1921 AAA Championship Car season


The 1921 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 20 races, beginning in Beverly Hills, California on February 27 and concluding in San Carlos, California on December 11. There was also one non-championship race. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Tommy Milton.

Schedule and results

All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.
RndDateRace NameLengthTrackLocationTypePole PositionWinning Driver
1February 27 Beverly Hills Heat 1Los Angeles Motor SpeedwayBeverly Hills, CaliforniaBoard Ralph DePalma
2February 27 Beverly Hills Heat 2Los Angeles Motor SpeedwayBeverly Hills, CaliforniaBoard Roscoe Sarles
3February 27 Beverly Hills Heat 3Los Angeles Motor SpeedwayBeverly Hills, CaliforniaBoard Jimmy Murphy
4February 27 Beverly Hills Heat 4Los Angeles Motor SpeedwayBeverly Hills, CaliforniaBoard Tommy Milton
5February 27 Beverly Hills MainLos Angeles Motor SpeedwayBeverly Hills, CaliforniaBoard Ralph DePalma
6April 10 Beverly Hills Heat 1Los Angeles Motor SpeedwayBeverly Hills, CaliforniaBoard Tommy Milton Ralph DePalma
7April 10 Beverly Hills Heat 2Los Angeles Motor SpeedwayBeverly Hills, CaliforniaBoard Eddie Pullen
8April 10 Beverly Hills Heat 3Los Angeles Motor SpeedwayBeverly Hills, CaliforniaBoard Joe Thomas
9April 10 Beverly Hills Heat 4Los Angeles Motor SpeedwayBeverly Hills, CaliforniaBoard Jimmy Murphy
10April 10 Beverly Hills MainLos Angeles Motor SpeedwayBeverly Hills, CaliforniaBoard Jimmy Murphy
11April 30 Raisin Day ClassicFresno SpeedwayFresno, CaliforniaBoard Roscoe Sarles Joe Thomas
12May 30 1921 Indianapolis 500Indianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, IndianaBrick Ralph DePalma Tommy Milton
13June 18 Universal TrophyUniontown SpeedwayHopwood, PennsylvaniaBoard Roscoe Sarles
14July 4 Tacoma MontamarathonTacoma SpeedwayTacoma, WashingtonBoard Tommy Milton Tommy Milton
15August 14 Cotati RaceCotati SpeedwaySanta Rosa, CaliforniaBoard Eddie Hearne
16September 5 Autumn ClassicUniontown SpeedwayHopwood, PennsylvaniaBoard Isaac Fetterman
NCSeptember 19 Syracuse 50New York State FairgroundsSyracuse, New YorkDirt Ira Vail
17October 1 Fresno RaceFresno SpeedwayFresno, CaliforniaBoard Earl Cooper
18October 23 Cotati RaceCotati SpeedwaySanta Rosa, CaliforniaBoard Roscoe Sarles
19November 24 Beverly Hills RaceLos Angeles Motor SpeedwayBeverly Hills, CaliforniaBoard Roscoe Sarles Eddie Hearne
20December 11 San Carlos RaceSan Francisco SpeedwaySan Carlos, CaliforniaBoard Jimmy Murphy

Leading National Championship standings

# DriverCarPoints
1Tommy MiltonMiller, Duesenberg, Frontenac2230
2Roscoe SarlesDuesenberg, Miller1980
3Eddie HearneDuesenberg1399
4Jimmy MurphyDuesenberg1215
5Joe ThomasDuesenberg, Frontenac715