1931 AAA Championship Car season

1931 AAA Championship Car season

AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races	7
Start date	May 30
End date	September 12
Awards
National champion	Louis Schneider
Indianapolis 500 winner	Louis Schneider
Chronology
Previous season	Next season
1930	1932

The 1931 AAA Championship Car season consisted of seven races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Syracuse, New York on September 12. There was also one non-championship race. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Louis Schneider.

Schedule and results

All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Length	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	500 mi (800 km)	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Brick	Russ Snowberger	Louis Schneider
2	June 14	Detroit Race	100 mi (160 km)	Michigan State Fairgrounds Speedway	Detroit, Michigan	Dirt	Ernie Triplett	Louis Meyer
NC	June 21	Roby 100	100 mi (160 km)	Roby Speedway	Roby, Indiana	Dirt	—	Louis Schneider
3	July 4	Altoona Race	100 mi (160 km)	Altoona Speedway	Tyrone, Pennsylvania	Board	Paul Bost	Lou Moore
4	September 7	Altoona Heat 1	25 mi (40 km)	Altoona Speedway	Tyrone, Pennsylvania	Board	Lou Moore	Jimmy Gleason
5		Altoona Heat 2	25 mi (40 km)				Shorty Cantlon	Shorty Cantlon
6		Altoona Race	100 mi (160 km)				Shorty Cantlon	Shorty Cantlon
7	September 12	Syracuse Race	100 mi (160 km)	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	Shorty Cantlon	Lou Moore

Non-championship race

Leading National Championship standings

#	Driver	Team	Points
1	Louis Schneider	Bowes Seal Fast	712.5
2	Fred Frame	Duesenberg	540
3	Ralph Hepburn	Harry Miller	362
4	Russ Snowberger	Russell 8, Hupmobile	330
5	Jimmy Gleason	Duesenberg	299

References

Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1931". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 2011-04-23. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
"1931 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on 2011-04-23. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
Harms, Phil. "1931 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 2011-04-23. Retrieved 2011-04-23.

American Championship car racing (IndyCar) 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

NASCAR	1952 1953

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 / CCWS	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 2004 2005 2006 2007 ~~2008~~

INDYCAR	1996 1996–97 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Years marked in italics are not official championship years.

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 Peter 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.

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1931 AAA Championship Car season

Schedule and results

Leading National Championship standings

References

See also