# 1928 AAA Championship Car season

The 1928 AAA Championship Car season consisted of seven races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Salem, New Hampshire on October 12. There were also three non-championship races. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Louis Meyer.
Fred Comer died during the season's final event at Rockingham.

## 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 | Leon Duray | Louis Meyer |
| 2 | June 10 | Detroit Race 1 - 100 | Michigan State Fairgrounds | Detroit, Michigan | Dirt | Ray Keech | Ray Keech |
| 3 | July 4 | Rockingham Preliminary - 15 | Rockingham Park | Salem, New Hampshire | Board | Leon Duray | Leon Duray |
| 4 | July 4 | Rockingham Race - 185 | Rockingham Park | Salem, New Hampshire | Board | Leon Duray | Ray Keech |
| NC | July 4 | Atlantic City Race 1 - 100 | Atlantic City Speedway | Hammonton, New Jersey | Board | — | Freddie Winnai |
| NC | July 15 | Detroit Race 2 - 100 | Michigan State Fairgrounds | Detroit, Michigan | Dirt | — | Howard Taylor |
| 5 | August 19 | Altoona Race - 200 | Altoona Speedway | Tyrone, Pennsylvania | Board | Leon Duray | Louis Meyer |
| 6 | September 1 | Syracuse Race - 100 | New York State Fairgrounds | Syracuse, New York | Dirt | Cliff Woodbury | Ray Keech |
| NC | September 16 | Atlantic City Race 2 - 100 | Atlantic City Speedway | Hammonton, New Jersey | Board | — | Ray Keech |
| 7 | October 12 | International Motor Classic - 200 | Rockingham Park | Salem, New Hampshire | Board | Bob McDonogh | Cliff Woodbury |
    ^A Scheduled for 200 miles, stopped due to track breaking up after 50 laps.

## 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 | SAL1 | SAL2 | ALT | SYR | SAL3 | Pts |
| 1 | Louis Meyer | 1 | DNQ | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 1596 |
| 2 | Ray Keech | 4 | 1* | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 915 |
| 3 | Lou Moore RY | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 13 | | 12 | 406 |
| 4 | George Souders | 3 | 14 | DNQ | | | | | 270 |
| 5 | Bob McDonogh | 16 | | 2 | 6 | 2 | | 11 | 248 |
| 6 | Fred Frame | 8 | 2 | | | | | | 146 |
| 7 | Norman Batten | 5 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 145 |
| 8 | Cliff Woodbury | 23 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 138 |
| 9 | Billy Arnold R | 7 | 7 | | | 4 | | 3 | 120 |
| 10 | Bill Spence R | 7 | 4 | 12 | 4 | DNQ | | | 115 |
| 11 | Russ Snowberger | 29 | | | | DNQ | 2 | | 110 |
| 12 | Dave Evans | 12 | | 13 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 97 |
| 13 | Fred Comer | 9 | | 3 | 9 | 3 | | 15 | 95 |
| 14 | Zeke Meyer | 5 | | | | | 4 | DNQ | 89 |
| 15 | Babe Stapp | 6 | DNQ | 14 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 87 |
| 16 | Ralph Hepburn | 24* | | 4 | DNS | 15 | DNQ | 2 | 70 |
| 17 | Chet Gardner R | | 10 | | | | 3 | DNQ | 60 |
| 18 | Leon Duray | 19* | 11 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 49 |
| 19 | Earl Devore | 18 | | 10 | 8 | 9 | | 5 | 22 |
| 20 | Tony Gulotta | 10 | | | | | | | 21 |
| 21 | Howard Taylor R | | 5 | | | | | | 20 |
| 22 | Bob Robinson R | | | | | | 6 | | 15 |
| 23 | Cliff Bergere | 28 | | 6 | 12 | 14 | DNQ | 6 | 10 |
| 24 | Dutch Baumann | 10 | | | | | | | 9 |
| - | Louis Schneider | 11 | 8 | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Deacon Litz R | 14 | 13 | | | 10 | | 9 | 0 |
| - | Wilbur Shaw | 25 | 9 | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Charles Ganung R | | | | | | 9 | | 0 |
| - | Louis Wilson | 11 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Frank Farmer | | | | | | 11 | | 0 |
| - | Johnny Seymour R | 17 | | | | 12 | | | 0 |
| - | Jimmy Gleason | 15 | DNQ | DNQ | | DNQ | DNQ | 13 | 0 |
| - | Shorty Cantlon R | 13 | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Henry Kohlert | 13 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | W. E. Shattuc | 13 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Wesley Crawford | 14 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Ralph DePalma | | | | | | 14 | | 0 |
| - | Cliff Durant | 16 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Cy Marshall R | 18 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Sam Ross R | 20 | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Ira Hall R | 21 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Jack Petticord | 21 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Pete Kreis | 22 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Benny Shoaff | 26 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Clarence Belt R | 27 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Buddy Marr | DNQ | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | L. L. Corum | DNQ | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Peter DePaolo | DNQ | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Jim Hill | DNQ | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Chet Miller | DNQ | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Kelly Petillo | DNQ | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Herman Schurch | DNQ | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Eddie Hearne | | | | | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Bill Albertson | | | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Bo Amos | | | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Claude Berton | | | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Frank Conley | | | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Rick Decker | | | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Louis Hornbrook | | | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | G. Hunn | | | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | George Huss | | | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Henry Korgis | | | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Aguila Lenyard | | | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Ralph Malamud | | | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Hap Ray | | | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Charles Schwab | | | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Ira Vail | | | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | George Wingerter | | | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Freddie Winnai | | | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | George Zimmerman | | | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Ionel Ghica-Cantacuzino | DNP | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Phil Shafer | DNP | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | INDY | DET | SAL1 | SAL2 | ALT | SYR | SAL3 | 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 ||