1931 AAA Championship Car season


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.
RndDateRace NameLengthTrackLocationTypePole PositionWinning Driver
1May 30 International 500 Mile SweepstakesIndianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, IndianaBrick Russ Snowberger Louis Schneider
2June 14 Detroit RaceMichigan State Fairgrounds SpeedwayDetroit, MichiganDirt Ernie Triplett Louis Meyer
NCJune 21 Roby 100Roby SpeedwayRoby, IndianaDirt— Louis Schneider
3July 4 Altoona RaceAltoona SpeedwayTyrone, PennsylvaniaBoard Paul Bost Lou Moore
4September 7 Altoona Heat 1Altoona SpeedwayTyrone, PennsylvaniaBoard Lou Moore Jimmy Gleason
5September 7 Altoona Heat 2Altoona SpeedwayTyrone, PennsylvaniaBoard Shorty Cantlon Shorty Cantlon
6September 7 Altoona RaceAltoona SpeedwayTyrone, PennsylvaniaBoard Shorty Cantlon Shorty Cantlon
7September 12 Syracuse RaceNew York State FairgroundsSyracuse, New YorkDirt Shorty Cantlon Lou Moore

Leading National Championship standings

# DriverTeamPoints
1Louis SchneiderBowes Seal Fast712.5
2Fred FrameDuesenberg540
3Ralph HepburnHarry Miller362
4Russ SnowbergerRussell 8, Hupmobile330
5Jimmy GleasonDuesenberg299