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. 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.

Schedule and results

Rnd Date Race name Track Location Type Pole position Winning driver 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 CummingsNC 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.

Pos Driver INDY DET SYR Pts 1 Louis Meyer 1* 10 610 2 Lou Moore 3 3 6 530 3 Wilbur Shaw 2 13 16 450 4 Chet Gardner 4 DNQ 3 430 5 Stubby Stubblefield 5 4 325.2 6 Dave Evans 6 DNQ 250 7 Bill Cummings 25 1* 1* 240 8 Tony Gulotta 7 200 9 Mauri Rose 35 2 2 180 10 Russ Snowberger 8 11 7 122.5 11 Deacon Litz 16 4 5 104.8 12 Zeke Meyer 9 DNQ 100 13 Shorty Cantlon 34 4 70 14 Joe Russo 17 5 15 60 15 Kelly Petillo 19 6 50 16 Sam Palmer 10 8 43.3 17 George Barringer DNQ 8 30 18 Luther Johnson 10 29 19 Freddie Winnai 27 7 DNQ 28.4 20 Al Miller 21 9 20 21 Ralph DePalma 9 20 22 Fred Frame 29 7 11.6 23 George Brayen 10 10 24 George Howie 8 4.5 - Cliff Bergere 11 0 - Tee Linn 11 0 - Johnny Sawyer 31 12 DNQ 0 - L. L. Corum 12 0 - Bob Zauer 12 0 - Willard Prentiss 13 0 - Harold Shaw 13 0 - Bob Hahn 13 0 - Gene Haustein 15 14 14 0 - Juan Gaudino 14 0 - Raúl Riganti 14 0 - Doc MacKenzie 18 DNQ 0 - Sam Hoffman 19 0 - Chet Miller 20 0 - Bennett Hill 22 0 - Babe Stapp 23 0 - Wesley Crawford 24 0 - Billy Winn 24 0 - Les Spangler 26 0 - Terry Curley 27 0 - Malcolm Fox 28 0 - Mark Billman 30 0 - Ernie Triplett 32 0 - Pete Kreis 33 0 - Frank Brisko 36 0 - Ira Hall 37 0 - Ralph Hepburn 38 0 - Ray Campbell 39 0 - Paul Bost 40 0 - Rick Decker 41 0 - Louis Schneider 42 0 - Howard Wilcox DNS 0 - Maynard Clark DNS 0 - Ray Carter DNQ DNQ 0 - Bill Sockwell DNQ DNQ 0 - Al Aspen DNQ 0 - Paul Butler DNQ 0 - Frank Davidson DNQ 0 - Danny Day DNQ 0 - Leon DeHart DNQ 0 - Bill Denver DNQ 0 - Harry Falt DNQ 0 - William Gardner DNQ 0 - Leonide Albert LaRivière DNQ 0 - Harry Lewis DNQ 0 - Virgil Livengood DNQ 0 - Roy Painter DNQ 0 - Phil Shafer DNQ 0 - Overton Snell DNQ 0 - Doc Williams DNQ 0 - James Patterson DNQ 0 - Gene Pirong DNQ 0 Pos Driver INDY DET SYR 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 notparticipate(DNP) Not competing In-line notationBoldPole positionItalicsRan fastest race lap*Led most race lapsRookie of the YearRookie

See also 1933 Indianapolis 500

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