# 1931 AAA Championship Car season

The 1931 AAA Championship Car season consisted of seven races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Syracuse, New York on September 12. There was one non-championship race. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Louis Schneider.
Joe Caccia and his driving mechanic Clarence Grover died at Indianapolis during practice. Jimmy Gleason died at Syracuse during practice.

## Schedule and results

All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board 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 | Russ Snowberger | Louis Schneider |
| 2 | June 14 | Detroit Race - 100 | Michigan State Fairgrounds | Detroit, Michigan | Dirt | Ernie Triplett | Louis Meyer |
| NC | June 21 | Roby 100 | Roby Speedway | Roby, Indiana | Dirt | — | Louis Schneider |
| 3 | July 4 | Altoona Race 1 - 100 | Altoona Speedway | Tyrone, Pennsylvania | Board | Paul Bost | Lou Moore |
| 4 | September 7 | Altoona Heat 1 - 25 | Altoona Speedway | Tyrone, Pennsylvania | Board | Lou Moore | Jimmy Gleason |
| 5 | September 7 | Altoona Heat 2 - 25 | Altoona Speedway | Tyrone, Pennsylvania | Board | Shorty Cantlon | Shorty Cantlon |
| 6 | September 7 | Altoona Race 2 - 25 | Altoona Speedway | Tyrone, Pennsylvania | Board | Shorty Cantlon | Shorty Cantlon |
| 7 | September 12 | Syracuse Race - 100 | New York State Fairgrounds | Syracuse, New York | Dirt | Shorty Cantlon | Lou Moore |

## 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 | ALT1 | ALT2 | ALT3 | ALT4 | SYR | Pts |
| 1 | Louis Schneider | 1 | 7 | | 7 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 712.5 |
| 2 | Fred Frame | 2 | 9 | 4 | 15 | | | 12 | 540 |
| 3 | Ralph Hepburn | 3 | 4 | | DNS | | | 13 | 362 |
| 4 | Russ Snowberger | 5 | 8 | | | | | 10 | 330 |
| 5 | Jimmy Gleason | 6 | DNQ | 2 | 1 | | 5 | DNQ | 329 |
| 6 | Shorty Cantlon | 27 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 296 |
| 7 | Ernie Triplett | 7 | 2* | | | | | DNQ | 290 |
| 8 | Lou Moore | 26 | | 1* | 13 | | | 1 | 240 |
| 9 | Chet Miller | 10 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 216.5 |
| 10 | Bill Cummings | 28 | 3 | | 8 | 7 | 2* | 3 | 191.5 |
| 11 | Sam Ross | 15 | 5 | | 16 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 180 |
| 12 | Stubby Stubblefield | 8 | | | | | | | 150 |
| 13 | Wilbur Shaw | 6 | 11 | 3 | 14 | | | 11 | 145 |
| 14 | Myron Stevens | 4 | | | | | | | 127.7 |
| 15 | Louis Meyer | 34 | 1 | | | | | | 120 |
| 16 | Paul Bost | 31 | DNQ | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 113.5 |
| 17 | Milton Jones | DNQ | | 8 | 11 | 8 | 4 | DNQ | 107.5 |
| 18 | Cliff Bergere | 9 | | | | | | | 100 |
| 19 | Al Aspen RY | 14 | | 9 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 85 |
| 20 | Gene Haustein | 23 | 14 | 10 | DNP | | | 4 | 80 |
| 21 | Deacon Litz | 17 | | | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 72.5 |
| 22 | Tony Gulotta | 18 | DNQ | 5 | | | | | 60 |
| 23 | Herman Schurch | 39 | | | | | | 6 | 50 |
| 24 | Francis Quinn R | 40 | 6 | | | | | | 50 |
| 25 | Zeke Meyer | DNQ | DNQ | | 2 | 2 | 11 | DNQ | 45 |
| 26 | Bill Denver | 11 | | DNS | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 35 |
| 27 | Doc MacKenzie R | | | | | | | 8 | 30 |
| 28 | Bryan Saulpaugh R | 21 | | | DNP | | | DNQ | 11.3 |
| 29 | William Gardner | 25 | | | 9 | | | | 5 |
| - | Joe Huff | 16 | | 11 | | | | | 0 |
| - | George Howie R | 11 | | | | | | DNQ | 0 |
| - | L. L. Corum | 11 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Malcolm Fox R | DNQ | | 12 | | | | | 0 |
| - | Phil Shafer | 12 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Babe Stapp | 35 | 13 | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Dave Evans | 13 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | George Wingerter R | 33 | | 14 | | | | DNQ | 0 |
| - | Billy Arnold | 19* | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Luther Johnson | 20 | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Billy Winn R | 21 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | James Patterson R | 21 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Frank Brisko | 22 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Joe Russo R | 24 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Wesley Crawford | 25 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Freddie Winnai | 29 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Phil Pardee | 30 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Frank Farmer | 32 | DNQ | | | | | DNQ | 0 |
| - | John Boling | 36 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Leon Duray | 37 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Harry Butcher | 38 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Ab Jenkins | DNS | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Sun Hawk | | | | | | | DNS | 0 |
| - | Milt Marion | DNQ | | | | | | DNQ | 0 |
| - | Rollin May | DNQ | | | | | | DNQ | 0 |
| - | Ben Brandfon | DNQ | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Eddie Burbach | DNQ | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Joe Caccia | DNQ | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Ted Chamberlain | DNQ | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Gordon Condon | DNQ | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Rick Decker | DNQ | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Ralph DePalma | DNQ | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Peter DePaolo | DNQ | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Dusty Fahrnow | DNQ | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Jerry Houck | DNQ | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Bert Karnatz | DNQ | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Pete Kreis | DNQ | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Norske Larson | DNQ | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Charles Moran | DNQ | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Roy Painter | DNQ | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | C. C. Reeder | DNQ | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Johnny Seymour | DNQ | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Carl Smith | DNQ | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Floyd Sparks | DNQ | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Joe Thomas | DNQ | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Marion Trexler | DNQ | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Wally Zale | DNQ | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | R. G. Brown | | | | | | | DNQ | 0 |
| - | Gene Pirong | | | | | | | DNQ | 0 |
| - | George Simons | | | | | | | DNQ | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | INDY | DET | ALT1 | ALT2 | ALT3 | ALT4 | 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 ||