1929 AAA Championship Car 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 Winning driverNC May 26 Toledo Race 1 - 100 Fort Miami Speedway Toledo, Ohio Dirt — Wilbur Shaw 1 May 30 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Brick Cliff Woodbury Ray KeechNC June 2 Cleveland Race - 100 Randall Park Raceway North Randall, Ohio Dirt — Wilbur Shaw 2 June 9 Detroit Race - 100 Michigan State Fairgrounds Detroit, Michigan Dirt Ray Keech Cliff Woodbury 3 June 15 Altoona Race 1 - 200 Altoona Speedway Tyrone, Pennsylvania Board Cliff Woodbury Louis MeyerNC August 18 Toledo Race 2 - 100 Fort Miami Speedway Toledo, Ohio Dirt — Wilbur Shaw 4 August 31 Syracuse Race - 100 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt Shorty Cantlon Wilbur Shaw 5 September 2 Altoona Race 2 - 200 Altoona Speedway Tyrone, Pennsylvania Board Lou Moore 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 DET ALT1 SYR ALT2 Pts 1 Louis Meyer 2* 2 1 15 1 1330 2 Ray Keech 1 14 10* 1000 3 Wilbur Shaw 5 1 5 240 4 Fred Frame 10 11 2 231 5 Cliff Woodbury 33 1 11 DNQ 200 6 Cliff Bergere 9 2 10 186 7 Freddie Winnai 5 7 5 3 7 168 8 Jimmy Gleason 3 12 9 8 166 9 Frank Brisko 11 2 110 10 Myron Stevens DNQ 3 110 11 Deacon Litz 24 3 12 13 90 12 Lou Moore 13 3 13 8 70 13 Shorty Cantlon 13 14 4 60 14 Billy Arnold 8 9 6 6 56 15 Ernie Triplett 26 4 50 16 Chet Gardner 6 10 12 13 11 41 17 Zeke Meyer 15 DNS 4 35 18 Russ Snowberger 18 4 DNQ 35 19 Roscoe Ford 5 35 20 William Gardner 6 7 9 34 21 Paul Bost 8 5 25 22 Bob Robinson DNQ 6 8 DNQ 25 23 Fred Roberts 8 22 24 Dave Evans 15 6 DNQ 20 25 Thane Houser 3 16 26 Bill Albertson 14 7 10 - Carl Marchese 4 0 - L. L. Corum 5 0 - Louis Chiron 7 0 - Herman Schurch 20 10 0 - Ralph DePalma DNQ 11 0 - Gordon Condon DNQ 12 0 - Phil Shafer 12 0 - Barney Kleopfer 13 0 - Bill Lindau 19 14 0 - Frank Farmer 14 0 - Wesley Crawford 15 0 - Ted Simpson 15 0 - Pete Kreis 16 0 - Tony Gulotta 17 0 - Bob McDonogh 18 0 - Jack Buxton 20 0 - Johnny Seymour 21 DNS 0 - Leon Duray 22 0 - Rick Decker 23 DNS DNQ 0 - Giovanni Rossi 23 0 - Bert Karnatz 25 DNQ 0 - Babe Stapp 28 0 - Jules Moriceau 29 0 - Peter DePaolo 30 0 - Ralph Hepburn 31 0 - Bill Spence 32 0 - Phil Pardee DNS 0 - Sam Grecco DNQ DNQ 0 - Joe Baker DNQ 0 - C. H. Cunard DNQ 0 - Cliff Durant DNQ 0 - Ira Hall DNQ 0 - Jim Hill DNQ 0 - Ralph Miller DNQ 0 - Ray Smith DNQ 0 - Steve Smith DNQ 0 - Frank Sweigert DNQ 0 - Henry Turgeon DNQ 0 - John Vance DNQ 0 - Louis Schneider DNQ 0 - Bo Amos DNQ 0 - Al Aspen DNQ 0 - Norval DeLelys DNQ 0 - Myron Fults DNQ 0 - Charles Ganung DNQ 0 - Paolo Gimarino DNQ 0 - Harold Larzelere DNQ 0 - Hap Ray DNQ 0 - Charles Schwab DNQ 0 - Al Stewart DNQ 0 - Archie Waterman DNQ 0 - George Wingerter DNQ 0 - Gianfranco Comotti Wth 0 Pos Driver INDY DET ALT1 SYR ALT2 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

References

See also 1929 Indianapolis 500