# 1925 AAA Championship Car season

The 1925 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 11 races, beginning in Culver City, California on March 1 and concluding in the same location on November 29. There were also eight non-championship races. Peter DePaolo won the AAA National Championship, as well as the Indianapolis 500.
Ray Cariens died at Culver City during the last 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 | March 1 | Culver City Race 1 - 250 | Culver City Speedway | Culver City, California | Board | Ralph DePalma | Tommy Milton |
| NC | April 19 | Culver City Heat 1 - 25 | Culver City Speedway | Culver City, California | Board | — | Leon Duray |
| Culver City Heat 2 - 25 | April 19 | — | Culver City Speedway | Culver City, California | Board | Peter DePaolo |
| Culver City Heat 3 - 25 | April 19 | — | Culver City Speedway | Culver City, California | Board | Pietro Bordino |
| Culver City Heat 4 - 25 | April 19 | — | Culver City Speedway | Culver City, California | Board | Bob McDonogh |
| Culver City Main - 50 | April 19 | — | Culver City Speedway | Culver City, California | Board | Harry Hartz |
| 2 | April 30 | Raisin Day Classic - 150 | Fresno Speedway | Fresno, California | Board | Bennett Hill | Peter DePaolo |
| 3 | May 11 | Southern Speed Classic - 250 | Charlotte Speedway | Pineville, North Carolina | Board | — | Earl Cooper |
| 4 | May 30 | International 500 Mile Sweepstakes | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Speedway, Indiana | Brick | Leon Duray | Pete DePaolo |
| 5 | June 13 | Spring Classic - 250 | Altoona Speedway | Tyrone, Pennsylvania | Board | Leon Duray | Peter DePaolo |
| NC | July 4 | Rockingham Race - 100 | Rockingham Park | Salem, New Hampshire | Dirt | Ralph DePalma | Ralph DePalma |
| 6 | July 11 | Laurel Race 1 - 250 | Laurel Park | Laurel, Maryland | Board | Peter DePaolo | Peter DePaolo |
| 7 | September 7 | Autumn Classic - 250 | Altoona Speedway | Tyrone, Pennsylvania | Board | Bennett Hill | Bob McDonogh |
| NC | September 19 | Syracuse Race - 100 | New York State Fairgrounds | Syracuse, New York | Dirt | — | Ralph DePalma |
| NC | October 3 | Fresno Race - 150 | Fresno Speedway | Fresno, California | Board | Jerry Wunderlich | Fred Comer |
| 8 | October 26 | Laurel Race 2 - 250 | Laurel Park | Laurel, Maryland | Board | — | Bob McDonogh |
| 9 | October 31 | Autumn Classic - 250 | Rockingham Park | Salem, New Hampshire | Board | Peter DePaolo | Peter DePaolo |
| 10 | November 11 | Charlotte Race - 250 | Charlotte Speedway | Pineville, North Carolina | Board | Bennett Hill | Tommy Milton |
| 11 | November 29 | Culver City Race 2 - 250 | Culver City Speedway | Culver City, California | Board | Earl Cooper | Frank Elliott |
* Indianapolis 500 was AAA-sanctioned and counted towards the 1925 AIACR World Manufacturers' Championship title.
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## 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 | CUL1 | FRE | CHA1 | INDY | ALT1 | LAU1 | ALT2 | LAU2 | SAL | CHA2 | CUL2 | Pts |
| 1 | Peter DePaolo | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1* | 1 | 1 | DNP | 2 | 1* | 15 | 9 | 3260 |
| 2 | Tommy Milton | 1* | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | | 3 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 1745 |
| 3 | Harry Hartz | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1640 |
| 4 | Bob McDonogh | 4 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 1505 |
| 5 | Earl Cooper | 7 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 5* | 935 |
| 6 | Frank Elliott | 14 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 870 |
| 7 | Dave Lewis | 8 | | | 2 | 18 | | | | | | Wth | 465 |
| 8 | Fred Comer | 17 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 459 |
| 9 | Ralph Hepburn | | | | 16 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 380 |
| 10 | Phil Shafer | 16 | | 7 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 9 | Wth | DNS | 340 |
| 11 | Norman Batten | | | | 1 | | | 6 | | 7 | 4 | Wth | 250 |
| 12 | Leon Duray | 13 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 221 |
| 13 | Jerry Wunderlich | 11 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 11 | Wth | 11 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 155 |
| 14 | Pete Kreis RY | 5 | | 10 | 8 | 6 | 9 | | 13 | 11 | 10 | | 122 |
| 15 | Bennett Hill | 19 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 75 |
| 16 | Earl Devore | | | DNP | 13 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 55 |
| 17 | Dave Evans R | | | | | | | 8 | | Wth | 9 | 6 | 46 |
| 18 | Pietro Bordino | 6 | | 9 | 10 | | | | | | | | 46 |
| 19 | Ralph DePalma | 18 | | | 7 | | 8 | | | | | | 45 |
| 20 | Jim Hill | | | | | 10 | 6 | 14 | | 17 | | | 40 |
| 21 | W. E. Shattuc | 10 | | DNP | 9 | 15 | DNQ | 13 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 40 |
| 22 | L. L. Corum | | | 8 | 7 | | | | | | | | 25 |
| 23 | Antoine Mourre | | | | 10 | | | | | | | | 19 |
| 24 | Vic Spooner R | | | | | | | 8 | DNS | DNQ | | | 10 |
| 25 | Reginald Johnson R | 9 | | 15 | DNS | DNS | | | | | 17 | Wth | 10 |
| 26 | Wade Morton | 12 | | DNQ | 15 | 13 | 15 | 8 | | | | | 4 |
| - | Ora Haibe | | | | 12 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Glenn Shultz R | | | | 13 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Ray Cariens | | | | 18 | | | | | | | 14 | 0 |
| - | Eddie Hearne | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Jimmy Gleason R | | | | 15 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Herbert Jones R | | | | 19 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Alfred Moss | | | | 19 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Ira Vail | | | | 20 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Fred Harder | | | | 21 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Melville Jones R | | | | 21 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Jules Ellingboe | | | | 22 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Tom Alley | | | | DNQ | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Clarence Belt | | | | DNQ | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Nick Eckerle | | | | DNQ | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Carl Green | | | | DNQ | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Charles Shambaugh | | | | DNQ | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Harry Thicksten | | | | DNQ | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Lou Fink | | | | | | | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| - | Cliff Durant | DNS | | | DNS | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Stuart Wilkinson | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Harold Skelly | | | | DNS | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Albert Guyot | | | | DNP | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Steve Smith | | | | DNP | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Frank Lockhart | DSQ | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | CUL1 | FRE | CHA1 | INDY | ALT1 | LAU1 | ALT2 | LAU2 | SAL | CHA2 | CUL2 | 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 ||