# 1929 AAA Championship Car season

The 1929 AAA Championship Car season consisted of five races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Tyrone, Pennsylvania on September 2. There were also three non-championship races. The AAA National Champion was Louis Meyer and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Ray Keech.
Bill Spence died during the Indianapolis 500 on May 30. Ray Keech, who won the Indianapolis 500 a few weeks ago, died at Altoona during the first race on June 15.

## Schedule and results

All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.
| Rnd | Date | Race Name | Track | Location | Type | Pole Position | Winning Driver |
| NC | May 26 | Toledo Race 1 - 100 | Fort Miami Speedway | Toledo, Ohio | Dirt | — | Wilbur Shaw |
| 1 | May 30 | International 500 Mile Sweepstakes | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Speedway, Indiana | Brick | Cliff Woodbury | Ray Keech |
| NC | June 2 | Cleveland Race - 100 | Randall Park Raceway | North Randall, Ohio | Dirt | — | Wilbur Shaw |
| 2 | June 9 | Detroit Race - 100 | Michigan State Fairgrounds | Detroit, Michigan | Dirt | Ray Keech | Cliff Woodbury |
| 3 | June 15 | Altoona Race 1 - 200 | Altoona Speedway | Tyrone, Pennsylvania | Board | Cliff Woodbury | Louis Meyer |
| NC | August 18 | Toledo Race 2 - 100 | Fort Miami Speedway | Toledo, Ohio | Dirt | — | Wilbur Shaw |
| 4 | August 31 | Syracuse Race - 100 | New York State Fairgrounds | Syracuse, New York | Dirt | Shorty Cantlon | Wilbur Shaw |
| 5 | September 2 | Altoona Race 2 - 200 | Altoona Speedway | Tyrone, Pennsylvania | Board | Lou Moore | Louis Meyer |
    ^A Scheduled for 100 miles, but stopped after 85 miles.
    ^B Scheduled for 200 miles, stopped due to fatal wreck involving then-leader Ray Keech. AAA rules stated that no car involved in a wreck could score points, so the win reverted to Louis Meyer.

## 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: Carl Marchese, L. L. Corum, and Louis Chiron were ineligible for points.
* The final standings based on reference.
| Pos | Driver | INDY | DET | ALT1 | SYR | ALT2 | Pts |
| 1 | Louis Meyer | 2* | 2 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1330 |
| 2 | Ray Keech | 1 | 14 | 10* | | | 1000 |
| 3 | Wilbur Shaw | | 5 | | 1 | 5 | 240 |
| 4 | Fred Frame | 10 | | | 11 | 2 | 231 |
| 5 | Cliff Woodbury | 33 | 1 | 11 | DNQ | | 200 |
| 6 | Cliff Bergere | 9 | | 2 | | 10 | 186 |
| 7 | Freddie Winnai | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 168 |
| 8 | Jimmy Gleason | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | | 166 |
| 9 | Frank Brisko RY | 11 | | | 2 | | 110 |
| 10 | Myron Stevens R | DNQ | | | | 3 | 110 |
| 11 | Deacon Litz | 24 | | 3 | 12 | 13 | 90 |
| 12 | Lou Moore | 13 | 3 | 13 | | 8 | 70 |
| 13 | Shorty Cantlon | 13 | | | 14 | 4 | 60 |
| 14 | Billy Arnold | 8 | 9 | | 6 | 6 | 56 |
| 15 | Ernie Triplett R | 26 | | 4 | | | 50 |
| 16 | Chet Gardner | 6 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 41 |
| 17 | Zeke Meyer | 15 | | DNS | 4 | | 35 |
| 18 | Russ Snowberger | 18 | 4 | | DNQ | | 35 |
| 19 | Roscoe Ford R | 5 | | | | | 35 |
| 20 | William Gardner R | 6 | | 7 | | 9 | 34 |
| 21 | Paul Bost R | 8 | | | 5 | | 25 |
| 22 | Bob Robinson | DNQ | 6 | 8 | DNQ | | 25 |
| 23 | Fred Roberts R | 8 | | | | | 22 |
| 24 | Dave Evans | 15 | | 6 | DNQ | | 20 |
| 25 | Thane Houser | 3 | | | | | 16 |
| 26 | Bill Albertson R | 14 | | | 7 | | 10 |
| - | Carl Marchese R | 4 | | | | | 0 |
| - | L. L. Corum | 5 | | | | | 0 |
| - | Louis Chiron R | 7 | | | | | 0 |
| - | Herman Schurch R | 20 | | | 10 | | 0 |
| - | Ralph DePalma | DNQ | 11 | | | | 0 |
| - | Gordon Condon R | | | | DNQ | 12 | 0 |
| - | Phil Shafer | 12 | | | | | 0 |
| - | Barney Kleopfer R | 13 | | | | | 0 |
| - | Bill Lindau R | 19 | | 14 | | | 0 |
| - | Frank Farmer | 14 | | | | | 0 |
| - | Wesley Crawford | 15 | | | | | 0 |
| - | Ted Simpson R | 15 | | | | | 0 |
| - | Pete Kreis | 16 | | | | | 0 |
| - | Tony Gulotta | 17 | | | | | 0 |
| - | Bob McDonogh | 18 | | | | | 0 |
| - | Jack Buxton R | 20 | | | | | 0 |
| - | Johnny Seymour | 21 | | DNS | | | 0 |
| - | Leon Duray | 22 | | | | | 0 |
| - | Rick Decker R | 23 | | DNS | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Giovanni Rossi R | 23 | | | | | 0 |
| - | Bert Karnatz R | 25 | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Babe Stapp | 28 | | | | | 0 |
| - | Jules Moriceau R | 29 | | | | | 0 |
| - | Peter DePaolo | 30 | | | | | 0 |
| - | Ralph Hepburn | 31 | | | | | 0 |
| - | Bill Spence | 32 | | | | | 0 |
| - | Phil Pardee | DNS | | | | | 0 |
| - | Sam Grecco | DNQ | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Joe Baker | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| - | C. H. Cunard | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| - | Cliff Durant | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| - | Ira Hall | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| - | Jim Hill | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| - | Ralph Miller | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| - | Ray Smith | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| - | Steve Smith | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| - | Frank Sweigert | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| - | Henry Turgeon | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| - | John Vance | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| - | Louis Schneider | | | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Bo Amos | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Al Aspen | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Norval DeLelys | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Myron Fults | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Charles Ganung | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Paolo Gimarino | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Harold Larzelere | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Hap Ray | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Charles Schwab | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Al Stewart | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Archie Waterman | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | George Wingerter | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Gianfranco Comotti | Wth | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | INDY | DET | ALT1 | SYR | ALT2 | 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 ||