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
← 1931 1933 →

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

References

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.

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Schedule and results

Final points standings

See also

References