# 1936 AAA Championship Car season

The 1936 AAA Championship Car season consisted of four races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Westbury, New York on October 12. There were three non-championship events. The AAA National Champion was Mauri Rose, and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Louis Meyer.
Al Gordon and his driving mechanic Spider Matlock died at Ascot during the non-championship race.

## Schedule and results

| Rnd | Date | Race Name | Track | Location | Type | Pole Position | Winning Driver |
| NC | January 12 | Oakland 150 | Oakland Speedway | San Leandro, California | Dirt | Babe Stapp | Al Gordon |
| NC | January 26 | Ascot 125 | Legion Ascot Speedway | Alhambra, California | Dirt | — | Rex Mays |
| 1 | May 30 | International 500 Mile Sweepstakes | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Speedway, Indiana | Brick | Rex Mays | Louis Meyer |
| 2 | June 20 | Goshen 100 | Good Time Park | Goshen, New York | Dirt | George Connor | Rex Mays |
| NC | August 22 | Springfield 100 | Illinois State Fairgrounds | Springfield, Illinois | Dirt | George Connor | Wilbur Shaw |
| 3 | September 15 | Syracuse 100 | New York State Fairgrounds | Syracuse, New York | Dirt | Russ Snowberger | Mauri Rose |
| 4 | October 12 | George Vanderbilt Cup | Roosevelt Raceway | Westbury, New York | Road | Antonio Brivio | Tazio Nuvolari |

## 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 | GOS | SYR | ROR | Pts |
| 1 | Mauri Rose | 4 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 610 |
| 2 | Louis Meyer | 1* | 13 | | DNQ | 600 |
| 3 | Ted Horn | 2 | DNQ | DNQ | 36 | 450 |
| 4 | Doc MacKenzie | 3 | 3 | | | 362 |
| 5 | Tazio Nuvolari RY | | | | 1* | 360 |
| 6 | Wilbur Shaw | 7 | 2 | 12 | 45 | 319.8 |
| 7 | Chet Miller | 5 | DNQ | | 26 | 300 |
| 8 | Jean-Pierre Wimille R | | | | 2 | 270 |
| 9 | Antonio Brivio R | | | | 3 | 240 |
| 10 | Raymond Sommer R | | | | 4 | 210 |
| 11 | Rex Mays | 15 | 1 | 3* | DNQ | 200 |
| 12 | Ray Pixley R | 6 | | | | 200 |
| 13 | Pat Fairfield R | | | | 5 | 180 |
| 14 | George Barringer | 8 | | | | 150 |
| 15 | George Connor | 10 | 14 | 2 | 31 | 140 |
| 16 | Bill Cummings | 33 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 120 |
| 17 | Kelly Petillo | 3 | | | | 118 |
| 18 | Jimmy Snyder | 30 | 7 | 4 | 37 | 110 |
| 19 | Carlo Felice Trossi R | | | | 6 | 102 |
| 20 | Zeke Meyer | 9 | | | DNS | 100 |
| 21 | Frank Brisko | 20 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 80 |
| 22 | Floyd Roberts | 19 | 4 | | | 70 |
| 23 | Billy Winn | 26 | 5* | 9 | 32 | 60 |
| 24 | Philippe Étancelin R | | | | 9 | 60 |
| 25 | Bob Sall | | | 6 | DNS | 50 |
| 26 | Frederick McEvoy R | | | | 6 | 48 |
| 27 | Chet Gardner | 29 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 30 |
| 28 | Deacon Litz | 23 | | 15 | 10 | 30 |
| 29 | Shorty Cantlon | 14 | DNQ | 7 | 38 | 10.2 |
| 30 | Babe Stapp | 24 | 10 | | 35 | 10 |
| - | Russ Snowberger | DNQ | 12 | 8 | 33 | 0 |
| - | Floyd Davis | | DNQ | 10 | 39 | 0 |
| - | Henry Banks | DNQ | | 11 | 20 | 0 |
| - | Freddie Winnai | 11 | DNQ | | DNP | 0 |
| - | Chuck Tabor R | | DNQ | | 11 | 0 |
| - | Emil Andres | 18 | | | 12 | 0 |
| - | Ralph Hepburn | 12 | | | | 0 |
| - | Harry McQuinn | 13 | | | | 0 |
| - | Francis Curzon R | | | | 13 | 0 |
| - | Dave Evans | DNQ | | | 14 | 0 |
| - | Brian Lewis R | | | | 15 | 0 |
| - | Rick Decker | DNQ | | | 16 | 0 |
| - | Doc Williams R | 16 | | | | 0 |
| - | Lou Moore | 17 | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Al Putnam R | DNQ | | | 17 | 0 |
| - | Teddy Rayson R | | | | 18 | 0 |
| - | Roy Lake R | | | | 19 | 0 |
| - | Al Miller | 21 | | | | 0 |
| - | Tony Gulotta | 22 | | | 24 | 0 |
| - | Cliff Bergere | 22 | | | | 0 |
| - | Gus Zarka R | | | | 22 | 0 |
| - | Bob Swanson R | | | | 23 | 0 |
| - | Phil Shafer | DNQ | | | 25 | 0 |
| - | Frank McGurk R | 26 | | | DNQ | 0 |
| - | Louis Tomei | 27 | DNQ | DNQ | 30 | 0 |
| - | Herb Ardinger | 28 | | | | 0 |
| - | Lewis Balus R | | | | 28 | 0 |
| - | Ted Chamberlain | | | | 29 | 0 |
| - | Johnny Seymour | 31 | | DNS | | 0 |
| - | Fred Frame | 32 | | | | 0 |
| - | Joel Thorne R | DNP | DNQ | DNS | 34 | 0 |
| - | Tony Willman R | | | | 40 | 0 |
| - | Giuseppe Farina R | | | | 41 | 0 |
| - | Raphaël Bethenod R | | | | 42 | 0 |
| - | Overton Phillips R | | | | 43 | 0 |
| - | Milt Marion | | DNQ | DNQ | 44 | 0 |
| - | George Wingerter | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNS | 0 |
| - | John Crow | | | DNS | | 0 |
| - | Louis Kimmer | | | DNS | | 0 |
| - | Frankie Beeder | | | | DNS | 0 |
| - | Ben Brandfon | | | | DNS | 0 |
| - | Sidney Cotton | | | | DNS | 0 |
| - | Billy Devore | | | | DNS | 0 |
| - | Goldie Gardner | | | | DNS | 0 |
| - | Attilio Marinoni | | | | DNS | 0 |
| - | Ray Carter | | DNQ | DSQ | | 0 |
| - | George Bailey | DNQ | | | | 0 |
| - | Dusty Fahrnow | DNQ | | | | 0 |
| - | Harry Hunt | DNQ | | | | 0 |
| - | Roy Painter | DNQ | | | | 0 |
| - | Overton Snell | DNQ | | | | 0 |
| - | Walt Brown | | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Jack Moon | | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Bill Schindler | | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Gene Pirong | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Bob Zauer | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Mike Caruso | | | | DNQ | 0 |
| - | John Cebula | | | | DNQ | 0 |
| - | Luther Johnson | Wth | | | | 0 |
| - | Lucky Teter | DNP | | | | 0 |
| - | Lemuel Ladd | | | | DNP | 0 |
| - | Don Moore | | | | DNP | 0 |
| - | John Moretti | | | | DNP | 0 |
| - | Frank Wearne | | | | DNP | 0 |
| - | Don Durfer | | | DSQ | | 0 |
| - | Charles Tramison | | | DSQ | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | INDY | GOS | SYR | ROR | 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 ||