AAA National Championship 1955 standings

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AAA National Championship 1955 standings

Championship points standings for the AAA National Championship 1955

Position	Driver	Team	Car	Points
1.	Bob Sweikert	John Zink	Watson D (Offenhauser) Kurtis 500C (Offenhauser) Watson (Offenhauser)	2290
2.	Jimmy Bryan	Dean Van Lines	Kuzma (Offenhauser) Kuzma D (Offenhauser)	1480
3.	Johnny Thomson	Peter Schmidt	Kuzma D (Offenhauser) Kuzma (Offenhauser)	1380
4.	Tony Bettenhausen	Henry Allen Chapman, Belanger Motors, Sweikert	Russo\Nichels (Offenhauser) Kurtis 500C (Offenhauser) Kuzma (Offenhauser)	1060
5.	Andy Linden	Joseph Massaglia, D-A Lubricants Racing	Kuzma (Offenhauser) Kurtis 4000D (Offenhauser) Kuzma D (Offenhauser)	1047.8
6.	Jimmy Davies	Pat Clancy	Ewing D (Offenhauser) Kurtis 500B (Offenhauser) Ewing (Offenhauser)	890
7.	Pat O'Connor	Ansted Rotary	Templeton D (Offenhauser) Kurtis 500D (Offenhauser) Templeton (Offenhauser)	800
8.	Pat Flaherty	Dunn Engineering	Kurtis 500 B (Offenhauser) Kurtis 500 (Offenhauser)	790
9.	George Amick	Emmett Malloy, Hopkins Racing	Pankratz (Offenhauser) Pankratz D (Offenhauser) Lesovsky (Offenhauser) Lesovsky D (Offenhauser)	750
10.	Walt Faulkner	Merz Engineering, Kalamazoo Sports	Kurtis 500C (Offenhauser) Kurtis/Wetteroth D (Offenhauser)	447.5
11.	Al Herman	Martin Brothers	Silnes D (Offenhauser) Silnes (Offenhauser)	380
12.	Bob Veith	Lutes Truck Parts, Henry Allen Chapman	Kurtis 4000 (Offenhauser) Russo/Nichels (Offenhauser)	355
13.	Johnny Boyd	Chapman Root, Sweikert	Kuzma D (Offenhauser) Kurtis 500C (Offenhauser) Kuzma (Offenhauser)	350
14.	Don Freeland	Bob Estes	Phillips (Offenhauser) Phillips D (Offenhauser)	315.2
15.	Art Cross	Belanger Motors, Peter Schmidt	Kurtis 500D (Offenhauser) Kuzma D (Offenhauser)	300
16.	Paul Russo	Chapman, Wolcott	Kurtis 500C (Offenhauser) Kurtis 500A (Offenhauser)	300
17.	Rodger Ward	Casale, Pete Salemi, Ed Walsh	Trevis (Offenhauser) Kuzma D (Ofenhauser) Trevis D (Offenhauser) Kurtis 4000 (Offenhauser)	252.2
18.	Jack McGrath	Jack Hinkle	Kurtis 4000D (Offenhauser) Kurtis 500C (Offenhauser) Kurtis 4000 (Offenhauser)	240
19.	Jimmy Daywalt	Chapman Root, Jim Robbins, Leitenberger	Stevens D (Offenhauser) Kurtis R (Offenhauser) Silnes/Sherman (Offenhauser)	226.4
20.	Mike Magill	Unverdorben	Kurtis 4000 (Offenhauser) Kurtis 4000D (Offenhauser)	210
21.	Tony Bonadies	Donaldson	Kurtis 3000 (Offenhauser)	200
21.	Bob Finney	Wallace Motor Co.	X (Lincoln)	200
23.	Jimmy Reece	Emmett Malloy, Ed Walsh, Ray Brady, Bromme	Kurtis 4000 (Offenhauser) Kurtis 4000 D (Offenhauser) Pankratz D (Offenhauser) Bromme (Offenhauser)	180
24.	Eddie Russo	Dr. Sabourin, Chapman Root	Blough D (Offenhauser) Blough (Offenhauser) Pawl D (Offenhauser)	165
25.	Ed Elisian	Peter Wales, Lutes Truck Parts, Wolcott	Lesovsky (Offenhauser SC) Kurtis 4000 (Offenhauser) Kurtis 4000D (Offenhauser)	160
25.	Slim Roberts	Grover	X (Chevrolet V6)	160
27.	Louie Unser	Jerry Unser	X (Jaguar)	140
28.	Jerry Unser	Coniff	X (Offenhauser)	120
29.	Duane Carter	J.C. Agajanian, Dr. Sabourin, Leitenberger	Silnes/Sherman (Offenhauser) Pawl (Offenhauser) Kuzma D (Offenhauser)	112.9
30.	Johnnie Tolan	Carl Anderson	Kurtis 4000 (Offenhauser)	110
31.	Tommy Hinnershitz	Malamud, Peter Schmidt	Scopa (Offenhauser) Kuzma (Offenhauser)	100
31.	Jiggs (Fred) Peters	Glessner, Springfield Welding	Kurtis 4000 (Offenhauser) Scopa D (Offenhauser)	100
31.	Bobby Unser	Jerry Unser	Oldsmobile	100
34.	Johnny Kay	Peter Wales	Kurtis 4000 (Offenhauser)	90
35.	Keith Andrews	John McDaniel, Joe Hunt Magneto	Kurtis 2000 (Offenhauser) Schroeder D (Offenhauser)	80
36.	Edgar Elder	Ernest Ruiz	Shilala (Offenhauser)	80
37.	Elmer George	HOW	Kurtis 4000 (Offenhauser)	60
37.	Charlie Lowderman		X (Ford)	60
39.	Johnnie Parsons	Carl Anderson, Ray Brady	Kurtis 500 D (Offenhauser) Kurtis 4000 (Offenhauser)	53.2
40.	Bill Homeier	Chapman Root	Kurtis 3000 (Offenhauser)	52.5
41.	Gene Hartley	Commercial Motor Freight	Ewing D (Offenhauser)	50
41.	Shorty Templeman	Peter Wales, Glessner	Scopa (Offenhauser) Trevis D (Offenhauser)	50
41.	Chuck Weyant	Federal Engineering	Kurtis 3000D (Offenhauser)	50
41.	Pete Woods		X (Offenhauser)	50
45.	Eddie Sachs	Ray Brady	Kurtis 4000 (Offenhauser)	46.8
46.	Paul Kleinschmidt		X (McDowell)	40
46.	Mel McGaughy	Leo Dobry	Kurtis 2000 (Offenhauser)	40
48.	Jack Turner	Leitenberger, Wolcott	Silnes/Sherman (Offenhauser) Lesovsky (Offenhauser SC)	33.4
49.	George Hammond		X (Offenhauser)	30
50.	Buddy Cagle	Kalamazoo Sports, Pete Salemi	Kurtis/Wetteroth (Offenhauser) Trevis (Offenhauser)	20
50.	Louis Unser		X (Offenhauser)	20
52.	Len Duncan	Dr. Sabourin	Pawl (Offenhauser)	17.1
53.	Edward T. Cox		X (HAL)	10
53.	Eddie Johnson	Kalamazoo Sports, Morcroft	Turner D (Offenhauser) Pankratz (Offenhauser)	10
53.	Charles Musselman	Sam Traylor	Kurtis 2000 (Offenhauser)	10
	Freddie Agabashian	Federal Engineering	Kurtis 500D (Offenhauser)	0
	Foster Campbell	Stockwell	Stevens (Offenhauser)	0
	Bob Carroll	Shaheen	Hill (Offenhauser)	0
	Ray Crawford	Ray Crawford	Kurtis 500B (Offenhauser)	0
	Rex Easton	Mel Wiggers	Kurtis 4000 D (Offenhauser) Kurtis 4000 (Offenhauser)	0
	Ted Foltz			0
	Jimmy Good			0
	Jack Hahn			0
	Sam Hanks	Jones & Maley Cars	Kurtis 500C (Offenhauser)	0
	Shelby Hill		X (Ford V8)	0
	Art Hillis		X (Nash-Healey)	0
	Jerry Hoyt	Jim Robbins, Wolcott	Stevens D (Offenhauser) Lesovsky D (Offenhauser) Lesovsky (Offenhauser)	0
	Al Keller	Sam Traylor, Hopkins Racing	Kurtis 2000D (Offenhauser) Lesovsky D (Offenhauser) Lesovsky (Offenhauser)	0
	Dan Morgan			0
	Earl Motter	Greenman-Casale	Kuzma (Offenhauser)	0
	Cal Niday	D-A Lubricants Racing	Kurtis 500B (Offenhauser)	0
	Jim Rathmann	Belond Miracle Power, Ernest Ruiz	Epperly (Offenhauser) Shilala D (Offenhauser)	0
	Wayne Sankey			0
	Len Sutton	Vollstedt Enterprises	Vollstedt (Offenhauser)	0
	Bill Vukovich	Hopkins Racing	Kurtis 500C (Offenhauser)	0

	Driver	Number
Most race wins	Jimmy Bryan	6
Most pole positions	Bob Sweikert	4
Most podium positions	Bob Sweikert	7
	Jimmy Bryan	7
Most podium positions without a win	George Amick	4

Nationality of participating drivers

%	Country		Drivers	Number
100%	U.S.A.		Tony Bettenhausen, Bobby Unser, Bob Sweikert, Jimmy Bryan, Johnny Thomson, Andy Linden, Jimmy Davies, Pat O'Connor, Pat Flaherty, George Amick, Walt Faulkner, Al Herman, Bob Veith, Johnny Boyd, Don Freeland, Art Cross, Rodger Ward, Jack McGrath, Jimmy Daywalt, Mike Magill, Bob Finney, Tony Bonadies, Jimmy Reece, Eddie Russo, Slim Roberts, Ed Elisian, Louie Unser, Jerry Unser, Duane Carter, Johnnie Tolan, Jiggs (Fred) Peters, Tommy Hinnershitz, Johnny Kay, Keith Andrews, Edgar Elder, Elmer George, Charlie Lowderman, Johnnie Parsons, Bill Homeier, Pete Woods, Shorty Templeman, Gene Hartley, Chuck Weyant, Paul Kleinschmidt, Mel McGaughy, Jack Turner, George Hammond, Buddy Cagle, Louis Unser, Eddie Johnson, Edward T. Cox, Charles Musselman, Foster Campbell, Earl Motter, Jim Rathmann, Art Hillis, Al Keller, Rex Easton, Shelby Hill, Jerry Hoyt, Cal Niday, Len Sutton, Bob Carroll, Sam Hanks, Ray Crawford, Bill Vukovich, Freddie Agabashian, Paul Russo, Eddie Sachs, Len Duncan, Jimmy Good, Ted Foltz, Wayne Sankey, Jack Hahn, Dan Morgan	75

Individual driver statistics for the 1955 AAA National Championship

Driver	Age	Races	Wins	Podiums	Poles	Fastest laps
Agabashian, Freddie	41 y/o	1	0	0	0
Amick, George	30 y/o	9	0	4	0
Andrews, Keith	35 y/o	3	0	0	0
Bettenhausen, Tony	38 y/o	4	0	2	0
Bonadies, Tony	38 y/o	1	0	0	0
Boyd, Johnny	28 y/o	5	0	0	0
Bryan, Jimmy	29 y/o	10	6	7	0
Cagle, Buddy	24 y/o	2	0	0	0
Campbell, Foster	33 y/o	1	0	0	0
Carroll, Bob	n/a	1	0	0	0
Carter, Duane	42 y/o	3	0	0	0
Cox, Edward T.	n/a	1	0	0	0
Crawford, Ray	39 y/o	1	0	0	0
Cross, Art	37 y/o	2	0	0	0
Davies, Jimmy	25 y/o	6	0	1	0
Daywalt, Jimmy	30 y/o	5	0	0	0
Duncan, Len	43 y/o	1	0	0	0
Easton, Rex	41 y/o	2	0	0	0
Elder, Edgar	32 y/o	5	0	0	0
Elisian, Ed	28 y/o	6	0	0	1
Faulkner, Walt	37 y/o	3	0	0	0
Finney, Bob	n/a	1	1	1	0
Flaherty, Pat	29 y/o	3	1	2	0
Foltz, Ted	22 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Freeland, Don	30 y/o	9	0	1	1
George, Elmer	26 y/o	1	0	0	0
Good, Jimmy	n/a	1	0	0	0
Hahn, Jack	30 y/o	1	0	0	0
Hammond, George	n/a	1	0	0	0
Hanks, Sam	40 y/o	1	0	0	0
Hartley, Gene	29 y/o	2	0	0	0
Herman, Al	28 y/o	4	0	0	0
Hill, Shelby	n/a	1	0	0	1
Hillis, Art	n/a	1	0	0	0
Hinnershitz, Tommy	43 y/o	2	0	0	0
Homeier, Bill	36 y/o	1	0	0	0
Hoyt, Jerry	26 y/o	3	0	0	1
Johnson, Eddie	36 y/o	5	0	0	0
Kay, Johnny	32 y/o	3	0	0	0
Keller, Al	35 y/o	3	0	0	0
Kleinschmidt, Paul	n/a	1	0	0	0
Linden, Andy	33 y/o	8	0	1	1
Lowderman, Charlie	n/a	1	0	0	0
Magill, Mike	35 y/o	6	0	0	0
McGaughy, Mel	38 y/o	1	0	0	0
McGrath, Jack	35 y/o	9	0	1	0
Morgan, Dan	n/a	1	0	0	0
Motter, Earl	36 y/o	3	0	0	0
Musselman, Charles	27 y/o	1	0	0	0
Niday, Cal	41 y/o	1	0	0	0
O'Connor, Pat	26 y/o	9	0	0	0
Parsons, Johnnie	36 y/o	2	0	0	0
Peters, Jiggs (Fred)	34 y/o	2	0	0	0
Rathmann, Jim	26 y/o	2	0	0	0
Reece, Jimmy	25 y/o	9	0	0	1
Roberts, Slim	n/a	1	0	1	0
Russo, Eddie	29 y/o	6	0	0	1
Russo, Paul	41 y/o	1	0	0	0
Sachs, Eddie	28 y/o	1	0	0	0
Sankey, Wayne	n/a	1	0	0	0
Sutton, Len	29 y/o	2	0	0	0
Sweikert, Bob	29 y/o	10	2	7	4
Templeman, Shorty	35 y/o	5	0	0	0
Thomson, Johnny	33 y/o	7	1	4	0
Tolan, Johnnie	37 y/o	4	0	0	0
Turner, Jack	35 y/o	2	0	0	0
Unser, Bobby	21 y/o	1	0	0	0
Unser, Jerry	22 y/o	1	0	0	0
Unser, Louie	22 y/o	1	0	1	0
Unser, Louis	59 y/o	1	0	0	0
Veith, Bob	30 y/o	5	0	0	0
Vukovich, Bill	36 y/o	1	0	0	0
Ward, Rodger	34 y/o	6	0	0	0
Weyant, Chuck	32 y/o	1	0	0	0
Woods, Pete	n/a	1	0	0	0

#	Date	Circuit	Winner	Second	Third	Pole	FL