1930 AAA Championship Car season explained

The 1930 AAA Championship Car season consisted of eight races, beginning in Langhorne, Pennsylvania on May 3 and concluding in Syracuse, New York on September 6. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Billy Arnold.

Two riding mechanics died during the season. Paul Marshall, at the Indianapolis 500; and William Berry, who died at Detroit during qualifying.^[1]

Schedule and results

All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	May 3	Langhorne Race - 100	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Dirt	Bill Cummings	Bill Cummings
2	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Brick	Billy Arnold	Billy Arnold
3	June 9	Detroit Race - 100	Michigan State Fairgrounds	Detroit, Michigan	Dirt	Chet Gardner	Wilbur Shaw
4	June 14	Altoona Race 1 - 200	Altoona Speedway	Tyrone, Pennsylvania	Board	Billy Arnold	Billy Arnold
5	June 22	Akron Race - 100	Akron Speedway	Northampton Township, Ohio	Board	Wilbur Shaw	Shorty Cantlon
6	July 4	Bridgeville Race - 100	Bridgeville Speedway	Bridgeville, Pennsylvania	Board	Shorty Cantlon	Wilbur Shaw
7	September 1	Altoona Race 2 - 200	Altoona Speedway	Tyrone, Pennsylvania	Board	Billy Arnold	Billy Arnold
8	September 6	Syracuse Race - 100	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	Billy Arnold	Bill Cummings

Scheduled for 200 miles, stopped early due to rain on lap 93.

Final points standings

• Note 1: Drivers had to be running at the finish to score points. Points scored by drivers sharing a ride were split according to percentage of race driven. Starters were not allowed to score points as relief drivers, if a race starter finished the race in another car, in a points scoring position, those points were awarded to the driver who had started the car.
• Note 2: Louis Schneider was ineligible for points.
• The final standings based on reference.^[2]

Pos Driver LAN INDY DET ALT1 AKR BRV ALT2 SYR Pts 1 Billy Arnold 1* 14 1* 4 7 1* 10 1027.5 2 Shorty Cantlon 2 12 4 1* 12 3 3 653 3 1* 5 3 4 1 650.4 4 Russ Snowberger 14 8 2 12 2 2 5 11 489.7 5 Deacon Litz 2 30 2 DNP 2 2 464.6 6 Wilbur Shaw 7 22 1 7 7 1* DNQ DNQ 385.2 7 Louis Meyer 4 8 15 384.9 8 Dave Evans 6 DNP 4 320 9 Frank Farmer 12 21 11 3 6 DNQ 5 270 10 Herman Schurch 10 2 4 240 11 Phil Shafer 7 200 12 Zeke Meyer 6 16 9 6 8 DNQ 7 190 13 Bert Karnatz 5 3 DNQ 140 14 Frank Brisko 5 8 6 140 15 William Gardner 23 5 10 DNQ 131.6 16 Freddie Winnai 3 5 11 131 17 17 9 9 9 6 118.1 18 9 7 DNQ 11 4 113 19 Lou Moore 27 8 DNQ 7 DNQ 106.5 20 Chet Gardner 38 13 13 3 14 80 21 Ernie Triplett 15 4 16 DNQ 70 22 Bill Albertson 4 70 23 4 11 DNQ 62 24 10 5 60 25 13 5 15 DNP 60 26 Paul Bost 13 6 DNQ DNQ 50 27 6 50 28 L. L. Corum 10 50 29 Phil Pardee 9 9 43.2 30 Fred Lecklider 9 32 31 Fred Frame 8 13 30 32 Gordon Condon 8 30 33 Jimmy Gleason 9 29 14 10 12 DNQ 30 34 9 25 - Louis Schneider 7 3 10 11 DNP DNQ DNQ 0 - Babe Stapp 31 8 10 DNQ 0 - 11 0 - 11 0 - 12 0 - 12 0 - Al Stewart 13 0 - 14 0 - Ralph DePalma 15 0 - 18 DNQ 0 - 18 0 - Tony Gulotta 19 DNP 0 - 20 0 - Ted Chamberlain 23 0 - 23 0 - 24 0 - Rick Decker 24 0 - 25 DNQ 0 - Cy Marshall 26 0 - 28 0 - Johnny Seymour 32 0 - Peter DePaolo 33 0 - Fred Roberts 33 0 - Marion Trexler 34 0 - 37 0 - Giovanni Rossi 37 0 - Julius Slade DNS 0 - Doc MacKenzie DNQ DNQ 0 - Paul Rice DNQ DNQ 0 - Al Aspen DNQ 0 - Fred Fansin DNQ 0 - Juan Gaudino DNQ 0 - Sam Grecco DNQ 0 - James Klemos DNQ 0 - Walt May DNQ 0 - Bill Lindau DNQ 0 - Sam Frizzell DNQ 0 - Myron Fults DNQ 0 - Charles Ganung DNQ 0 - Hap Ray DNQ 0 - Horace Shaw DNQ 0 - Howard Shields DNQ 0 - Archie Waterman DNQ 0 Pos Driver LAN INDY DET ALT1 AKR BRV ALT2 SYR Pts

Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th-10th place Dark Blue Finished (Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrawn (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Not competing In-line notation Bold Pole position Italics Ran fastest race lap *|style="background:#F2F2F2;" align=center|Led most race laps|-|style="background:#FDE910;" align=center colspan=2|Rookie of the Year|-|style="background:Orange;" align=center colspan=2|Rookie|}|}|} See also 1930 Indianapolis 500 References Web site: AAA National Championship 1930 . Åberg, Andreas . Driver Database . 2011-04-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121019120505/http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1140-1930/ . 2012-10-19 . live . Web site: 1930 AAA National Championship Trail . ChampCarStats.com . 2011-04-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120405190602/http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1930.htm . 2012-04-05 . live . Web site: 1930 Championship Driver Summary . Harms . Phil . Motorsport.com . 2011-04-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120810003609/http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1930sum.pdf . 2012-08-10 . dead .

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1930 Detroit Race.
2. Web site: 1930 AAA National Championship Trail.