1936 AAA Championship Car season explained

The 1936 AAA Championship Car season consisted of four races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Westbury, New York on October 12. There were three non-championship events. The AAA National Champion was Mauri Rose, and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Louis Meyer.

Al Gordon and his driving mechanic Spider Matlock died at Ascot during the non-championship race.[1]

Schedule and results

RndDateRace NameTrackLocationTypePole PositionWinning Driver
NCJanuary 12 Oakland 150Oakland SpeedwaySan Leandro, CaliforniaDirt Babe Stapp Al Gordon
NCJanuary 26 Ascot 125Legion Ascot SpeedwayAlhambra, CaliforniaDirt Rex Mays
1May 30 International 500 Mile SweepstakesIndianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, IndianaBrick Rex Mays Louis Meyer
2June 20 Goshen 100Good Time ParkGoshen, New YorkDirt George Connor Rex Mays
NCAugust 22 Springfield 100Illinois State FairgroundsSpringfield, IllinoisDirt George Connor Wilbur Shaw
3September 15 Syracuse 100New York State FairgroundsSyracuse, New YorkDirt Russ Snowberger Mauri Rose
4October 12 George Vanderbilt CupRoosevelt RacewayWestbury, New YorkRoad Antonio Brivio Tazio Nuvolari

Final points standings

Note: 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.
The final standings based on reference.[2]

PosDriverINDY
GOS
SYR
ROR
Pts
1 Mauri Rose4618610
2 Louis Meyer1*13DNQ600
3 Ted Horn2DNQDNQ36450
4 Doc MacKenzie33362
51*360
6 Wilbur Shaw721245319.8
7 Chet Miller5DNQ26300
82270
93240
104210
11 Rex Mays1513*DNQ200
126200
135180
14 George Barringer8150
15 George Connor1014231140
16 Bill Cummings3311137120
17 Kelly Petillo3118
18 Jimmy Snyder307437110
196102
20 Zeke Meyer9DNS100
21 Frank Brisko20952780
22 Floyd Roberts19470
23 Billy Winn265*93260
24960
25 Bob Sall6DNS50
26648
27 Chet Gardner298142130
28 Deacon Litz23151030
29 Shorty Cantlon14DNQ73810.2
30 Babe Stapp24103510
- Russ SnowbergerDNQ128330
- Floyd DavisDNQ10390
- Henry BanksDNQ11200
- Freddie Winnai11DNQDNP0
-DNQ110
- Emil Andres18120
- Ralph Hepburn120
- Harry McQuinn130
-130
- Dave EvansDNQ140
-150
- Rick DeckerDNQ160
-160
- Lou Moore17DNQ0
-DNQ170
-180
-190
- Al Miller210
- Tony Gulotta22240
- Cliff Bergere220
-220
-230
- Phil ShaferDNQ250
-26DNQ0
- Louis Tomei27DNQDNQ300
- Herb Ardinger280
-280
- Ted Chamberlain290
- Johnny Seymour31DNS0
- Fred Frame320
-DNPDNQDNS340
-400
-410
-420
-430
- Milt MarionDNQDNQ440
- George WingerterDNQDNQDNQDNS0
- John CrowDNS0
- Louis KimmerDNS0
- Frankie BeederDNS0
- Ben BrandfonDNS0
- Sidney CottonDNS0
- Billy DevoreDNS0
- Goldie GardnerDNS0
- Attilio MarinoniDNS0
- Ray CarterDNQDSQ0
- George BaileyDNQ0
- Dusty FahrnowDNQ0
- Harry HuntDNQ0
- Roy PainterDNQ0
- Overton SnellDNQ0
- Walt BrownDNQ0
- Jack MoonDNQ0
- Bill SchindlerDNQ0
- Gene PirongDNQ0
- Bob ZauerDNQ0
- Mike CarusoDNQ0
- John CebulaDNQ0
- Luther JohnsonWth0
- Lucky TeterDNP0
- Lemuel LaddDNP0
- Don MooreDNP0
- John MorettiDNP0
- Frank WearneDNP0
- Don DurferDSQ0
- Charles TramisonDSQ0
PosDriverINDY
GOS
SYR
ROR
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 1936 . Åberg, Andreas . Driver Database . 2011-04-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121019115817/http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1140-1936/ . 2012-10-19 . live .
  • Web site: 1936 AAA National Championship Trail . ChampCarStats.com . 2011-04-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120405190503/http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1936.htm . 2012-04-05 . live .
  • Web site: 1936 Championship Driver Summary . Harms . Phil . Motorsport.com . 2011-04-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120810003609/http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1936sum.pdf . 2012-08-10 . dead .

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1936 Asot 125.
  2. Web site: 1936 AAA National Championship Trail.