# 1935 AAA Championship Car season

The 1935 AAA Championship Car season consisted of six races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Langhorne, Pennsylvania on October 13. There was one non-championship event. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Kelly Petillo.
During the Indianapolis 500, Johnny Hannon died in practice, Stubby Stubblefield died while qualifying, and Clay Weatherly died during the race.

## Schedule and results

All races running on Dirt/Brick 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 | Rex Mays | Kelly Petillo |
| 2 | July 4 | St. Paul 100 | Minnesota State Fair Speedway | Hamline, Minnesota | Dirt | Deacon Litz | Kelly Petillo |
| 3 | August 24 | Springfield 100 | Illinois State Fairgrounds | Springfield, Illinois | Dirt | Kelly Petillo | Billy Winn |
| 4 | September 2 | Syracuse 100 | New York State Fairgrounds | Syracuse, New York | Dirt | Billy Winn | Billy Winn |
| 5 | September 7 | Altoona 100 | Altoona Speedway | Tyrone, Pennsylvania | Dirt | Floyd Roberts | Louis Meyer |
| 6 | October 13 | Langhorne 100 | Langhorne Speedway | Langhorne, Pennsylvania | Dirt | Billy Winn | Kelly Petillo |
| NC | December 15 | Ascot 125 | Legion Ascot Speedway | Alhambra, California | Dirt | Floyd Roberts | Rex Mays |

## 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 | HAM | SPR | SYR | ALT | LAN | Pts |
| 1 | Kelly Petillo | 1* | 1 | 6 | 14 | Wth | 1* | 890 |
| 2 | Bill Cummings | 3 | 2 | | 2 | 6 | 8 | 630 |
| 3 | Wilbur Shaw | 2 | 4 | | 16 | 8 | | 550 |
| 4 | Floyd Roberts | 4 | | DNQ | DNQ | 3 | 3 | 510 |
| 5 | Billy Winn | 6 | | 1 | 1* | Wth | 2 | 408.7 |
| 6 | Chet Gardner | 7 | | 4 | DNQ | DNQ | 9 | 270 |
| 7 | Shorty Cantlon | 6 | 13 | | 6 | Wth | | 221.3 |
| 8 | Louis Meyer | 12 | 6 | | 8 | 1* | | 200 |
| 9 | Ralph Hepburn | 5 | | | | | | 198 |
| 10 | Doc MacKenzie | 9 | | 10 | 4 | | | 170 |
| 11 | Frank Brisko | 23 | DNQ | | DNS | 2 | 4 | 160 |
| 12 | Al Miller | 15 | 3 | | 3 | 14 | | 160 |
| 13 | Deacon Litz | 8 | 5 | | 5 | DNQ | | 152.3 |
| 14 | Gene Haustein | 5 | | DSQ | DNQ | | 6 | 152 |
| 15 | George Barringer | 24 | | 2 | DNS | 12 | 5 | 150 |
| 16 | Chet Miller | 10 | | DNQ | DNQ | 7 | | 90 |
| 17 | Emil Andres RY | DNQ | DNQ | 3 | | | | 80 |
| 18 | Babe Stapp | 25 | 14 | | 15 | 4 | | 70 |
| 19 | Ken Fowler R | | | 11 | | 5 | DNQ | 60 |
| 20 | Overton Snell | DNQ | | 5 | | | | 60 |
| 21 | Russ Snowberger | 27 | 9 | | 7 | 13 | | 60 |
| 22 | Floyd Davis R | | 8 | | 9 | 10 | | 60 |
| 23 | Johnny Sawyer | 8 | 11 | 9 | 11 | DNQ | | 43.5 |
| 24 | Fred Frame | 11 | 7 | | 13 | Wth | | 40 |
| 25 | Bill Schindler R | | | | | | 8 | 30 |
| 26 | Henry Banks R | | | | 12 | 9 | | 20 |
| 27 | Lou Moore | 18 | DNQ | | 10 | | | 10 |
| 28 | Maynard Clark R | | 10 | | | | | 10 |
| - | Ray Carter R | | | | | | 7 | 0 |
| - | Milt Marion R | | | 7 | | | | 0 |
| - | George Bailey | 26 | | 8 | | | 14 | 0 |
| - | George Wingerter | | | | DNQ | | 10 | 0 |
| - | Charles Tramison R | | | | | 11 | | 0 |
| - | John Cebula R | | | | | | 11 | 0 |
| - | Mauri Rose | 20 | 12 | | DNQ | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Harry Hunt | DNQ | DNQ | 12 | | | | 0 |
| - | Vern Ornduff R | | | | | | 12 | 0 |
| - | Zeke Meyer | DNQ | | | DNS | | 13 | 0 |
| - | Cliff Bergere | 13 | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Harris Insinger | 14 | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Ted Horn R | 16 | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| - | Rex Mays | 17 | | | | | | 0 |
| - | George Connor R | 19 | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Paul Bost | 20 | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Tony Gulotta | 21 | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Jimmy Snyder R | 22 | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| - | Johnny Seymour | 24 | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Louis Tomei | 28 | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Bob Sall | 29 | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Al Gordon | 30 | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| - | Freddie Winnai | 31 | | | DNS | DNQ | DNQ | 0 |
| - | Clay Weatherly R | 32 | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Harry McQuinn | 33 | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Dave Evans | DNQ | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| - | Gus Zarka | | | | | DNQ | DNQ | 0 |
| - | Herb Ardinger | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | L. L. Corum | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Wesley Crawford | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Dusty Fahrnow | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Johnny Hannon | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Herschell McKee | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Floyd O'Neal | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Roy Painter | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Johnny Rae | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Phil Shafer | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Stubby Stubblefield | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Doc Williams | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Robert Wilson | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Muir | | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| - | Ted Chamberlain | | | | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Gene Pirong | | | | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | George Metzler | | | | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Myron Stevens | | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Ivan Mikan | | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Don Church | | | | | | DNQ | 0 |
| - | Duke Nalon | Wth | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | INDY | HAM | SPR | SYR | ALT | LAN | 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 ||