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1924 – AAA National Championships 1924 1924 – AAA National Championships Championship Standings 1 Jimmy Murphy 1595 pts 2 Earl Cooper 1240 3 Bennett Hill 1214 4 Tom Milton 1101 5 Fred Comer 725 6 Harry Hartz 666 7 Lora Corum 570 8 Harlan Fengler 563 9 Phil Shafer 430 10 Jerry Wonderlich 295 11 Antoine Mourre 225 12 Peter DePaolo 193 13 Bob McDonogh 166 14 William Shattuck 50 15 Eddie Hearne 45 16 Stuart Wilkinson 35 17 Ira Vail 34 18 Ernie Ansterberg 25 19 Pietro Bordino 15 = Ray Cariens 15 21 Joe Boyer 10 22 Wade Morton 9 23 Lou Wilson 8 24 Cliff Durant 5 Beverly Hills, CA 24th February 1924 – 1.25 mile board oval Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time 1 6 5 Harlan Fengler Wade Miller Miller 200 2:09:14.6, 116.06 mph 2 7 14 Jerry Wonderlich Durant Miller Miller 200 2:10:20.0 3 4 9 Harry Hartz Durant Miller Miller 200 2:10:49.8 4 3 11 Bennett Hill Miller Miller Miller 200 2:11:19.0 5 5 16 Tom Milton Miller Miller Miller 200 6 1 6 Eddie Hearne Durant Miller Miller 200 7 2 10 Jimmy Murphy Miller Miller Miller 200 8 8 8 Earl Cooper HCS Miller Miller 200 9 24 12 Joe Boyer Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 10 16 13 Cliff Durant Durant Miller Miller 189 Flagged 11 19 1 Phil Shafer Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 187 Flagged 12 29 7 Ernie Ansterberg Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 149 Flagged 13 33 2 Ralph Hepburn Miller Miller Miller 189 Fuel line 14 14 4 Fred Comer Durant Miller Miller 149 Clutch 15 9 15 Frank Elliott Leach Miller Miller 96 Engine 16 32 3 Antoine Mourre Mourre Miller Miller 29 Accident 17 31 17 Ira Vail Vail Miller Miller 39 Fuel line leak Lap Leaders: Harlan Fengler 1-200 Relief Drivers: 31 Wade Morton 18-28 AAA sanction 1453. Starting positions determined by drawing. Indianapolis, IN 30th May 1924– 500 miles (2.5 miles x 200 laps), Brick Oval Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time Qual mph 1 15 21 Lora Corum Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 5:05:23.51, 98.236 93.333 mph 2 8 6 Earl Cooper Studebaker Miller Miller 200 5:06:47.18 103.900 3 2 1 Jimmy Murphy Miller Miller Miller 200 5:08:25.39 108.037 4 4 2 Harry Hartz Durant Miller Miller 200 5:10:44.39 107.130 5 3 5 Bennett Hill Miller Miller Miller 200 5:11:00.07 104.840 6 12 13 Peter DePaolo Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 5:18:08.55 99.280 7 14 16 Fred Comer Durant Miller Miller 200 5:21:06.91 92.880 8 6 15 Ira Vail Vail Miller Miller 200 5:24:30.07 96.400 9 32 9 Antoine Mourre Mourre Miller Miller 200 5:26:55.62 99.490 10 19 18 Bob McDonogh Miller Miller Miller 200 5:31:26.73 91.550 11 18 7 Jules Miller Miller Miller 200 5:31:35.59 102.600 Ellingboe 12 7 11 Jerry Durant Miller Miller 180 5:50:56.82 99.360 Wonderlich 13 16 8 Cliff Durant Durant Miller Miller 135 Out of fuel 101.610 14 26 19 Bill Hunt Barber- Ford Frontenac 190 Flagged 85.040 Warnock 15 31 17 Ora Haibe Schmidt Mercedes Mercedes 181 Flagged 92.810 16 28 20 Alfred Moss Barber- Ford Frontenac 176 Flagged 85.270 Warnock 17 27 22 Fred Harder Barber- Ford Frontenac 175 Flagged 82.770 Warnock 18 9 4 Joe Boyer Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 176 Hit SW wall 104.840 19 1 14 Eddie Hearne Durant Miller Miller 150 Fuel line 99.230 20 21 12 Frank Elliott Miller Miller Miller 150 Fuel line 99.310 21 5 3 Tom Milton Miller Miller Miller 110 Fuel tank leak 105.200 22 10 10 Ernie Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 1 Accident backstretch 99.400 Ansterberg NQ 6 Harlan Fengler Wade Miller Miller Practice accident NQ 13 Tom Alley Kess-Line Frontenac Frontenac DNQ NQ 17 F.Hollis Wells Wells Hornet Could not qualify NQ 18 Frank Elliott Elliott Miller Miller Withdrew NQ 22 Elmer Dempsey Dempsey Frontenac Frontenac DNQ NQ 29 C.G.Hartley Hartley Ford Frontenac DNQ NQ 34 Harry Roof Ford Frontenac DNQ Thickstein NQ 34 Wally Butler Roof Ford Frontenac Qualified too late NQ 35 Herbert Scheel Sinclair Frontenac Frontenac DNQ NQ 36 Charles Hoosier Shambaugh DNQ Shambaugh Frithof Hansen Schmidt Mercedes Mercedes WTH 34 Jimmy Rossi Roof Ford Frontenac Replaced by Butler Lap Leaders: Earl Cooper 42- 42, 44-102, 125-176 Joe Boyer 1- 2, 177-200 Jimmy Murphy 3- 41, 43- 43, 103-124 Relief Drivers: 1 Cliff Durant 123-137 6 C.W.Van Ranst 162-200 7 Wade Morton 31- 90, 158-187 9 Ernie Ansterberg 93-158 9 Lora Corum 159-175 9 Thane Houser 176-176 14 Wade Morton 99-120 15 Joe Boyer 112-200 16 Phil Shafer 91-110 31 Elmer Dempsey 101-121 AAA sanction: 1460 Altoona Speedway, PA 14th June 1924 – 250 miles (1.25 miles x 200 laps), Board Oval Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time 1 2 2 Jimmy Murphy Miller Miller Miller 200 2:10:57, 114.55 mph 2 14 12 Fred Comer Durant Miller Miller 200 2:12:36 3 32 5 Antoine Mourre Mourre Miller Miller 200 2:13:58 4 19 8 Bob McDonogh Miller Miller Miller 200 2:15:00 5 4 4 Harry Hartz Durant Miller Miller 200 2:15:10 6 8 9 Earl Cooper Studebaker Miller Miller 200 2:15:20 7 5 15 Tom Milton Miller Miller Miller 198 Flagged/rain 8 15 10 Lora Corum Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 195 Flagged/rain 9 6 1 Ira Vail Vail Miller Miller 189 Flagged/rain 10 10 11 Ernie Ansterberg Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 188 Flagged/rain 11 18 14 Wade Morton Miller Miller Miller 184 Flagged/rain 12 7 16 Jerry Wonderlich Durant Miller Miller 160 Accident 13 9 6 Joe Boyer Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 152 Valve 14 3 3 Bennett Hill Miller Miller Miller 120 Fuel line 15 12 7 Peter DePaolo Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 57 Crankshaft 16 21 13 Frank Elliott Miller Miller Miller 41 Ignition Lap Leaders: Joe Boyer 7- 12, 29- 39 Fred Comer 53- 84 Bennett Hill 1- 6, 95-100 Tom Milton 22- 28, 40- 52, 85- 94 Jimmy Murphy 13- 21, 101-200 Relief Drivers: 6 Lou Wilson 42-49 Pole Position Speed: 117.031 mph AAA Sanction 1464. As Milton crossed the line heavy rain set in and all other drivers were flagged off. Kansas City Speedway, MO 4th July 1924 – 150 miles (1.25 miles x 120 laps), Board oval Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time 1 2 Jimmy Murphy Miller Miller Miller 120 1:18:39.02, 114.43 mph 2 5 1 Tom Milton Miller Miller Miller 120 1:18:39.4 3 3 Bennett Hill Miller Miller Miller 120 1:18:40.1 4 16 Harlan Fengler Durant Miller Miller 120 5 8 Earl Cooper Studebaker Miller Miller 119 Flagged 6 4 Harry Hartz Durant Miller Miller 119 Flagged 7 32 Antoine Mourre Mourre Miller Miller 118 Flagged 8 18 Wade Morton Miller Miller Miller 117 Flagged 9 19 Bob McDonogh Miller Miller Miller 116 Flagged 10 12 Peter DePaolo Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 115 Flagged 11 9 Lora Corum Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 115 Flagged 12 14 Fred Comer Durant Miller Miller 106 Flagged 13 15 Joe Boyer Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 111 Oil line 14 21 Frank Elliott Miller Miller Miller 74 Valve 15 10 Ernie Ansterberg Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 58 Engine/con-rod 16 6 Lou Wilson Vail Miller Miller 19 Bearing NQ Ora Haibe Schmidt Mercedes Mercedes DNQ NQ 22 Elmer Dempsey Dempsey Frontenac Frontenac DNQ Ira Vail Vail Miller Miller Car driven by Wilson? Lap Leaders: Jimmy Murphy 85-120 Ernie Ansterberg 17- 58 Bennett Hill 2- 10 Tom Milton 1- 1, 11-16, 59-84 Pole Position Speed: 122.80 mph (36.8s) AAA Sanction 1483. Race scheduled for 250 miles but stopped at 150 miles due to track damage. Altoona Speedway, PA 1st September 1924 – 250 miles (1.25 mile x 200 laps), Board Oval Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time 1 2 14 Jimmy Murphy Miller Miller Miller 200 2:11:58.4, 113.659 mph 2 14 11 Fred Comer Durant Miller Miller 199 Flagged 3 5 6 Tom Milton Miller Miller Miller 199 Flagged 4 15 7 Phil Shafer Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 197 Flagged 5 8 10 Earl Cooper Studebaker Miller Miller 197 Flagged 6 32 5 Antoine Mourre Mourre Miller Miller 193 Flagged 7 6 8 Harlan Fengler Durant Miller Miller 190 Flagged 8 16 1 Ray Cariens Vail Miller Miller 186 Flagged 9 19 13 Bob McDonogh Miller Miller Miller 182 Flagged 10 4 4 Harry Hartz Durant Miller Miller 177 Flagged 11 9 12 Joe Boyer Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 191 Fatal accident 12 12 9 Peter DePaolo Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 92 Overheated 13 10 2 Ernie Ansterberg Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 78 Engine 14 3 3 Bennett Hill Miller Miller Miller 49 Valve Lap Leaders: Jimmy Murphy 12-18, 39-200 Tom Milton 6-11 Bennett Hill 2- 5 Ernie Ansterberg 1- 1, 19-38 Relief Drivers: 6 Bennett Hill 134-190 Starting Positions determined by draw. DePaolo qualified with a time of 36.1s, Shafer in 36.4s, and Milton in 37.0s.
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