1933 AAA Championship Car season

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1933 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races3
Start dateMay 30
End dateSeptember 9
Awards
National championUnited States Louis Meyer
Indianapolis 500 winnerUnited States Louis Meyer
← 1932
1934 →

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.

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.[1] 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.[2]

Schedule and results

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

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

References

  1. ^ "1933 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes".
  2. ^ "1933 Syracuse 15".
  3. ^ "1933 AAA National Championship Trail".