1934 AAA Championship Car season

1934 AAA Championship Car season
	AAA National Championship Trail
	Season
Races	4
Start date	May 30
End date	December 23
	Awards
National champion	Bill Cummings
Indianapolis 500 winner	Bill Cummings
	Chronology
Previous season	Next season
1933	1935

The 1934 AAA Championship Car season consisted of four races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Inglewood, California on December 23. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Bill Cummings.

Schedule and results

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Length	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	500 mi (800 km)	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Brick	Kelly Petillo	Bill Cummings
2	August 25	Springfield 100	100 mi (160 km)	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt	Johnny Sawyer	Billy Winn
3	September 9	Syracuse 100	100 mi (160 km)	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	Bill Cummings	Shorty Cantlon
4	December 23	Mines Field Race	197.8 mi (318.3 km)	Mines Field	Inglewood, California	Road	Doc MacKenzie	Kelly Petillo

Dirt/Brick Oval

Road Course/Hill Climb

#	Driver	Team	Points
1	Bill Cummings	Boyle, DePaolo	681.7
2	Mauri Rose	Duray, Red Lion	530
3=	Kelly Petillo	Red Lion, Moore, Gilmore	300
3=	Russ Snowberger	Russell 8	300
3=	Joe Russo	Duesenberg	300

1934 AAA Championship Car season

AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races	4
Start date	May 30
End date	December 23
Awards
National champion	Bill Cummings
Indianapolis 500 winner	Bill Cummings

Chronology
Previous season	Next season
1933	1935

v t e American Championship car racing (IndyCar) seasons
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National Champions	Billy Arnold Henry Banks Tony Bettenhausen Jimmy Bryan Bob Carey Gaston Chevrolet Bill Cummings Peter DePaolo (twice) Sam Hanks Harry Hartz Eddie Hearne Ted Horn (three times) Rex Mays (twice) Louis Meyer (three times) Tommy Milton Jimmy Murphy (twice) Barney Oldfield Johnnie Parsons Kelly Petillo Dario Resta Floyd Roberts Mauri Rose Louis Schneider Wilbur Shaw (twice) Chuck Stevenson Bob Sweikert
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