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1931 AAA Championship Car season

Auto racing season

The 1931 AAA Championship Car season consisted of seven races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Syracuse, New York on September 12. There was one non-championship race. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Louis Schneider.

Joe Caccia and his driving mechanic Clarence Grover died at Indianapolis during practice. Jimmy Gleason died at Syracuse during practice.

Schedule and results

All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.

Rnd	Date	Race name	Track	Location	Type	Pole position
May 30	US [International 500 Mile Sweepstakes](1931-indianapolis-500)	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Brick	US Russ Snowberger	US Louis Schneider
June 14	US Detroit Race - 100	Michigan State Fairgrounds	Detroit, Michigan	Dirt	US Ernie Triplett	US Louis Meyer
June 21	US Roby 100	Roby Speedway	Roby, Indiana	Dirt	—	US Louis Schneider
July 4	US Altoona Race 1 - 100	Altoona Speedway	Tyrone, Pennsylvania	Board	US Paul Bost	US Lou Moore
September 7	US Altoona Heat 1 - 25	Altoona Speedway	Tyrone, Pennsylvania	Board	US Lou Moore	US Jimmy Gleason
US Altoona Heat 2 - 25	US Shorty Cantlon	US Shorty Cantlon
US Altoona Race 2 - 25	US Shorty Cantlon	US Shorty Cantlon
September 12	US Syracuse Race - 100	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	US Shorty Cantlon	US Lou Moore

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.

Pos	Driver	[INDY](1931-indianapolis-500)
US	DET
US	ALT1
US	ALT2
US	ALT3
US	ALT4
US	SYR
US	Pts	1	712.5	2	540	3	362	4	330	5	329	6	296	7	290	8	240	9	216.5	10	191.5	11	180	12	150	13	145	14	127.7	15	120	16	113.5	17	107.5	18	100	19	85	20	80	21	72.5	22	60	23	50	24	50	25	45	26	35	27	30	28	11.3	29	5	-	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](1931-indianapolis-500)
US	DET
US	ALT1
US	ALT2
US	ALT3
US	ALT4
US	SYR
US	Pts
US Louis Schneider	1	7		7	6	6	15
US Fred Frame	2	9	4	15			12
US Ralph Hepburn	3	4		DNS			13
US Russ Snowberger	5	8					10
US Jimmy Gleason	6	DNQ	2	1		5	DNQ
US Shorty Cantlon	27	12	6	3	1	1	3
US Ernie Triplett	7	2*					DNQ
US Lou Moore	26		1*	13			1
US Chet Miller	10	10	13	6	5	3	5
US Bill Cummings	28	3		8	7	2*	3
US Sam Ross	15	5		16	11	8	2
US Stubby Stubblefield	8
US Wilbur Shaw	6	11	3	14			11
US Myron Stevens	4
US Louis Meyer	34	1
US Paul Bost	31	DNQ	7	4	3	5	14
US Milton Jones	DNQ		8	11	8	4	DNQ
US Cliff Bergere	9
US Al Aspen	14		9	12	9	9	7
US Gene Haustein	23	14	10	DNP			4
US Deacon Litz	17			5	4	7	16
US Tony Gulotta	18	DNQ	5
US Herman Schurch	39						6
US Francis Quinn	40	6
US Zeke Meyer	DNQ	DNQ		2	2	11	DNQ
US Bill Denver	11		DNS	10	10	10	9
US Doc MacKenzie							8
US Bryan Saulpaugh	21			DNP			DNQ
US William Gardner	25			9
US Joe Huff	16		11
US George Howie	11						DNQ
US L. L. Corum	11
US Malcolm Fox	DNQ		12
US Phil Shafer	12
US Babe Stapp	35	13
US Dave Evans	13
US George Wingerter	33		14				DNQ
US Billy Arnold	19*
US Luther Johnson	20	DNQ
US Billy Winn	21
US James Patterson	21
US Frank Brisko	22
US Joe Russo	24
US Wesley Crawford	25
US Freddie Winnai	29
US Phil Pardee	30
US Frank Farmer	32	DNQ					DNQ
US John Boling	36
US Leon Duray	37
US Harry Butcher	38
US Ab Jenkins	DNS
US Sun Hawk							DNS
US Milt Marion	DNQ						DNQ
US Rollin May	DNQ						DNQ
US Ben Brandfon	DNQ
US Eddie Burbach	DNQ
US Joe Caccia	DNQ
US Ted Chamberlain	DNQ
US Gordon Condon	DNQ
US Rick Decker	DNQ
US Ralph DePalma	DNQ
US Peter DePaolo	DNQ
US Dusty Fahrnow	DNQ
US Jerry Houck	DNQ
US Bert Karnatz	DNQ
US Pete Kreis	DNQ
US Norske Larson	DNQ
US Charles Moran	DNQ
US Roy Painter	DNQ
US C. C. Reeder	DNQ
US Johnny Seymour	DNQ
US Carl Smith	DNQ
US Floyd Sparks	DNQ
US Joe Thomas	DNQ
US Marion Trexler	DNQ
US Wally Zale	DNQ
US R. G. Brown							DNQ
US Gene Pirong							DNQ
US George Simons							DNQ

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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References

"1931 AAA National Championship Trail".

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