1936 AAA Championship Car season

1936 American Championship Car season
Series  : AAA Championship Car
Champion : Mauri Rose
Previous: 1935	Next: 1937

The 1936 AAA Championship Car season consisted of four races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Westbury, New York on October 12. There were also three non-championship events. The AAA National Champion was Mauri Rose, and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Louis Meyer.

Schedule and results

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Track	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
NC	January 12	Oakland 150	Oakland Speedway	Dirt	—	Al Gordon
NC	January 26	Ascot 125	Legion Ascot Speedway	Dirt	—	Rex Mays
1	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Brick	Rex Mays	Louis Meyer
2	June 20	Goshen 100	Good Time Park	Dirt	George Connor	Rex Mays
NC	August 22	Springfield 100	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Dirt	George Connor	Wilbur Shaw
3	September 15	Syracuse 100	New York State Fairgrounds	Dirt	Russ Snowberger	Mauri Rose
4	October 12	George Vanderbilt Cup	Roosevelt Raceway	Road	Antonio Brivio	Tazio Nuvolari

  Dirt/Brick Oval

  Road Course/Hill Climb

  Non-championship race

Leading National Championship standings

#	Driver	Team	Points
1	Mauri Rose	Burd Piston Ring	610
2	Louis Meyer	Ring Free	600
3	Ted Horn	Miller-Hartz	450
4	Doc MacKenzie	Gilmore Speedway	362
5	Tazio Nuvolari	Alfa Romeo	360

References

• Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1936". Driver Database. Archived

from the original on 2011-04-21. http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1140-1936/. Retrieved 2011-04-21. 

• "1936 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived

from the original on 2011-04-21. http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1936.htm. Retrieved 2011-04-21. 

• Harms, Phil. "1936 Championship Driver Summary". Motorsport.com. Archived

from the original on 2011-04-21. http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1936sum.pdf. Retrieved 2011-04-21. 

See also

• 1936 Indianapolis 500

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