1923 AAA Championship Car season

1923 AAA Championship Car season
	AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races	8
Start date	February 25
End date	November 29
Awards
National champion	Eddie Hearne
Indianapolis 500 winner	Tommy Milton/Howdy Wilcox

The 1923 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 8 races, beginning in Beverly Hills, California on February 25 and concluding in the same location on November 29. The AAA National Champion was Eddie Hearne and the Indianapolis 500 winners were Tommy Milton and Howdy Wilcox.

Schedule and results

All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Length	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	February 25	Beverly Hills Race	250 mi (400 km)	Los Angeles Motor Speedway	Beverly Hills, California	Board	Frank Elliott	Jimmy Murphy
2	April 26	Raisin Day Classic	150 mi (240 km)	Fresno Speedway	Fresno, California	Board	—	Jimmy Murphy
3	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	500 mi (800 km)	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Brick	Tommy Milton	Tommy Milton
3	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	500 mi (800 km)	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Brick	Tommy Milton	Howdy Wilcox^A
4	July 4	Kansas City Race	250 mi (400 km)	Kansas City Speedway	Kansas City, Missouri	Board	Jimmy Murphy	Eddie Hearne
5	September 4	Altoona Race	200 mi (320 km)	Altoona Speedway	Tyrone, Pennsylvania	Board	Earl Cooper	Eddie Hearne
NC	September 15	Syracuse 100	100 mi (160 km)	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	—	Tommy Milton
6	September 29	Fresno Race	200 mi (320 km)	Fresno Speedway	Fresno, California	Board	Harlan Fengler	Harry Hartz
7	October 21	Kansas City Race	250 mi (400 km)	Kansas City Speedway	Kansas City, Missouri	Board	—	Harlan Fengler
8	November 29	Beverly Hills Race	250 mi (400 km)	Los Angeles Motor Speedway	Beverly Hills, California	Board	—	Bennett Hill

Non-championship race

^A Shared drive

#	Driver	Car	Points
1	Eddie Hearne	Miller	1882
2	Jimmy Murphy	Miller	1350
3	Bennett Hill	Miller, Duesenberg	955
4	Harry Hartz	Duesenberg, Miller	820
5	Tommy Milton	Miller	810

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American Championship car racing (Indy car) seasons
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AAA Championship Cars (1905–1955)
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Indianapolis 500s	1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 ~~1942~~ 1943–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
National Champions	Billy Arnold Henry Banks Tony Bettenhausen Jimmy Bryan Bob Carey Gaston Chevrolet Bill Cummings Pete DePaolo (twice) Sam Hanks Harry Hartz Eddie Hearne Ted Horn (three times) Rex Mays (twice) Louis Meyer (three times) Tommy Milton Jimmy Murphy (twice) Barney Oldfield Johnnie Parsons Kelly Petillo Dario Resta Floyd Roberts Mauri Rose Louis Schneider Wilbur Shaw (twice) Chuck Stevenson Bob Sweikert
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