AAA National Championship 1916 standings

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AAA National Championship 1916 standings

Championship points standings for the AAA National Championship 1916

Position	Driver	Team	Car	Points
1.	Dario Resta	Peugeot Auto Racing	Peugeot	4100
2.	Johnny Aitken	Indy Speedway	Peugeot EX3	3440
3.	Eddie Rickenbacker	Prest-O-Lite Racing, Peugeot, Duesenberg	Maxwell Peugeot Duesenberg	2910
4.	Ralph DePalma	Mercedes, Peugeot	Mercedes Peugeot	1800
5.	Earl Cooper	Stutz	Stutz Stutz (Wisconsin)	1405
6.	Wilbur D'Alene	Duesenberg, Crawford	Duesenberg Crawford (Duesenberg)	1120
7.	Tommy Milton	Duesenberg	Duesenberg	690
8.	Pete Henderson	Prest-O-Lite Racing	Maxwell	667
9.	Frank Galvin	Delage, Sunbeam Motor Car, Premier	Delage Sunbeam Premier	645
10.	Ralph Mulford	Peugeot, Hudson, Duesenberg	Peugeot Hudson Duesenberg	620
11.	Howdy Wilcox	Indy Speedway, Peugeot	Premier Peugeot	618
12.	Joseph Christiaens	Sunbeam Motor Car	Sunbeam	540
12.	Ira Vail	Hudson	Hudson	540
14.	Dave Lewis	Crawford, Premier	Crawford (Duesenberg) Premier	500
15.	Jules DeVigne	Delage	Delage	350
15.	A. H. Patterson	Hudson	Hudson	350
17.	Hughie Hughes	Hoskins, Delage	Duesenberg Delage	290
18.	Clyde Rhodes	Hudson	Hudson	270
19.	Eddie Pullen	Mercer	Mercer	260
20.	William Weightman	William Weightman	Duesenberg	240
21.	George Buzane	Duesenberg	Duesenberg	225
22.	Eddie O'Donnell	Hoskins	Duesenberg	185
23.	Charles Devlin	Duesenberg	Duesenberg	140
24.	Art Klein	Kleinart, Crawford	Crawford (Duesenberg) King (Duesenberg)	135
25.	Jack LeCain	Delage	Delage	120
26.	Glover Ruckstell	Mercer	Mercer	100
26.	Omar Toft	Omar	Toft (Duesenberg)	100
28.	Earl DeVore	Duesenberg	Duesenberg	80
28.	Barney Oldfield	Delage	Delage	80
30.	Billy Chandler	Crawford, Stutz	Crawford (Duesenberg) Stutz (Wisconsin)	70
31.	Ora Haibe	Ostewig, Kleinart	Ostewig (Wisconsin) Ostewig (Stutz) King (Duesenberg)	60
31.	Mike Moosie	Gandy	Duesenberg	60
33.	George Adams	George Adams	Adams (Duesenberg)	55
33.	William Muller	Dans L'Argent, Crawford	Muller (Hudson) Duesenberg Crawford (Duesenberg)	55
33.	Mel Stringer	Mercer	Mercer	55
36.	Mel Sorenson	Marso	Duesenberg	50
37.	Jack Gable	Burman/Peugeot, Erbes Peugeot	Burman (Peugeot) Peugeot	45
37.	Sterling Price	Gandy	Duesenberg	45
39.	Bert Watson	J. J. R., Olson	Richard (Duesenberg) Olson (Duesenberg)	35
40.	James Benedict	Benedict/Duesenberg	Duesenberg	30
40.	Art Johnson	Crawford	Crawford (Duesenberg)	30
42.	Andrew E Burt	Ogren Motor Car	Ogren (Duesenberg) Duesenberg	25
42.	Clarence Henry McCarthy	Hudson	Hudson	25
	Emil Agraz	Hercules	X	0
	Tom Alley	Ogren Motor Car, Kleinart, Hoskins	Duesenberg King (Duesenberg)	0
	Dave Anderson	Kissell	Kissell	0
	Gil Anderson	Indy Speedway, Stutz	Premier Stutz	0
	William Bolden	Chouchilla	Stutz (Duesenberg)	0
	William Carelton	Owl	X	0
	Arthur Chevrolet	Frontenac	Frontenac	0
	Louis Chevrolet	Frontenac, Sunbeam Motor Car	Frontenac Sunbeam	0
	William Cody	Cody Spl.	National	0
	Cliff Durant	Stutz	Stutz	0
	Frank Elliott	Crawford	Crawford (Duesenberg)	0
	Aldo Franchi	Peusun, Delage	Peugeot (Sunbeam) Delage	0
	D. Bailey Gish	William Weightman	Duesenberg	0
	Otto Henning	Ogren Motor Car	Duesenberg Ogren (Duesenberg)	0
	Lewis Jackson	Marmon	Marmon	0
	Charles Latta	Dodge	Dodge	0
	Rea Lentz	Lentz	Romano (Curtis)	0
	Carl Limberg	Delage	Delage	0
	Milton McBride	Olsen	Watson (Duesenberg)	0
	Jay McNey	S. Ostewig	Ostewig (Stutz)	0
	Charles Merz	Indy Speedway	Peugeot	0
	Jim Meyer	Pugh	Pugh (Duesenberg)	0
	Robert Moore	Crawford	Crawford (Duesenberg)	0
	Swan Ostewig (Oleson)	Swan Ostewig	Ostewig (Stutz)	0
	C. B. Perry	Perry Special	X	0
	Ken Rawlings	West Duluth	Duesenberg	0
	Tom Rooney	Indy Speedway	Premier	0
	William Taylor	Horstman	Mercer	0
	Joe Thomas	Mercer	Mercer	0
	Charles Thompson	Olson	X	0

	Driver	Number
Most race wins	Dario Resta	5
	Johnny Aitken	5
Most pole positions	Mike Moosie	2
	Ralph DePalma	2
Most podium positions	Johnny Aitken	7
Most podium positions without a win	Wilbur D'Alene	3
	Earl Cooper	3

Nationality of participating drivers

%	Country	Drivers	Number
90.4%	U.S.A.	George Adams, Barney Oldfield, Louis Chevrolet, Ralph Mulford, Ralph DePalma, Earl Cooper, Howdy Wilcox, Tommy Milton, Charles Merz, Hughie Hughes, Johnny Aitken, Gil Anderson, Carl Limberg, Dave Lewis, Eddie Pullen, Earl DeVore, Billy Chandler, Jack LeCain, Otto Henning, Tom Rooney, Charles Latta, Eddie Rickenbacker, Tom Alley, Eddie O'Donnell, Art Klein, Glover Ruckstell, William Taylor, Wilbur D'Alene, Jack Gable, Ken Rawlings, Mel Stringer, Ora Haibe, Cliff Durant, Sterling Price, Ira Vail, Jim Meyer, William Bolden, Andrew E Burt, Clarence Henry McCarthy, George Buzane, Rea Lentz, Frank Galvin, A. H. Patterson, Clyde Rhodes, William Weightman, Charles Devlin, Omar Toft, Mike Moosie, William Muller, Mel Sorenson, Bert Watson, James Benedict, Art Johnson, William Cody, Jay McNey, C. B. Perry, Joe Thomas, Lewis Jackson, D. Bailey Gish, Charles Thompson, William Carelton, Milton McBride, Emil Agraz, Robert Moore, Dave Anderson, Frank Elliott	66
2.7%	Italy	Dario Resta, Aldo Franchi	2
1.4%	Canada	Pete Henderson	1
1.4%	Belgium	Joseph Christiaens	1
1.4%	Switzerland	Arthur Chevrolet	1
1.4%	France	Jules DeVigne	1
1.4%	Norway	Swan Ostewig (Oleson)	1

Individual driver statistics for the 1916 AAA National Championship

Driver	Age	Races	Wins	Podiums	Poles
Adams, George	n/a	3	0	0	0
Agraz, Emil	-67 y/o	1	0	0	0
Aitken, Johnny	31 y/o	9	5	7	1
Alley, Tom	27 y/o	3	0	0	0
Anderson, Dave	n/a	1	0	0	0
Anderson, Gil	36 y/o	3	0	0	0
Benedict, James	n/a	1	0	0	1
Bolden, William	n/a	1	0	0	0
Burt, Andrew E	26 y/o	3	0	0	0
Buzane, George	29 y/o	10	0	0	0
Carelton, William	n/a	2	0	0	0
Chandler, Billy	n/a	5	0	0	0
Chevrolet, Arthur	32 y/o	1	0	0	0
Chevrolet, Louis	37 y/o	4	0	0	1
Christiaens, Joseph	33 y/o	5	0	2	0
Cody, William	n/a	2	0	0	0
Cooper, Earl	29 y/o	4	0	3	0
D'Alene, Wilbur	31 y/o	9	0	3	0
DePalma, Ralph	33 y/o	8	2	3	2
DeVigne, Jules	43 y/o	4	0	1	0
Devlin, Charles	n/a	4	0	0	0
DeVore, Earl	26 y/o	2	0	0	0
Durant, Cliff	25 y/o	1	0	0	0
Elliott, Frank	25 y/o	1	0	0	0
Franchi, Aldo	34 y/o	4	0	0	0
Gable, Jack	n/a	4	0	0	0
Galvin, Frank	n/a	7	0	2	0
Gish, D. Bailey	n/a	1	0	0	0
Haibe, Ora	28 y/o	3	0	0	0
Henderson, Pete	21 y/o	10	0	1	0
Henning, Otto	n/a	3	0	0	0
Hughes, Hughie	n/a	6	0	1	0
Jackson, Lewis	25 y/o	2	0	0	0
Johnson, Art	n/a	4	0	0	0
Klein, Art	27 y/o	6	0	0	1
Latta, Charles	27 y/o	1	0	0	0
LeCain, Jack	29 y/o	4	0	0	0
Lentz, Rea	n/a	1	0	0	0
Lewis, Dave	35 y/o	10	0	1	0
Limberg, Carl	32 y/o	1	0	0	0
McBride, Milton	n/a	2	0	0	0
McCarthy, Clarence Henry	17 y/o	1	0	0	0
McNey, Jay	n/a	1	0	0	0
Merz, Charles	27 y/o	2	0	0	0
Meyer, Jim	n/a	2	0	0	0
Milton, Tommy	22 y/o	9	0	2	0
Moore, Robert	n/a	2	0	0	0
Moosie, Mike	23 y/o	4	0	0	2
Mulford, Ralph	31 y/o	6	0	2	1
Muller, William	n/a	5	0	0	0
O'Donnell, Eddie	29 y/o	3	0	0	0
Oldfield, Barney	38 y/o	3	0	0	0
Ostewig (Oleson), Swan	31 y/o	2	0	0	0
Patterson, A. H.	34 y/o	2	0	1	0
Perry, C. B.	n/a	1	0	0	0
Price, Sterling	26 y/o	4	0	0	1
Pullen, Eddie	32 y/o	4	0	1	0
Rawlings, Ken	31 y/o	4	0	0	0
Resta, Dario	33 y/o	10	5	5	0
Rhodes, Clyde	n/a	2	0	0	0
Rickenbacker, Eddie	25 y/o	15	3	6	1
Rooney, Tom	34 y/o	1	0	0	0
Ruckstell, Glover	25 y/o	4	0	0	0
Sorenson, Mel	n/a	2	0	0	0
Stringer, Mel	40 y/o	1	0	0	0
Taylor, William	n/a	1	0	0	0
Thomas, Joe	25 y/o	1	0	0	0
Thompson, Charles	n/a	1	0	0	0
Toft, Omar	30 y/o	6	0	0	0
Vail, Ira	22 y/o	10	0	2	0
Watson, Bert	n/a	4	0	0	0
Weightman, William	21 y/o	3	0	1	0
Wilcox, Howdy	27 y/o	7	1	2	1

#	Date	Circuit	Winner	Second	Third	Pole	FL