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1930 AAA Championship Car season

Auto racing season

Auto racing season

The 1930 AAA Championship Car season consisted of eight races, beginning in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, on May 3, and concluding in Syracuse, New York, on September 6. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Billy Arnold.

Two riding mechanics died during the season. Paul Marshall, at the Indianapolis 500; and William Berry, who died at Detroit during qualifying.

Schedule and results

All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.

RndDateRace nameTrackLocationTypePole positionWinning driver12345678
May 3US Langhorne Race - 100Langhorne SpeedwayLanghorne, PennsylvaniaDirtUS Bill CummingsUS Bill Cummings
May 30US [International 500 Mile Sweepstakes](1930-indianapolis-500)Indianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, IndianaBrickUS Billy ArnoldUS Billy Arnold
June 9US Detroit Race - 100Michigan State FairgroundsDetroit, MichiganDirtUS Chet GardnerUS Wilbur Shaw
June 14US Altoona Race 1 - 200Altoona SpeedwayTyrone, PennsylvaniaBoardUS Billy ArnoldUS Billy Arnold
June 22US Akron Race - 100Akron SpeedwayNorthampton Township, OhioBoardUS Wilbur ShawUS Shorty Cantlon
July 4US Bridgeville Race - 100Bridgeville SpeedwayBridgeville, PennsylvaniaBoardUS Shorty CantlonUS Wilbur Shaw
September 1US Altoona Race 2 - 200Altoona SpeedwayTyrone, PennsylvaniaBoardUS Billy ArnoldUS Billy Arnold
September 6US Syracuse Race - 100New York State FairgroundsSyracuse, New YorkDirtUS Billy ArnoldUS Bill Cummings

: Scheduled for 200 miles, stopped early due to rain on lap 93.

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: Louis Schneider was ineligible for points.
  • The final standings based on reference.
PosDriverLAN
US[INDY](1930-indianapolis-500)
USDET
USALT1
USAKR
USBRV
USALT2
USSYR
USPts11027.526533650.44489.75464.66385.27384.983209270102401120012190131401414015131.61613117118.11811319106.52080217022702362246025602650275028502943.230323130323033303425-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0PosDriverLAN
US[INDY](1930-indianapolis-500)
USDET
USALT1
USAKR
USBRV
USALT2
USSYR
USPts
US Billy Arnold**1***14**1***47**1*****10**
US Shorty Cantlon21241***12**33
US Bill Cummings**1***5341
US Russ Snowberger14821222511
US Deacon Litz2302DNP22
US Wilbur Shaw72217**7**1*DNQDNQ
US Louis Meyer4815
US Dave Evans6DNP4
US Frank Farmer12211136DNQ5
US Herman Schurch1024
US Phil Shafer7
US Zeke Meyer616968DNQ7
US Bert Karnatz53DNQ
US Frank Brisko586
US William Gardner23510DNQ
US Freddie Winnai3511
US Mel Kenealy179996
US Stubby Stubblefield97DNQ114
US Lou Moore278DNQ7DNQ
US Chet Gardner38**13**13314
US Ernie Triplett15416DNQ
US Bill Albertson4
US Gene Haustein411DNQ
US Ralph Sloan105
US Chet Miller13515DNP
US Paul Bost136DNQDNQ
US Luther Johnson6
US L. L. Corum10
US Phil Pardee99
US Fred Lecklider9
US Fred Frame813
US Gordon Condon8
US Jimmy Gleason929141012DNQ
US Leslie Allen9
US Louis Schneider731011DNPDNQDNQ
US Babe Stapp31810DNQ
US Henry Turgeon11
US Claude Berton11
Kingdom of Italy Letterio Cucinotta12
US George Young12
US Al Stewart13
US Harry Butcher14
US Ralph DePalma15
US Johnny Krieger18DNQ
CAN J. C. McDonald18
US Tony Gulotta19DNP
US Roland Free20
US Ted Chamberlain23
US Joe Huff23
US Joe Caccia24
US Rick Decker24
US Bill Denver25DNQ
US Cy Marshall26
US Charles Moran28
US Johnny Seymour32
US Peter DePaolo33
US Fred Roberts33
US Marion Trexler34
Kingdom of Italy Baconin Borzacchini37
Kingdom of Italy Giovanni Rossi37
US Julius SladeDNS
US Doc MacKenzieDNQDNQ
US Paul RiceDNQDNQ
US Al AspenDNQ
US Fred FansinDNQ
Argentina Juan GaudinoDNQ
US Sam GreccoDNQ
US James KlemosDNQ
US Walt MayDNQ
US Bill LindauDNQ
US Sam FrizzellDNQ
US Myron FultsDNQ
US Charles GanungDNQ
US Hap RayDNQ
US Horace ShawDNQ
US Howard ShieldsDNQ
US Archie WatermanDNQ
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

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References

References

  1. "1930 Detroit Race".
  2. "1930 AAA National Championship Trail".
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