1910 AAA Championship Car season

1910 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races	19
Start date	May 5
End date	October 1
Awards
National champion	Ray Harroun (unofficial)
Chronology
Previous season	Next season
1909	1911

The 1910 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 19 races, beginning in Atlanta, Georgia on May 5 and concluding in Long Island, New York on October 1. The de facto National Champion as poled by the American automobile journal Motor Age was Ray Harroun. Points were not awarded by the AAA Contest Board during the 1910 season. Champions of the day were decided by Chris G. Sinsabaugh, an editor at Motor Age, based on merit and on track performance. The points table was created retroactively in 1927 – all championship results should be considered unofficial.

Schedule and results

Date	Race Name Distance (miles)	Track	Location	Type	Notes	Pole Position	Winning Driver
May 5	Atlanta Race 1 (200)	Atlanta Motordrome	Atlanta, Georgia	2 Mile Dirt Oval	Restricted to stock chassis, 301–450 ci		Ray Harroun
May 6	Atlanta Race 2 (60)				Restricted to stock chassis, 161–230 ci		Bill Endicott
	Atlanta Race 3 (50)				George Robertson held track record of 40:14.03, which was not broken.		Herbert Lytle
May 7	Atlanta Race 4 (200)				Restricted to cars 451–600 cu, race completed in heavy rain		Tom Kincaid
May 27	Prest-O-Lite Trophy Race (100)	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Indianapolis, Indiana	2.5 Mile Brick Oval	Open to cars with 301–450 ci displacement		Tom Kincaid
May 28	Wheeler-Schebler Trophy Race (200)						Ray Harroun
May 30	Remy Brassard Trophy 1 (50)				231–300 ci		Ray Harroun
July 2	Remy Brassard Trophy 2 (100)				Bob Burman broke Tom Kincaid's track record of 1:23:43.		Bob Burman
July 4	Cobe Trophy Race (200)						Joe Dawson
August 26	Kane County Trophy Race (162)	Elgin Road Race Course	Elgin, Illinois	8.094 Mile Road Course	Open to cars 231–300 ci displacement		Dave Buck
August 26	Illinois Trophy Race (194)				Open to cars 301–450 ci displacement		Al Livingstone
August 27	Elgin National Trophy Race (300)				Open to cars 600 ci and under	Al Livingstone	Ralph Mulford
September 3	Indianapolis Race 6 (100)	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Indianapolis, Indiana	2.5 Mile Brick Oval		Eddie Hearne	Eddie Hearne
	Remy Grand Trophy Race (100)					Charles Merz	Howdy Wilcox
September 5	Indianapolis Race 8 (50)				Free-For-All		Eddie Hearne
	Indianapolis Race 9 (200)				Stock class, 600 ci and under displacement		Johnny Aitken
October 1	Massapequa Sweepstakes* (126)	Long Island Motor Parkway	Long Island, New York	12.64 Mile Road Course	Stock class, 161–230 ci displacement	Bill Endicott	Bill Endicott
	Wheatley Hills Sweepstakes* (190)				Stock class, 231–300 ci displacement	Billy Pearce	Frank Gelnaw
	William K. Vanderbilt Cup* (278)				Stock chassis, 301–600 ci; Milton Bacon, riding mechanic for Harold Stone, and Charles Miller, riding mechanic for Louis Chevrolet, fatally injured	Al Livingstone	Harry Grant

* All events run concurrently; starting times were: Vanderbilt 6:00 AM, Wheatley Hills 7:00 AM, Massapequa 7:30 AM

Leading National Championship standings

#	Driver	Sponsor	Points
1	Ray Harroun	Marmon	1240
2	Joe Dawson	Marmon	1125
3	Al Livingstone	National	1020
4	Harry Grant	Alco	760
5	Johnny Aitken	National	715

The points paying system for the 1909–1915 and 1917–1919 season were retroactively applied in 1927 and revised in 1951 using the points system from 1920. Points were awarded as follows:

Miles/ Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
40	80	45	25	15	10	X	X	X	X	x
50	100	55	30	20	10	5	X	X	X	X
60	120	65	35	25	15	X	X	X	X	X
80	160	80	45	30	20	X	X	X	X	X
100	200	110	60	35	20	15	10	5	X	X
150	300	160	90	50	30	20	15	10	X	X
200	400	210	110	60	40	25	15	10	X	X
250	500	260	140	80	50	35	25	15	10	5
300	600	420	220	120	70	45	35	25	15	10
400	800	420	220	120	70	45	35	25	15	10
500	1000	520	270	140	90	60	50	40	35	30

General references

• http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1910.htm accessed 9/18/10
• http://www.rumbledrome.com/10stats.html accessed 9/18/10
• http://www.motorsport.com/stats/champ/byyear.asp?Y=1910 accessed 9/18/10