^B No pole is awarded for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, in this schedule on the pole is the driver who started first. No lap led was awarded for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, however, a lap was awarded to the drivers that completed the climb.
Final points standingsedit
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: (the points for the finish place) / (number the lap when completed the car) * (number the lap when completed the driver)
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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 1 2 and Bill Vukovich the two time defending winner was killed in the race itself 3 Jack McGrath the two time champion 1952 1953 was killed in the final race at Phoenix on lap 85 4 This was the last year of the AAA National Championship 5 USAC sanctioned the series starting the next year 6 1955 AAA Championship Car seasonAAA National Championship TrailSeasonRaces11Start dateMay 30End dateNovember 6AwardsNational championBob SweikertIndianapolis 500 winnerBob Sweikert 19541956 USAC Contents 1 Schedule and results 2 Final points standings 3 References 4 General references 5 See alsoSchedule and results editRnd Date Race Name Track Location Type Pole Position Winning Driver 1 May 30 nbsp International 500 Mile SweepstakesA Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway Indiana Paved nbsp Jerry Hoyt nbsp Bob Sweikert 2 June 5 nbsp Rex Mays Classic Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis Wisconsin Paved nbsp Bob Sweikert nbsp Johnny Thomson 3 June 19 nbsp Langhorne 100 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne Pennsylvania Dirt nbsp Don Freeland nbsp Jimmy Bryan NC July 31 nbsp Indianapolis Sweepstakes Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg Pennsylvania Dirt nbsp Ed Elisian nbsp Jimmy Bryan 4 August 20 nbsp Springfield 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield Illinois Dirt nbsp Andy Linden nbsp Jimmy Bryan 5 August 28 nbsp Milwaukee 250 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis Wisconsin Paved nbsp Ed Elisian nbsp Pat Flaherty 6 September 5 nbsp Ted Horn Memorial 100 DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin Illinois Dirt nbsp Eddie Russo nbsp Jimmy Bryan 7 September 5 nbsp Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak Colorado Hill nbsp Shelby HillB nbsp Bob Finney 8 September 10 nbsp Syracuse 100 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse New York Dirt nbsp Bob Sweikert nbsp Bob Sweikert 9 September 17 nbsp Hoosier Hundred Indiana State Fairgrounds Indianapolis Indiana Dirt nbsp Bob Sweikert nbsp Jimmy Bryan 10 October 16 nbsp Golden State 100 California State Fairgrounds Sacramento California Dirt nbsp Bob Sweikert nbsp Jimmy Bryan 11 November 6 nbsp Bobby Ball Memorial Arizona State Fairgrounds Phoenix Arizona Dirt nbsp Jimmy Reece nbsp Jimmy Bryan Paved Dirt Oval Road Course Hill Climb Non championship race A Indianapolis 500 was USAC sanctioned and counted towards the 1955 FIA World Championship of Drivers title B No pole is awarded for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb in this schedule on the pole is the driver who started first No lap led was awarded for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb however a lap was awarded to the drivers that completed the climb Final points standings editNote 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 the points for the finish place number the lap when completed the car number the lap when completed the driver Further information List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems Pos Driver INDY nbsp MIL1 nbsp LAN nbsp SPR nbsp MIL2 nbsp DQSF nbsp PIK nbsp SYR nbsp ISF nbsp SAC nbsp PHX nbsp Pts 1 nbsp Bob Sweikert 1 2 2 2 3 4 1 17 3 18 2290 2 nbsp Jimmy Bryan 24 4 1 1 23 1 2 1 1 1 1480 3 nbsp Johnny Thomson 4 1 15 5 2 2 2 1380 4 nbsp Tony Bettenhausen 2 DNQ DNQ 2 DNQ Wth 4 9 1060 5 nbsp Andy Linden 6 6 DNQ 3 7 6 DNS 9 4 4 1047 8 6 nbsp Jimmy Davies 3 5 DNQ 9 13 14 8 DNQ DNQ DNQ 890 7 nbsp Pat O Connor 8 18 5 DNQ 26 9 4 5 5 5 800 8 nbsp Pat Flaherty 10 3 1 DNQ 790 9 nbsp George Amick RY 7 18 4 20 3 3 3 12 3 750 10 nbsp Walt Faulkner 5 21 16 DNQ DNS DNS 447 5 11 nbsp Al Herman R 7 10 8 DNQ 22 380 12 nbsp Bob Veith R DNQ 8 5 6 13 8 355 13 nbsp Johnny Boyd 29 DNQ 5 8 16 DNQ 8 350 14 nbsp Don Freeland 15 12 3 12 18 13 6 6 16 315 2 15 nbsp Art Cross 17 4 300 16 nbsp Paul Russo DNS 300 17 nbsp Rodger Ward 28 DNQ 9 DNQ 24 DNQ 9 14 6 252 2 18 nbsp Jack McGrath 26 8 10 21 2 17 15 18 13 240 19 nbsp Jimmy Daywalt 9 14 18 13 11 DNQ DNS 226 4 20 nbsp Mike Magill R 13 4 7 10 18 16 210 21 nbsp Bob Finney 1 200 22 nbsp Tony Bonadies R DNQ DNQ DNQ 6 DNQ 200 23 nbsp Jimmy Reece 33 9 14 8 14 DNQ 10 8 16 12 180 24 nbsp Eddie Russo 22 DNQ 7 13 10 12 DNQ 11 165 25 nbsp Slim Roberts 2 160 26 nbsp Ed Elisian 30 DNQ 6 18 25 DNQ DNQ 7 11 160 27 nbsp Louis J Unser R 3 140 28 nbsp Jerry Unser R 4 DNQ DNQ DNQ 120 29 nbsp Duane Carter 11 DNQ 10 14 DNQ 112 9 30 nbsp Johnny Tolan Wth DNQ DNQ 11 19 DNQ DNQ DNQ 10 7 110 31 nbsp Jiggs Peters DNQ 16 DNQ 5 DNS DNS DNQ 100 32 nbsp Bobby Unser R 5 100 33 nbsp Tommy Hinnershitz 11 6 DNQ DNS 100 34 nbsp Johnny Kay R DNQ DNQ 16 DNQ 7 10 90 35 nbsp Keith Andrews 20 6 15 DNQ 80 36 nbsp Edgar Elder DNQ 12 DNQ 7 12 DNQ 13 15 80 37 nbsp Elmer George R DNQ 7 DNQ 60 38 nbsp Charles Louderman 7 60 39 nbsp Johnnie Parsons 21 9 DNQ DNQ 53 2 40 nbsp Bill Homeier DNS DNQ DNQ 17 DNS DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 52 5 41 nbsp Pete Woods 8 50 42 nbsp Shorty Templeman 18 11 DNQ DNQ 17 15 DNQ DNQ 10 50 43 nbsp Gene Hartley DNQ 19 DNQ DNQ 11 DNQ DNQ 50 44 nbsp Chuck Weyant 12 DNP DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 50 45 nbsp Eddie Sachs DNS DNQ DNQ 46 8 46 nbsp Mel McGaughy R 9 DNQ 40 47 nbsp Paul Kleinschmidt 9 40 48 nbsp Jack Turner R DNQ 13 DNQ DNS DNQ DNQ DNQ 11 33 4 49 nbsp George Hammond 10 30 50 nbsp Buddy Cagle R 11 DNQ DNQ 14 20 51 nbsp Louis Unser 11 20 52 nbsp Len Duncan DNQ DNQ DNS 17 1 53 nbsp Eddie Johnson 13 15 DNQ 16 14 12 10 54 nbsp Charles Musselman R 12 DNQ 10 55 nbsp E T Cox R 12 10 nbsp Foster Campbell R 13 DNQ DNQ 0 nbsp Earl Motter R DNQ 15 18 14 DNQ 0 nbsp Jim Rathmann 14 20 0 nbsp Art Hillis 14 0 nbsp Al Keller 27 15 17 0 nbsp Rex Easton 17 DNQ 15 DNQ DNQ 0 nbsp Shelby Hill 15 0 nbsp Jerry Hoyt 31 22 16 0 nbsp Cal Niday 16 0 nbsp Jimmy Good 16 0 nbsp Len Sutton R 17 17 0 nbsp Bob Carroll 17 DNQ DNQ 0 nbsp Ted Foltz 17 0 nbsp Wayne Sankey 18 0 nbsp Sam Hanks 19 DNQ 0 nbsp Jack Hahn R 19 0 nbsp Dan Morgan R 20 0 nbsp Ray Crawford 23 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 nbsp Bill Vukovich 25 0 nbsp Fred Agabashian 32 0 nbsp Potsy Goacher DNS DNQ 0 nbsp Joe Sostilio DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 nbsp Russ Klar DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 nbsp Ernie McCoy DNQ DNQ 0 nbsp Leroy Warriner DNQ DNQ 0 nbsp George Tichenor DNQ DNP 0 nbsp Manny Ayulo DNQ 0 nbsp Bob Christie DNQ 0 nbsp Danny Kladis DNQ 0 nbsp George Lynch DNQ 0 nbsp Troy Ruttman DNQ 0 nbsp Spider Webb DNQ 0 nbsp Howard Kelley DNQ 0 nbsp Colby Scroggin DNQ 0 nbsp Malcolm Brazier DNQ 0 nbsp Joe Garson DNQ 0 nbsp L J Green DNQ 0 nbsp Berton Groves DNQ 0 nbsp Gordon Herring DNQ 0 nbsp Johnny Mauro DNQ 0 nbsp T E Russell DNQ 0 nbsp Phil Shafer DNQ 0 nbsp Tom Topping DNQ 0 nbsp Chuck Fink DNQ 0 Pos Driver INDY nbsp MIL1 nbsp LAN nbsp SPR nbsp MIL2 nbsp DQSF nbsp PIK nbsp SYR nbsp ISF nbsp SAC nbsp PHX nbsp Pts Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th amp 5th place Light Blue 6th 10th place Dark Blue Finished Outside Top 10 Purple Did not finish Ret Red Did not qualify DNQ Brown Withdrawn Wth Black Disqualified DSQ White Did not start DNS Blank Did notparticipate DNP Not competing In line notation Bold Pole position Italics Ran fastest race lap Led most race laps RY Rookie of the Year R RookieReferences edit Ayulo critically injured when car runs into wall The Spartanburg Herald Associated Press May 17 1955 Crash injuries fatal to Indianapolis racer The Pittsburgh Press United Press May 17 1955 Burgess Dale May 31 1955 Bob Sweikert winner Bill Vukovich is dead The Florence Times Associated Press Veteran race driver dies The Victoria Advocate United Press November 7 1955 AAA cuts ties with U S auto racing The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor Michigan Associated Press August 4 1955 USAC takes over AAA s place Daytona Beach Morning Journal Associated Press March 8 1956 General references editAberg Andreas AAA National Championship 1955 Driver Database Archived from the original on September 8 2012 Retrieved May 12 2009 1955 AAA National Championship Trail ChampCarStats com Archived from the original on August 27 2008 Retrieved May 12 2009 Harms Phil 1955 Championship Driver Summary PDF Motorsport com Archived from the original PDF on August 10 2012 Retrieved April 14 2011 http media indycar com pdf 2011 IICS 2011 Historical Record Book INT6 pdf Archived 2016 03 04 at the Wayback Machine p 284 286 See also edit1955 Indianapolis 500 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1955 AAA Championship Car season amp oldid 1215217475, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,