1935 AAA Championship Car season


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.
RndDateRace NameTrackLocationTypePole PositionWinning Driver
1May 30 International 500 Mile SweepstakesIndianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, IndianaBrick Rex Mays Kelly Petillo
2July 4 St. Paul 100Minnesota State Fair SpeedwayHamline, MinnesotaDirt Deacon Litz Kelly Petillo
3August 24 Springfield 100Illinois State FairgroundsSpringfield, IllinoisDirt Kelly Petillo Billy Winn
4September 2 Syracuse 100New York State FairgroundsSyracuse, New YorkDirt Billy Winn Billy Winn
5September 7 Altoona 100Altoona SpeedwayTyrone, PennsylvaniaDirt Floyd Roberts Louis Meyer
6October 13 Langhorne 100Langhorne SpeedwayLanghorne, PennsylvaniaDirt Billy Winn Kelly Petillo
NCDecember 15 Ascot 125Legion Ascot SpeedwayAlhambra, CaliforniaDirt Floyd Roberts Rex Mays

Leading National Championship standings

# DriverTeamPoints
1Kelly PetilloGilmore Speedway890
2Bill CummingsBoyle Products630
3Wilbur ShawPirrung, Foreman Axle, Burd Piston Ring, Shaler Rislone550
4Floyd RobertsAbels & Fink, Foreman Axle, Marks510
5Billy WinnSullivan & O'Brien, Miller, Winn408.7