1934 AAA Championship Car season

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1934 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races4
Start dateMay 30
End dateDecember 23
Awards
National champion Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Bill Cummings
Indianapolis 500 winner Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Bill Cummings
  1933
1935  

The 1934 AAA Championship Car season consisted of four races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Inglewood, California on December 23. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Bill Cummings. Pete Kreis [1] died at Indianapolis in practice and George Brayen [2] died at Syracuse in the race. They were 34 and 30 years old.

Contents

Schedule and results

RndDateRace NameTrackLocationTypePole PositionWinning Driver
1May 30 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Brick Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Kelly Petillo Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Bill Cummings
2August 25 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Springfield 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Johnny Sawyer Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Billy Winn
3September 9 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Syracuse 100 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Bill Cummings Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Shorty Cantlon
4December 23 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Mines Field Race Mines Field Inglewood, California Road Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Doc MacKenzie Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Kelly Petillo
  Dirt/Brick Oval
  Road Course/Hill Climb

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 not awarded.
The final standings based on reference. [3]

PosDriver INDY
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SPR
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SYR
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MIF
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Pts
1 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Bill Cummings 11378681.7
2 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Mauri Rose 23530
3 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Kelly Petillo 115DNQ1300
4 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Russ Snowberger 82512300
5 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Joe Russo 5300
6 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Al Miller 611610280
7 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Frank Brisko 9*429264.5
8 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Lou Moore 3DNS248
9 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Shorty Cantlon 20617211.2
10 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Billy Winn 713211
11 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Babe Stapp 418185.5
12 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Wilbur Shaw 282180
13 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Cliff Bergere 7DNQ177
14 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Deacon Litz 4DNS164.5
15 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Doc MacKenzie 29DNQ4140
16 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Chet Gardner 21DNQ5120
17 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Al Gordon 2214DNQ6100
18 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Ralph Hepburn 13383.7
19 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Floyd Roberts  RY 376.2
20 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg George Barringer 141041770
21 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Herb Ardinger  R 1081169.7
22 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Zeke Meyer 640
23 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Harry Hunt  R DNQ740
24 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Harris Insinger  R 738.8
25 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Gene Haustein 301291130
26 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Fred Frame DNQ818.3
27 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Danny Day  R 1010.2
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Johnny Sawyer 259*120
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg George Brayen 100
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Stubby Stubblefield 12150
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Louis Meyer 18130
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Cy Yocum  R 130
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Bob Sall  R 140
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Phil Shafer 150
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Rex Mays  R 23160
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Charles Crawford  R 160
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Tony Gulotta 170
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Dave Evans 190
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Guy Devlin  R 190
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Dusty Fahrnow 240
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Johnny Seymour 260
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Rick Decker 270
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Harry McQuinn  R 310
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg George Bailey  R 320
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Chet Miller 330
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg George LyonsDNS0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Charles Tramison DNQDNQDNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Harry LewisDNQDNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Al Theisen DNQDNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Bill Chittum DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Maynard ClarkDNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg George Connor DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Wesley Crawford DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Leon Duray DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Sam HoffmanDNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Ted Horn DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Pete Kreis DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Tee Linn DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Milt Marion DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Vern Ornduff DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Jack Petticord DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Willard Prentiss DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Bob WallaceDNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Charles EngleDNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Ted Kessler DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Gene Pirong DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Wally Zale DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Peter DePaolo Wth0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Harold Shaw DNP0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Orville Smith DNP0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Doc Williams DNP0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Arthur Brandt DSQ0
PosDriver INDY
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SPR
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SYR
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MIF
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Pts
ColorResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
Green4th & 5th place
Light Blue6th-10th place
Dark BlueFinished
(Outside Top 10)
PurpleDid not finish
(Ret)
RedDid not qualify
(DNQ)
BrownWithdrawn
(Wth)
BlackDisqualified
(DSQ)
WhiteDid not start
(DNS)
BlankDid not
participate
(DNP)
Not competing
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
ItalicsRan fastest race lap
*Led most race laps
Rookie of the Year
Rookie

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References

  1. "1934 Indianapolis 500 Mile Sweepstakes".
  2. "1934 Syracuse 100".
  3. "1934 AAA National Championship Trail".

See also