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1929 AAA Championship Car season

Auto racing 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.

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.

Schedule and results

All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.

Rnd	Date	Race name	Track	Location	Type	Pole position
May 26	US Toledo Race 1 - 100	Fort Miami Speedway	Toledo, Ohio	Dirt	—	US Wilbur Shaw
May 30	US [International 500 Mile Sweepstakes](1929-indianapolis-500)	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Brick	US Cliff Woodbury	US Ray Keech
June 2	US Cleveland Race - 100	Randall Park Raceway	North Randall, Ohio	Dirt	—	US Wilbur Shaw
June 9	US Detroit Race - 100	Michigan State Fairgrounds	Detroit, Michigan	Dirt	US Ray Keech	US Cliff Woodbury
June 15	US Altoona Race 1 - 200	Altoona Speedway	Tyrone, Pennsylvania	Board	US Cliff Woodbury	US Louis Meyer
August 18	US Toledo Race 2 - 100	Fort Miami Speedway	Toledo, Ohio	Dirt	—	US Wilbur Shaw
August 31	US Syracuse Race - 100	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	US Shorty Cantlon	US Wilbur Shaw
September 2	US Altoona Race 2 - 200	Altoona Speedway	Tyrone, Pennsylvania	Board	US Lou Moore	US Louis Meyer

: Scheduled for 100 miles, but stopped after 85 miles. : 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

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.

Pos	Driver	[INDY](1929-indianapolis-500)
US	DET
US	ALT1
US	SYR
US	ALT2
US	Pts	1	1330	2	1000	3	240	4	231	5	200	6	186	7	168	8	166	9	110	10	110	11	90	12	70	13	60	14	56	15	50	16	41	17	35	18	35	19	35	20	34	21	25	22	25	23	22	24	20	25	16	26	10	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	Pos	Driver	[INDY](1929-indianapolis-500)
US	DET
US	ALT1
US	SYR
US	ALT2
US	Pts
US Louis Meyer	2*	2	1	15	1
US Ray Keech	1	14	10*
US Wilbur Shaw		5		1	5
US Fred Frame	10			11	2
US Cliff Woodbury	33	1	11	DNQ
US Cliff Bergere	9		2		10
US Freddie Winnai	5	7	5	3	7
US Jimmy Gleason	3	12	9	8
US Frank Brisko	11			2
US Myron Stevens	DNQ				3
US Deacon Litz	24		3	12	13
US Lou Moore	13	3	13		8
US Shorty Cantlon	13			14	4
US Billy Arnold	8	9		6	6
US Ernie Triplett	26		4
US Chet Gardner	6	10	12	13	11
US Zeke Meyer	15		DNS	4
US Russ Snowberger	18	4		DNQ
US Roscoe Ford	5
US William Gardner	6		7		9
US Paul Bost	8			5
US Bob Robinson	DNQ	6	8	DNQ
US Fred Roberts	8
US Dave Evans	15		6	DNQ
US Thane Houser	3
US Bill Albertson	14			7
US Carl Marchese	4
US L. L. Corum	5
Monaco Louis Chiron	7
US Herman Schurch	20			10
US Ralph DePalma	DNQ	11
US Gordon Condon				DNQ	12
US Phil Shafer	12
US Barney Kleopfer	13
US Bill Lindau	19		14
US Frank Farmer	14
US Wesley Crawford	15
US Ted Simpson	15
US Pete Kreis	16
US Tony Gulotta	17
US Bob McDonogh	18
US Jack Buxton	20
US Johnny Seymour	21		DNS
US Leon Duray	22
US Rick Decker	23		DNS	DNQ
Kingdom of Italy Giovanni Rossi	23
US Bert Karnatz	25			DNQ
US Babe Stapp	28
France Jules Moriceau	29
US Peter DePaolo	30
US Ralph Hepburn	31
US Bill Spence	32
US Phil Pardee	DNS
US Sam Grecco	DNQ			DNQ
US Joe Baker	DNQ
US C. H. Cunard	DNQ
US Cliff Durant	DNQ
US Ira Hall	DNQ
US Jim Hill	DNQ
US Ralph Miller	DNQ
US Ray Smith	DNQ
US Steve Smith	DNQ
US Frank Sweigert	DNQ
US Henry Turgeon	DNQ
US John Vance	DNQ
US Louis Schneider			DNQ
US Bo Amos				DNQ
US Al Aspen				DNQ
US Norval DeLelys				DNQ
US Myron Fults				DNQ
US Charles Ganung				DNQ
Kingdom of Italy Paolo Gimarino				DNQ
US Harold Larzelere				DNQ
US Hap Ray				DNQ
US Charles Schwab				DNQ
US Al Stewart				DNQ
US Archie Waterman				DNQ
US George Wingerter				DNQ
Kingdom of Italy Gianfranco Comotti	Wth

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

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