1955 AAA Championship Car season


The 1955 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 11 races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Phoenix, Arizona on November 6. There was also one non-championship event in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Bob Sweikert. Manny Ayulo was killed at Indianapolis while practicing for the 1955 Indianapolis 500, and Bill Vukovich, the two-time defending winner, was killed in the race itself. Jack McGrath, the two-time champion, was killed in the final race at Phoenix on lap 85. This was the last year of the AAA National Championship; USAC sanctioned the series starting the next year.

Schedule and results

RndDateRace NameTrackLocationTypePole PositionWinning Driver
1May 30 International 500 Mile SweepstakesIndianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, IndianaPaved Jerry Hoyt Bob Sweikert
2June 5 Rex Mays ClassicWisconsin State Fair Park SpeedwayWest Allis, WisconsinPaved Bob Sweikert Johnny Thomson
3June 19 Langhorne 100Langhorne SpeedwayLanghorne, PennsylvaniaDirt Don Freeland Jimmy Bryan
NCJuly 31 Indianapolis SweepstakesWilliams Grove SpeedwayMechanicsburg, PennsylvaniaDirt Ed Elisian Jimmy Bryan
4August 20 Springfield 100Illinois State FairgroundsSpringfield, IllinoisDirt Andy Linden Jimmy Bryan
5August 28 Milwaukee 250Wisconsin State Fair Park SpeedwayWest Allis, WisconsinPaved Ed Elisian Pat Flaherty
6September 5 Ted Horn Memorial 100DuQuoin State FairgroundsDu Quoin, IllinoisDirt Eddie Russo Jimmy Bryan
7September 5 Pikes Peak Auto Hill ClimbPikes Peak HighwayPikes Peak, ColoradoHill Shelby Hill Bob Finney
8September 10 Syracuse 100New York State FairgroundsSyracuse, New YorkDirt Bob Sweikert Bob Sweikert
9September 17 Hoosier HundredIndiana State FairgroundsIndianapolis, IndianaDirt Bob Sweikert Jimmy Bryan
10October 16 Golden State 100California State FairgroundsSacramento, CaliforniaDirt Bob Sweikert Jimmy Bryan
11November 6 Bobby Ball MemorialArizona State FairgroundsPhoenix, ArizonaDirt Jimmy Reece Jimmy Bryan

Final points standings

Note: The points became the car, when not only one driver led the car, the relieved driver became small part of the points. Points for driver method: / *

General references

  • http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf
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