1929 AAA Championship Car season

1929 AAA Championship Car season
1929 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races	5
Start date	May 30
End date	September 2
Awards
National champion	Louis Meyer
Indianapolis 500 winner	Ray Keech
	← 1928 1930 →

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.

Schedule and results[]

All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Length	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
NC	May 26	Toledo Race	100 mi (160 km)		Toledo, Ohio	Dirt	—	Wilbur Shaw
1	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	500 mi (800 km)	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Brick	Cliff Woodbury	Ray Keech
NC	June 2	Cleveland Race	85 mi (137 km)^A		North Randall, Ohio	Dirt	—	Wilbur Shaw
2	June 9	Detroit Race	100 mi (160 km)	Michigan State Fairgrounds Speedway	Detroit, Michigan	Dirt	Ray Keech	Cliff Woodbury
3	June 15	Altoona Race	148.75 mi (239.39 km)^B	Altoona Speedway	Tyrone, Pennsylvania	Board	Cliff Woodbury	Louis Meyer
NC	August 18	Toledo Race	100 mi (160 km)		Toledo, Ohio	Dirt	—	Wilbur Shaw
4	August 31	Syracuse Race	100 mi (160 km)	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	Shorty Cantlon	Wilbur Shaw
5	September 2	Altoona Race	200 mi (320 km)	Altoona Speedway	Tyrone, Pennsylvania	Board	Lou Moore	Louis Meyer

^A Scheduled for 100 miles

^B 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.

Leading National Championship standings[]

#	Driver	Car	Points
1	Louis Meyer	Miller	1330
2	Ray Keech†	Miller	1000
3	Wilbur Shaw	Miller	240
4	Fred Frame	Cooper-Miller, Miller	231
5	Cliff Woodbury	Miller	200

† Keech was killed in an accident at the June 15 race at Altoona.

References[]

Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1929". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 2011-04-25. Retrieved 2011-04-24.
"1929 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on 2011-04-25. Retrieved 2011-04-24.
Harms, Phil. "1929 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-04-25. Retrieved 2011-04-24.

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National Champions	Billy Arnold Henry Banks Tony Bettenhausen Jimmy Bryan Bob Carey Gaston Chevrolet Bill Cummings Pete DePaolo (twice) Sam Hanks Harry Hartz Eddie Hearne Ted Horn (three times) Rex Mays (twice) Louis Meyer (three times) Tommy Milton Jimmy Murphy (twice) Barney Oldfield Johnnie Parsons Kelly Petillo Dario Resta Floyd Roberts Mauri Rose Louis Schneider Wilbur Shaw (twice) Chuck Stevenson Bob Sweikert
AAA Contest Board Years marked in italics are not official championship years.

1929 AAA Championship Car season

Contents

Schedule and results[]

Leading National Championship standings[]

References[]

See also[]