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1930 AAA Championship Car season

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1930 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races8
Start dateMay 3
End dateSeptember 6
Awards
National championUnited States Billy Arnold
Indianapolis 500 winnerUnited States Billy Arnold
← 1929
1931 →

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.[1]

Schedule and results

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All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.

Rnd Date Race Name Track Location Type Pole Position Winning Driver
1 May 3 United States Langhorne Race - 100 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Dirt United States Bill Cummings United States Bill Cummings
2 May 30 United States International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Brick United States Billy Arnold United States Billy Arnold
3 June 9 United States Detroit Race - 100 Michigan State Fairgrounds Detroit, Michigan Dirt United States Chet Gardner United States Wilbur Shaw
4 June 14 United States Altoona Race 1 - 200 Altoona Speedway Tyrone, Pennsylvania Board United States Billy Arnold United States Billy Arnold
5 June 22 United States Akron Race - 100 Akron Speedway Northampton Township, Ohio Board United States Wilbur Shaw United States Shorty Cantlon
6 July 4 United States Bridgeville Race - 100 Bridgeville Speedway Bridgeville, Pennsylvania Board United States Shorty Cantlon United States Wilbur Shaw
7 September 1 United States Altoona Race 2 - 200A Altoona Speedway Tyrone, Pennsylvania Board United States Billy Arnold United States Billy Arnold
8 September 6 United States Syracuse Race - 100 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt United States Billy Arnold United States Bill Cummings
^A Scheduled for 200 miles, stopped early due to rain on lap 93.

Final points standings

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

See also

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References

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