1935 AAA Championship Car season

1935 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races 6
Start date May 30
End date October 13
Awards
National champion United States Kelly Petillo
Indianapolis 500 winner United States Kelly Petillo
Chronology
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1934 1936

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 also one non-championship event. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Kelly Petillo.

Schedule and results

All races running on Dirt/Brick Oval.


Rnd Date Race Name Track Location Type Pole Position Winning Driver
1 May 30 United States International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Brick United States Rex Mays United States Kelly Petillo
2 July 4 United States St. Paul 100 Minnesota State Fair Speedway Hamline, Minnesota Dirt United States Deacon Litz United States Kelly Petillo
3 August 24 United States Springfield 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt United States Kelly Petillo United States Billy Winn
4 September 2 United States Syracuse 100 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt United States Billy Winn United States Billy Winn
5 September 7 United States Altoona 100 Altoona Speedway Tyrone, Pennsylvania Dirt United States Floyd Roberts United States Louis Meyer
6 October 13 United States Langhorne 100 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Dirt United States Billy Winn United States Kelly Petillo
NC December 15 United States Ascot 125 Legion Ascot Speedway Alhambra, California Dirt United States Floyd Roberts United States Rex Mays
  Non-championship race

Leading National Championship standings

 #  Driver Team Points
1 Kelly Petillo Gilmore Speedway 890
2 Bill Cummings Boyle Products 630
3 Wilbur Shaw Pirrung, Foreman Axle, Burd Piston Ring, Shaler Rislone 550
4 Floyd Roberts Abels & Fink, Foreman Axle, Marks 510
5 Billy Winn Sullivan & O'Brien, Miller, Winn 408.7

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