1923 – AAA National Championships
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1923 1923 – AAA National Championships Championship Standings 1 Eddie Hearne 1882 pts 2 Jimmy Murphy 1350 3 Bennett Hill 955 4 Harry Hartz 820 5 Tom Milton 810 6 Harlan Fengler 750 7 Earl Cooper 310 8 Frank Elliott 301 9 Dave Lewis 234 10 Ralph DePalma 190 11 Fred Comer 115 12 Lora Corum 90 13 Cliff Durant 42 14 Phil Shafer 33 15 Wade Morton 32 16 Leon Duray 30 17 Max Seiler 25 18 Joe Thomas 20 19 Joe Boyer 15 20 Dario Resta 13 21 Al Melcher 10 22 Ora Haibe 9 Beverly Hills, CA 25th February 1923 – 1.25 mile board oval Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time 1 1 4 Jimmy Murphy Durant/Miller Miller Miller 200 2:09:43.61, 115.628 mph 2 3 6 Bennett Hill McDonald/Miller Miller Miller 200 2:09:43.67 3 18 9 Ralph DePalma Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:11:47.00 4 4 14 Eddie Hearne Durant/Miller Miller Miller 200 2:11:52.31 5 9 1 Frank Elliott Leach/Miller Miller Miller 200 2:14:30.21 6 8 11 Tom Milton Miller Miller Miller 200 2:16:10.81 7 10 7 Wade Morton Miller Miller Miller 200 2:17:56.00 8 2 10 Dario Resta Durant/Miller Miller Miller 200 2:19:09.00 9 7 2 Cliff Durant Durant/Miller Miller Miller 200 2:21:10.21 10 24 3 Jerry Wonderlich Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 175 Flagged 11 5 12 Earl Cooper Durant/Miller Miller Miller 137 Con-rod 12 20 13 Leon Duray Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 117 Out 13 14 15 Ralph Snoddy Melcher 88 Out 14 12 8 Harry Hartz Duesenberg/Miller Duesenberg Miller 68 Oil pump 15 6 5 Art Klein Durant/Miller Miller Miller 32 Engine Lap Leaders: Earl Cooper 101-137 Ralph DePalma 61- 61, 74-76 Jimmy Murphy 7- 60, 62-73, 77-100, 138-200 Cliff Durant 1- 6 Relief Drivers: 2 Cliff Durant 170-200 7 Art Klein 48-200 AAA sanction 1368. Morton drove for Thomas when Thomas injured his foot before the start of the race. Mechanicians were as follows:- Ernie Olsen (Murphy), Red Cariens (Hill), Chris Pickup (Hearne), Ernie Ansterberg (DePalma), C.Lindsey (Elliott), G.Stiehl (Milton), Allen Mulford (Morton), Chet Pickup (Resta), Fred Comer (Durant), Terry Curley (Wonderlich), Bob McDonogh (Cooper), Lou Wilson (Klein), Harlan Fengler (Hartz), E.Haskell (Snoddy). Fresno, CA 26th April 1923 – 150 miles (1.00 mile x 150 laps), Board Oval Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time 1 1 Jimmy Murphy Durant/Miller Miller Miller 150 1:26:54.61, 103.555 mph 2 4 Eddie Hearne Durant/Miller Miller Miller 150 1:27:31.29 3 3 Bennett Hill Miller Miller Miller 150 1:27:44.23 4 5 Earl Cooper Durant/Miller Miller Miller 150 1:28:02.31 5 2 Frank Elliott Durant/Miller Miller Miller 150 1:30:17.56 6 10 Joe Thomas Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 137 Flagged 7 21 Wade Morton Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 89 Piston 8 12 Harry Hartz Duesenberg/Miller Duesenberg Duesenberg 78 Cam-shaft 9 7 Cliff Durant Durant/Miller Miller Miller 8 Crankshaft 10 8 Tom Milton Miller Miller Miller 2 Axle 11 9 Peter DePaolo Leach/Miller Miller Miller 2 Accident 12 6 Leon Duray Durant/Miller Miller Miller 2 Accident NQ Jerry Wonderlich Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg NQ Art Klein Durant/Miller Miller Miller NS 8 Ralph Hepburn Miller Miller Miller Car driven by Milton NQ Tom Milton Miller Miller Miller Car not ready Lap Leaders: Jimmy Murphy 9-150 Bennett Hill 1- 8 AAA sanction 1373. Ralph Hepburn was originally to drive Milton’s 183ci Miller, with Milton driving a new 122ci car. During the elimination trials Milton felt that his car wasn’t quite right and wasn’t fast enough, so took Hepburn’s car which had already qualified, leaving Hepburn without a drive. Indianapolis, IN 30th May 1923– 500 miles (2.5 miles x 200 laps), Brick Oval Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time Qual mph 1 1 1 Tom Milton HCS/Miller Miller Miller 200 5:29:50.17, 108.17 90.955 mph 2 7 2 Harry Hartz Durant/Miller Miller Miller 200 5:33:05.90 103.70 3 5 9 Jimmy Murphy Durant/Miller Miller Miller 200 5:40:36.64 104.05 4 6 14 Eddie Hearne Durant/Miller Miller Miller 200 5:46:14.23 97.30 5 23 7 Lora Corum Barber-Warnock Frontenac Ford 200 6:03:16.81 86.65 6 31 16 Frank Elliott Durant/Miller Miller Miller 200 6:04:52.87 93.25 7 8 10 Cliff Durant Durant/Miller Miller Miller 200 6:05:06.30 102.65 8 15 20 Max Sailer Mercedes Mercedes Mercedes 200 6:11:49.60 90.55 9 19 22 Prince de Cystria Bugatti Bugatti Bugatti 200 6:26:24.78 88.90 10 34 24 Wade Morton Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 6:40:04.98 88.00 11 16 15 Christian Werner Mercedes Mercedes Mercedes 200 6:41:50.51 95.20 12 18 6 Pierre de Viscaya Bugatti Bugatti Bugatti 166 Con-rod 90.30 13 28 21 Leon Duray Durant/Miller Miller Miller 136 Con-rod 89.90 14 3 3 Dario Resta Packard Packard Packard 88 Head gasket 98.02 15 2 11 Ralph DePalma Packard Packard Packard 69 Head gasket 100.42 16 26 19 Harlan Fengler Durant/Miller Miller Miller 69 Fuel tank 90.75 17 25 8 Howard Wilcox HCS Miller Miller 60 Clutch 81.00 18 4 13 Joe Boyer Packard Packard Packard 59 Differential 98.80 19 35 18 Bennett Hill Miller Miller Miller 44 Crankshaft 91.20 20 27 5 Louiz Zborowski Bugatti Bugatti Bugatti 41 Con-rod 91.80 21 29 12 Earl Cooper Durant/Miller Miller Miller 21 Accident 99.40 22 22 23 Raul Riganti Bugatti Bugatti Bugatti 19 Fuel leak 95.30 23 14 17 Christian Mercedes Mercedes Mercedes 14 Accident 93.20 Lautenschlager 24 21 4 Martin de Alsaga Bugatti Bugatti Bugatti 6 Con-rod 92.90 NQ 9 Ira Vail Scheel Frontenac Frontenac DNQ Frontenac NQ 10 Dave Lewis Scheel Frontenac Frontenac DNQ Frontenac NQ 12 Cornelius van Scheel Frontenac Frontenac 7 DNQ Ranst Frontenac NQ 13 Hubert Scheel Scheel Frontenac Frontenac DNQ Frontenac 16 Jules Goux Schmidt Withdrew 24 Albert Guyot Roland-Pilain Roland- Withdrew Pilain 32 F.Hollis Wells FHW Withdrew 33 Wade Morton Duesenberg Withdrew 34 Jerry Wonderlich Duesenberg Withdrew 37 Harry Thickstein Clements Frontenac Ford 38 Charles Shambaugh Shambaugh Withdrew Lap Leaders: Tom Milton 3-3, 5-5, 7-15, 21-25, 27-27, 30-37, 41-43, 49-52, 54-62, 64-64, 67-73, 75-103, 151-200 Howard Wilcox (#1) 110-150 Harry Hartz 104-109 Cliff Durant 63-63, 65-66, 74-74 Howard Wilcox (#25)26-26, 28-28, 39-40, 44-48, 53-53 Jimmy Murphy 1-2, 4-4, 6-6, 16-20, 29-29, 38-38 Relief Drivers: 1 Howard Wilcox 103-149 3 Joe Boyer 81- 88 3 Ernie Ansterberg 71- 80 6 Earl Cooper 88-200 8 Eddie Hearne 98-116, 149-200 15 Karl Sailer 73-200 16 Max Sailer 84- 87, 112-126 26 Lou Wilson 46- 69 28 Lou Wilson 133-136 29 Tom Alley 2- 21 31 Dave Lewis 109-138 34 Jerry Wonderlich 30- 53, 88-100 34 Phil Shafer 65- 87, 172-200 34 Ora Haibe 101-160 35 Martin de Alsaga 30- 44 AAA sanction: 1360 Tom Alley, relieving Earl Cooper, crashed into the backstretch fence and hit a group of spectators watching the race through a knothole, killing teenager Bert Shoup, and injuring William Goetz and Charles Elliott. Alley also suffered injuries. Kansas City, MO 4th July 1923 – 250 miles (1.25 miles x 200 laps), Board Oval Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time 1 6 Eddie Hearne Durant/Miller Miller Miller 200 2:21:21.15, 106.118 mph 2 2 Earl Cooper HCS/Miller Miller Miller 200 2:27:35.83 3 26 Harlan Fengler Durant/Miller Miller Miller 200 2:44:54.88 4 21 Dave Lewis Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 3:03:24.00 5 4 Frank Elliott Durant/Miller Miller Miller 172 Flagged 6 5 Jimmy Murphy Durant/Miller Miller Miller 144 Fuel line 7 7 Harry Hartz Durant/Miller Miller Miller 103 Accident 8 12 Ralph DePalma Wade/Miller Miller Miller 61 Con-rod 9 1 Tom Milton HCS/Miller Miller Miller 39 Burnt main bearing 10 19 Ora Haibe Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 37 Engine 11 35 Bennett Hill Miller Miller Miller 20 Oil line 12 8 Jerry Wonderlich Durant/Miller Miller Miller 12 Clutch NQ 23 Lora Corum Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac DNS AAA Sanction 1374. Altoona, PA 4th September 1923 – 200 miles (1.25 miles x 160 laps), Board oval Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time 1 6 6 Eddie Hearne Durant/Miller Miller Miller 160 1:47:37.35, 111.493 mph 2 8 10 Jerry Wonderlich Durant/Miller Miller Miller 160 1:48:53.28 3 4 9 Dave Lewis Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 160 1:50:16.49 4 5 11 Fred Comer Durant/Miller Miller Miller 160 1:55:07.48 5 3 2 Bennett Hill Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 160 2:00:07.21 6 14 7 Frank Elliott Durant/Miller Miller Miller 160 2:01:48.63 7 9 12 Leon Duray Duray/Miller Miller Miller 160 2:25:07.64 8 1 14 Tom Milton HCS/Miller Miller Miller 160 2:38:27.43 9 26 4 Ora Haibe Durant/Miller Miller Miller 124 Flagged 10 19 8 Howard Wilcox Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 117 Fatal accident 11 10 13 Lora Corum Mercedes Mercedes Mercedes 66 Magneto 12 7 5 Harry Hartz Durant/Miller Miller Miller 61 Fire 13 2 1 Earl Cooper HCS/Miller Miller Miller 49 Valve 14 12 3 Harlan Fengler Wade/Miller Miller Miller 49 Piston W.F.White Ralph De Palma Bob Philburn Lap Leaders: Eddie Hearne 62-160 Tom Milton 48- 61 Harlan Fengler 20- 47 Tom Milton 6- 19 Harry Hartz 3- 5 Earl Cooper 1- 2 Pole Position Speed: 121.60 mph AAA Sanction 1429.