1930 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races	8
Start date	May 3
End date	September 6
Awards
National champion	Billy Arnold
Indianapolis 500 winner	Billy Arnold
← 1929 1931 →

The 1930 AAA Championship Car season consisted of eight races, beginning in Langhorne, Pennsylvania on May 3 and concluding in Syracuse, New York on September 6. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Billy Arnold.

Two riding mechanics died during the season. Paul Marshall, at the Indianapolis 500; and William Berry, who died at Detroit during qualifying.^[1]

Schedule and results

All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	May 3	Langhorne Race - 100	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Dirt	Bill Cummings	Bill Cummings
2	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Brick	Billy Arnold	Billy Arnold
3	June 9	Detroit Race - 100	Michigan State Fairgrounds	Detroit, Michigan	Dirt	Chet Gardner	Wilbur Shaw
4	June 14	Altoona Race 1 - 200	Altoona Speedway	Tyrone, Pennsylvania	Board	Billy Arnold	Billy Arnold
5	June 22	Akron Race - 100	Akron Speedway	Northampton Township, Ohio	Board	Wilbur Shaw	Shorty Cantlon
6	July 4	Bridgeville Race - 100	Bridgeville Speedway	Bridgeville, Pennsylvania	Board	Shorty Cantlon	Wilbur Shaw
7	September 1	Altoona Race 2 - 200^A	Altoona Speedway	Tyrone, Pennsylvania	Board	Billy Arnold	Billy Arnold
8	September 6	Syracuse Race - 100	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	Billy Arnold	Bill Cummings

^A Scheduled for 200 miles, stopped early due to rain on lap 93.

Final points standings

Note 1: 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.
Note 2: Louis Schneider was ineligible for points.
The final standings based on reference.^[2]

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

Pos	Driver	LAN	INDY	DET	ALT1	AKR	BRV	ALT2	SYR	Pts
1	Billy Arnold		1*	14	1*	4	7	1*	10	1027.5
2	Shorty Cantlon		2	12	4	1*	12	3	3	653
3	Bill Cummings RY	1*	5	3				4	1	650.4
4	Russ Snowberger	14	8	2	12	2	2	5	11	489.7
5	Deacon Litz	2	30	2		DNP		2	2	464.6
6	Wilbur Shaw	7	22	1	7	7	1*	DNQ	DNQ	385.2
7	Louis Meyer		4					8	15	384.9
8	Dave Evans		6			DNP	4			320
9	Frank Farmer	12	21	11	3	6		DNQ	5	270
10	Herman Schurch	10	2		4					240
11	Phil Shafer		7							200
12	Zeke Meyer	6	16	9	6	8		DNQ	7	190
13	Bert Karnatz					5	3		DNQ	140
14	Frank Brisko	5					8	6		140
15	William Gardner		23		5			10	DNQ	131.6
16	Freddie Winnai	3	5		11					131
17	Mel Kenealy R		17		9	9	9	6		118.1
18	Stubby Stubblefield R		9	7			DNQ	11	4	113
19	Lou Moore		27		8	DNQ		7	DNQ	106.5
20	Chet Gardner		38	13	13	3			14	80
21	Ernie Triplett		15	4	16	DNQ				70
22	Bill Albertson	4								70
23	Gene Haustein R					4	11		DNQ	62
24	Ralph Sloan R					10	5			60
25	Chet Miller R		13	5		15	DNP			60
26	Paul Bost		13				6	DNQ	DNQ	50
27	Luther Johnson R			6						50
28	L. L. Corum		10							50
29	Phil Pardee							9	9	43.2
30	Fred Lecklider		9							32
31	Fred Frame	8							13	30
32	Gordon Condon								8	30
33	Jimmy Gleason	9	29		14		10	12	DNQ	30
34	Leslie Allen R		9							25
-	Louis Schneider	7	3	10	11		DNP	DNQ	DNQ	0
-	Babe Stapp		31	8	10	DNQ				0
-	Henry Turgeon R	11								0
-	Claude Berton R		11							0
-	Letterio Cucinotta R		12							0
-	George Young R								12	0
-	Al Stewart R	13								0
-	Harry Butcher R		14							0
-	Ralph DePalma	15								0
-	Johnny Krieger R		18			DNQ				0
-	J. C. McDonald R		18							0
-	Tony Gulotta		19		DNP					0
-	Roland Free R		20							0
-	Ted Chamberlain R		23							0
-	Joe Huff R		23							0
-	Joe Caccia R		24							0
-	Rick Decker		24							0
-	Bill Denver R		25					DNQ		0
-	Cy Marshall		26							0
-	Charles Moran R		28							0
-	Johnny Seymour		32							0
-	Peter DePaolo		33							0
-	Fred Roberts		33							0
-	Marion Trexler		34							0
-	Baconin Borzacchini R		37							0
-	Giovanni Rossi		37							0
-	Julius Slade		DNS							0
-	Doc MacKenzie		DNQ	DNQ						0
-	Paul Rice							DNQ	DNQ	0
-	Al Aspen	DNQ								0
-	Fred Fansin		DNQ							0
-	Juan Gaudino		DNQ							0
-	Sam Grecco		DNQ							0
-	James Klemos		DNQ							0
-	Walt May		DNQ							0
-	Bill Lindau						DNQ			0
-	Sam Frizzell								DNQ	0
-	Myron Fults								DNQ	0
-	Charles Ganung								DNQ	0
-	Hap Ray								DNQ	0
-	Horace Shaw								DNQ	0
-	Howard Shields								DNQ	0
-	Archie Waterman								DNQ	0
Pos	Driver	LAN	INDY	DET	ALT1	AKR	BRV	ALT2	SYR	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 1930". Driver Database. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2011.
"1930 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2011.
Harms, Phil. "1930 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2011.

v t e American Championship car racing (Indy car) seasons
AAA	1905 1906–1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
USAC	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95
CART	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
CCWS	2004 2005 2006 2007 ~~2008~~
IRL	1996 1996–97 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
INDYCAR	2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Years marked in italics are not official championship years or upcoming seasons.

v t e AAA Championship Cars (1905–1955)
Seasons	1905 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
Indianapolis 500s	1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 ~~1942~~ 1943–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
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
AAA Contest Board Years marked in italics are not official championship years.

Schedule and results

Final points standings

See also

References