A Swiss on the beach

In this minor race the only real challengers for the victory were Hug and GP driver Dreyfus (Maserati 6CM), so when Dreyfus had to retire Hug was able to take his second victory in a week from Berg's Scuderia Altona Maserati and Delorme's ancient Bugatti. The race was shortened due to the fact that the tide coming in on the beach.

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14 Berg Maserati 1m38.0s 5 Hug Maserati 1m34.0s 12 Dreyfus Maserati 1m32.8s 3 Delorme Bugatti 1m43.8s 1 "Raph" Maserati 1m42.0s 8 Breillet Simca 1m55s 10 Grignard Amilcar 1m47s 4 Mestivier Amilcar 1m45s 2 Tremoulet Bugatti 6 Gordini Simca 1m58.0s 15 Corsi Maserati 1m55s 9 Guerin Bugatti 1m47s 7 Bianco Maserati 1m45s

Another Villoresi victory

Two Alfa Romeo entries were again withdrawn, leaving an all-Maserati field to fight for the victory. Bianco took an early lead followed by Luigi Villoresi and Pietsch. Then Villoresi passed Bianco and took command of the race. Pietsch was fighting through the field having lost several places after a spin. At half distance Bianco had to retire leaving 2nd place to Cortese. At the end Pietsch was able to retake the 3rd position he had held before his spin.

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28 Cortese Maserati 1m28.8s 10 Pietsch Maserati 1m28.6s 2 L Villoresi Maserati 1m25.8s 4 Bianco Maserati 1m30.0s 16 Taruffi Maserati 1m29.2s 22 Rocco Maserati 1m29.0s 12 Corsi Maserati 1m50.0s 6 Brezzi Maserati 1m43.4s 14 Barbieri Maserati 1m32.4s 26 Baruffi Maserati 20 Ruggeri Maserati (Note 1)

Syracuse but not Sicily

This race on a one mile dirt oval at New York State Fairgrounds was the second part of the American two-race AAA National Championship but with the Indy 500 giving five times as much points, this race really did not influence the championship, race winner Jimmy Snyder only finishing tenth overall.

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Practice: The first seven starting positions qualified during the first day and the other seven qualified during the second day. Jimmy Snyder took pole position with a speed of 87.357 mph.

Race:

6 Snyder 2 Horn 14 Cummings 8 Mays 15 Rose 3 Connor 25 Nalon 35 Petillo 10 Davis 4 Bailey 73 Hinnershitz 26 Robson 66 DeVore 5 Wearne

According to New York Times there were 70,000 spectators for the race. Ted Horn led the first six laps. Then Jimmy Snyder, a 28-year-old former milk wagon driver from Chicago, took over the lead and held it till the end of the race. The Syracuse win was Snyder's only National Championship victory. He was killed in a midget racing accident near Cahokia, Illinois in 1939.