The 1905 AAA National Motor Car Championship consisted of 11 points-paying races, beginning in

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on June 10 and concluding in

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on September 29. There were also at least two non-championship events held during the year. This was the first year that the

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(then known as the Racing Board) officially recognized a National Champion in American Championship Car competition. The 1905

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National Champion was

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. For reasons unclear, but likely due to a change in attitudes and opinions by AAA officials about the dangers of racing following several serious accidents, no national championship was officially recognized again until

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Schedule and results

All races running on Dirt Oval.

Leading National Championship standings

In 1951, Victor Hémery, winner of the 1905

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, was retroactively awarded a national championship. At a later point, it was recognized by historians that these championship results were revisionist, after discovering published sources naming Oldfield as the National Champion.

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Compilation of articles on "The Lost Championship of 1905"
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