1932 AAA Championship Car season

1932 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races	6
Start date	May 30
End date	November 13
Awards
National champion	Bob Carey
Indianapolis 500 winner	Fred Frame

The 1932 AAA Championship Car season consisted of six races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in San Leandro, California on November 13. The AAA National Champion was Bob Carey and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Fred Frame.

Milton Jones died at Indianapolis in practice; during qualifications, Bennie Bennefiel and his riding mechanic Harry Cox died.^[1]

Schedule and results

All races running on Dirt/Brick Oval.

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Brick	Lou Moore	Fred Frame
2	June 5	Detroit 100^A	Michigan State Fairgrounds	Detroit, Michigan	Dirt	Bill Cummings	Bob Carey
3	June 19	Roby 100	Roby Speedway	Roby, Indiana	Dirt	—	Stubby Stubblefield
4	July 2	Syracuse 100^B	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	Bill Cummings	Bob Carey
5	September 10	Detroit 100	Michigan State Fairgrounds	Detroit, Michigan	Dirt	Bob Carey	Mauri Rose
6	November 13	Oakland 150	Oakland Speedway	San Leandro, California	Dirt	Bill Cummings	Bill Cummings

^A Scheduled for 100 miles, stopped after 83 miles due to rain.

^B Scheduled for 100 miles, stopped after 81 miles due to rain.

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]

Further information: List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems

Pos Driver INDY DET1 ROB SYR DET2 OAK Pts 1 Bob Carey  RY  4 1 6 1* 7* 2* 815 2 Fred Frame 1* 3 10 14 9 12 710 3 Howard Wilcox  R  2 2 4 13 12 7 610 4 Russ Snowberger 5 6 8 17 5 440 5 Bill Cummings 19 11* 3 3 2 1 430 6 Cliff Bergere 3 400 7 Mauri Rose  R  DNQ 5 1 4 285 8 Stubby Stubblefield 14 4 1 2 280 9 Zeke Meyer 6 250 10 Ira Hall 7 8 13 DNQ 221 11 Al Gordon  R  40 DNS 2 8 4 6 215 12 Sam Ross DNQ 5 5 4 13 190 13 Freddie Winnai 8 DNQ 9 DNQ 170 14 Ernie Triplett 22 10 DNQ 3 120 15 Wilbur Shaw 17 9 DNQ 5 110 16 Al Miller  R  27 14 DNQ DNQ 3 80 17 Joe Russo 24 7 7 16 DNQ 80 18 James Patterson 9 DNQ 52.5 19 Bryan Saulpaugh 32 DNQ 6 10 50 20 Ray Campbell  R  30 DNQ DNQ 6 DNQ 50 21 Shorty Cantlon DNQ 6 50 22 Billy Winn 9 DNQ 47.5 23 Doc MacKenzie 28 DNQ DNQ 7 40 24 Joe Huff 10 35.8 25 Chet Miller 21 DNQ DNQ 15 8 30 26 Gene Haustein DNQ DNQ 14 9 14 20 27 Dusty Fahrnow  R  10 14.2 28 Frank Farmer 10 10 29 Eddie Meyer  R  7 9 - Louis Tomei  R  8 0 - Kelly Petillo  R  12 9 0 - Jack Patterson  R  10 0 - Louis Schneider 23 13 11 11 DNS 0 - Frank Brisko 29 11 0 - Phil Shafer 11 DNQ 0 - Babe Stapp 11 0 - George Barringer  R  12 18 0 - Malcolm Fox 20 12 DNQ DNQ 0 - Al Aspen 34 DNQ DNQ 12 0 - Louis Meyer 33 DNQ 13 0 - Tony Gulotta 13 0 - Chris Vest  R  14 0 - Pete Kreis 15 0 - Les Spangler  R  15 0 - Luther Johnson 16 0 - Deacon Litz 18 DNQ DNQ 0 - Lou Moore 25 0 - Joseph Bonadeo 26 0 - Juan Gaudino  R  26 0 - Billy Arnold 31 0 - Johnny Krieger 35 0 - Wesley Crawford 36 0 - Paul Bost 37 DNQ 0 - Bob McDonogh 38 0 - Gus Schrader  R  39 0 - Gabriel Nardi DNS 0 - Sam Palmer DNS 0 - George Kalen DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - George Howie DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Harry Hunt DNQ DNQ 0 - Jack Mertz DNQ DNQ 0 - Roy Painter DNQ DNQ 0 - A. C. Aiken DNQ 0 - Bennie Benefiel DNQ 0 - Arvol Brunmeier DNQ 0 - Buddy Calloway DNQ 0 - Fred Clemons DNQ 0 - L. L. Corum DNQ 0 - Danny Day DNQ 0 - Leon DeHart DNQ 0 - Leon Duray DNQ 0 - William Gardner DNQ 0 - Sam Grecco DNQ 0 - Milton Jones DNQ 0 - Edward Leipert DNQ 0 - Milt Marion DNQ 0 - Barney McKenna DNQ 0 - Fred Merzney DNQ 0 - Paul Rice DNQ 0 - Al Theisen DNQ 0 - Marion Trexler DNQ 0 - Larry Wall DNQ 0 - George Wingerter DNQ 0 - Harry Lewis DNQ 0 - George Beck DNQ 0 - Walter Berne DNQ 0 - Ray Carter DNQ 0 - Ted Chamberlain DNQ 0 - George Metzler DNQ 0 - Bob Post DNQ 0 - Cliff Thomas DNQ 0 - George Bailey DNQ 0 - Clay Corbitt DNQ 0 - Howard Dauphin DNQ 0 - Rollin May DSQ 0 - J. Toren DSQ 0 Pos Driver INDY DET1 ROB SYR DET2 OAK 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

See also

• 1932 Indianapolis 500

References

1. "1932 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes".
2. "1932 AAA National Championship Trail".

• Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1932". Driver Database. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
• "1932 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
• Harms, Phil. "1932 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2011.