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1929 AAA Championship Car season

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1929 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races5
Start dateMay 30
End dateSeptember 2
Awards
National championUnited States Louis Meyer
Indianapolis 500 winnerUnited States Ray Keech
← 1928
1930 →

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

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All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.

Rnd Date Race Name Track Location Type Pole Position Winning Driver
NC May 26 United States Toledo Race 1 - 100 Fort Miami Speedway Toledo, Ohio Dirt United States Wilbur Shaw
1 May 30 United States International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Brick United States Cliff Woodbury United States Ray Keech
NC June 2 United States Cleveland Race - 100A Randall Park Raceway North Randall, Ohio Dirt United States Wilbur Shaw
2 June 9 United States Detroit Race - 100 Michigan State Fairgrounds Detroit, Michigan Dirt United States Ray Keech United States Cliff Woodbury
3 June 15 United States Altoona Race 1 - 200B Altoona Speedway Tyrone, Pennsylvania Board United States Cliff Woodbury United States Louis Meyer
NC August 18 United States Toledo Race 2 - 100 Fort Miami Speedway Toledo, Ohio Dirt United States Wilbur Shaw
4 August 31 United States Syracuse Race - 100 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt United States Shorty Cantlon United States Wilbur Shaw
5 September 2 United States Altoona Race 2 - 200 Altoona Speedway Tyrone, Pennsylvania Board United States Lou Moore United States Louis Meyer
^A Scheduled for 100 miles, but stopped after 85 miles.
^B 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

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  • 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: Carl Marchese, L. L. Corum, and Louis Chiron were ineligible for points.
  • The final standings based on reference.[2]
Pos Driver INDY
United States
DET
United States
ALT1
United States
SYR
United States
ALT2
United States
Pts
1 United States Louis Meyer 2* 2 1 15 1 1330
2 United States Ray Keech 1 14 10* 1000
3 United States Wilbur Shaw 5 1 5 240
4 United States Fred Frame 10 11 2 231
5 United States Cliff Woodbury 33 1 11 DNQ 200
6 United States Cliff Bergere 9 2 10 186
7 United States Freddie Winnai 5 7 5 3 7 168
8 United States Jimmy Gleason 3 12 9 8 166
9 United States Frank Brisko  RY  11 2 110
10 United States Myron Stevens  R  DNQ 3 110
11 United States Deacon Litz 24 3 12 13 90
12 United States Lou Moore 13 3 13 8 70
13 United States Shorty Cantlon 13 14 4 60
14 United States Billy Arnold 8 9 6 6 56
15 United States Ernie Triplett  R  26 4 50
16 United States Chet Gardner 6 10 12 13 11 41
17 United States Zeke Meyer 15 DNS 4 35
18 United States Russ Snowberger 18 4 DNQ 35
19 United States Roscoe Ford  R  5 35
20 United States William Gardner  R  6 7 9 34
21 United States Paul Bost  R  8 5 25
22 United States Bob Robinson DNQ 6 8 DNQ 25
23 United States Fred Roberts  R  8 22
24 United States Dave Evans 15 6 DNQ 20
25 United States Thane Houser 3 16
26 United States Bill Albertson  R  14 7 10
- United States Carl Marchese  R  4 0
- United States L. L. Corum 5 0
- Monaco Louis Chiron  R  7 0
- United States Herman Schurch  R  20 10 0
- United States Ralph DePalma DNQ 11 0
- United States Gordon Condon  R  DNQ 12 0
- United States Phil Shafer 12 0
- United States Barney Kleopfer  R  13 0
- United States Bill Lindau  R  19 14 0
- United States Frank Farmer 14 0
- United States Wesley Crawford 15 0
- United States Ted Simpson  R  15 0
- United States Pete Kreis 16 0
- United States Tony Gulotta 17 0
- United States Bob McDonogh 18 0
- United States Jack Buxton  R  20 0
- United States Johnny Seymour 21 DNS 0
- United States Leon Duray 22 0
- United States Rick Decker  R  23 DNS DNQ 0
- Kingdom of Italy Giovanni Rossi  R  23 0
- United States Bert Karnatz  R  25 DNQ 0
- United States Babe Stapp 28 0
- France Jules Moriceau  R  29 0
- United States Peter DePaolo 30 0
- United States Ralph Hepburn 31 0
- United States Bill Spence 32 0
- United States Phil Pardee DNS 0
- United States Sam Grecco DNQ DNQ 0
- United States Joe Baker DNQ 0
- United States C. H. Cunard DNQ 0
- United States Cliff Durant DNQ 0
- United States Ira Hall DNQ 0
- United States Jim Hill DNQ 0
- United States Ralph Miller DNQ 0
- United States Ray Smith DNQ 0
- United States Steve Smith DNQ 0
- United States Frank Sweigert DNQ 0
- United States Henry Turgeon DNQ 0
- United States John Vance DNQ 0
- United States Louis Schneider DNQ 0
- United States Bo Amos DNQ 0
- United States Al Aspen DNQ 0
- United States Norval DeLelys DNQ 0
- United States Myron Fults DNQ 0
- United States Charles Ganung DNQ 0
- Kingdom of Italy Paolo Gimarino DNQ 0
- United States Harold Larzelere DNQ 0
- United States Hap Ray DNQ 0
- United States Charles Schwab DNQ 0
- United States Al Stewart DNQ 0
- United States Archie Waterman DNQ 0
- United States George Wingerter DNQ 0
- Kingdom of Italy Gianfranco Comotti Wth 0
Pos Driver INDY
United States
DET
United States
ALT1
United States
SYR
United States
ALT2
United States
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
* Led most race laps
Rookie of the Year
Rookie

References

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  1. ^ "1929 Altoona Race 1".
  2. ^ "1929 AAA National Championship Trail".

See also

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