• The AAA Contest Board was the motorsports arm of the American Automobile Association. The contest board sanctioned automobile races from 1904 until 1955...
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  • Indy car racing, following the American Automobile Association's AAA Contest Board, the United States Auto Club (USAC), and Championship Auto Racing...
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    organized under the auspices of the AAA Contest Board. Following the 1955 Le Mans disaster, AAA dissolved the Contest Board to concentrate on its membership...
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  • AAA Contest Board (then known as the Racing Board) officially recognized a National Champion in American Championship Car competition. The 1905 AAA National...
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    the race would be suspended for the duration of the war. In 1942, AAA Contest Board suspended all auto racing, and the U.S. government moved to ban all...
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    Indianapolis 500. The stock car class began as a division of the AAA Contest Board. AAA decided to stop sanctioning all racing classes after Bill Vukovich's...
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    AAA Contest Board soon started sanctioning midget races across the country, facing opposition from independent drivers and racetracks. After the AAA withdrew...
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  • currently a points-paying race of the NTT IndyCar Series. The event is contested by "Indy cars", a formula of professional-level, single-seat, open cockpit...
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  • American Automobile Association withdrew from racing and dissolved the AAA Contest Board. ACCUS processes international competition licenses for drivers in...
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    national championship was sanctioned by the Contest Board of the American Automobile Association (AAA). The AAA first sanctioned automobile motorsports events...
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    drivers Non-qualifying drivers Female participants Sanctioning bodies AAA Contest Board (1909–1955) AIACR (1925–1930) FIA (1950–1960) USAC (1956–1997) IndyCar...
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    Allan McNish (Daytona 2012). In the period of 1971–1989, Indy car racing contested their own Triple Crown. From 1971 to 1980 it consisted of the three 500-mile...
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    expand to 1,000 miles. These rumors were briefly entertained when the AAA Contest Board announced that both May 30 and July 4 were being set aside on the...
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    hosted American open-wheel car racing events dating back to 1937. The AAA Contest Board, USAC, CART, Champ Car World Series, and the IndyCar Series have all...
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    same purpose on a horse-drawn vehicle in 1904. Starting in 1912, the AAA Contest Board declared that riding mechanics were mandatory for all races of 100...
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  • norm (with the noteworthy exception of Ray Harroun in 1911). The AAA Contest Board sanctioned the events at the Speedway, and the race ultimately became...
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    drivers Non-qualifying drivers Female participants Sanctioning bodies AAA Contest Board (1909–1955) AIACR (1925–1930) FIA (1950–1960) USAC (1956–1997) IndyCar...
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    days when he won the 1953 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. The AAA Contest Board began sanctioning races as early as 1904. In the early years of the...
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    points championship, and no points were awarded by the AAA Contest Board. In 1927, the Contest Board negated their history; points were assigned retroactively...
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    drivers Non-qualifying drivers Female participants Sanctioning bodies AAA Contest Board (1909–1955) AIACR (1925–1930) FIA (1950–1960) USAC (1956–1997) IndyCar...
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    drivers Non-qualifying drivers Female participants Sanctioning bodies AAA Contest Board (1909–1955) AIACR (1925–1930) FIA (1950–1960) USAC (1956–1997) IndyCar...
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    Hulman & Company, serving from 1989 to 2009. He was also formerly on the Board of Directors of both entities. He founded the Indy Racing League and co-owned...
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    has in auto racing annals, was authorized, effective this year. "AAA Contest Board Official Bulletin". February 14, 1930. GRAND PRIX TROPHY – A most...
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    the factory fuel tank replaced with a fuel cell, and usually have an on-board fire extinguisher installed. The special edition production replicas available...
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  • daily goals or collect enough tomatoes to unlock access to the weekly contest. The competition, which ran for eight weeks from May 16 through July 7...
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    drivers Non-qualifying drivers Female participants Sanctioning bodies AAA Contest Board (1909–1955) AIACR (1925–1930) FIA (1950–1960) USAC (1956–1997) IndyCar...
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  • rebuffed the rumors, and insisted the race would go on as planned. The AAA Contest Board announced their rules package for 1942, and with the United States...
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    drivers Non-qualifying drivers Female participants Sanctioning bodies AAA Contest Board (1909–1955) AIACR (1925–1930) FIA (1950–1960) USAC (1956–1997) IndyCar...
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  • very well in races sanctioned by the AAA Contest Board from 1952 until 1954 with Marshall Teague winning the 1952 AAA Stock Car Championship and Frank Mundy...
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    drivers Non-qualifying drivers Female participants Sanctioning bodies AAA Contest Board (1909–1955) AIACR (1925–1930) FIA (1950–1960) USAC (1956–1997) IndyCar...
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