1931 AAA Championship Car season

1931 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races	7
Start date	May 30
End date	September 12
Awards
National champion	Louis Schneider
Indianapolis 500 winner	Louis Schneider
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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	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

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.^[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

• 1931 Indianapolis 500

References

• Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1931". Driver Database. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
• "1931 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
• Harms, Phil. "1931 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 25, 2012. Retrieved April 23, 2011.