1933 AAA Championship Car season

The 1933 AAA Championship Car season consisted of three races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Syracuse, New York on September 9. There was one non-championship event. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Louis Meyer.

1933 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races	3
Start date	May 30
End date	September 9
Awards
National champion	Louis Meyer
Indianapolis 500 winner	Louis Meyer

During a tragic year at Indianapolis, Bill Denver and his riding mechanic Bob Hurst died during practice, and during the race Mark Billman, and later Lester Spangler and his riding mechanic G. L. Jordan - in two different accidents. The season ended on 9 September at Syracuse, where a 15 lap non-championship race was scheduled to run after the main event, but was cancelled due to darkness.

Schedule and results

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Brick	Bill Cummings	Louis Meyer
2	June 11	Detroit 100	Michigan State Fairgrounds	Detroit, Michigan	Dirt	Bill Cummings	Bill Cummings
NC	August 26	Elgin National Trophy	Elgin Road Race Course	Elgin, Illinois	Road	Fred Frame	Phil Shafer
3	September 9	Syracuse 100	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	Bill Cummings	Bill Cummings

  Dirt/Brick Oval

  Road Course/Hill Climb

  Non-championship race

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.

Further information: List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems

Pos Driver INDY DET SYR Pts 1 Louis Meyer 1* 10 610 2 Lou Moore 3 3 6 530 3 Wilbur Shaw 2 13 16 450 4 Chet Gardner 4 DNQ 3 430 5 Stubby Stubblefield 5 4 325.2 6 Dave Evans 6 DNQ 250 7 Bill Cummings 25 1* 1* 240 8 Tony Gulotta 7 200 9 Mauri Rose 35 2 2 180 10 Russ Snowberger 8 11 7 122.5 11 Deacon Litz 16 4 5 104.8 12 Zeke Meyer 9 DNQ 100 13 Shorty Cantlon 34 4 70 14 Joe Russo 17 5 15 60 15 Kelly Petillo 19 6 50 16 Sam Palmer  RY  10 8 43.3 17 George Barringer DNQ 8 30 18 Luther Johnson 10 29 19 Freddie Winnai 27 7 DNQ 28.4 20 Al Miller 21 9 20 21 Ralph DePalma 9 20 22 Fred Frame 29 7 11.6 23 George Brayen  R  10 10 24 George Howie 8 4.5 - Cliff Bergere 11 0 - Tee Linn  R  11 0 - Johnny Sawyer  R  31 12 DNQ 0 - L. L. Corum 12 0 - Bob Zauer  R  12 0 - Willard Prentiss  R  13 0 - Harold Shaw  R  13 0 - Bob Hahn  R  13 0 - Gene Haustein 15 14 14 0 - Juan Gaudino 14 0 - Raúl Riganti 14 0 - Doc MacKenzie 18 DNQ 0 - Sam Hoffman  R  19 0 - Chet Miller 20 0 - Bennett Hill 22 0 - Babe Stapp 23 0 - Wesley Crawford 24 0 - Billy Winn 24 0 - Les Spangler 26 0 - Terry Curley  R  27 0 - Malcolm Fox 28 0 - Mark Billman  R  30 0 - Ernie Triplett 32 0 - Pete Kreis 33 0 - Frank Brisko 36 0 - Ira Hall 37 0 - Ralph Hepburn 38 0 - Ray Campbell 39 0 - Paul Bost 40 0 - Rick Decker 41 0 - Louis Schneider 42 0 - Howard Wilcox DNS 0 - Maynard Clark DNS 0 - Ray Carter DNQ DNQ 0 - Bill Sockwell DNQ DNQ 0 - Al Aspen DNQ 0 - Paul Butler DNQ 0 - Frank Davidson DNQ 0 - Danny Day DNQ 0 - Leon DeHart DNQ 0 - Bill Denver DNQ 0 - Harry Falt DNQ 0 - William Gardner DNQ 0 - Leonide Albert LaRivière DNQ 0 - Harry Lewis DNQ 0 - Virgil Livengood DNQ 0 - Roy Painter DNQ 0 - Phil Shafer DNQ 0 - Overton Snell DNQ 0 - Doc Williams DNQ 0 - James Patterson DNQ 0 - Gene Pirong DNQ 0 Pos Driver INDY DET 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 * Led most race laps Rookie of the Year Rookie

See also

• 1933 Indianapolis 500

References

• Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1933". Driver Database. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
• "1933 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on September 20, 2011. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
• Harms, Phil. "1933 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2011.