The 1931 AAA Championship Car season consisted of seven races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Syracuse, New York on September 12. There was one non-championship race. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Louis Schneider.

Joe Caccia and his driving mechanic Clarence Grover died at Indianapolis during practice. Jimmy Gleason died at Syracuse during practice.

Schedule and results All races running on Dirt/Brick/Board 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 Russ Snowberger Louis Schneider 2 June 14 Detroit Race - 100 Michigan State Fairgrounds Detroit, Michigan Dirt Ernie Triplett Louis MeyerNC June 21 Roby 100 Roby Speedway Roby, Indiana Dirt — Louis Schneider 3 July 4 Altoona Race 1 - 100 Altoona Speedway Tyrone, Pennsylvania Board Paul Bost Lou Moore 4September 7 Altoona Heat 1 - 25Altoona SpeedwayTyrone, PennsylvaniaBoard Lou Moore Jimmy Gleason 5 Altoona Heat 2 - 25 Shorty Cantlon Shorty Cantlon 6 Altoona Race 2 - 25 Shorty Cantlon Shorty Cantlon 7 September 12 Syracuse Race - 100 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt Shorty Cantlon Lou Moore

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 ALT1 ALT2 ALT3 ALT4 SYR Pts 1 Louis Schneider 1 7 7 6 6 15 712.5 2 Fred Frame 2 9 4 15 12 540 3 Ralph Hepburn 3 4 DNS 13 362 4 Russ Snowberger 5 8 10 330 5 Jimmy Gleason 6 DNQ 2 1 5 DNQ 329 6 Shorty Cantlon 27 12 6 3 1 1 3 296 7 Ernie Triplett 7 2* DNQ 290 8 Lou Moore 26 1* 13 1 240 9 Chet Miller 10 10 13 6 5 3 5 216.5 10 Bill Cummings 28 3 8 7 2* 3 191.5 11 Sam Ross 15 5 16 11 8 2 180 12 Stubby Stubblefield 8 150 13 Wilbur Shaw 6 11 3 14 11 145 14 Myron Stevens 4 127.7 15 Louis Meyer 34 1 120 16 Paul Bost 31 DNQ 7 4 3 5 14 113.5 17 Milton Jones DNQ 8 11 8 4 DNQ 107.5 18 Cliff Bergere 9 100 19 Al Aspen 14 9 12 9 9 7 85 20 Gene Haustein 23 14 10 DNP 4 80 21 Deacon Litz 17 5 4 7 16 72.5 22 Tony Gulotta 18 DNQ 5 60 23 Herman Schurch 39 6 50 24 Francis Quinn 40 6 50 25 Zeke Meyer DNQ DNQ 2 2 11 DNQ 45 26 Bill Denver 11 DNS 10 10 10 9 35 27 Doc MacKenzie 8 30 28 Bryan Saulpaugh 21 DNP DNQ 11.3 29 William Gardner 25 9 5 - Joe Huff 16 11 0 - George Howie 11 DNQ 0 - L. L. Corum 11 0 - Malcolm Fox DNQ 12 0 - Phil Shafer 12 0 - Babe Stapp 35 13 0 - Dave Evans 13 0 - George Wingerter 33 14 DNQ 0 - Billy Arnold 19* 0 - Luther Johnson 20 DNQ 0 - Billy Winn 21 0 - James Patterson 21 0 - Frank Brisko 22 0 - Joe Russo 24 0 - Wesley Crawford 25 0 - Freddie Winnai 29 0 - Phil Pardee 30 0 - Frank Farmer 32 DNQ DNQ 0 - John Boling 36 0 - Leon Duray 37 0 - Harry Butcher 38 0 - Ab Jenkins DNS 0 - Sun Hawk DNS 0 - Milt Marion DNQ DNQ 0 - Rollin May DNQ DNQ 0 - Ben Brandfon DNQ 0 - Eddie Burbach DNQ 0 - Joe Caccia DNQ 0 - Ted Chamberlain DNQ 0 - Gordon Condon DNQ 0 - Rick Decker DNQ 0 - Ralph DePalma DNQ 0 - Peter DePaolo DNQ 0 - Dusty Fahrnow DNQ 0 - Jerry Houck DNQ 0 - Bert Karnatz DNQ 0 - Pete Kreis DNQ 0 - Norske Larson DNQ 0 - Charles Moran DNQ 0 - Roy Painter DNQ 0 - C. C. Reeder DNQ 0 - Johnny Seymour DNQ 0 - Carl Smith DNQ 0 - Floyd Sparks DNQ 0 - Joe Thomas DNQ 0 - Marion Trexler DNQ 0 - Wally Zale DNQ 0 - R. G. Brown DNQ 0 - Gene Pirong DNQ 0 - George Simons DNQ 0 Pos Driver INDY DET ALT1 ALT2 ALT3 ALT4 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 1931 Indianapolis 500

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