# 1937 AAA Championship Car season

The 1937 AAA Championship Car season consisted of three races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Syracuse, New York on September 12. There were three non-championship events. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Wilbur Shaw.
Albert Opalko, the riding mechanic of Frank McGurk, died during Indianapolis 500 qualifying on May 28.

## Schedule and results

| Rnd | Date | Race Name | Track | Location | Type | Pole Position | Winning Driver |
| 1 | May 31 | International 500 Mile Sweepstakes | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Speedway, Indiana | Brick | Bill Cummings | Wilbur Shaw |
| NC | June 13 | Cleveland 50 | Randall Park Raceway | North Randall, Ohio | Dirt | — | Rex Mays |
| 2 | July 5 | George Vanderbilt Cup | Roosevelt Raceway | Westbury, New York | Road | Rudolf Caracciola | Bernd Rosemeyer |
| NC | August 21 | Springfield 100 | Illinois State Fairgrounds | Springfield, Illinois | Dirt | — | Mauri Rose |
| NC | August 29 | Milwaukee 100 | Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway | West Allis, Wisconsin | Dirt | Billy Winn | Rex Mays |
| 3 | September 12 | Syracuse 100 | New York State Fairgrounds | Syracuse, New York | Dirt | Rex Mays | Billy Winn |

## 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 | ROR | SYR | Pts |
| 1 | Wilbur Shaw | 1* | 9 | DNQ | 1135 |
| 2 | Ted Horn | 3 | 17 | 6 | 750 |
| 3 | Bernd Rosemeyer RY | | 1* | | 600 |
| 4 | Ralph Hepburn | 2 | | | 598.1 |
| 5 | Louis Meyer | 4 | | | 550 |
| 6 | Richard Seaman R | | 2 | | 495 |
| 7 | Bill Cummings | 6 | 7 | DNQ | 444.4 |
| 8 | Rex Mays | 33 | 3 | 13 | 405 |
| 9 | Cliff Bergere | 5 | | | 335.2 |
| 10 | Ernst von Delius R | | 4 | | 330 |
| 11 | Billy Devore R | 7 | | DNQ | 273 |
| 12 | Giuseppe Farina | | 5 | | 256.5 |
| 13 | Joel Thorne | DNQ | 6 | DNQ | 225 |
| 14 | George Connor | 9 | 18 | 11 | 225 |
| 15 | Tony Gulotta | 8 | | | 206.2 |
| 16 | Billy Winn | 26 | 29 | 1* | 200 |
| 17 | Chet Gardner | 11 | 12 | 8 | 191 |
| 18 | Louis Tomei | 10 | | | 175 |
| 19 | Jimmy Snyder | 32 | 21 | 2 | 165 |
| 20 | Russ Snowberger | 27 | 8 | DNQ | 163.5 |
| 21 | Bob Sall | | | 3 | 135 |
| 22 | George Barringer | 5 | | | 114.7 |
| 23 | Duke Nalon R | DNQ | | 4 | 110 |
| 24 | Herb Ardinger | 22 | 10 | | 105 |
| 25 | Mauri Rose | 18 | 15 | 5 | 90 |
| 26 | Frank Wearne R | 24 | 11 | DNQ | 75 |
| 27 | Ken Fowler | 19 | 8 | 7 | 66.5 |
| 28 | Fred Frame | 7 | | | 52 |
| 29 | Shorty Cantlon | 16 | DNP | 9 | 45 |
| 30 | Ronney Householder R | 12 | 28 | | 42.3 |
| 31 | Bob Henderson R | | | 10 | 25 |
| 32 | Henry Banks | 12 | 23 | | 14 |
| 33 | Al Putnam | 12 | | | 8.5 |
| - | Gus Zarka | | 30 | 12 | 0 |
| - | Frank Brisko | 23 | 13 | 14 | 0 |
| - | Floyd Roberts | 13 | | | 0 |
| - | Milt Marion | DNQ | 14 | DNQ | 0 |
| - | Deacon Litz | 14 | DNP | | 0 |
| - | Floyd Davis | 15 | | DNQ | 0 |
| - | Eugen Bjørnstad R | | 16 | | 0 |
| - | Emil Andres | 17 | | DNQ | 0 |
| - | Al Miller | 17 | | DNQ | 0 |
| - | Ora Bean R | | 19 | DNQ | 0 |
| - | Kelly Petillo | 20 | 20 | | 0 |
| - | George Bailey | 21 | | | 0 |
| - | Harry Lewis R | | 22 | | 0 |
| - | Rudolf Caracciola R | | 24 | | 0 |
| - | Tony Willman | 25 | | | 0 |
| - | Tazio Nuvolari | | 25 | | 0 |
| - | Al Cusick R | | 26 | | 0 |
| - | Babe Stapp | 31 | 27 | | 0 |
| - | Johnny Seymour | 27 | | | 0 |
| - | Bob Swanson | 28 | DNP | | 0 |
| - | Harry McQuinn | 29 | | | 0 |
| - | Chet Miller | 30 | | | 0 |
| - | Lou Webb | DNQ | | DNQ | 0 |
| - | John Moretti | | DNQ | DNQ | 0 |
| - | Vern Ornduff | DNQ | DNP | | 0 |
| - | Ben Brandfon | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Tom Cosman | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Dave Evans | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Ira Hall | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Luther Johnson | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Frank McGurk | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Zeke Meyer | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Lee Oldfield | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Overton Phillips | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Doc Williams | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Woody Woodford | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Ray Yeager | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Ernie Gesell | | | DNQ | 0 |
| - | Sam Grecco | | | DNQ | 0 |
| - | Tommy Hinnershitz | | | DNQ | 0 |
| - | Fred Tegtmeier | | | DNQ | 0 |
| - | Enzo Fiermonte | | Wth | | 0 |
| - | Lewis Balus | | DNP | | 0 |
| - | Lucky Teter | | DNP | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | INDY | ROR | SYR | 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 ||