1924 AAA Championship Car season | |
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AAA National Championship Trail | |
Season | |
Races | 9 |
Start date | February 24 |
End date | December 14 |
Awards | |
National champion | Jimmy Murphy |
Indianapolis 500 winner | Joe Boyer L. L. Corum |
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.