1910 AAA Championship Car season

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. AAA did not award points towards a National Championship during the season.

1910 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races19
Start dateMay 5
End dateOctober 1
Awards
National championUnited StatesRay Harroun (unofficial)

The de facto National Champion as polled by the American automobile journal Motor Age, was Ray Harroun. Points were not awarded by the AAA Contest Board during the 1910 season. Harroun was named the champion by Chris G. Sinsabaugh, an editor at Motor Age, based upon merit and on track performance. A points table was created retroactively in 1927. At a later point, it was recognized by historians that these 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 Speedway Trophy (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 Automobile Association Trophy (200) Restricted to cars 451–600 cu, race completed in heavy rain Tom Kincade
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 Kincade
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 Kincade'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[1] 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

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.

Further information: List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems
 #  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

References
  1. "Alco again wins Vanderbilt Cup but race's death toll is high" (PDF). The New York Times. October 2, 1910. Archived from the original on July 6, 2014.

General references
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