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.

1935 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races6
Start dateMay 30
End dateOctober 13
Awards
National champion Kelly Petillo
Indianapolis 500 winner Kelly Petillo

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 Rex Mays Kelly Petillo
2 July 4 St. Paul 100 Minnesota State Fair Speedway Hamline, Minnesota Dirt Deacon Litz Kelly Petillo
3 August 24 Springfield 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt Kelly Petillo Billy Winn
4 September 2 Syracuse 100 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt Billy Winn Billy Winn
5 September 7 Altoona 100 Altoona Speedway Tyrone, Pennsylvania Dirt Floyd Roberts Louis Meyer
6 October 13 Langhorne 100 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Dirt Billy Winn Kelly Petillo
NC December 15 Ascot 125 Legion Ascot Speedway Alhambra, California Dirt Floyd Roberts Rex Mays
  Non-championship race

Leading National Championship standings
 #  Driver Team Points
1 Kelly Petillo Gilmore Speedway 890
2 Bill Cummings Boyle Products 630
3 Wilbur Shaw Pirrung, Foreman Axle, Burd Piston Ring, Shaler Rislone 550
4 Floyd Roberts Abels & Fink, Foreman Axle, Marks 510
5 Billy Winn Sullivan & O'Brien, Miller, Winn 408.7

References
  • Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1935". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
  • "1935 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
  • Harms, Phil. "1935 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2011-04-22.

See also
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