1929 AAA Championship Car season

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.

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
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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   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

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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
 
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

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

See also

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