1931 AAA Championship Car season

Auto racing season August 2023 AAA Championship Car 1931 AAA National Championship Trail 7 May 30 September 12 National champion United States 1912 Louis Schneider United States 1912 Louis Schneider 1930 1932 The 1931 AAA Championship Car season consisted of seven races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Syracuse, New York on September 12. There was one non-championship race. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Louis Schneider. Joe Caccia and his driving mechanic Clarence Grover died at Indianapolis during practice. Jimmy Gleason died at Syracuse during practice. Schedule and results All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval. Rnd Date Race name Track Location Type Pole position Winning driver 1 May 30 US 1912 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Brick US 1912 Russ Snowberger US 1912 Louis Schneider 2 June 14 US 1912 Detroit Race - 100 Michigan State Fairgrounds Detroit, Michigan Dirt US 1912 Ernie Triplett US 1912 Louis MeyerNC June 21 US 1912 Roby 100 Roby Speedway Roby, Indiana Dirt — US 1912 Louis Schneider 3 July 4 US 1912 Altoona Race 1 - 100 Altoona Speedway Tyrone, Pennsylvania Board US 1912 Paul Bost US 1912 Lou Moore 4September 7 US 1912 Altoona Heat 1 - 25Altoona SpeedwayTyrone, PennsylvaniaBoard US 1912 Lou Moore US 1912 Jimmy Gleason 5 US 1912 Altoona Heat 2 - 25 US 1912 Shorty Cantlon US 1912 Shorty Cantlon 6 US 1912 Altoona Race 2 - 25 US 1912 Shorty Cantlon US 1912 Shorty Cantlon 7 September 12 US 1912 Syracuse Race - 100 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt US 1912 Shorty Cantlon US 1912 Lou Moore #FB9902 Non-championship race solid 1px #AAAAAA 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.1931 AAA National Championship Trail http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1931.htm List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems Pos Driver INDYUS 1912 DETUS 1912 ALT1US 1912 ALT2US 1912 ALT3US 1912 ALT4US 1912 SYRUS 1912 Pts 1US 1912 Louis Schneider 1 7 7 6 6 15 712.5 2US 1912 Fred Frame 2 9 4 15 12 540 3US 1912 Ralph Hepburn 3 4 DNS 13 362 4US 1912 Russ Snowberger 5 8 10 330 5US 1912 Jimmy Gleason 6 DNQ 2 1 5 DNQ 329 6US 1912 Shorty Cantlon 27 12 6 3 1 1 3 296 7US 1912 Ernie Triplett 7 2* DNQ 290 8US 1912 Lou Moore 26 1* 13 1 240 9US 1912 Chet Miller 10 10 13 6 5 3 5 216.5 10US 1912 Bill Cummings 28 3 8 7 2* 3 191.5 11US 1912 Sam Ross 15 5 16 11 8 2 180 12US 1912 Stubby Stubblefield 8 150 13US 1912 Wilbur Shaw 6 11 3 14 11 145 14US 1912 Myron Stevens 4 127.7 15US 1912 Louis Meyer 34 1 120 16US 1912 Paul Bost 31 DNQ 7 4 3 5 14 113.5 17US 1912 Milton Jones DNQ 8 11 8 4 DNQ 107.5 18US 1912 Cliff Bergere 9 100 19US 1912 Al Aspen gold RY silver 14 9 12 9 9 7 85 20US 1912 Gene Haustein 23 14 10 DNP 4 80 21US 1912 Deacon Litz 17 5 4 7 16 72.5 22US 1912 Tony Gulotta 18 DNQ 5 60 23US 1912 Herman Schurch 39 6 50 24US 1912 Francis Quinn orange R silver 40 6 50 25US 1912 Zeke Meyer DNQ DNQ 2 2 11 DNQ 45 26US 1912 Bill Denver 11 DNS 10 10 10 9 35 27US 1912 Doc MacKenzie orange R silver 8 30 28US 1912 Bryan Saulpaugh orange R silver 21 DNP DNQ 11.3 29US 1912 William Gardner 25 9 5 -US 1912 Joe Huff 16 11 0 -US 1912 George Howie orange R silver 11 DNQ 0 -US 1912 L. L. Corum 11 0 -US 1912 Malcolm Fox orange R silver DNQ 12 0 -US 1912 Phil Shafer 12 0 -US 1912 Babe Stapp 35 13 0 -US 1912 Dave Evans 13 0 -US 1912 George Wingerter orange R silver 33 14 DNQ 0 -US 1912 Billy Arnold 19* 0 -US 1912 Luther Johnson 20 DNQ 0 -US 1912 Billy Winn orange R silver 21 0 -US 1912 James Patterson orange R silver 21 0 -US 1912 Frank Brisko 22 0 -US 1912 Joe Russo orange R silver 24 0 -US 1912 Wesley Crawford 25 0 -US 1912 Freddie Winnai 29 0 -US 1912 Phil Pardee 30 0 -US 1912 Frank Farmer 32 DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 John Boling 36 0 -US 1912 Leon Duray 37 0 -US 1912 Harry Butcher 38 0 -US 1912 Ab Jenkins DNS 0 -US 1912 Sun Hawk DNS 0 -US 1912 Milt Marion DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Rollin May DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Ben Brandfon DNQ 0 -US 1912 Eddie Burbach DNQ 0 -US 1912 Joe Caccia DNQ 0 -US 1912 Ted Chamberlain DNQ 0 -US 1912 Gordon Condon DNQ 0 -US 1912 Rick Decker DNQ 0 -US 1912 Ralph DePalma DNQ 0 -US 1912 Peter DePaolo DNQ 0 -US 1912 Dusty Fahrnow DNQ 0 -US 1912 Jerry Houck DNQ 0 -US 1912 Bert Karnatz DNQ 0 -US 1912 Pete Kreis DNQ 0 -US 1912 Norske Larson DNQ 0 -US 1912 Charles Moran DNQ 0 -US 1912 Roy Painter DNQ 0 -US 1912 C. C. Reeder DNQ 0 -US 1912 Johnny Seymour DNQ 0 -US 1912 Carl Smith DNQ 0 -US 1912 Floyd Sparks DNQ 0 -US 1912 Joe Thomas DNQ 0 -US 1912 Marion Trexler DNQ 0 -US 1912 Wally Zale DNQ 0 -US 1912 R. G. Brown DNQ 0 -US 1912 Gene Pirong DNQ 0 -US 1912 George Simons DNQ 0 Pos Driver INDYUS 1912 DETUS 1912 ALT1US 1912 ALT2US 1912 ALT3US 1912 ALT4US 1912 SYRUS 1912 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 notparticipate(DNP) Not competing In-line notationBoldPole positionItalicsRan fastest race lap*Led most race lapsRookie of the YearRookie See also 1931 Indianapolis 500 References http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1140-1931/ AAA National Championship 1931 Åberg, Andreas Driver Database 2011-04-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20121019120445/http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1140-1931/ 2012-10-19 live http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1931.htm 1931 AAA National Championship Trail ChampCarStats.com 2011-04-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20120405190554/http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1931.htm 2012-04-05 live http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1931sum.pdf 1931 Championship Driver Summary Harms Phil Motorsport.com 2011-04-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20120825082105/http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1931sum.pdf 2012-08-25 dead AAA Championship Car season Category:AAA Championship Car Category:1931 in American motorsport