1934 AAA Championship Car season

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1934 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races4
Start dateMay 30
End dateDecember 23
Awards
National championUnited States Bill Cummings
Indianapolis 500 winnerUnited States Bill Cummings
← 1933
1935 →

The 1934 AAA Championship Car season consisted of four races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Inglewood, California on December 23. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Bill Cummings.

Schedule and results[]

Rnd Date Race Name Length Track Location Type Pole Position Winning Driver
1 May 30 United States International 500 Mile Sweepstakes 500 mi (800 km) Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Brick United States Kelly Petillo United States Bill Cummings
2 August 25 United States Springfield 100 100 mi (160 km) Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt United States Johnny Sawyer United States Billy Winn
3 September 9 United States Syracuse 100 100 mi (160 km) New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt United States Bill Cummings United States Shorty Cantlon
4 December 23 United States Mines Field Race 197.8 mi (318.3 km) Mines Field Inglewood, California Road United States Doc MacKenzie United States Kelly Petillo
  Dirt/Brick Oval
  Road Course/Hill Climb

Leading National Championship standings[]

 #  Driver Team Points
1 Bill Cummings Boyle, DePaolo 681.7
2 Mauri Rose Duray, Red Lion 530
3= Kelly Petillo Red Lion, Moore, Gilmore 300
3= Russ Snowberger Russell 8 300
3= Joe Russo Duesenberg 300

References[]

  • Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1934". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 2011-04-23. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
  • "1934 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on 2011-04-23. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
  • Harms, Phil. "1934 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-04-23. Retrieved 2011-04-22.

See also[]

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