# 1933 AAA Championship Car season

The 1933 AAA Championship Car season consisted of three races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Syracuse, New York on September 9. There was one non-championship event. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Louis Meyer.
During a tragic year at Indianapolis, Bill Denver and his riding mechanic Bob Hurst died during practice, and during the race Mark Billman, and later Lester Spangler and his riding mechanic G. L. Jordan - in two different accidents. The season ended on 9 September at Syracuse, where a 15 lap non-championship race was scheduled to run after the main event, but was cancelled due to darkness.

## Schedule and results

| Rnd | Date | Race Name | Track | Location | Type | Pole Position | Winning Driver |
| 1 | May 30 | International 500 Mile Sweepstakes | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Speedway, Indiana | Brick | Bill Cummings | Louis Meyer |
| 2 | June 11 | Detroit 100 | Michigan State Fairgrounds | Detroit, Michigan | Dirt | Bill Cummings | Bill Cummings |
| NC | August 26 | Elgin National Trophy | Elgin Road Race Course | Elgin, Illinois | Road | Fred Frame | Phil Shafer |
| 3 | September 9 | Syracuse 100 | New York State Fairgrounds | Syracuse, New York | Dirt | Bill Cummings | Bill Cummings |

## 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.
| Pos | Driver | INDY | DET | SYR | Pts |
| 1 | Louis Meyer | 1* | 10 | | 610 |
| 2 | Lou Moore | 3 | 3 | 6 | 530 |
| 3 | Wilbur Shaw | 2 | 13 | 16 | 450 |
| 4 | Chet Gardner | 4 | DNQ | 3 | 430 |
| 5 | Stubby Stubblefield | 5 | 4 | | 325.2 |
| 6 | Dave Evans | 6 | | DNQ | 250 |
| 7 | Bill Cummings | 25 | 1* | 1* | 240 |
| 8 | Tony Gulotta | 7 | | | 200 |
| 9 | Mauri Rose | 35 | 2 | 2 | 180 |
| 10 | Russ Snowberger | 8 | 11 | 7 | 122.5 |
| 11 | Deacon Litz | 16 | 4 | 5 | 104.8 |
| 12 | Zeke Meyer | 9 | | DNQ | 100 |
| 13 | Shorty Cantlon | 34 | | 4 | 70 |
| 14 | Joe Russo | 17 | 5 | 15 | 60 |
| 15 | Kelly Petillo | 19 | 6 | | 50 |
| 16 | Sam Palmer RY | 10 | | 8 | 43.3 |
| 17 | George Barringer | DNQ | 8 | | 30 |
| 18 | Luther Johnson | 10 | | | 29 |
| 19 | Freddie Winnai | 27 | 7 | DNQ | 28.4 |
| 20 | Al Miller | 21 | 9 | | 20 |
| 21 | Ralph DePalma | | | 9 | 20 |
| 22 | Fred Frame | 29 | 7 | | 11.6 |
| 23 | George Brayen R | | | 10 | 10 |
| 24 | George Howie | 8 | | | 4.5 |
| - | Cliff Bergere | 11 | | | 0 |
| - | Tee Linn R | | | 11 | 0 |
| - | Johnny Sawyer R | 31 | 12 | DNQ | 0 |
| - | L. L. Corum | 12 | | | 0 |
| - | Bob Zauer R | | | 12 | 0 |
| - | Willard Prentiss R | 13 | | | 0 |
| - | Harold Shaw R | 13 | | | 0 |
| - | Bob Hahn R | | | 13 | 0 |
| - | Gene Haustein | 15 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| - | Juan Gaudino | 14 | | | 0 |
| - | Raúl Riganti | 14 | | | 0 |
| - | Doc MacKenzie | 18 | | DNQ | 0 |
| - | Sam Hoffman R | 19 | | | 0 |
| - | Chet Miller | 20 | | | 0 |
| - | Bennett Hill | 22 | | | 0 |
| - | Babe Stapp | 23 | | | 0 |
| - | Wesley Crawford | 24 | | | 0 |
| - | Billy Winn | 24 | | | 0 |
| - | Les Spangler | 26 | | | 0 |
| - | Terry Curley R | 27 | | | 0 |
| - | Malcolm Fox | 28 | | | 0 |
| - | Mark Billman R | 30 | | | 0 |
| - | Ernie Triplett | 32 | | | 0 |
| - | Pete Kreis | 33 | | | 0 |
| - | Frank Brisko | 36 | | | 0 |
| - | Ira Hall | 37 | | | 0 |
| - | Ralph Hepburn | 38 | | | 0 |
| - | Ray Campbell | 39 | | | 0 |
| - | Paul Bost | 40 | | | 0 |
| - | Rick Decker | 41 | | | 0 |
| - | Louis Schneider | 42 | | | 0 |
| - | Howard Wilcox | DNS | | | 0 |
| - | Maynard Clark | | | DNS | 0 |
| - | Ray Carter | DNQ | | DNQ | 0 |
| - | Bill Sockwell | DNQ | | DNQ | 0 |
| - | Al Aspen | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Paul Butler | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Frank Davidson | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Danny Day | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Leon DeHart | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Bill Denver | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Harry Falt | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | William Gardner | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Leonide Albert LaRivière | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Harry Lewis | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Virgil Livengood | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Roy Painter | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Phil Shafer | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Overton Snell | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Doc Williams | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | James Patterson | | | DNQ | 0 |
| - | Gene Pirong | | | DNQ | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | INDY | DET | 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 ||