# 1932 AAA Championship Car season

The 1932 AAA Championship Car season consisted of six races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in San Leandro, California on November 13. The AAA National Champion was Bob Carey and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Fred Frame.
Milton Jones died at Indianapolis in practice; during qualifications, Bennie Bennefiel and his riding mechanic Harry Cox died.

## 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 | Lou Moore | Fred Frame |
| 2 | June 5 | Detroit 100 | Michigan State Fairgrounds | Detroit, Michigan | Dirt | Bill Cummings | Bob Carey |
| 3 | June 19 | Roby 100 | Roby Speedway | Roby, Indiana | Dirt | — | Stubby Stubblefield |
| 4 | July 2 | Syracuse 100 | New York State Fairgrounds | Syracuse, New York | Dirt | Bill Cummings | Bob Carey |
| 5 | September 10 | Detroit 100 | Michigan State Fairgrounds | Detroit, Michigan | Dirt | Bob Carey | Mauri Rose |
| 6 | November 13 | Oakland 150 | Oakland Speedway | San Leandro, California | Dirt | Bill Cummings | Bill Cummings |
    ^A Scheduled for 100 miles, stopped after 83 miles due to rain.
    ^B Scheduled for 100 miles, stopped after 81 miles due to rain.

## 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 | DET1 | ROB | SYR | DET2 | OAK | Pts |
| 1 | Bob Carey RY | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1* | 7* | 2* | 815 |
| 2 | Fred Frame | 1* | 3 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 710 |
| 3 | Howard Wilcox R | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 610 |
| 4 | Russ Snowberger | 5 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 5 | | 440 |
| 5 | Bill Cummings | 19 | 11* | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 430 |
| 6 | Cliff Bergere | 3 | | | | | | 400 |
| 7 | Mauri Rose R | DNQ | | 5 | | 1 | 4 | 285 |
| 8 | Stubby Stubblefield | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | | | 280 |
| 9 | Zeke Meyer | 6 | | | | | | 250 |
| 10 | Ira Hall | 7 | 8 | 13 | DNQ | | | 221 |
| 11 | Al Gordon R | 40 | DNS | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 215 |
| 12 | Sam Ross | DNQ | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 | | 190 |
| 13 | Freddie Winnai | 8 | DNQ | 9 | DNQ | | | 170 |
| 14 | Ernie Triplett | 22 | 10 | DNQ | | | 3 | 120 |
| 15 | Wilbur Shaw | 17 | 9 | DNQ | | | 5 | 110 |
| 16 | Al Miller R | 27 | 14 | DNQ | DNQ | 3 | | 80 |
| 17 | Joe Russo | 24 | 7 | 7 | 16 | DNQ | | 80 |
| 18 | James Patterson | 9 | | | DNQ | | | 52.5 |
| 19 | Bryan Saulpaugh | 32 | | | DNQ | 6 | 10 | 50 |
| 20 | Ray Campbell R | 30 | DNQ | DNQ | 6 | DNQ | | 50 |
| 21 | Shorty Cantlon | | | | DNQ | | 6 | 50 |
| 22 | Billy Winn | 9 | | | DNQ | | | 47.5 |
| 23 | Doc MacKenzie | 28 | DNQ | DNQ | 7 | | | 40 |
| 24 | Joe Huff | 10 | | | | | | 35.8 |
| 25 | Chet Miller | 21 | DNQ | DNQ | 15 | 8 | | 30 |
| 26 | Gene Haustein | DNQ | DNQ | 14 | 9 | 14 | | 20 |
| 27 | Dusty Fahrnow R | 10 | | | | | | 14.2 |
| 28 | Frank Farmer | | | | 10 | | | 10 |
| 29 | Eddie Meyer R | 7 | | | | | | 9 |
| - | Louis Tomei R | | | | | | 8 | 0 |
| - | Kelly Petillo R | 12 | | | | | 9 | 0 |
| - | Jack Patterson R | | | | | 10 | | 0 |
| - | Louis Schneider | 23 | 13 | 11 | 11 | DNS | | 0 |
| - | Frank Brisko | 29 | | | | 11 | | 0 |
| - | Phil Shafer | 11 | | | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Babe Stapp | | | | | | 11 | 0 |
| - | George Barringer R | | | 12 | 18 | | | 0 |
| - | Malcolm Fox | 20 | 12 | DNQ | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Al Aspen | 34 | DNQ | DNQ | 12 | | | 0 |
| - | Louis Meyer | 33 | | | DNQ | | 13 | 0 |
| - | Tony Gulotta | 13 | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Chris Vest R | | | | | | 14 | 0 |
| - | Pete Kreis | 15 | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Les Spangler R | | | | | | 15 | 0 |
| - | Luther Johnson | 16 | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Deacon Litz | 18 | | DNQ | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Lou Moore | 25 | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Joseph Bonadeo | 26 | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Juan Gaudino R | 26 | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Billy Arnold | 31 | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Johnny Krieger | 35 | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Wesley Crawford | 36 | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Paul Bost | 37 | | | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Bob McDonogh | 38 | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Gus Schrader R | 39 | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Gabriel Nardi | | | | DNS | | | 0 |
| - | Sam Palmer | | | | | | DNS | 0 |
| - | George Kalen | DNQ | DNQ | | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | George Howie | DNQ | | DNQ | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Harry Hunt | DNQ | | DNQ | | | | 0 |
| - | Jack Mertz | DNQ | | | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Roy Painter | DNQ | | | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | A. C. Aiken | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Bennie Benefiel | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Arvol Brunmeier | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Buddy Calloway | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Fred Clemons | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | L. L. Corum | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Danny Day | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Leon DeHart | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Leon Duray | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | William Gardner | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Sam Grecco | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Milton Jones | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Edward Leipert | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Milt Marion | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Barney McKenna | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Fred Merzney | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Paul Rice | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Al Theisen | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Marion Trexler | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Larry Wall | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | George Wingerter | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Harry Lewis | | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| - | George Beck | | | | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Walter Berne | | | | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Ray Carter | | | | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Ted Chamberlain | | | | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | George Metzler | | | | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Bob Post | | | | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Cliff Thomas | | | | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | George Bailey | | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Clay Corbitt | | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Howard Dauphin | | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Rollin May | | | | | DSQ | | 0 |
| - | J. Toren | | | | | DSQ | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | INDY | DET1 | ROB | SYR | DET2 | OAK | 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 ||