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All Time USAC/AAA Sprint Car Driver Victory Totals
1929 through 2002
Compiled by Gene Crucean
The list that follows is a summary of the drivers who have won 15 or more USAC and/or AAA sprint car features from 1929 through 2002. I don’t believe a comprehensive list of combined feature winners has ever been published. Writings suggest the AAA first awarded sanctions for non-championship races, as sprint car racing was then called, a couple of years prior to 1929. However, it wasn’t until 1929 that the AAA developed systems to determine an annual champion; and, at the conclusion of that year, they awarded the inaugural Pacific Coast title to Mel Kenealy. During subsequent years, the AAA continued to crown a Pacific Coast titlist along with regional champions in the midwest and east. In 1961, USAC, who had succeeded the AAA in 1956, consolidated the regional titles into a national championship. For a closer look at the somewhat nebulous history of sprint car racing, visit my link to Sprint Car Racing History.
1. Tommy Hinnershitz
2. Ted Horn
3. Rex Mays
Bill Holland
5. Bob Sall
6. Tom Bigelow
7. Billy Winn
Jack Hewitt
9. Troy Ruttman
Larry Dickson
11. Joie Chitwood
12. Pancho Carter
13. Gary Bettenhausen
14. Sheldon Kinser
15. Ernie Triplett
16. Rich Vogler
17. Rollie Beale
18. Doc MacKenzie
19. Tony Willman
20. Don Branson
AJ Foyt
22. Chet Gardner
Duke Nalon
24. Al Gordon
Parnelli Jones
Steve Butler
Tony Elliott |
109
86
65
65
64
52
46
46
45
45
44
42
40
37
36
35
32
30
29
28
28
26
26
25
25
25
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28. Mark Light
Tracy Hines
30. Roger McCluskey
Sam Sessions
Bubby Jones
Ricky Hood
34. Fred Frame
Johnny Thomson
36. Pat O’Connor
Greg Weld
Dave Steele
39. Duane Carter
40. Johnny Hannon
41. Bill Schindler
Mike Nazaruk
Jim Hurtubise
44. Johnny Mantz
45. Frank Bailey
Spider Webb
Eddie Sachs
Dave Darland
49. Frank Beeder
Jimmy Bryan
Bob Sweikert |
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As an aside to students of sprint car racing history, the underlying data for this project came from many sources…books, magazines, racing periodicals, AAA & USAC yearbooks and more. However, ninety percent of the AAA records were the product of an exhaustive research effort by the late historian Phil Harms. With gratitude to Phil, I would estimate that my source data is about 98 % complete. But not all information has been unearthed. For example, I believe I’m still missing results from two races in 1941. In the never ending pursuit of historic accuracy, I invite others to share and compare their records with mine.
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