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.

Rnd Date Race name Track Location Type Pole position Winning driver 1 May 3 Langhorne Race - 100 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Dirt Bill Cummings Bill Cummings 2 May 30 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Brick Billy Arnold Billy Arnold 3 June 9 Detroit Race - 100 Michigan State Fairgrounds Detroit, Michigan Dirt Chet Gardner Wilbur Shaw 4 June 14 Altoona Race 1 - 200 Altoona Speedway Tyrone, Pennsylvania Board Billy Arnold Billy Arnold 5 June 22 Akron Race - 100 Akron Speedway Northampton Township, Ohio Board Wilbur Shaw Shorty Cantlon 6 July 4 Bridgeville Race - 100 Bridgeville Speedway Bridgeville, Pennsylvania Board Shorty Cantlon Wilbur Shaw 7 September 1 Altoona Race 2 - 200 Altoona Speedway Tyrone, Pennsylvania Board Billy Arnold Billy Arnold 8 September 6 Syracuse Race - 100 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt Billy Arnold 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.

Pos Driver LAN INDY DET ALT1 AKR BRV ALT2 SYR Pts 1 Billy Arnold 1* 14 1* 4 7 1* 10 1027.5 2 Shorty Cantlon 2 12 4 1* 12 3 3 653 3 Bill Cummings 1* 5 3 4 1 650.4 4 Russ Snowberger 14 8 2 12 2 2 5 11 489.7 5 Deacon Litz 2 30 2 DNP 2 2 464.6 6 Wilbur Shaw 7 22 1 7 7 1* DNQ DNQ 385.2 7 Louis Meyer 4 8 15 384.9 8 Dave Evans 6 DNP 4 320 9 Frank Farmer 12 21 11 3 6 DNQ 5 270 10 Herman Schurch 10 2 4 240 11 Phil Shafer 7 200 12 Zeke Meyer 6 16 9 6 8 DNQ 7 190 13 Bert Karnatz 5 3 DNQ 140 14 Frank Brisko 5 8 6 140 15 William Gardner 23 5 10 DNQ 131.6 16 Freddie Winnai 3 5 11 131 17 Mel Kenealy 17 9 9 9 6 118.1 18 Stubby Stubblefield 9 7 DNQ 11 4 113 19 Lou Moore 27 8 DNQ 7 DNQ 106.5 20 Chet Gardner 38 13 13 3 14 80 21 Ernie Triplett 15 4 16 DNQ 70 22 Bill Albertson 4 70 23 Gene Haustein 4 11 DNQ 62 24 Ralph Sloan 10 5 60 25 Chet Miller 13 5 15 DNP 60 26 Paul Bost 13 6 DNQ DNQ 50 27 Luther Johnson 6 50 28 L. L. Corum 10 50 29 Phil Pardee 9 9 43.2 30 Fred Lecklider 9 32 31 Fred Frame 8 13 30 32 Gordon Condon 8 30 33 Jimmy Gleason 9 29 14 10 12 DNQ 30 34 Leslie Allen 9 25 - Louis Schneider 7 3 10 11 DNP DNQ DNQ 0 - Babe Stapp 31 8 10 DNQ 0 - Henry Turgeon 11 0 - Claude Berton 11 0 - Letterio Cucinotta 12 0 - George Young 12 0 - Al Stewart 13 0 - Harry Butcher 14 0 - Ralph DePalma 15 0 - Johnny Krieger 18 DNQ 0 - J. C. McDonald 18 0 - Tony Gulotta 19 DNP 0 - Roland Free 20 0 - Ted Chamberlain 23 0 - Joe Huff 23 0 - Joe Caccia 24 0 - Rick Decker 24 0 - Bill Denver 25 DNQ 0 - Cy Marshall 26 0 - Charles Moran 28 0 - Johnny Seymour 32 0 - Peter DePaolo 33 0 - Fred Roberts 33 0 - Marion Trexler 34 0 - Baconin Borzacchini 37 0 - Giovanni Rossi 37 0 - Julius Slade DNS 0 - Doc MacKenzie DNQ DNQ 0 - Paul Rice DNQ DNQ 0 - Al Aspen DNQ 0 - Fred Fansin DNQ 0 - Juan Gaudino DNQ 0 - Sam Grecco DNQ 0 - James Klemos DNQ 0 - Walt May DNQ 0 - Bill Lindau DNQ 0 - Sam Frizzell DNQ 0 - Myron Fults DNQ 0 - Charles Ganung DNQ 0 - Hap Ray DNQ 0 - Horace Shaw DNQ 0 - Howard Shields DNQ 0 - Archie Waterman DNQ 0 Pos Driver LAN INDY DET ALT1 AKR BRV ALT2 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 notparticipate(DNP) Not competing In-line notationBoldPole positionItalicsRan fastest race lap*Led most race lapsRookie of the YearRookie

See also 1930 Indianapolis 500

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