1936 AAA Championship Car season

1936 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races	4
Start date	May 30
End date	October 12
Awards
National champion	Mauri Rose
Indianapolis 500 winner	Louis Meyer
Chronology
Previous season	Next season
1935	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	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
NC	January 12	Oakland 150	Oakland Speedway	San Leandro, California	Dirt	—	Al Gordon
NC	January 26	Ascot 125	Legion Ascot Speedway	Alhambra, California	Dirt	—	Rex Mays
1	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Brick	Rex Mays	Louis Meyer
2	June 20	Goshen 100	Good Time Park	Goshen, New York	Dirt	George Connor	Rex Mays
NC	August 22	Springfield 100	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt	George Connor	Wilbur Shaw
3	September 15	Syracuse 100	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	Russ Snowberger	Mauri Rose
4	October 12	George Vanderbilt Cup	Roosevelt Raceway	Westbury, New York	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

See also

• 1936 Indianapolis 500