1930 AAA Championship Car season |
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AAA National Championship Trail |
Season |
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Races | 8 |
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Start date | May 3 |
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End date | September 6 |
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Awards |
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National champion | Billy Arnold |
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Indianapolis 500 winner | Billy Arnold |
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The 1930 AAA Championship Car season consisted of eight races, beginning in Langhorne, Pennsylvania on May 3 and concluding in Syracuse, New York on September 6. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Billy Arnold.
Two riding mechanics died during the season. Paul Marshall, at the Indianapolis 500; and William Berry, who died at Detroit during qualifying.[1]
Schedule and results
All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board Oval.
- ^A Scheduled for 200 miles, stopped early due to rain on lap 93.
Final points standings
- Note 1: 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.
- Note 2: Louis Schneider was ineligible for points.
- The final standings based on reference.[2]
| 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place | Dark Blue | Finished (Outside Top 10) | Purple | Did not finish (Ret) | Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) | Brown | Withdrawn (Wth) | Black | Disqualified (DSQ) | White | Did not start (DNS) | Blank | Did not participate (DNP) | Not competing | | In-line notation | Bold | Pole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 | | |
See also
References
- ^ "1930 Detroit Race".
- ^ "1930 AAA National Championship Trail".
- Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1930". Driver Database. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2011.
- "1930 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2011.
- Harms, Phil. "1930 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2011.