Races 11 National champion Barney Oldfield Race 11 | End date September 29 Start date 1905 | |
Similar 1983–84 USAC Champio, 1973 USAC Champio, 1981 CART PPG Indy Car | ||
The 1905 AAA National Motor Car Championship consisted of 11 points-paying races, beginning in The Bronx, New York on June 10 and concluding in Poughkeepsie, New York on September 29. There was also at least two non-championship events held during the year. This was the first year that the AAA Contest Board officially recognized a National Champion in American Championship Car competition.
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The 1905 AAA National Champion was Barney Oldfield. For reasons unclear, but likely due to a change in attitudes and opinions by AAA officials about the dangers of racing following several serious accidents, no national championship was officially recognized again until 1916.
Schedule and results
All races running on Dirt Oval.
Leading National Championship standings
In 1951, Victor Hémery, winner of the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup, was retroactively awarded a National Championship.