone ,Pennsylvania Board Leon Duray Peter DePaolo 5 July 4 Rockingham Park Salem ,New Hampshire Board Cliff Woodbury Peter DePaolo NC September 3 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse ,New York Dirt Frank Lockhart Frank Lockhart 6 September 5 Altoona Speedway Tyrone ,Pennsylvania Board Cliff Woodbury Frank Lockhart 7 September 19 Charlotte Speedway Pineville ,North Carolina Board Frank Lockhart Frank Lockhart 8 — Peter DePaolo 9 Harry Hartz Babe Stapp NC September 25 Randall Park Raceway North Randall ,Ohio Dirt — Frank Lockhart 10 October 12 Rockingham Park Salem ,New Hampshire Board Frank Lockhart Frank Lockhart 11 B Frank Lockhart Frank Lockhart
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 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.[ 1]
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Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th-10th place Dark Blue Finished Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify Brown Withdrawn Black Disqualified White Did not start Blank Did not Not competing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
Peter DePaolo