1929 AAA Championship Car season explained

The 1929 AAA Championship Car season consisted of five races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Tyrone, Pennsylvania on September 2. There were also three non-championship races. The AAA National Champion was Louis Meyer and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Ray Keech.

Bill Spence died during the Indianapolis 500 on May 30. Ray Keech, who won the Indianapolis 500 a few weeks ago, died at Altoona during the first race on June 15.[1]

Schedule and results

All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.

RndDateRace NameTrackLocationTypePole PositionWinning Driver
NCMay 26 Toledo Race 1 - 100Fort Miami SpeedwayToledo, OhioDirt Wilbur Shaw
1May 30 International 500 Mile SweepstakesIndianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, IndianaBrick Cliff Woodbury Ray Keech
NCJune 2 Cleveland Race - 100Randall Park RacewayNorth Randall, OhioDirt Wilbur Shaw
2June 9 Detroit Race - 100Michigan State FairgroundsDetroit, MichiganDirt Ray Keech Cliff Woodbury
3June 15 Altoona Race 1 - 200Altoona SpeedwayTyrone, PennsylvaniaBoard Cliff Woodbury Louis Meyer
NCAugust 18 Toledo Race 2 - 100Fort Miami SpeedwayToledo, OhioDirt Wilbur Shaw
4August 31 Syracuse Race - 100New York State FairgroundsSyracuse, New YorkDirt Shorty Cantlon Wilbur Shaw
5September 2 Altoona Race 2 - 200Altoona SpeedwayTyrone, PennsylvaniaBoard Lou Moore Louis Meyer

Scheduled for 100 miles, but stopped after 85 miles.

Scheduled for 200 miles, stopped due to fatal wreck involving then-leader Ray Keech. AAA rules stated that no car involved in a wreck could score points, so the win reverted to Louis Meyer.

Final points standings

PosDriverINDY
DET
ALT1
SYR
ALT2
Pts
1 Louis Meyer2*211511330
2 Ray Keech11410*1000
3 Wilbur Shaw515240
4 Fred Frame10112231
5 Cliff Woodbury33111DNQ200
6 Cliff Bergere9210186
7 Freddie Winnai57537168
8 Jimmy Gleason31298166
9112110
10DNQ3110
11 Deacon Litz243121390
12 Lou Moore13313870
13 Shorty Cantlon1314460
14 Billy Arnold896656
1526450
16 Chet Gardner61012131141
17 Zeke Meyer15DNS435
18 Russ Snowberger184DNQ35
19535
20 William Gardner 67934
218525
22 Bob RobinsonDNQ68DNQ25
23 Fred Roberts 822
24 Dave Evans156DNQ20
25 Thane Houser316
2614710
-40
- L. L. Corum50
-70
-20100
- Ralph DePalmaDNQ110
-DNQ120
- Phil Shafer120
-130
-19140
- Frank Farmer140
- Wesley Crawford150
-150
- Pete Kreis160
- Tony Gulotta170
- Bob McDonogh180
-200
- Johnny Seymour21DNS0
- Leon Duray220
-23DNSDNQ0
- Giovanni Rossi 230
-25DNQ0
- Babe Stapp280
-290
- Peter DePaolo300
- Ralph Hepburn310
- Bill Spence320
- Phil PardeeDNS0
- Sam GreccoDNQDNQ0
- Joe BakerDNQ0
- C. H. CunardDNQ0
- Cliff DurantDNQ0
- Ira HallDNQ0
- Jim HillDNQ0
- Ralph MillerDNQ0
- Ray SmithDNQ0
- Steve SmithDNQ0
- Frank SweigertDNQ0
- Henry TurgeonDNQ0
- John VanceDNQ0
- Louis SchneiderDNQ0
- Bo AmosDNQ0
- Al AspenDNQ0
- Norval DeLelysDNQ0
- Myron FultsDNQ0
- Charles GanungDNQ0
- Paolo GimarinoDNQ0
- Harold LarzelereDNQ0
- Hap RayDNQ0
- Charles SchwabDNQ0
- Al StewartDNQ0
- Archie WatermanDNQ0
- George WingerterDNQ0
- Gianfranco ComottiWth0
PosDriverINDY
DET
ALT1
SYR
ALT2
Pts
ColorResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
Green4th & 5th place
Light Blue6th-10th place
Dark BlueFinished
(Outside Top 10)
PurpleDid not finish
(Ret)
RedDid not qualify
(DNQ)
BrownWithdrawn
(Wth)
BlackDisqualified
(DSQ)
WhiteDid not start
(DNS)
BlankDid not
participate
(DNP)
Not competing
In-line notation
BoldPole position
ItalicsRan fastest race lap
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References

  • Web site: AAA National Championship 1929 . Åberg, Andreas . Driver Database . 2011-04-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121019120513/http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1140-1929/ . 2012-10-19 . live .
  • Web site: 1929 AAA National Championship Trail . ChampCarStats.com . 2011-04-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120405190608/http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1929.htm . 2012-04-05 . live .
  • Web site: 1929 Championship Driver Summary . Harms . Phil . Motorsport.com . 2011-04-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120810003609/http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1929sum.pdf . 2012-08-10 . dead .

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1929 Altoona Race 1.
  2. Web site: 1929 AAA National Championship Trail.