1935 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races	6
Start date	May 30
End date	October 13
Awards
National champion	Kelly Petillo
Indianapolis 500 winner	Kelly Petillo
← 1934 1936 →

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 one non-championship event. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Kelly Petillo.

During the Indianapolis 500, Johnny Hannon died in practice, Stubby Stubblefield died while qualifying, and Clay Weatherly died during the race.

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

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.^[1]

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

Pos	Driver	INDY	HAM	SPR	SYR	ALT	LAN	Pts
1	Kelly Petillo	1*	1	6	14	Wth	1*	890
2	Bill Cummings	3	2		2	6	8	630
3	Wilbur Shaw	2	4		16	8		550
4	Floyd Roberts	4		DNQ	DNQ	3	3	510
5	Billy Winn	6		1	1*	Wth	2	408.7
6	Chet Gardner	7		4	DNQ	DNQ	9	270
7	Shorty Cantlon	6	13		6	Wth		221.3
8	Louis Meyer	12	6		8	1*		200
9	Ralph Hepburn	5						198
10	Doc MacKenzie	9		10	4			170
11	Frank Brisko	23	DNQ		DNS	2	4	160
12	Al Miller	15	3		3	14		160
13	Deacon Litz	8	5		5	DNQ		152.3
14	Gene Haustein	5		DSQ	DNQ		6	152
15	George Barringer	24		2	DNS	12	5	150
16	Chet Miller	10		DNQ	DNQ	7		90
17	Emil Andres RY	DNQ	DNQ	3				80
18	Babe Stapp	25	14		15	4		70
19	Ken Fowler R			11		5	DNQ	60
20	Overton Snell	DNQ		5				60
21	Russ Snowberger	27	9		7	13		60
22	Floyd Davis R		8		9	10		60
23	Johnny Sawyer	8	11	9	11	DNQ		43.5
24	Fred Frame	11	7		13	Wth		40
25	Bill Schindler R						8	30
26	Henry Banks R				12	9		20
27	Lou Moore	18	DNQ		10			10
28	Maynard Clark R		10					10
-	Ray Carter R						7	0
-	Milt Marion R			7				0
-	George Bailey	26		8			14	0
-	George Wingerter				DNQ		10	0
-	Charles Tramison R					11		0
-	John Cebula R						11	0
-	Mauri Rose	20	12		DNQ	DNQ		0
-	Harry Hunt	DNQ	DNQ	12				0
-	Vern Ornduff R						12	0
-	Zeke Meyer	DNQ			DNS		13	0
-	Cliff Bergere	13						0
-	Harris Insinger	14						0
-	Ted Horn R	16	DNQ					0
-	Rex Mays	17						0
-	George Connor R	19						0
-	Paul Bost	20						0
-	Tony Gulotta	21						0
-	Jimmy Snyder R	22	DNQ					0
-	Johnny Seymour	24						0
-	Louis Tomei	28						0
-	Bob Sall	29						0
-	Al Gordon	30	DNQ					0
-	Freddie Winnai	31			DNS	DNQ	DNQ	0
-	Clay Weatherly R	32						0
-	Harry McQuinn	33						0
-	Dave Evans	DNQ	DNQ					0
-	Gus Zarka					DNQ	DNQ	0
-	Herb Ardinger	DNQ						0
-	L. L. Corum	DNQ						0
-	Wesley Crawford	DNQ						0
-	Dusty Fahrnow	DNQ						0
-	Johnny Hannon	DNQ						0
-	Herschell McKee	DNQ						0
-	Floyd O'Neal	DNQ						0
-	Roy Painter	DNQ						0
-	Johnny Rae	DNQ						0
-	Phil Shafer	DNQ						0
-	Stubby Stubblefield	DNQ						0
-	Doc Williams	DNQ						0
-	Robert Wilson	DNQ						0
-	Muir		DNQ					0
-	Ted Chamberlain				DNQ			0
-	Gene Pirong				DNQ			0
-	George Metzler				DNQ			0
-	Myron Stevens					DNQ		0
-	Ivan Mikan					DNQ		0
-	Don Church						DNQ	0
-	Duke Nalon	Wth						0
Pos	Driver	INDY	HAM	SPR	SYR	ALT	LAN	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

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IRL	1996 1996–97 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
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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
AAA Contest Board Years marked in italics are not official championship years.

Schedule and results

Final points standings

References

See also