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 →

Last updated November 18, 2023

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	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
NC	May 26	Toledo Race 1 - 100	Fort Miami Speedway	Toledo, Ohio	Dirt	—	Wilbur Shaw
1	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Brick	Cliff Woodbury	Ray Keech
NC	June 2	Cleveland Race - 100^A	Randall Park Raceway	North Randall, Ohio	Dirt	—	Wilbur Shaw
2	June 9	Detroit Race - 100	Michigan State Fairgrounds	Detroit, Michigan	Dirt	Ray Keech	Cliff Woodbury
3	June 15	Altoona Race 1 - 200^B	Altoona Speedway	Tyrone, Pennsylvania	Board	Cliff Woodbury	Louis Meyer
NC	August 18	Toledo Race 2 - 100	Fort Miami Speedway	Toledo, Ohio	Dirt	—	Wilbur Shaw
4	August 31	Syracuse Race - 100	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	Shorty Cantlon	Wilbur Shaw
5	September 2	Altoona Race 2 - 200	Altoona Speedway	Tyrone, Pennsylvania	Board	Lou Moore	Louis Meyer

^A Scheduled for 100 miles, but stopped after 85 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.

Final points standings

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: Carl Marchese, L. L. Corum, and Louis Chiron were ineligible for points.
The final standings based on reference.^[2]

Pos	Driver	INDY	DET	ALT1	SYR	ALT2	Pts
1	Louis Meyer	2*	2	1	15	1	1330
2	Ray Keech	1	14	10*			1000
3	Wilbur Shaw		5		1	5	240
4	Fred Frame	10			11	2	231
5	Cliff Woodbury	33	1	11	DNQ		200
6	Cliff Bergere	9		2		10	186
7	Freddie Winnai	5	7	5	3	7	168
8	Jimmy Gleason	3	12	9	8		166
9	Frank Brisko RY	11			2		110
10	Myron Stevens R	DNQ				3	110
11	Deacon Litz	24		3	12	13	90
12	Lou Moore	13	3	13		8	70
13	Shorty Cantlon	13			14	4	60
14	Billy Arnold	8	9		6	6	56
15	Ernie Triplett R	26		4			50
16	Chet Gardner	6	10	12	13	11	41
17	Zeke Meyer	15		DNS	4		35
18	Russ Snowberger	18	4		DNQ		35
19	Roscoe Ford R	5					35
20	William Gardner R	6		7		9	34
21	Paul Bost R	8			5		25
22	Bob Robinson	DNQ	6	8	DNQ		25
23	Fred Roberts R	8					22
24	Dave Evans	15		6	DNQ		20
25	Thane Houser	3					16
26	Bill Albertson R	14			7		10
-	Carl Marchese R	4					0
-	L. L. Corum	5					0
-	Louis Chiron R	7					0
-	Herman Schurch R	20			10		0
-	Ralph DePalma	DNQ	11				0
-	Gordon Condon R				DNQ	12	0
-	Phil Shafer	12					0
-	Barney Kleopfer R	13					0
-	Bill Lindau R	19		14			0
-	Frank Farmer	14					0
-	Wesley Crawford	15					0
-	Ted Simpson R	15					0
-	Pete Kreis	16					0
-	Tony Gulotta	17					0
-	Bob McDonogh	18					0
-	Jack Buxton R	20					0
-	Johnny Seymour	21		DNS			0
-	Leon Duray	22					0
-	Rick Decker R	23		DNS	DNQ		0
-	Giovanni Rossi R	23					0
-	Albert Karnatz R	25			DNQ		0
-	Babe Stapp	28					0
-	Jules Moriceau R	29					0
-	Peter DePaolo	30					0
-	Ralph Hepburn	31					0
-	Bill Spence	32					0
-	Phil Pardee	DNS					0
-	Sam Grecco	DNQ			DNQ		0
-	Joe Baker	DNQ					0
-	C. H. Cunard	DNQ					0
-	Cliff Durant	DNQ					0
-	Ira Hall	DNQ					0
-	Jim Hill	DNQ					0
-	Ralph Miller	DNQ					0
-	Ray Smith	DNQ					0
-	Steve Smith	DNQ					0
-	Frank Sweigert	DNQ					0
-	Henry Turgeon	DNQ					0
-	John Vance	DNQ					0
-	Louis Schneider			DNQ			0
-	Bo Amos				DNQ		0
-	Al Aspen				DNQ		0
-	Norval DeLelys				DNQ		0
-	Myron Fults				DNQ		0
-	Charles Ganung				DNQ		0
-	Paolo Gimarino				DNQ		0
-	Harold Larzelere				DNQ		0
-	Hap Ray				DNQ		0
-	Charles Schwab				DNQ		0
-	Al Stewart				DNQ		0
-	Archie Waterman				DNQ		0
-	George Wingerter				DNQ		0
-	Gianfranco Comotti	Wth					0
Pos	Driver	INDY	DET	ALT1	SYR	ALT2	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

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Charles Raymond "Ray" Keech was an American racing driver. He is best remembered for winning the 1929 Indianapolis 500, as well as for setting a land speed record.

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References

Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1929". Driver Database. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2011.
"1929 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2011.
Harms, Phil. "1929 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2011.

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1929 AAA Championship Car season

Contents

Schedule and results

Final points standings

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References

See also