# 1923 AAA Championship Car season

The 1923 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 8 races, beginning at Beverly Hills, California on February 25, 1923, and concluding at the same location on November 29, 1923. The AAA National Champion was Eddie Hearne, and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Tommy Milton.
1919 Indianapolis 500 winner Howdy Wilcox died during the Altoona Speedway event on September 4, 1923.

## Schedule and results

All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.
| Rnd | Date | Race Name | Track | Location | Type | Pole Position | Winning Driver |
| 1 | February 25, 1923 | Beverly Hills Race 1 - 250 | Los Angeles Motor Speedway | Beverly Hills, California | Board | Frank Elliott | Jimmy Murphy |
| 2 | April 26, 1923 | Raisin Day Classic 150 | Fresno Speedway | Fresno, California | Board | — | Jimmy Murphy |
| 3 | May 30, 1923 | International 500 Mile Sweepstakes | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Speedway, Indiana | Brick | Tommy Milton | Tommy Milton |
| 4 | July 4, 1923 | Kansas City Race 1 - 250 | Kansas City Speedway | Kansas City, Missouri | Board | Jimmy Murphy | Eddie Hearne |
| 5 | September 4, 1923 | Altoona Race - 200 | Altoona Speedway | Tyrone, Pennsylvania | Board | Earl Cooper | Eddie Hearne |
| NC | September 15, 1923 | Syracuse Race - 100 | New York State Fairgrounds | Syracuse, New York | Dirt | — | Tommy Milton |
| 6 | September 29, 1923 | San Joaquin Valley Classic - 200 | Fresno Speedway | Fresno, California | Board | Harlan Fengler | Harry Hartz |
| 7 | October 21, 1923 | Kansas City Race 2 - 250 | Kansas City Speedway | Kansas City, Missouri | Board | — | Harlan Fengler |
| 8 | November 29, 1923 | Beverly Hills Race 2 - 250 | Los Angeles Motor Speedway | Beverly Hills, California | Board | — | Bennett Hill |
    ^A Shared drive

## Final points standings

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.
The final standings based on reference.
| Pos | Driver | BEV1 | FRE1 | INDY | KAN1 | ALT | FRE2 | KAN2 | BEV2 | Pts |
| 1 | Eddie Hearne | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1* | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1882 |
| 2 | Jimmy Murphy | 1* | 1* | 3 | 6 | | | 3 | 3 | 1350 |
| 3 | Bennett Hill | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 955 |
| 4 | Harry Hartz | 14 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 11 | Wth | 820 |
| 5 | Tommy Milton | 6 | 10 | 1* | 9 | 8 | 10* | 10* | 13 | 810 |
| 6 | Harlan Fengler RY | | | 16 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 750 |
| 7 | Jerry Wunderlich | 10 | DNQ | 10 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 368 |
| 8 | Earl Cooper | 11 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 12* | 310 |
| 9 | Frank Elliott | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 301 |
| 10 | Dave Lewis | | | 6 | 4 | 3 | | 6 | | 234 |
| 11 | Ralph DePalma | 3 | | 15 | 8 | | | 8 | 6 | 190 |
| 12 | Fred Comer R | | | | | 4 | 4 | | 9 | 115 |
| 13 | L. L. Corum | | | 5 | | 11 | | 13 | | 90 |
| 14 | Cliff Durant | 9 | 9 | 7 | | | DNS | | 9 | 42 |
| 15 | Bertrand Lucinge R | | | 9 | | | | | | 35 |
| 16 | Phil Shafer | | | 10 | | | | | 7 | 33 |
| 17 | Wade Morton | 7 | 7 | 10 | | | | | | 32 |
| 18 | Leon Duray | 12 | 12 | 13 | DNQ | 7 | | 9 | 10 | 30 |
| 19 | Max Sailer R | | | 8 | | | | | | 25 |
| 20 | Joe Thomas | DNS | 6 | | | | | | | 20 |
| 21 | Joe Boyer | | | 18 | | | | | 8 | 15 |
| 22 | Karl Sailer R | | | 8 | | | | | | 15 |
| 23 | Dario Resta | 8 | | 14 | | | | | | 13 |
| 24 | Al Melcher | DNS | | | | | 8 | | | 10 |
| 25 | Ora Haibe | | | 10 | 10 | 9 | | 14 | | 9 |
| - | Howdy Wilcox | | | 17 | DNS | 10 | | | | 0 |
| - | Thane Houser R | | | 10 | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Peter DePaolo | | 11 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Christian Werner R | | | 11 | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Wesley Crawford R | | | | | | | | 11 | 0 |
| - | Pierre de Vizcaya R | | | 12 | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Ralph Snoddy | 13 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Louis Wilson R | | DNS | 13 | | | DNS | | | 0 |
| - | Ernie Ansterburg R | | | 14 | | | | | 15 | 0 |
| - | Art Klein | 15 | DNQ | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Louis Zborowski R | | | 20 | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Tom Alley | | | 21 | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Raúl Riganti R | | | 22 | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Christian Lautenschlager R | | | 23 | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Martín de Álzaga R | | | 24 | | | | | DNP | 0 |
| - | Herbert Scheel | | | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Ira Vail | | | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Cornelius Van Ranst | | | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Jules Goux | | | Wth | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Albert Guyot | | | Wth | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Charles Shambaugh | | | Wth | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Hollis Wells | | | Wth | | | | | | 0 |
| - | P. O. Palmer | | DNS | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | William White | | | | | DNS | | | | 0 |
| - | Herschell McKee | | DNP | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Harry Thicksten | | | DNP | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Louis Chevrolet | | | | | DNP | | | | 0 |
| - | Antoine Mourre | | | | | | | | DNP | 0 |
| - | Ernie Olsen | | | | | | | | DNP | 0 |
| - | Wally Butler | | | | | | | | DSQ | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | BEV | FRE | INDY | KAN | ALT | FRE | KAN | BEV | Pts |
| Color | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | 2nd place |
| Bronze | 3rd place |
| Green | 4th & 5th place |
| Light Blue | 6th-10th place |
| Dark Blue | Finished (Outside Top 10) |
| Purple | Did not finish (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Brown | Withdrawn (Wth) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| Blank | Did not participate (DNP) |
| Not competing |
In-line notation :
| Bold | Pole position |
| Italics | Ran fastest race lap |
| * | Led most race laps |
| Rookie of the Year ||
| Rookie ||