The1933 AAA Championship Car season consisted of three races, beginning inSpeedway,Indiana on May 30 and concluding inSyracuse,New York on September 9. There was one non-championship event. TheAAA National Champion andIndianapolis 500 winner wasLouis Meyer.
During a tragic year atIndianapolis,Bill Denver and his riding mechanic Bob Hurst died during practice, and during the raceMark Billman, and laterLester Spangler and his riding mechanic G. L. Jordan - in two different accidents.[1] The season ended on 9 September atSyracuse, where a 15 lap non-championship race was scheduled to run after the main event, but was cancelled due to darkness.[2]
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.[3]