1926 1926 – AAA National Championships Championship Standings 1 Harry Hartz 2944 pts 2 Frank Lockhart 1830 3 Peter De Paolo 1500 4 Bennett Hill 1050 5 Frank Elliott 747 6 Fred Comer 659 7 Dave Lewis 645 8 Norman Batten 620 9 Peter Kreis 590 10 Earl DeVore 585 11 Leon Duray 555 12 Earl Cooper 465 13 Bob McDonogh 412 14 Cliff Woodbury 360 15 Eddie Hearne 305 16 William Shattuc 280 17 John Duff 155 18 Ralph Hepburn 148 19 Dave Evans 120 20 Ben Jones 80 21 Phil Shafer 77 22 Wade Morton 67 23 Harlan Fengler 45 24 Zeke Meyer 35 25 Tony Gulotta 15 Miami-Fulford, FL 22nd February 1926 – 300 miles (1.25 miles x 240 laps): Carl G.Fisher Trophy Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time 1 1 7 Peter De Paolo Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 240 2:19:12.95, 129.295 mph 2 3 4 Harry Hartz Miller Miller Miller 240 2:20:44.28 3 4 13 Bob McDonogh Miller Miller Miller 240 2:23:37.43 4 6 6 Frank Elliott Miller Miller Miller 240 2:25:11.08 5 16 5 Bennett Hill Miller Miller Miller 240 6 17 12 Earl DeVore Nickel Plate Miller Miller 240 7 35 18 Ben Jones Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 230 Flagged 8 22 11 William Shattuc Miller Miller Miller 220 Flagged 9 23 10 Dave Evans Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 210 Flagged 10 12 2 Leon Duray Miller Miller Miller 180 Magneto 11 15 14 Peter Kreis Miller Miller Miller 90 Out 12 14 9 Jerry Wonderlich Miller Miller Miller 88 Out 13 19 17 Zeke Meyer Miller Miller Miller 78 Out 14 8 8 Fred Comer Miller Miller Miller 52 Engine 15 2 16 Tom Milton Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 42 Engine 16 9 1 Ralph Hepburn Miller Miller Miller 36 Engine 17 7 3 Dave Lewis Miller Miller Miller 35 Engine 18 5 15 Earl Cooper Miller Miller Miller 34 Oil line Lap Leaders: Ralph Hepburn 1- 3 Dave Lewis 4- 24 Leon Duray 25-149 Earl DeVore 150-200 Peter De Paolo 201-240 AAA sanction 1678 Pole position speed: 141.199 mph This was the opening meeting of the track, which was destroyed by a hurricane on the 17th September 1926. Race had been scheduled for the 30th January, but was postponed to the 22nd February as congested shipping conditions had prevented steel safety bands for the inside of the track and other materials from being delivered. Culver City, CA 21st March 1926 – 250 miles (1.25 mile x 200 laps) Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time 1 16 4 Bennett Hill Miller Miller Miller 200 1:51:53.8, 130.59 mph 2 1 8 Peter De Paolo Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 3 3 6 Harry Hartz Miller Miller Miller 200 4 2 15 Eddie Hearne Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 5 6 11 Frank Elliott Miller Miller Miller 200 6 5 10 Ralph Hepburn Locomobile Junior 8 Fengler Locomobile 200 7 28 12 Dave Evans Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 8 8 13 Norman Batten Miller Miller Miller 200 9 9 14 Cliff Woodbury Boyle Valve/Miller Miller Miller 200 10 12 5 Leon Duray Miller Miller Miller 200 11 15 2 Peter Kreis Miller Miller Miller 195 Flagged 12 4 1 Bob McDonogh Miller Miller Miller 179 Supercharged 13 7 3 Dave Lewis Miller Miller Miller 93 Out of water 14 14 7 Fred Comer Miller Miller Miller 64 Steering gear 15 17 9 Earl DeVore Miller Miller Miller 34 Motor trouble 16 22 16 William Shattuc Lap Leaders: Bob McDonogh 1- 1 Bennett Hill 2- 5, 90-96, 99-200 Leon Duray 6- 21 Dave Lewis 22- 89 Peter Kreis 97- 98 Relief Drivers: 14 Jerry Wonderlich 60-64 AAA sanction 1681 Pole position speed: 143.300 mph Atlantic City, NJ 1st May 1926 – 300 miles (1.5 miles x 200 laps) Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time 1 3 2 Harry Hartz Miller Miller Miller 200 2:14:14.18, 134.091 mph 2 1 7 Peter De Paolo Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:15:38.59 3 4 1 Bob McDonogh Miller Miller Miller 200 2:16:30.45 4 15 4 Peter Kreis Miller Miller Miller 200 2:17:05.09 5 5 5 Ralph Hepburn Miller Miller Miller 200 2:25:15.49 6 2 8 Eddie Hearne Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:28:44.58 7 14 9 Fred Comer Miller Miller Miller 188 Flagged 8 28 14 Dave Evans Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 146 Flagged 9 22 11 William Shattuc Miller Miller Miller 145 Flagged 10 16 3 Bennett Hill Miller Miller Miller 158 Engine 11 17 12 Earl DeVore Miller Miller Miller 127 Valve 12 35 13 Ben Jones Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 78 Engine 13 9 10 Cliff Woodbury Miller Miller Miller 38 Oil line 14 8 16 Norman Batten Miller Miller Miller 28 Oil pressure 15 27 15 Baron de Rachewesky Bugatti Bugatti Bugatti 11 Engine 16 6 6 Frank Elliott Miller Miller Miller 6 Con-rod NQ 21 Ralph DePalma Miller Miller Miller DNQ – engine NQ 24 Frank Farmer DNQ NQ 26 Count de Marquenat Bugatti Bugatti Bugatti DNQ – engine NQ 41 Zeke Meyer Miller Miller Miller DNQ – wrist pin NA Jerry Wonderlich Driver retired Lap Leaders: Bob McDonogh 1-165 Peter De Paolo 166-193 Harry Hartz 194-200 AAA sanction 1682 Pole position speed: 142.900 mph Charlotte, NC 10th May 1926 – 250 miles (1.25 mile x 200 laps) Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time 1 17 4 Earl DeVore Nickel Plate Miller Miller Miller 200 2:04:54.60, 120.086 mph 2 3 1 Harry Hartz Miller Miller Miller 200 2:05:32.88 3 14 6 Fred Comer Miller Miller Miller 200 2:07:02.13 4 11 14 Norman Batten Miller Miller Miller 200 2:08:12.27 5 6 11 Frank Elliott Miller Miller Miller 200 2:08:31.73 6 41 16 Zeke Meyer Miller Miller Miller 188 Flagged 7 15 7 Peter Kreis Miller Miller Miller 183 Flagged 8 22 5 William Shattuc Miller Miller Miller 154 Flagged 9 35 13 Ben Jones Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 115 Flagged 10 9 9 Cliff Woodbury Boyle Valve Miller Miller Miller 143 Valve 11 16 2 Bennett Hill Miller Miller Miller 93 Supercharger 12 4 10 Bob McDonogh Miller Miller Miller 61 Supercharger 13 28 8 Dave Evans Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 39 Valve 14 1 3 Peter De Paolo Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 24 Oil leak 15 2 15 Eddie Hearne Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 7 Crankshaft 16 5 12 Ralph Hepburn Locomobile Junior 8 Fengler Locomobile 5 Head gasket AAA Sanction 1686. Pole position speed: 137.000 mph Ralph Hepburn was taken to hospital after qualifying on the 9th when a sparrow collided with his goggles, shattering the lenses and causing glass to get under his left eyelid. Indianapolis, IN 30th May 1925 – 400 miles (2.5 miles x 160 laps) Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time Qual mph 1 15 20 Frank Miller Miller Miller 160 4:10:14.95, 95.783 Lockhart 95.904 mph 2 3 2 Harry Hartz Miller Miller Miller 158 4:10:14.95 109.542 3 36 14 Cliff Boyle Valve Miller Miller 158 4:11:46.55 105.109 Woodbury Miller 4 8 13 Fred Comer Miller Miller Miller 155 4:11:49.99 100.612 5 12 27 Peter De Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 153 4:10:41.90 96.709 Paolo 6 6 8 Frank Miller Miller Miller 152 4:10:46.64 105.873 Elliott 7 14 16 Norman Miller Miller Miller 152 4:10:53.91 101.428 Batten 8 19 15 Ralph Miller Miller Miller 152 4:11:59.68 102.517 Hepburn 9 18 28 John Duff Elcar Miller Miller 147 4:11:51.10 95.546 10 4 5 Phil Shafer Miller Miller Miller 146 4:11:26.66 106.647 11 31 12 Tony Gulotta Miller Miller Miller 142 Flagged 102.789 12 16 7 Bennett Hill Miller Miller Miller 134 Flagged 105.876 13 33 21 Thane Houser Abell Miller Miller 102 Flagged 93.671 14 27 17 W.Douglas Eldridge Eldridge Anzani 91 Cramshaft 94.976 Hawkes 15 1 4 Dave Lewis Miller Miller Miller 91 Valve 107.009 16 5 1 Earl Cooper Miller Miller Miller 73 Transmission 111.735 17 9 11 Cliff Durant Locomobile Fengler Locomobile 60 Fuel tank leak 104.855 Junior 8 18 29 18 Ben Jones Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 54 Accident 92.142 19 26 23 E.A.Eldridge Eldridge Eldridge Anzani 45 Tie-rod 89.777 20 23 24 Lora Corum Schmidt- Schmidt Argyle 44 Shock absorber 88.849 Argyle 21 24 22 Steve Nemish Schmidt- Schmidt Argyle 41 Transmission 92.937 Argyle 22 7 6 Jules Miller Miller Miller 39 Supercharger 106.376 Ellingboe gears 23 10 3 Leon Duray Locomonile Fengler Locomobile 33 Fuel tank leak 109.186 Junior 8 24 17 26 Fred Nickel Plate Miller Miller 24 Burnt piston 100.398 Lecklider 25 28 25 Jack Hamlin Ford Frontenac 23 Con-rod 85.417 McCarver 26 34 9 Bon Miller Miller Miller 19 Water leak 105.180 McDougall 27 22 10 William Miller Miller Miller 15 Valve 104.977 Shattuc 28 39 19 Albert Guyot Guyot Schmidt Argyle 8 Steering 88.580 NQ Charles Shambaugh DNQ Shambaugh NQ 2 Bob McDonogh Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg DNQ NQ 32 Jack Foley Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg DNQ NQ 37 A.Dan Cain K&M K&M DNQ NQ 38 Ralph Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg DNQ Mulford NQ 57 T.W.Pickard Sievers Jr Sievers Sievers DNQ NQ 18 Herbert Elcar Miller Miller Fatal accident Jones Lap Leaders: Harry Hartz 1- 1, 94-98 Phil Shafer 2- 16, 22-24 Dave Lewis 17- 21, 25-59 Frank Lockhart 60- 93, 99-160 Relief Drivers: 1 Earl Cooper 90- 91 4 Fred Lecklider 52- 54, 113-146 6 Leon Duray 76-104 8 Wade Morton 71-139 9 Eddie Hearne 42- 60 16 Jules Ellingboe 39- 40, 78-113 19 Bob McDonogh 25- 65 26 Herschel McKee 22- 32 27 E.A.Eldridge 57- 73 AAA sanction 1680 Race was stopped at 400 miles due to rain.