1918 AAA National Championship


16 MayUniontown, PennsylvaniaBoard Oval
16 MayUniontown, PennsylvaniaBoard Oval
16 MayUniontown, PennsylvaniaBoard Oval
16 MayUniontown, PennsylvaniaBoard Oval
16 MayUniontown, PennsylvaniaBoard Oval
04 JulTacoma, WashingtonBoard Oval
04 JulTacoma, WashingtonBoard Oval
04 JulTacoma, WashingtonBoard Oval
18 JulUniontown, PennsylvaniaBoard Oval
28 JulChicago, IllinoisBoard Oval
28 JulChicago, IllinoisBoard Oval
28 JulChicago, IllinoisBoard Oval
17 AugSheepshead Bay, New YorkBoard Oval
17 AugSheepshead Bay, New YorkBoard Oval
17 AugSheepshead Bay, New YorkBoard Oval
02 SepUniontown, PennsylvaniaBoard Oval

Championship Result

Note: There was no championship this year! Haresnipe retrospectively declared Ralph Mulford champion and allotted points, but none were actually scored or declared that year.


Liberty Sweepstakes
16th May 1918 - Uniontown: 27 miles (1.125 miles x 24 laps)


FP  # SP Driver                 Car                     	 Time
 1  7    Tom Milton 		Duesenberg 			0:15:59.52, 101.301 mph
 2  9    Ralph Mulford 		Frontenac 			0:17:51.69
 3       I.P.Fetterman 		Peerless 			0:18:21.10
 4 43    Omar Toft 		Miller 				Flagged
 5       George Gardner 	Hudson 				Flagged
 6 45    Eddie Hearne 		Frontenac 			Flagged
 7       Fred McCarthy 		Hudson 				Flagged
 8 15    Barney Oldfield 	Miller "Golden Submarine" 	21 laps/out 


Liberty Sweepstakes
16th May 1918 - Uniontown: 27 miles (1.125 miles x 24 laps)


FP  # SP Driver                 Car                     	 Time
 1  9    Ralph Mulford 		Frontenac 			0:16:37.09, 97.484 mph
 2 15    Barney Oldfield 	Miller "Golden Submarine" 	0:17:22.30
 3       I.P.Fetterman 		Peerless 			0:17:23.75
 4 43    Omar Toft 		Miller 				0:17:33.89
 5       George Gardner 	Hudson 				Flagged
 6       Louis Chevrolet 	Frontenac 			15 laps/out
 7       Ira Vail 		Hudson 				 5 laps/out
 8 45    Eddie Hearne 		Frontenac 			 1 laps/out


Liberty Sweepstakes
16th May 1918 - Uniontown: 27 miles (1.125 miles x 24 laps)


FP  # SP Driver                 Car                     	 Time
 1 45    Eddie Hearne 		Frontenac 			0:16:49.64, 96.272 mph
 2       Fred McCarthy 		Hudson 				0:17:51.73
 3 43    Omar Toft 		Miller 				0:17:52.13
 4       George Gardner 	Hudson 				Flagged
 5       I.P.Fetterman 		Peerless 			14 laps/out
 6       Ira Vail 		Hudson 				14 laps/out
 7 15    Barney Oldfield 	Miller "Golden Submarine" 	 2 laps/out


Liberty Sweepstakes
16th May 1918 - Uniontown: 27 miles (1.125 miles x 24 laps)


FP  # SP Driver                 Car                     	 Time
 1       Louis Chevrolet 	Frontenac 			0:17:03.68, 94.952 mph
 2       Fred McCarthy 		Hudson 				0:17:40.82
 3       George Gardner 	Hudson 				0:18:29.75
 4       H.L.Robinson 		Duesenberg 			Flagged
 5 43    Omar Toft 		Miller 				16 laps/out
 6 15    Barney Oldfield 	Miller "Golden Submarine" 	 6 laps/out


Liberty Sweepstakes
16th May 1918 - Uniontown: 27 miles (1.125 miles x 24 laps)


FP  # SP Driver                 Car                     	 Time
 1  9    Ralph Mulford 		Frontenac 			0:16:42.82, 96.927 mph
 2 45    Eddie Hearne 		Frontenac 			0:16:58.77
 3  7    Tom Milton 		Duesenberg 			0:17:35.18
 4       Louis Chevrolet 	Frontenac 			18 laps/out


4th July 1918 - Tacoma: 24 miles (2.0 miles x 12 laps)


FP  # SP Driver                 Car                     	 Time
 1  1    Cliff Durant 		Chevrolet 			0:15:09.4, 98.96 mph
 2       Dave Lewis 		Duesenberg 			0:15:28.0
 3       Eddie Hearne 		Duesenberg 			0:15:30.0
 4       Eddie Pullen 		Mercer 				0:15:32.2
 5  8    Earl Cooper 		Stutz 				0:17:43.0


4th July 1918 - Tacoma: 50 miles (2.0 miles x 25 laps)


FP  # SP Driver                 Car                     	 Time
 1  1    Cliff Durant 		Chevrolet 			0:30:37.6, 97.95 mph
 2       Dave Lewis 		Duesenberg 			0:31:35.8
 3       Eddie Hearne 		Duesenberg 			0:31:38.6
 4  8    Earl Cooper 		Stutz 				0:31:40.0
 5       Eddie Pullen 		Mercer 				2 laps/out


4th July 1918 - Tacoma: 75 miles (2.0 miles x 37.5 laps)


FP  # SP Driver                 Car                     	 Time
 1       Eddie Hearne 		Duesenberg 			0:47:43.5, 94.29 mph
 2  1    Cliff Durant 		Chevrolet 			0:47:58.0
 3  8    Earl Cooper 		Stutz 				0:48:50.0
 4       Eddie Pullen 		Mercer 				0:49:30.0
 5       Dave Lewis 		Duesenberg 			34 laps/flagged

Race probably started (or finished) on the back stretch.

Independence Auto Derby
18th July 1918 - Uniontown: 112.5 miles (1.125 miles x 100 laps)


FP  # SP Driver                 Car                     	 Time
 1       Louis Chevrolet 	Frontenac 			1:11:22.45, 94.572 mph
 2       Omar Toft 		Miller 				1:12:37.78
 3       Eddie Hearne 		Duesenberg 			1:13:08.67
 4       Ralph Mulford 		Frontenac 			1:15:16.37
 5       Tom Milton 		Duesenberg 			1:19:16.66
 6       Barney Oldfield 	Miller "Golden Submarine" 	96 laps/flagged
 7       DeLloyd Thompson 	Duesenberg 			Flagged
 8       Denny Hickey 		Hudson 				81 laps/engine
 9       Arthur Duray 		Frontenac 			67 laps/timing gear
10       George Gardner 	Hudson 				 0 laps/accident on pace lap
11       Fred McCarthy 		C&B 				 0 laps/flagged
NS       Joe Boyer
NS       I.P.Fetterman
NS       Ben Schoaff
NS       Milton McBride


28th July 1918 - Chicago Speedway: 10 miles (2.0 miles x 5 laps)


FP  # SP Driver                 Car                     	 Time
 1       Ralph DePalma 		Packard 			0:05:24.8, 110.84 mph
 2       Louis Chevrolet 	Frontenac 			0:05:25.0
 3       Dario Resta 		Resta Special			0:05:26.0
 4       Ralph Mulford 		Frontenac 			0:05:26.2

The scheduled 50 mile race was rained off.

28th July 1918 - Chicago Speedway: 20 miles (2.0 miles x 10 laps)


FP  # SP Driver                 Car                     	 Time
 1  4    Ralph DePalma 		Packard 			0:10:50.2, 110.73 mph
 2  1    Dario Resta 		Peugeot 			0:10:51.6
 3  9    Ralph Mulford 		Frontenac 			0:10:52.0
 4  3    Louis Chevrolet 	Frontenac 			0:10:52.2
 5 14    Ira Vail 		Hudson 				Out


28th July 1918 - Chicago Speedway: 30 miles (2.0 miles x 15 laps)


FP  # SP Driver                 Car                     	 Time
 1  4    Ralph DePalma 		Packard 			0:16:54.8, 106.42 mph
 2  3    Louis Chevrolet 	Frontenac 			0:16:55.8
 3  1    Dario Resta 		Peugeot 			con-rod
 4  9    Ralph Mulford 		Frontenac 			oil line
 5 14    Ira Vail 		Hudson 				
NS  2    Arthur Duray 		Frontenac


17th August 1918 - Sheepshead Bay: 20 miles (2.00 miles x 10 laps)


FP  # SP Driver                 Car                     	 Time
 1       Ralph DePalma 		Packard 			0:10:51.6, 110.50 mph
 2       Dario Resta 		Peugeot 			10 laps/finished
 3       Ralph Mulford          Frontenac 			10 laps/finished
 4       Louis Chevrolet 	Frontenac 			 3 laps/engine trouble
NS       Arthur Duray		Frontenac			car driven by Chevrolet
NS	 Tommy Milton						mechanical


17th August 1918 - Sheepshead Bay: 30 miles (2.00 miles x 15 laps)


FP  # SP Driver                 Car                     	 Time
 1       Ralph DePalma 		Packard 			0:16:31.2, 108.96 mph
 2       Ralph Mulford 		Frontenac 			15 laps/finished
 3       Dario Resta 		Peugeot 			15 laps/finished
 4       Ira Vail 		Hudson 				11 laps/flagged
NS	 Tommy Milton						mechanical

Lap Leaders: Ralph Mulford 	laps 1-4, 7-9 
             Ralph DePalma 	laps 5-6, 10-15

Lap leaders estimated.

17th August 1918 - Sheepshead Bay: 50 miles (2.00 miles x 25 laps)


FP  # SP Driver                 Car                     	 Time
 1       Ralph DePalma 		Packard 			0:27:29.2, 109.14 mph
 2       Dario Resta 		Peugeot 			0:27:32.0
 3       Ralph Mulford 		Frontenac 			25 laps/finished
 4       Ira Vail 		Hudson 				25 laps/finished
NS	 Tommy Milton						mechanical

Lap Leaders: Ralph Mulford 	laps  1-2, 4-9, 13-24 
             Dario Resta 	laps  3 
             Ralph DePalma 	laps 10-12, 25

Lap leaders estimated.

2nd September 1918 - Uniontown: 112.5 miles (1.125 miles x 100 laps)


FP  # SP Driver                 Car                     	 Time
 1       Ralph Mulford 		Frontenac 			1:10:11.17, 96.173 mph
 2       Louis Chevrolet 	Frontenac 			1:12:10.42
 3       Omar Toft 		Miller 				1:12:11.62
 4       Arthur Duray 		Frontenac 			1:15:45.57
 5       I.P.Fetterman 		Peerless 			1:16:58.13
 6       Tom Milton 		Duesenberg 			1:18:21.72
 7       DeLloyd Thompson 	Duesenberg 			59 laps/engine
 8       Eddie Hearne 		Duesenberg 			49 laps/engine
 9       Denny Hickey 		Hudson 				19 laps/accident
10       Fred McCarthy 		C&B 				Out
11       William Muller 	Duesenberg 			Out