1935 AAA Championship Car season

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

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

During the Indianapolis 500, Johnny Hannon died in practice, Stubby Stubblefield died while qualifying, and Clay Weatherly died during the race.

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	Rex Mays	Kelly Petillo
2	July 4	St. Paul 100	Minnesota State Fair Speedway	Hamline, Minnesota	Dirt	Deacon Litz	Kelly Petillo
3	August 24	Springfield 100	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt	Kelly Petillo	Billy Winn
4	September 2	Syracuse 100	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	Billy Winn	Billy Winn
5	September 7	Altoona 100	Altoona Speedway	Tyrone, Pennsylvania	Dirt	Floyd Roberts	Louis Meyer
6	October 13	Langhorne 100	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Dirt	Billy Winn	Kelly Petillo
NC	December 15	Ascot 125	Legion Ascot Speedway	Alhambra, California	Dirt	Floyd Roberts	Rex Mays

  Non-championship race

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.^[1]

Further information: List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems

Pos Driver INDY HAM SPR SYR ALT LAN Pts 1 Kelly Petillo 1* 1 6 14 Wth 1* 890 2 Bill Cummings 3 2 2 6 8 630 3 Wilbur Shaw 2 4 16 8 550 4 Floyd Roberts 4 DNQ DNQ 3 3 510 5 Billy Winn 6 1 1* Wth 2 408.7 6 Chet Gardner 7 4 DNQ DNQ 9 270 7 Shorty Cantlon 6 13 6 Wth 221.3 8 Louis Meyer 12 6 8 1* 200 9 Ralph Hepburn 5 198 10 Doc MacKenzie 9 10 4 170 11 Frank Brisko 23 DNQ DNS 2 4 160 12 Al Miller 15 3 3 14 160 13 Deacon Litz 8 5 5 DNQ 152.3 14 Gene Haustein 5 DSQ DNQ 6 152 15 George Barringer 24 2 DNS 12 5 150 16 Chet Miller 10 DNQ DNQ 7 90 17 Emil Andres  RY  DNQ DNQ 3 80 18 Babe Stapp 25 14 15 4 70 19 Ken Fowler  R  11 5 DNQ 60 20 Overton Snell DNQ 5 60 21 Russ Snowberger 27 9 7 13 60 22 Floyd Davis  R  8 9 10 60 23 Johnny Sawyer 8 11 9 11 DNQ 43.5 24 Fred Frame 11 7 13 Wth 40 25 Bill Schindler  R  8 30 26 Henry Banks  R  12 9 20 27 Lou Moore 18 DNQ 10 10 28 Maynard Clark  R  10 10 - Ray Carter  R  7 0 - Milt Marion  R  7 0 - George Bailey 26 8 14 0 - George Wingerter DNQ 10 0 - Charles Tramison  R  11 0 - John Cebula  R  11 0 - Mauri Rose 20 12 DNQ DNQ 0 - Harry Hunt DNQ DNQ 12 0 - Vern Ornduff  R  12 0 - Zeke Meyer DNQ DNS 13 0 - Cliff Bergere 13 0 - Harris Insinger 14 0 - Ted Horn  R  16 DNQ 0 - Rex Mays 17 0 - George Connor  R  19 0 - Paul Bost 20 0 - Tony Gulotta 21 0 - Jimmy Snyder  R  22 DNQ 0 - Johnny Seymour 24 0 - Louis Tomei 28 0 - Bob Sall 29 0 - Al Gordon 30 DNQ 0 - Freddie Winnai 31 DNS DNQ DNQ 0 - Clay Weatherly  R  32 0 - Harry McQuinn 33 0 - Dave Evans DNQ DNQ 0 - Gus Zarka DNQ DNQ 0 - Herb Ardinger DNQ 0 - L. L. Corum DNQ 0 - Wesley Crawford DNQ 0 - Dusty Fahrnow DNQ 0 - Johnny Hannon DNQ 0 - Herschell McKee DNQ 0 - Floyd O'Neal DNQ 0 - Roy Painter DNQ 0 - Johnny Rae DNQ 0 - Phil Shafer DNQ 0 - Stubby Stubblefield DNQ 0 - Doc Williams DNQ 0 - Robert Wilson DNQ 0 - Muir DNQ 0 - Ted Chamberlain DNQ 0 - Gene Pirong DNQ 0 - George Metzler DNQ 0 - Myron Stevens DNQ 0 - Ivan Mikan DNQ 0 - Don Church DNQ 0 - Duke Nalon Wth 0 Pos Driver INDY HAM SPR SYR ALT LAN 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