1905 AAA Championship Car season

Note: Brunots Island is in Ohio River adjacent to Pittsburgh, PA. There are currently three General Electric MS5001N simple-cycle gas turbines and three MS7001C combined-cycle on the 129 acre island where the oval race track once was.

1905 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Track Championship
Season
Races / 11
Start date / June 10
End date / September 29
Awards
National champion / Barney Oldfield
Chronology
Previous season / Next season
None / 1909

The 1905 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 11 races, beginning in The Bronx, New York on June 10 and concluding in Poughkeepsie, New York on September 29. There was also one non-championship event in Detroit, Michigan. The AAA National Champion was Barney Oldfield. This was the first year AAA awarded a National Champion and for reasons unknown, they did not award another official champion until 1916. Though not historically considered the first year of the American Championship Car Racing title due to only featuring short sprints on dirt ovals,this was the first time in the western hemisphere that a racing champion was declared based on points.

1905 Schedule and Results

Round / Date / Race Name / Track / Location / Type / Pole Position / Winning Driver
1 / June 10 / Morris Park 5 / Morris Park / The Bronx, New York / Dirt Oval / Louis Chevrolet
2 / June 17 / Hartford 5 / Charter Oak Park / West Hartford, Connecticut / Dirt Oval / Barney Oldfield
3 / June 26 / Empire City 10 / Empire City Speedway / Yonkers, New York / Dirt Oval / Louis Chevrolet
4 / June 29 / Brunots Isl. 10 / Brunots Island Track / Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania / Dirt Oval / Louis Chevrolet
5 / July 4 / Morris Park 1 / Morris Park / The Bronx, New York / Dirt Oval / Webb Jay
NC / August 8 / Grosse Point 5* / Grosse Point Track / Detroit, Michigan / Dirt Oval / Webb Jay
6 / August 14 / Glenville 5 / Glenville Driving Track / Cleveland, Ohio / Dirt Oval / Charles Burman
7 / August 19 / Buffalo 5 / Kenilworth Park / Buffalo, New York / Dirt Oval / Barney Oldfield
8 / September 9 / Readville 5 / Readville Trotting Park / Readville, Massachusetts / Dirt Oval / Barney Oldfield
9 / September 18 / Syracuse 5 / New York State Fairgrounds / Syracuse, New York / Dirt Oval / Guy Vaughn
10 / September 23 / Providence 5 / Narragansett Park / Pawtuxet, Rhode Island / Dirt Oval / Barney Oldfield
11 / September 29 / Poughkeepsie 5 / Hudson River Driving Park / Poughkeepsie, New York / Dirt Oval / Barney Oldfield

Leading National Championship standings

# / Driver / Team / Points
1 / Barney Oldfield / Peerless "Green Dragon" / 22
2 / Louis Chevrolet / Fiat 90 / 16
3 / Webb Jay / White Steamer / 7
4 / Dan Wurgis / Reo Bird 32 / 6
5 / Guy Vaughn / Decauville / 5

In 1951, Victor Hémery, winner of the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup, was retroactively awarded a National Championship.