1937 AAA Championship Car season


The 1937 AAA Championship Car season consisted of three races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Syracuse, New York on September 12. There were also three non-championship events. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Wilbur Shaw.

Schedule and results

RndDateRace NameTrackLocationTypePole PositionWinning Driver
1May 31 International 500 Mile SweepstakesIndianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, IndianaBrick Bill Cummings Wilbur Shaw
NCJune 13 Cleveland 50Randall Park RacewayNorth Randall, OhioDirt Rex Mays
2July 5 George Vanderbilt CupRoosevelt RacewayWestbury, New YorkRoad Rudolf Caracciola Bernd Rosemeyer
NCAugust 21 Springfield 100Illinois State FairgroundsSpringfield, IllinoisDirt Mauri Rose
NCAugust 29 Milwaukee 100Wisconsin State Fair Park SpeedwayWest Allis, WisconsinDirt Billy Winn Rex Mays
3September 12 Syracuse 100New York State FairgroundsSyracuse, New YorkDirt Rex Mays Billy Winn

Leading National Championship standings

# DriverTeamPoints
1Wilbur ShawShaw Gilmore, Maserati1135
2Ted HornMiller750
3Bernd RosemeyerAuto Union600
4Ralph HepburnHamilton-Harris598.1
5Louis MeyerBoyle Valve550