1929 AAA Championship Car season

1929 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races	5
Start date	May 30
End date	September 2
Awards
National champion	Louis Meyer
Indianapolis 500 winner	Ray Keech

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.

Schedule and results

All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.

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

• 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.

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

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

• Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1929". Driver Database. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2011.
• "1929 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2011.
• Harms, Phil. "1929 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2011.

See also

• 1929 Indianapolis 500