1915 AAA National Championship Trail

Earl Cooper - Champion

**Points were not awarded during the 1915 season.   They were assigned retroactively in 1927 and revised in 1951,
so all points and standings from this season should be considered unofficial.**

Date Race Track Miles Type Winner
1/9/15 San Diego Exposition Road Race San Diego 305.082 RC Earl Cooper
2/3/15 Tropico Road Race Glendale 101.018 RC Eddie O'Donnell
2/7/15 Ascot Race Ascot 100 DO Eddie O'Donnell
2/27/15 American Grand Prize^ San Francisco 406.12 RC Dario Resta
3/6/15 William K. Vanderbilt Cup San Francisco 300.685 RC Dario Resta
3/17/15 Venice Race Venice 301.185 RC Barney Oldfield
3/20/15 Tucson Race Tucson 103.152 RC Barney Oldfield
4/29/15 Southern Sweepstakes Road Race Oklahoma City 199.532 RC Bob Burman
5/31/15 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis 500 BR Ralph DePalma
6/9/15 Galesburg Race Galesburg 100 DO Eddie O'Donnell
6/26/15 Chicago Race Chicago 500 BO Dario Resta
7/3/15 Sioux City Race Sioux City 300 DO Eddie Rickenbacker
7/4/15 Montamarathon Trophy Race Tacoma 250 BO Glover Ruckstell
7/5/15 Golden Potlach Trophy Race Tacoma 200 BO Eddie Pullen
7/5/15 Omaha Race Omaha 300 BO Eddie Rickenbacker
7/9/15 Burlington Race Burlington 100 DO Bob Burman
8/7/15 Des Moines Race Des Moines 300 BO Ralph Mulford
8/7/15 Challenge Cup Match Race Chicago 100 BO Dario Resta
8/20/15 Chicago Auto Club Trophy Race Elgin 300.456 RC Earl Cooper
8/21/15 Elgin National Trophy Race Elgin 300.456 RC Gil Andersen
8/28/15 Kalamazoo Race Kalamazoo 100 DO Ralph DePalma
9/4/15 Minneapolis Race Minneapolis 500 CO Earl Cooper/Johnny Aitken
9/18/15 Providence Race Providence 100 CO Eddie Rickenbacker
10/9/15 Astor Cup Sheepshead Bay 350 BO Gil Andersen
11/2/15 Harkness Gold Medal Race Sheepshead Bay 100 BO Dario Resta
11/20/15 Phoenix Race Phoenix 109 DO Earl Cooper
11/25/15 San Francisco Race 3 San Francisco 100 DO Earl Cooper

^ Race sanctioned by Automobile Club of America (ACA)

Standing Driver Starts DNS/DNQ Wins 2nds 3rds 4ths 5ths Best Finish Poles Points
1 Earl Cooper 14 1 5 4 0 2 0 0 3780*
2 Dario Resta 9 1 5 1 0 0 0 2 3320*
3 Gil Andersen 8 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 2590*
4 Eddie O'Donnell 17 0 3 2 5 0 2 0 2285*
5 Eddie Rickenbacker 12 1 3 0 2 1 0 0 1765*
6 Ralph DePalma 11 2 2 1 0 3 1 1 1735*
7 Barney Oldfield 15 3 2 1 2 1 2 1 1410*
8 Bob Burman 13 2 2 3 1 1 0 0 1170*
9 Tom Alley 15 3 0 2 2 4 0 0 1020*
10 William Carlson 9 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 840*
11 Glover Ruckstell 6 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 820*
12 Howdy Wilcox 5 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 790*
13 Eddie Pullen 6 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 710*
14 Ralph Mulford 7 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 600*
15 Jean Porporato 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 520*
16 Billy Chandler 9 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 395*
17 Tom Rooney 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 370*
18 Hughie Hughes 2 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 230*
19 Tom Orr 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 225*
20 Dave Lewis 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 210*
21 W. W. Brown 8 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 200*
22 Louis Disbrow 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 150*
23 Ora Haibe 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 145*
24 Harry Grant 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 125*
25T Willie Haupt 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 120*
25T Pete Henderson 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 120*
27 Eddie Hearne 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 115*
28T Jack Callaghan 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 110*
28T Jim Parsons 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 110*
28T Cliff Durant 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 110*
28T John Raimey 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 110*
28T William Taylor 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 110*
33 John Marquis 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 95*
34 Lou Donaldson 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 90*
35 Joe Cooper 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 80*
36T A. A. Cadwell 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 60*
36T George Hill 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 60*
36T Robert Delno 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 60*
36T Eddie Waterman 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 60*
36T W. J. Shrunk 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 60*
41 Winfield Barndollar 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 55*
42T Claude Newhouse 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 50*
42T Louis Chevrolet 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 50*
44 Louis Nikrent 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 45*
45 Carl Limberg 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 40*
46T Guy Ball 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 35*
46T George Patrick 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 35*
46T Otto Henning 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 35*
49 Noel Van Raalte 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 30*
50T Albert Striegel 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 25*
50T Grant Donaldson 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 25*
50T Tom McKelvy 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 25*
53T Tom Ball 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20*
53T Tom Brewer 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20*
53T Sterling Price 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20*
53T Ira Vail 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 20*
57T Gaston Morris 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 15*
57T M. C. Hubbell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 15*
57T Jim Meyer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 15*
60T William Bolden 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 10*
60T Charles Miller 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 10*
60T Jack Gable 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 10*
63T C. E. Wood 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 5*
63T Art Klein 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 5*
NR John Aitken 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
NR Ted Tetzlaff 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
NR George Babcock 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
NR Frank Elliott 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
NR Andy Burt 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
NR Wilbur D'Alene 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
NR Warren Valdez 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
NR Harry Reynolds 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
NR Fred McCarthy 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
NR Jack Doughty 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
NR Dutch Klein 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
NR Huntley Gordon 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
NR George Clark 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
NR Dick Clarke 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
NR Ed Rathburn 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
NR A. F. Scott 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
NR Al Lambla 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
NR Jim Hill 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
NR F. L. Hursh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
NR Frank Justen 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
NR Carl Reeves 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
NR Ike Williams 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
NR George Buzane 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
NR John Mais 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
NR Grover Bergdoll 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
NR Rea Lentz 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
NR Charles Cox 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0
NR Joe Dickinson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0
NR John Hale 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0
NR U. L. McCroskey 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0
NR Swan Ostewig 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0
NR A. J. Poland 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0
NR Fred Robillard 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0
NR L. B. Shields 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0
NR Jack LeCain 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0
NR K. Butler 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0
NR Bruno Lombardi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0
NR Ernest Schneider 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
NR Cap Kennedy 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
NR Jack Shea 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
NR Lou Gandy 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0
NR John DePalma 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0
NR T. A. Tomasini 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0
NR Caleb Bragg 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 0
NR Harold Hall 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 0
NR Bill Aldridge 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Charles Basle 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Erwin Bergdoll 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Joe Boyer 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Brown 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Jean Chassagne 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Don Clarke 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Louis Coatalen 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR James Connery 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR M. J. Crell 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Frank Crum 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Earl DeVore 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR A. T. Dickey 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Arthur Duray 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Roy Francis 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Frank Galvin 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR J. J. Garfield 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Ivan Gates 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Harry Harkness 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR George Jessop 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Buddy Jones 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Orville Jones 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Walter Jones 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Charles Keene 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Cliff MacBeth 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR J. O. Maxwell 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR C. E. McLester 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Edward McNay 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Robert Moore 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Morton 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR E. H. Mullen 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Joe Nikrent 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Jack Peacock 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Ken Rawlings 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Paul Sartori 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Charles Shambaugh 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Walter Smith 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Lou Sorrell 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Gene Stecher 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR H. D. Stratton 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Jake Strickler 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Jack Welch 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR H. A. Wetmore 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Neil Whalen 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR White 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR R. M. Wise 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR A. H. Woollacott 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Frank Zucker 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Joe Cleary Relief drove only 0
NR Tony Janette Relief drove only 0
NR George Sebold Relief drove only 0
NR Frank Farber Entered as relief driver, did not appear in race 0
NR Willie Knipper Entered as relief driver, did not appear in race 0
NR C. L. Rogers Entered as relief driver, did not appear in race 0
 
Debuts Farewells
Bill Aldridge Lou Gandy George Patrick
William Bolden J. J. Garfield Jack Peacock
Joe Boyer Ivan Gates A. J. Poland
Tom Brewer Ora Haibe Jean Porporato
Brown Harold Hall Ed Rathburn
W. W. Brown Harry Harkness Carl Reeves
K. Butler Pete Henderson Dario Resta
George Buzane M. C. Hubbell Harry Reynolds
Dick Clarke F. L. Hursh George Sebold
Don Clarke Buddy Jones Ernest Schneider
Joe Cleary Orville Jones A. F. Scott
Louis Coatalen Frank Justen Jack Shea
James Connery Dutch Klein L. B. Shields
Joe Cooper Rea Lentz Walter Smith
Charles Cox Bruno Lombardi Gene Stecher
M. J. Crell Cliff MacBeth H. D. Stratton
Frank Crum John Mais Jake Strickler
Robert Delno J. O. Maxwell Albert Striegel
John DePalma Fred McCarthy T. A. Tomasini
A. T. Dickey U. L. McCroskey Ira Vail
Joe Dickinson Tom McKelvy Warren Valdez
Grant Donaldson C. E. McLester Noel Van Raalte
Lou Donaldson Edward McNay Eddie Waterman
Jack Doughty Jim Meyer White
Cliff Durant Charles Miller Ike Williams
Frank Elliott Robert Moore R. M. Wise
Frank Farber Morton C. E. Wood
Roy Francis E. H. Mullen A. H. Woollacott
Frank Galvin Swan Ostewig Frank Zucker
Bill Aldridge Harry Grant George Patrick
George Babcock John Hale A. J. Poland
Winfield Barndollar Harold Hall John Raimey
Erwin Bergdoll Harry Harkness Ed Rathburn
Caleb Bragg M. C. Hubbell Carl Reeves
Tom Brewer George Jessop Harry Reynolds
Brown Buddy Jones Fred Robillard
K. Butler Orville Jones C. L. Rogers
Jack Callaghan Walter Jones Paul Sartori
William Carlson Frank Justen Ernest Schneider
George Clark Charles Keene A. F. Scott
Dick Clarke Cap Kennedy George Sebold
Don Clarke Dutch Klein Jack Shea
Joe Cleary Willie Knipper L. B. Shields
Louis Coatalen Al Lambla W. J. Shrunk
James Connery Bruno Lombardi Walter Smith
Joe Cooper Cliff MacBeth Lou Sorrell
Charles Cox John Mais H. D. Stratton
M. J. Crell John Marquis Jake Strickler
Frank Crum J. O. Maxwell Albert Striegel
A. T. Dickey U. L. McCroskey T. A. Tomasini
Joe Dickinson Tom McKelvy Warren Valdez
Louis Disbrow C. E. McLester Noel Van Raalte
Grant Donaldson Charles Miller H. A. Wetmore
Lou Donaldson Gaston Morris White
Jack Doughty Morton Ike Williams
Frank Farber E. H. Mullen R. M. Wise
Roy Francis Claude Newhouse C. E. Wood
J. J. Garfield Joe Nikrent A. H. Woollacott
Ivan Gates Louis Nikrent Frank Zucker
Huntley Gordon Tom Orr