1929 AAA Championship Car season


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.
RndDateRace NameLengthTrackLocationTypePole PositionWinning Driver
NCMay 26 Toledo RaceFort Miami SpeedwayToledo, OhioDirt Wilbur Shaw
1May 30 International 500 Mile SweepstakesIndianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, IndianaBrick Cliff Woodbury Ray Keech
NCJune 2 Cleveland RaceRandall Park RacewayNorth Randall, OhioDirt Wilbur Shaw
2June 9 Detroit RaceMichigan State Fairgrounds SpeedwayDetroit, MichiganDirt Ray Keech Cliff Woodbury
3June 15 Altoona RaceAltoona SpeedwayTyrone, PennsylvaniaBoard Cliff Woodbury Louis Meyer
NCAugust 18 Toledo RaceFort Miami SpeedwayToledo, OhioDirt Wilbur Shaw
4August 31 Syracuse RaceNew York State FairgroundsSyracuse, New YorkDirt Shorty Cantlon Wilbur Shaw
5September 2 Altoona RaceAltoona SpeedwayTyrone, PennsylvaniaBoard Lou Moore Louis Meyer

Leading National Championship standings

# DriverCarPoints
1Louis MeyerMiller1330
2Ray Keech†Miller1000
3Wilbur ShawMiller240
4Fred FrameCooper-Miller, Miller231
5Cliff WoodburyMiller200

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