1924 AAA Championship Car season

1924 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races9
Start dateFebruary 24
End dateDecember 14
Awards
National championUnited States Jimmy Murphy
Indianapolis 500 winnerUnited States Joe Boyer
United States L. L. Corum
← 1923
1925 →

The 1924 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 9 races, beginning at Beverly Hills, California on February 24, and concluding at Culver City, California on December 14. The AAA National Champion was posthumously won by Jimmy Murphy. The Indianapolis 500 co-winners were Joe Boyer and L. L. Corum - the first of two occasions where co-winners were awarded a victory.

The 1924 season suffered three fatal accidents. Joe Boyer at the Altoona Race on September 1.[1] On September 15, Jimmy Murphy - winner of both the Indianapolis 500 and the National Championship in 1922 - perished at Syracuse.[2] On October 16, Ernie Ansterburg died at Charlotte during a practice run.[3] Murphy won the championship posthumously after Earl Cooper failed to win at Culver City, the final race of the season.

  1. ^ "1924 Fall Classic".
  2. ^ "1924 Syracuse Race".
  3. ^ "1924 Charlotte Race".