1935 AAA Championship Car season

1935 AAA Championship Car season
1935 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races	6
Start date	May 30
End date	October 13
Awards
National champion	Kelly Petillo
Indianapolis 500 winner	Kelly Petillo
	← 1934 1936 →

The 1935 AAA Championship Car season consisted of six races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Langhorne, Pennsylvania on October 13. There was also one non-championship event. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Kelly Petillo.

Schedule and results[]

All races running on Dirt/Brick Oval.

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Brick	Rex Mays	Kelly Petillo
2	July 4	St. Paul 100	Minnesota State Fair Speedway	Hamline, Minnesota	Dirt	Deacon Litz	Kelly Petillo
3	August 24	Springfield 100	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt	Kelly Petillo	Billy Winn
4	September 2	Syracuse 100	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	Billy Winn	Billy Winn
5	September 7	Altoona 100	Altoona Speedway	Tyrone, Pennsylvania	Dirt	Floyd Roberts	Louis Meyer
6	October 13	Langhorne 100	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Dirt	Billy Winn	Kelly Petillo
NC	December 15	Ascot 125	Legion Ascot Speedway	Alhambra, California	Dirt	Floyd Roberts	Rex Mays

Non-championship race

Leading National Championship standings[]

#	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kelly Petillo	Gilmore Speedway	890
2	Bill Cummings	Boyle Products	630
3	Wilbur Shaw	Pirrung, Foreman Axle, Burd Piston Ring, Shaler Rislone	550
4	Floyd Roberts	Abels & Fink, Foreman Axle, Marks	510
5	Billy Winn	Sullivan & O'Brien, Miller, Winn	408.7

References[]

Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1935". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
"1935 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
Harms, Phil. "1935 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2011-04-22.

v t American Championship car racing (Indy car) seasons
AAA	1905 1906–1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
USAC	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95
CART	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
CCWS	2004 2005 2006 2007 ~~2008~~
IRL	1996 1996–97 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
INDYCAR	2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Years marked in italics are not official championship years or upcoming seasons.

v t AAA Championship Cars (1905–1955)
Seasons	1905 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
Indianapolis 500s	1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 ~~1942~~ 1943–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
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.

1935 AAA Championship Car season

Contents

Schedule and results[]

Leading National Championship standings[]

References[]

See also[]