# 1934 AAA Championship Car season

The 1934 AAA Championship Car season consisted of four races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Inglewood, California on December 23. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Bill Cummings.
Pete Kreis died at Indianapolis, during practice. George Brayen died at Syracuse during the race.

## 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 | Kelly Petillo | Bill Cummings |
| 2 | August 25 | Springfield 100 | Illinois State Fairgrounds | Springfield, Illinois | Dirt | Johnny Sawyer | Billy Winn |
| 3 | September 9 | Syracuse 100 | New York State Fairgrounds | Syracuse, New York | Dirt | Bill Cummings | Shorty Cantlon |
| 4 | December 23 | Mines Field Race | Mines Field | Inglewood, California | Road | Doc MacKenzie | Kelly Petillo |

## 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 | SPR | SYR | MIF | Pts |
| 1 | Bill Cummings | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 681.7 |
| 2 | Mauri Rose | 2 | 3 | | | 530 |
| 3 | Kelly Petillo | 11 | 5 | DNQ | 1 | 300 |
| 4 | Russ Snowberger | 8 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 300 |
| 5 | Joe Russo | 5 | | | | 300 |
| 6 | Al Miller | 6 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 280 |
| 7 | Frank Brisko | 9* | 4 | 2 | 9 | 264.5 |
| 8 | Lou Moore | 3 | | DNS | | 248 |
| 9 | Shorty Cantlon | 20 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 211.2 |
| 10 | Billy Winn | 7 | 1 | 3 | | 211 |
| 11 | Babe Stapp | 4 | | | 18 | 185.5 |
| 12 | Wilbur Shaw | 28 | | | 2 | 180 |
| 13 | Cliff Bergere | 7 | | DNQ | | 177 |
| 14 | Deacon Litz | 4 | | DNS | | 164.5 |
| 15 | Doc MacKenzie | 29 | | DNQ | 4 | 140 |
| 16 | Chet Gardner | 21 | | DNQ | 5 | 120 |
| 17 | Al Gordon | 22 | 14 | DNQ | 6 | 100 |
| 18 | Ralph Hepburn | 13 | | | 3 | 83.7 |
| 19 | Floyd Roberts RY | | | | 3 | 76.2 |
| 20 | George Barringer | 14 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 70 |
| 21 | Herb Ardinger R | 10 | 8 | 11 | | 69.7 |
| 22 | Zeke Meyer | 6 | | | | 40 |
| 23 | Harry Hunt R | DNQ | 7 | | | 40 |
| 24 | Harris Insinger R | | | | 7 | 38.8 |
| 25 | Gene Haustein | 30 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 30 |
| 26 | Fred Frame | DNQ | | | 8 | 18.3 |
| 27 | Danny Day R | 10 | | | | 10.2 |
| - | Johnny Sawyer | 25 | 9* | 12 | | 0 |
| - | George Brayen | | | 10 | | 0 |
| - | Stubby Stubblefield | 12 | | | 15 | 0 |
| - | Louis Meyer | 18 | | | 13 | 0 |
| - | Cy Yocum R | | | 13 | | 0 |
| - | Bob Sall R | | | | 14 | 0 |
| - | Phil Shafer | 15 | | | | 0 |
| - | Rex Mays R | 23 | | | 16 | 0 |
| - | Charles Crawford R | 16 | | | | 0 |
| - | Tony Gulotta | 17 | | | | 0 |
| - | Dave Evans | 19 | | | | 0 |
| - | Guy Devlin R | | | | 19 | 0 |
| - | Dusty Fahrnow | 24 | | | | 0 |
| - | Johnny Seymour | 26 | | | | 0 |
| - | Rick Decker | 27 | | | | 0 |
| - | Harry McQuinn R | 31 | | | | 0 |
| - | George Bailey R | 32 | | | | 0 |
| - | Chet Miller | 33 | | | | 0 |
| - | George Lyons | | | DNS | | 0 |
| - | Charles Tramison | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Harry Lewis | DNQ | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Al Theisen | DNQ | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Bill Chittum | DNQ | | | | 0 |
| - | Maynard Clark | DNQ | | | | 0 |
| - | George Connor | DNQ | | | | 0 |
| - | Wesley Crawford | DNQ | | | | 0 |
| - | Leon Duray | DNQ | | | | 0 |
| - | Sam Hoffman | DNQ | | | | 0 |
| - | Ted Horn | DNQ | | | | 0 |
| - | Pete Kreis | DNQ | | | | 0 |
| - | Tee Linn | DNQ | | | | 0 |
| - | Milt Marion | DNQ | | | | 0 |
| - | Vern Ornduff | DNQ | | | | 0 |
| - | Jack Petticord | DNQ | | | | 0 |
| - | Willard Prentiss | DNQ | | | | 0 |
| - | Bob Wallace | DNQ | | | | 0 |
| - | Charles Engle | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Ted Kessler | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Gene Pirong | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Wally Zale | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Peter DePaolo | Wth | | | | 0 |
| - | Harold Shaw | DNP | | | | 0 |
| - | Orville Smith | DNP | | | | 0 |
| - | Doc Williams | DNP | | | | 0 |
| - | Arthur Brandt | | | DSQ | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | INDY | SPR | SYR | MIF | 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 ||