1936 AAA Championship Car season

1936 AAA Championship Car season
1936 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races	4
Start date	May 30
End date	October 12
Awards
National champion	Mauri Rose
Indianapolis 500 winner	Louis Meyer

The 1936 AAA Championship Car season consisted of four races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Westbury, New York on October 12. There were three non-championship events. The AAA National Champion was Mauri Rose, and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Louis Meyer.

Al Gordon and his driving mechanic Spider Matlock died at Ascot during the non-championship race.^[1]

Schedule and results

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
NC	January 12	Oakland 150	Oakland Speedway	San Leandro, California	Dirt	Babe Stapp	Al Gordon
NC	January 26	Ascot 125	Legion Ascot Speedway	Alhambra, California	Dirt	—	Rex Mays
1	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Brick	Rex Mays	Louis Meyer
2	June 20	Goshen 100	Good Time Park	Goshen, New York	Dirt	George Connor	Rex Mays
NC	August 22	Springfield 100	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt	George Connor	Wilbur Shaw
3	September 15	Syracuse 100	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	Russ Snowberger	Mauri Rose
4	October 12	George Vanderbilt Cup	Roosevelt Raceway	Westbury, New York	Road	Antonio Brivio	Tazio Nuvolari

Dirt/Brick Oval

Road Course/Hill Climb

Non-championship race

Final points standings

Note: 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.
The final standings based on reference.^[2]

Pos	Driver	INDY	GOS	SYR	ROR	Pts
1	Mauri Rose	4	6	1	8	610
2	Louis Meyer	1*	13		DNQ	600
3	Ted Horn	2	DNQ	DNQ	36	450
4	Doc MacKenzie	3	3			362
5	Tazio Nuvolari RY				1*	360
6	Wilbur Shaw	7	2	12	45	319.8
7	Chet Miller	5	DNQ		26	300
8	Jean-Pierre Wimille R				2	270
9	Antonio Brivio R				3	240
10	Raymond Sommer R				4	210
11	Rex Mays	15	1	3*	DNQ	200
12	Ray Pixley R	6				200
13	Pat Fairfield R				5	180
14	George Barringer	8				150
15	George Connor	10	14	2	31	140
16	Bill Cummings	33	11	13	7	120
17	Kelly Petillo	3				118
18	Jimmy Snyder	30	7	4	37	110
19	Carlo Felice Trossi R				6	102
20	Zeke Meyer	9			DNS	100
21	Frank Brisko	20	9	5	27	80
22	Floyd Roberts	19	4			70
23	Billy Winn	26	5*	9	32	60
24	Philippe Étancelin R				9	60
25	Bob Sall			6	DNS	50
26	Frederick McEvoy R				6	48
27	Chet Gardner	29	8	14	21	30
28	Deacon Litz	23		15	10	30
29	Shorty Cantlon	14	DNQ	7	38	10.2
30	Babe Stapp	24	10		35	10
-	Russ Snowberger	DNQ	12	8	33	0
-	Floyd Davis		DNQ	10	39	0
-	Henry Banks	DNQ		11	20	0
-	Freddie Winnai	11	DNQ		DNP	0
-	Chuck Tabor R		DNQ		11	0
-	Emil Andres	18			12	0
-	Ralph Hepburn	12				0
-	Harry McQuinn	13				0
-	Francis Curzon R				13	0
-	Dave Evans	DNQ			14	0
-	Brian Lewis R				15	0
-	Rick Decker	DNQ			16	0
-	Doc Williams R	16				0
-	Lou Moore	17	DNQ			0
-	Al Putnam R	DNQ			17	0
-	Teddy Rayson R				18	0
-	Roy Lake R				19	0
-	Al Miller	21				0
-	Tony Gulotta	22			24	0
-	Cliff Bergere	22				0
-	Gus Zarka R				22	0
-	Bob Swanson R				23	0
-	Phil Shafer	DNQ			25	0
-	Frank McGurk R	26			DNQ	0
-	Louis Tomei	27	DNQ	DNQ	30	0
-	Herb Ardinger	28				0
-	Lewis Balus R				28	0
-	Ted Chamberlain				29	0
-	Johnny Seymour	31		DNS		0
-	Fred Frame	32				0
-	Joel Thorne R	DNP	DNQ	DNS	34	0
-	Tony Willman R				40	0
-	Giuseppe Farina R				41	0
-	Raphaël Bethenod R				42	0
-	Overton Phillips R				43	0
-	Milt Marion		DNQ	DNQ	44	0
-	George Wingerter	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNS	0
-	John Crow			DNS		0
-	Louis Kimmer			DNS		0
-	Frankie Beeder				DNS	0
-	Ben Brandfon				DNS	0
-	Sidney Cotton				DNS	0
-	Billy Devore				DNS	0
-	Goldie Gardner				DNS	0
-	Attilio Marinoni				DNS	0
-	Ray Carter		DNQ	DSQ		0
-	George Bailey	DNQ				0
-	Dusty Fahrnow	DNQ				0
-	Harry Hunt	DNQ				0
-	Roy Painter	DNQ				0
-	Overton Snell	DNQ				0
-	Walt Brown		DNQ			0
-	Jack Moon		DNQ			0
-	Bill Schindler		DNQ			0
-	Gene Pirong			DNQ		0
-	Bob Zauer			DNQ		0
-	Mike Caruso				DNQ	0
-	John Cebula				DNQ	0
-	Luther Johnson	Wth				0
-	Lucky Teter	DNP				0
-	Lemuel Ladd				DNP	0
-	Don Moore				DNP	0
-	John Moretti				DNP	0
-	Frank Wearne				DNP	0
-	Don Durfer			DSQ		0
-	Charles Tramison			DSQ		0
Pos	Driver	INDY	GOS	SYR	ROR	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

References

Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1936". Driver Database. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved April 21, 2011.
"1936 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved April 21, 2011.
Harms, Phil. "1936 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2012. Retrieved April 21, 2011.

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National Champions	Billy Arnold Henry Banks Tony Bettenhausen Jimmy Bryan Bob Carey Gaston Chevrolet Bill Cummings Pete 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
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Schedule and results

Final points standings

References

See also