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.

1937 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races	3
Start date	May 30
End date	September 12
Awards
National champion	Wilbur Shaw
Indianapolis 500 winner	Wilbur Shaw
← 1936 1938 →

Schedule and results

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	May 31	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Brick	Bill Cummings	Wilbur Shaw
NC	June 13	Cleveland 50	Randall Park Raceway	North Randall, Ohio	Dirt	—	Rex Mays
2	July 5	George Vanderbilt Cup	Roosevelt Raceway	Westbury, New York	Road	Rudolf Caracciola	Bernd Rosemeyer
NC	August 21	Springfield 100	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt	—	Mauri Rose
NC	August 29	Milwaukee 100	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	Dirt	Billy Winn	Rex Mays
3	September 12	Syracuse 100	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	Rex Mays	Billy Winn

  Dirt/Brick Oval

  Road Course/Hill Climb

  Non-championship race

Leading National Championship standings

Further information: List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems

#	Driver	Team	Points
1	Wilbur Shaw	Shaw Gilmore, Maserati	1135
2	Ted Horn	Miller	750
3	Bernd Rosemeyer	Auto Union	600
4	Ralph Hepburn	Hamilton-Harris	598.1
5	Louis Meyer	Boyle Valve	550

References

• Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1937". Driver Database. from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2011-04-21.
• "1937 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. from the original on 2012-04-05. Retrieved 2011-04-21.
• Harms, Phil. (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2011-04-21.

See also

• 1937 Indianapolis 500