# 1924 AAA Championship Car season

The 1924 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 9 races, beginning at Beverly Hills, California on February 24, and concluding at Culver City, California on December 14. The AAA National Champion was posthumously won by Jimmy Murphy. The Indianapolis 500 co-winners were Joe Boyer and L. L. Corum - the first of two occasions where co-winners were awarded a victory.
The 1924 season suffered three fatal accidents. Joe Boyer at the Altoona Race on September 1. On September 15, Jimmy Murphy - winner of both the Indianapolis 500 and the National Championship in 1922 - perished at Syracuse. On October 16, Ernie Ansterburg died at Charlotte during a practice run. Murphy won the championship posthumously after Earl Cooper failed to win at Culver City, the final race of the season.

## Schedule and results

All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.
| Rnd | Date | Race Name | Track | Location | Type | Pole Position | Winning Driver |
| 1 | February 24 | Beverly Hills Race - 250 | Los Angeles Motor Speedway | Beverly Hills, California | Board | Phil Shafer | Harlan Fengler |
| 2 | May 30 | International 500 Mile Sweepstakes | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Speedway, Indiana | Brick | Jimmy Murphy | Joe Boyer |
| 2 | May 30 | International 500 Mile Sweepstakes | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Speedway, Indiana | Brick | Jimmy Murphy | L. L. Corum |
| 3 | June 14 | Altoona Race - 250 | Altoona Speedway | Tyrone, Pennsylvania | Board | Ira Vail | Jimmy Murphy |
| 4 | July 4 | Kansas City Race - 150 | Kansas City Speedway | Kansas City, Missouri | Board | Tommy Milton | Jimmy Murphy |
| 5 | September 1 | Fall Classic - 250 | Altoona Speedway | Tyrone, Pennsylvania | Board | Ray Cariens | Jimmy Murphy |
| 6 | September 15 | Syracuse Race - 150 | New York State Fairgrounds | Syracuse, New York | Dirt | Norman Batten | Phil Shafer |
| 7 | October 3 | Raisin Day Classic - 150 | Fresno Speedway | Fresno, California | Board | Fred Comer | Earl Cooper |
| 8 | October 25 | Charlotte Race - 250 | Charlotte Speedway | Pineville, North Carolina | Board | Bennett Hill | Tommy Milton |
| 9 | December 14 | Culver City Race - 250 | Culver City Speedway | Culver City, California | Board | — | Bennett Hill |
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## Final points standings

* Note 1: Joe Boyer started the No. 9 car during the Indianapolis 500, but dropped out early with mechanical issues. On lap 112, he relieved L. L. Corum in the No. 15 car, and went on to finish first. While both Boyer and Corum were recognized as co-winners - the first of two such occasions in Indianapolis 500 history - the winner's points went to Corum, who started and qualified the No. 15 car.
* Note 2: 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.
* Final standings based upon reference:
| Pos | Driver | BEV | INDY | ALT1 | KAN | ALT2 | SYR | FRE | CHA | CUL | Pts |
| 1 | Jimmy Murphy | 7 | 3 | 1* | 1 | 1* | 6 | | | | 1595 |
| 2 | Earl Cooper | 8* | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1* | 2 | 16 | 1240 |
| 3 | Bennett Hill | 4 | 5 | DNQ | 3 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1214 |
| 4 | Tommy Milton | 5 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1101 |
| 5 | Fred Comer | 14 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 725 |
| 6 | Harry Hartz | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 666 |
| 7 | L. L. Corum | | 1 | 8 | 11 | | | | | | 570 |
| 8 | Harlan Fengler | 1* | DNQ | | 4 | 7 | | 10 | 12 | Wth | 563 |
| 9 | Phil Shafer | 11 | 13 | | | 4 | 1* | 7 | 7 | 7 | 430 |
| 10 | Jerry Wunderlich | 2 | 12 | DNQ | | | | 13 | 6 | 13 | 295 |
| 11 | Peter DePaolo | | 6 | DNQ | 10 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 230 |
| 12 | Antoine Mourre RY | 16 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 6 | | 9 | | 15 | 225 |
| 13 | Bob McDonogh R | | 10 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 160 |
| 14 | W. E. Shattuc R | | | | | | | | | 5 | 50 |
| 15 | Eddie Hearne | 6 | 19 | Wth | | | | | | 9 | 45 |
| 16 | Stuart Wilkinson R | | | | | | | | | 6 | 35 |
| 17 | Ira Vail | 17 | 8 | 9 | 16 | | 10 | | | | 34 |
| 18 | Ernie Ansterburg | 12 | 22 | 10 | 15* | 13 | DNS | 6 | DNQ | | 25 |
| 19 | Ray Cariens R | | | | | 8 | | | | | 15 |
| 20 | Pietro Bordino | | | | | | | | | 8 | 15 |
| 21 | Wade Morton | 17 | 7 | 11 | 8 | | | 12 | 10 | 14 | 14 |
| 22 | Joe Boyer | 9 | 18 | DNQ | 13 | 11 | | | | | 10 |
| 23 | Cornelius Van Ranst | | 8 | | | | | | | | 8 |
| 24 | Louis Wilson | | | 9 | 16 | | | | | | 8 |
| 25 | Cliff Durant | 10 | 13 | | | | | | | DNQ | 5 |
| - | Norman Batten R | | | | | | 7 | | | | 0 |
| - | Frank Elliott | 15 | 20 | DNQ | 14 | | | | 11 | DNQ | 0 |
| - | Jules Ellingboe | | 11 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Ralph DePalma | | | | | | | | | 11 | 0 |
| - | Ralph Hepburn R | 13 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Bill Hunt R | | 14 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Elmer Dempsey R | | 15 | | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Ora Haibe | | 15 | | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Alfred Moss R | | 16 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Fred Harder R | | 17 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Thane Houser | | 18 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Tom Alley | | DNQ | DNS | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Wally Butler | | DNQ | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Calvin Hartley | | DNQ | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | C. J. Ramsey | | DNQ | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Giovanni Rossi | | DNQ | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Charles Shambaugh | | DNQ | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Herbert Scheel | | DNQ | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Harry Thicksten | | DNQ | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Hollis Wells | | DNQ | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Pete Kreis | | | | | | | | | DNQ | 0 |
| - | Ralph Mulford | | | | | | | | | DNS | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | BEV | INDY | ALT1 | KAN | ALT2 | SYR | FRE | CHA | CUL | 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 ||