# 1930 AAA Championship Car season

The 1930 AAA Championship Car season consisted of eight races, beginning in Langhorne, Pennsylvania on May 3 and concluding in Syracuse, New York on September 6. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Billy Arnold.
Two riding mechanics died during the season. Paul Marshall, at the Indianapolis 500; and William Berry, who died at Detroit during qualifying.

## Schedule and results

All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.
| Rnd | Date | Race Name | Track | Location | Type | Pole Position | Winning Driver |
| 1 | May 3 | Langhorne Race - 100 | Langhorne Speedway | Langhorne, Pennsylvania | Dirt | Bill Cummings | Bill Cummings |
| 2 | May 30 | International 500 Mile Sweepstakes | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Speedway, Indiana | Brick | Billy Arnold | Billy Arnold |
| 3 | June 9 | Detroit Race - 100 | Michigan State Fairgrounds | Detroit, Michigan | Dirt | Chet Gardner | Wilbur Shaw |
| 4 | June 14 | Altoona Race 1 - 200 | Altoona Speedway | Tyrone, Pennsylvania | Board | Billy Arnold | Billy Arnold |
| 5 | June 22 | Akron Race - 100 | Akron Speedway | Northampton Township, Ohio | Board | Wilbur Shaw | Shorty Cantlon |
| 6 | July 4 | Bridgeville Race - 100 | Bridgeville Speedway | Bridgeville, Pennsylvania | Board | Shorty Cantlon | Wilbur Shaw |
| 7 | September 1 | Altoona Race 2 - 200 | Altoona Speedway | Tyrone, Pennsylvania | Board | Billy Arnold | Billy Arnold |
| 8 | September 6 | Syracuse Race - 100 | New York State Fairgrounds | Syracuse, New York | Dirt | Billy Arnold | Bill Cummings |
    ^A Scheduled for 200 miles, stopped early due to rain on lap 93.

## Final points standings

* Note 1: 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.
* Note 2: Louis Schneider was ineligible for points.
* The final standings based on reference.
| Pos | Driver | LAN | INDY | DET | ALT1 | AKR | BRV | ALT2 | SYR | Pts |
| 1 | Billy Arnold | | 1* | 14 | 1* | 4 | 7 | 1* | 10 | 1027.5 |
| 2 | Shorty Cantlon | | 2 | 12 | 4 | 1* | 12 | 3 | 3 | 653 |
| 3 | Bill Cummings RY | 1* | 5 | 3 | | | | 4 | 1 | 650.4 |
| 4 | Russ Snowberger | 14 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 489.7 |
| 5 | Deacon Litz | 2 | 30 | 2 | | DNP | | 2 | 2 | 464.6 |
| 6 | Wilbur Shaw | 7 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1* | DNQ | DNQ | 385.2 |
| 7 | Louis Meyer | | 4 | | | | | 8 | 15 | 384.9 |
| 8 | Dave Evans | | 6 | | | DNP | 4 | | | 320 |
| 9 | Frank Farmer | 12 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 6 | | DNQ | 5 | 270 |
| 10 | Herman Schurch | 10 | 2 | | 4 | | | | | 240 |
| 11 | Phil Shafer | | 7 | | | | | | | 200 |
| 12 | Zeke Meyer | 6 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 8 | | DNQ | 7 | 190 |
| 13 | Bert Karnatz | | | | | 5 | 3 | | DNQ | 140 |
| 14 | Frank Brisko | 5 | | | | | 8 | 6 | | 140 |
| 15 | William Gardner | | 23 | | 5 | | | 10 | DNQ | 131.6 |
| 16 | Freddie Winnai | 3 | 5 | | 11 | | | | | 131 |
| 17 | Mel Kenealy R | | 17 | | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | | 118.1 |
| 18 | Stubby Stubblefield R | | 9 | 7 | | | DNQ | 11 | 4 | 113 |
| 19 | Lou Moore | | 27 | | 8 | DNQ | | 7 | DNQ | 106.5 |
| 20 | Chet Gardner | | 38 | 13 | 13 | 3 | | | 14 | 80 |
| 21 | Ernie Triplett | | 15 | 4 | 16 | DNQ | | | | 70 |
| 22 | Bill Albertson | 4 | | | | | | | | 70 |
| 23 | Gene Haustein R | | | | | 4 | 11 | | DNQ | 62 |
| 24 | Ralph Sloan R | | | | | 10 | 5 | | | 60 |
| 25 | Chet Miller R | | 13 | 5 | | 15 | DNP | | | 60 |
| 26 | Paul Bost | | 13 | | | | 6 | DNQ | DNQ | 50 |
| 27 | Luther Johnson R | | | 6 | | | | | | 50 |
| 28 | L. L. Corum | | 10 | | | | | | | 50 |
| 29 | Phil Pardee | | | | | | | 9 | 9 | 43.2 |
| 30 | Fred Lecklider | | 9 | | | | | | | 32 |
| 31 | Fred Frame | 8 | | | | | | | 13 | 30 |
| 32 | Gordon Condon | | | | | | | | 8 | 30 |
| 33 | Jimmy Gleason | 9 | 29 | | 14 | | 10 | 12 | DNQ | 30 |
| 34 | Leslie Allen R | | 9 | | | | | | | 25 |
| - | Louis Schneider | 7 | 3 | 10 | 11 | | DNP | DNQ | DNQ | 0 |
| - | Babe Stapp | | 31 | 8 | 10 | DNQ | | | | 0 |
| - | Henry Turgeon R | 11 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Claude Berton R | | 11 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Letterio Cucinotta R | | 12 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | George Young R | | | | | | | | 12 | 0 |
| - | Al Stewart R | 13 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Harry Butcher R | | 14 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Ralph DePalma | 15 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Johnny Krieger R | | 18 | | | DNQ | | | | 0 |
| - | J. C. McDonald R | | 18 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Tony Gulotta | | 19 | | DNP | | | | | 0 |
| - | Roland Free R | | 20 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Ted Chamberlain R | | 23 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Joe Huff R | | 23 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Joe Caccia R | | 24 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Rick Decker | | 24 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Bill Denver R | | 25 | | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Cy Marshall | | 26 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Charles Moran R | | 28 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Johnny Seymour | | 32 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Peter DePaolo | | 33 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Fred Roberts | | 33 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Marion Trexler | | 34 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Baconin Borzacchini R | | 37 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Giovanni Rossi | | 37 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Julius Slade | | DNS | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Doc MacKenzie | | DNQ | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Paul Rice | | | | | | | DNQ | DNQ | 0 |
| - | Al Aspen | DNQ | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Fred Fansin | | DNQ | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Juan Gaudino | | DNQ | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Sam Grecco | | DNQ | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | James Klemos | | DNQ | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Walt May | | DNQ | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Bill Lindau | | | | | | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Sam Frizzell | | | | | | | | DNQ | 0 |
| - | Myron Fults | | | | | | | | DNQ | 0 |
| - | Charles Ganung | | | | | | | | DNQ | 0 |
| - | Hap Ray | | | | | | | | DNQ | 0 |
| - | Horace Shaw | | | | | | | | DNQ | 0 |
| - | Howard Shields | | | | | | | | DNQ | 0 |
| - | Archie Waterman | | | | | | | | DNQ | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | LAN | INDY | DET | ALT1 | AKR | BRV | ALT2 | 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 ||