1931 AAA Championship Car season

1931AAA Championship Car season
1931AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races	7
Start date	May 30
End date	September 12
Awards
National champion	Louis Schneider
Indianapolis 500winner	Louis Schneider
	←1930 1932→

The1931 AAA Championship Car seasonconsisted of seven races, beginning inSpeedway,Indianaon May 30 and concluding inSyracuse,New Yorkon September 12. There was one non-championship race. TheAAANational Champion andIndianapolis 500winner wasLouis Schneider.

Joe Cacciaand his driving mechanicClarence Groverdied atIndianapolisduring practice.Jimmy Gleasondied atSyracuseduring 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

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.^[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 AspenRY	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 QuinnR	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 MacKenzieR							8	30
28	Bryan SaulpaughR	21			DNP			DNQ	11.3
29	William Gardner	25			9				5
-	Joe Huff	16		11					0
-	George HowieR	11						DNQ	0
-	L. L. Corum	11							0
-	Malcolm FoxR	DNQ		12					0
-	Phil Shafer	12							0
-	Babe Stapp	35	13						0
-	Dave Evans	13							0
-	George WingerterR	33		14				DNQ	0
-	Billy Arnold	19*							0
-	Luther Johnson	20	DNQ						0
-	Billy WinnR	21							0
-	James PattersonR	21							0
-	Frank Brisko	22							0
-	Joe RussoR	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

References

^"1931 AAA National Championship Trail".

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

[ChampCar1931-1] "1931 AAA National Championship Trail".

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Schedule and results

Final points standings

See also

References