{"id":18961,"date":"2020-12-05T00:26:27","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T00:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/johnny-aitken\/"},"modified":"2023-11-08T16:44:50","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T16:44:50","slug":"johnny-aitken","status":"publish","type":"driver","link":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/johnny-aitken\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Aitken"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"hero \">\n    \n            \n<section class=\"c-site-breadcrumbs site-breadcrumbs proxima \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <nav class=\"breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/nav>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n    \n    <div class=\"hero__content\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n                        <h1 class=\"hero__title sanomat\"><\/h1>\n                                <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"anchor-menu container-no-breakpoints proxima\">\n    <ul>\n                    <li><a href=\"#biography\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Biography<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#championship-seasons\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Championship Seasons<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#non-championship-races\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Non-Championship Races<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#teams\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Teams<\/a><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"container\" id=\"biography\">\n            <div class=\"post__item\">\n                <div class=\"js-react\" data-behaviour=\"driver-data-box\" data-driver-id=\"18961\"><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n        <aside class=\"sidebar\" data-target=\"ad-container\">\n            <aside class=\"broadcast-space \">\n            <div class=\"broadcast-space__element\" id=\"div-gpt-ad-1563288058060-3\" data-behaviour=\"ad-target\"><\/div>\n    <\/aside>\n        <\/aside>\n    <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" id=\"full-biography\">\n    \n        \n        <section class=\"c-expanding-content expanding-content expanding-content--expandable content-section toggle\">\n            <p>Johnny Aitken has won more races at Indianapolis than any other driver in history. He recorded a total of 15 victories at the Speedway in minor dashes and feature events from 1909 to 1916 but never in the 500 itself. Success in that race was confined to team management.<\/p>\n<p>He finished third in the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup just 90 seconds behind the winner. His riding mechanic was clipped by a spectator\u2019s empty wine bottle as they passed by during the race and Aitken slowed to make sure he was fit to continue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Managing success at Indianapolis\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A year later, Aitken led the first four laps of the inaugural Indy 500 but retired early. He swapped driving for team management in 1912 with the National Car Company for whom he driven exclusively to date. He directed Joe Dawson\u2019s 1912 Indy 500 triumph from the pits\u00a0although\u00a0that success prompted National to withdraw from the sport.<\/p>\n<p>Fluent in French, Aitken was then hired to manage Peugeot\u2019s 1913 Indy campaign. Jules\u00a0Goux\u00a0became the first foreign winner of the race for the marque despite some locals complaining that he had drunk four bottles of champagne during\u00a0the\u00a0pitstops!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Successful return to racing\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Aitken raced in\u00a0AAA-sanctioned events\u00a0himself again in 1915 and\u00a0he\u00a0qualified a Speedway-owned Peugeot EX3 on pole position a year later for his second and final Indy 500. He retired that day but 1916 was to be his most successful season as a driver.<\/p>\n<p>What is now the\u00a0IndyCar\u00a0Series was\u00a0organised\u00a0properly for the first time in 1916 with\u00a0a prize of\u00a0$14,000 to the winner. A run of four victories meant Aitken arrived in Santa Monica for the American Grand Prize trailing just Dario\u00a0Resta. Both rivals retired\u00a0from that deciding race\u00a0but Aitken took over team-mate Howdy Wilcox\u2019s Peugeot EX5 and completed victory by some six minutes. However, only Wilcox was awarded points so\u00a0Resta\u00a0was confirmed as champion.<\/p>\n<p>That was Aitken\u2019s final race as he enlisted in the United States forces. However, he died in Indianapolis during the Spanish influenza epidemic of 1918. His widow Bessie lived to the grand old age of 102.<\/p>\n\n                            <div class=\"expanding-content__buttons\">\n                                            <a href=\"#\" class=\"button button--outline button--chevron-down expanding-content__more\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Read full bio<\/a>\n                        <a href=\"#\" class=\"button button--outline button--chevron-up expanding-content__less\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Read Less<\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/section>\n\n                                \n   <\/div>\n\n<section class=\"content-section content-section--no-padding-bottom database-table-collapsible toggle open\" id=\"championship-seasons\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"js-react\" data-behaviour=\"driver-seasons-table\" data-driver-id=\"\"><\/div>            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"content-section content-section--no-padding database-table-collapsible toggle 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