1931 AAA Championship Car season

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.

1931 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races7
Start dateMay 30
End dateSeptember 12
Awards
National championUnited States Louis Schneider
Indianapolis 500 winnerUnited States Louis Schneider
← 1930
1932 →

Joe Caccia and his driving mechanic Clarence Grover died at Indianapolis during practice. Jimmy Gleason died at Syracuse during practice.

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
1 May 30   International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Brick   Russ Snowberger   Louis Schneider
2 June 14   Detroit Race - 100 Michigan State Fairgrounds Detroit, Michigan Dirt   Ernie Triplett   Louis Meyer
NC June 21   Roby 100 Roby Speedway Roby, Indiana Dirt   Louis Schneider
3 July 4   Altoona Race 1 - 100 Altoona Speedway Tyrone, Pennsylvania Board   Paul Bost   Lou Moore
4 September 7   Altoona Heat 1 - 25 Altoona Speedway Tyrone, Pennsylvania Board   Lou Moore   Jimmy Gleason
5   Altoona Heat 2 - 25   Shorty Cantlon   Shorty Cantlon
6   Altoona Race 2 - 25   Shorty Cantlon   Shorty Cantlon
7 September 12   Syracuse Race - 100 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt   Shorty Cantlon   Lou Moore
  Non-championship race

Final points standings

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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.[1]

Pos Driver INDY
 
DET
 
ALT1
 
ALT2
 
ALT3
 
ALT4
 
SYR
 
Pts
1   Louis Schneider 1 7 7 6 6 15 712.5
2   Fred Frame 2 9 4 15 12 540
3   Ralph Hepburn 3 4 DNS 13 362
4   Russ Snowberger 5 8 10 330
5   Jimmy Gleason 6 DNQ 2 1 5 DNQ 329
6   Shorty Cantlon 27 12 6 3 1 1 3 296
7   Ernie Triplett 7 2* DNQ 290
8   Lou Moore 26 1* 13 1 240
9   Chet Miller 10 10 13 6 5 3 5 216.5
10   Bill Cummings 28 3 8 7 2* 3 191.5
11   Sam Ross 15 5 16 11 8 2 180
12   Stubby Stubblefield 8 150
13   Wilbur Shaw 6 11 3 14 11 145
14   Myron Stevens 4 127.7
15   Louis Meyer 34 1 120
16   Paul Bost 31 DNQ 7 4 3 5 14 113.5
17   Milton Jones DNQ 8 11 8 4 DNQ 107.5
18   Cliff Bergere 9 100
19   Al Aspen  RY  14 9 12 9 9 7 85
20   Gene Haustein 23 14 10 DNP 4 80
21   Deacon Litz 17 5 4 7 16 72.5
22   Tony Gulotta 18 DNQ 5 60
23   Herman Schurch 39 6 50
24   Francis Quinn  R  40 6 50
25   Zeke Meyer DNQ DNQ 2 2 11 DNQ 45
26   Bill Denver 11 DNS 10 10 10 9 35
27   Doc MacKenzie  R  8 30
28   Bryan Saulpaugh  R  21 DNP DNQ 11.3
29   William Gardner 25 9 5
-   Joe Huff 16 11 0
-   George Howie  R  11 DNQ 0
-   L. L. Corum 11 0
-   Malcolm Fox  R  DNQ 12 0
-   Phil Shafer 12 0
-   Babe Stapp 35 13 0
-   Dave Evans 13 0
-   George Wingerter  R  33 14 DNQ 0
-   Billy Arnold 19* 0
-   Luther Johnson 20 DNQ 0
-   Billy Winn  R  21 0
-   James Patterson  R  21 0
-   Frank Brisko 22 0
-   Joe Russo  R  24 0
-   Wesley Crawford 25 0
-   Freddie Winnai 29 0
-   Phil Pardee 30 0
-   Frank Farmer 32 DNQ DNQ 0
-   John Boling 36 0
-   Leon Duray 37 0
-   Harry Butcher 38 0
-   Ab Jenkins DNS 0
-   Sun Hawk DNS 0
-   Milt Marion DNQ DNQ 0
-   Rollin May DNQ DNQ 0
-   Ben Brandfon DNQ 0
-   Eddie Burbach DNQ 0
-   Joe Caccia DNQ 0
-   Ted Chamberlain DNQ 0
-   Gordon Condon DNQ 0
-   Rick Decker DNQ 0
-   Ralph DePalma DNQ 0
-   Peter DePaolo DNQ 0
-   Dusty Fahrnow DNQ 0
-   Jerry Houck DNQ 0
-   Bert Karnatz DNQ 0
-   Pete Kreis DNQ 0
-   Norske Larson DNQ 0
-   Charles Moran DNQ 0
-   Roy Painter DNQ 0
-   C. C. Reeder DNQ 0
-   Johnny Seymour DNQ 0
-   Carl Smith DNQ 0
-   Floyd Sparks DNQ 0
-   Joe Thomas DNQ 0
-   Marion Trexler DNQ 0
-   Wally Zale DNQ 0
-   R. G. Brown DNQ 0
-   Gene Pirong DNQ 0
-   George Simons DNQ 0
Pos Driver INDY
 
DET
 
ALT1
 
ALT2
 
ALT3
 
ALT4
 
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

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References

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  1. ^ "1931 AAA National Championship Trail".