1913 AAA Championship Car season

1913 AAA Championship Car season

AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races	14
Start date	January 1
End date	September 9
Awards
National champion	Earl Cooper (unofficial)
Indianapolis 500 winner	Jules Goux
Chronology
Previous season	Next season
1912	1914

The 1913 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 14 races, beginning in San Diego, California on January 1 and concluding in Corona, California on September 9. The de facto National Champion as poled by the American automobile journal Motor Age was Earl Cooper and the winner of the Indianapolis 500 was Jules Goux. Points were not awarded by the AAA Contest Board during the 1913 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
January 1	San Diego Race (183)	San Diego Road Race Course	San Diego, California	91.7 mile road course		Elmer Knox	George Hill
March 1	Point Loma Race (201)	Point Loma Road Race Course	San Diego, California	5.982 mile road course			Billy Carlson
May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	2.5 mile brick oval	Qualifications based upon demonstrated 75 mph single-lap speed, 27-car field	Caleb Bragg	Jules Goux
July 4	Columbus Race (200)	Columbus Driving Park	Columbus, Ohio	1 mile dirt oval	Harry Knight and his riding mechanic Milton Michaelis fatally injured^[1]		Ralph Mulford
July 5	Potlach Trophy Race (200)	Tacoma Road Race Course	Tacoma, Washington	3.423 mile road course			Earl Cooper
July 7	Montamarathon Trophy Race (249)	Tacoma Road Race Course	Tacoma, Washington	3.423 mile road course			Earl Cooper
July 28	Galveston Race 1 (100)	Denver Beach Course	Galveston, Texas	5 mile beach course			Louis Disbrow
July 29	Galveston Race 2 (100)						Armour Ferguson
July 30	Galveston Race 3 (100)						Louis Disbrow
August 9	Santa Monica Road Race (445)	Santa Monica Road Race Course	Santa Monica, California	8.417 mile road course		Gaston Morris	Earl Cooper
August 29	Chicago Auto Club Trophy Race (302)	Elgin Road Race Course	Elgin, Illinois	8.384 mile road course	231-300 cu in.	Joe Dawson	Ralph DePalma
August 30	National Trophy Race (302)	Elgin Road Race Course	Elgin, Illinois	8.384 mile road course	450 cu in.	Bill Endicott	Gil Andersen
September 9	Corona Race 1 (302)	Grand Boulevard	Corona, California	2.768 mile road course	Free-for-all		Earl Cooper
September 9	Corona Race 2 (252)	Grand Boulevard	Corona, California	2.768 mile road course	450 cu in.		Earl Cooper

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	Earl Cooper	Stutz	2710
2	Jules Goux	Peugeot	1000
3	Ralph Mulford	Mason	770
4	Ralph DePalma	Mercer	715
5	Spencer Wishart	Mercer	690

References

↑ "Autoist killed in race at Columbus". The Saturday Evening Citizen. Ottawa, Canada. July 5, 1913.

General references

http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1913.htm accessed 8/21/15
http://www.teamdan.com/archive/gen/indycar/1913.html accessed 8/21/15
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35584288 accessed 8/21/15

AAA Championship Cars (1905–1955)

Seasons	1905 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955

Indianapolis 500s	1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 ~~1942~~ 1943–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955

National Champions	Billy Arnold Henry Banks Tony Bettenhausen Jimmy Bryan Bob Carey Gaston Chevrolet Bill Cummings Peter DePaolo (twice) Sam Hanks Harry Hartz Eddie Hearne Ted Horn (three times) Rex Mays (twice) Louis Meyer (three times) Tommy Milton Jimmy Murphy (twice) Barney Oldfield Johnnie Parsons Kelly Petillo Dario Resta Floyd Roberts Mauri Rose Louis Schneider Wilbur Shaw (twice) Chuck Stevenson Bob Sweikert

AAA Contest Board Years marked in italics are not official championship years.

American Championship car racing (IndyCar) seasons

AAA	1905 1906–1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955

NASCAR	1952 1953

USAC	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95

CART / CCWS	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ~~2008~~

INDYCAR	1996 1996–97 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Years marked in italics are not official championship years.

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