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The 1933 AAA Championship Car season consisted of three races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Syracuse, New York on September 9. There was one non-championship event. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Louis Meyer.
During a tragic year at Indianapolis, Bill Denver and his riding mechanic Bob Hurst died during practice, and during the race Mark Billman, and later Lester Spangler and his riding mechanic G. L. Jordan - in two different accidents.[1] The season ended on 9 September at Syracuse, where a 15 lap non-championship race was scheduled to run after the main event, but was cancelled due to darkness.[2]
Schedule and results
Rnd | Date | Race Name | Track | Location | Type | Pole Position | Winning Driver |
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1 | May 30 | International 500 Mile Sweepstakes | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Speedway, Indiana | Brick | Bill Cummings | Louis Meyer |
2 | June 11 | Detroit 100 | Michigan State Fairgrounds | Detroit, Michigan | Dirt | Bill Cummings | Bill Cummings |
NC | August 26 | Elgin National Trophy | Elgin Road Race Course | Elgin, Illinois | Road | Fred Frame | Phil Shafer |
3 | September 9 | Syracuse 100 | New York State Fairgrounds | Syracuse, New York | Dirt | Bill Cummings | Bill Cummings |
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.[3]
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See also
References
- Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1933". Driver Database. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
- "1933 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on September 20, 2011. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
- Harms, Phil. "1933 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2011.