1949 AAA Championship Car season

The 1949 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 14 races, beginning in Arlington, Texas on April 24 and concluding in Del Mar, California on November 6. There were also two non-championship events. The AAA National Champion was Johnnie Parsons, and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Bill Holland. The season was marred by George Metzler's death at Indianapolis in practice, Bill Sheffler's death at Trenton also in practice, and Rex Mays's death in the final race at Del Mar.

1949 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races14
Start dateApril 24
End dateNovember 6
Awards
National championUnited States Johnnie Parsons
Indianapolis 500 winnerUnited States Bill Holland
← 1948
1950 →

Schedule and results

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RndDateRace NameTrackLocationTypePole PositionWinning Driver
1April 24 Arlington 100Arlington Downs RacewayArlington, TexasDirt Rex Mays Johnnie Parsons
2May 30 International 500 Mile SweepstakesIndianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, IndianaPaved Duke Nalon Bill Holland
3June 5 Milwaukee 100Wisconsin State Fair Park SpeedwayWest Allis, WisconsinDirt Rex Mays Myron Fohr
4June 19 Trenton 100Trenton SpeedwayTrenton, New JerseyDirt Rex Mays Myron Fohr
NCJuly 17 Universal Speedways Race of ChampionsArlington Downs RacewayArlington, TexasDirt Mel Hansen Mel Hansen
NCJuly 31 Indianapolis SweepstakesWilliams Grove SpeedwayMechanicsburg, PennsylvaniaDirt Duane Carter Johnny Mantz
5August 20 Springfield 100Illinois State FairgroundsSpringfield, IllinoisDirt Mel Hansen Mel Hansen
6August 28 Milwaukee 200Wisconsin State Fair Park SpeedwayWest Allis, WisconsinDirt Mel Hansen Johnnie Parsons
7September 3 DuQuoin 100DuQuoin State FairgroundsDu Quoin, IllinoisDirt Tony Bettenhausen Tony Bettenhausen
8September 5 Pikes Peak Auto Hill ClimbPikes Peak HighwayPikes Peak, ColoradoHill Al RogersA Al Rogers
9September 10 Syracuse 100New York State FairgroundsSyracuse, New YorkDirt Spider Webb Johnnie Parsons
10September 11 Detroit 100Michigan State Fairgrounds SpeedwayDetroit, MichiganDirt Duke Dinsmore Tony Bettenhausen
11September 25 Springfield 100Illinois State FairgroundsSpringfield, IllinoisDirt Jimmy Davies Johnnie Parsons
12October 16 Langhorne 100Langhorne SpeedwayLanghorne, PennsylvaniaDirt Paul Russo Johnnie Parsons
13October 30 Golden State 100California State FairgroundsSacramento, CaliforniaDirt Fred Agabashian Fred Agabashian
14November 6 Del Mar 100Del Mar SpeedwayDel Mar, CaliforniaDirt Jimmy Davies Jimmy Davies
  Paved/Dirt Oval
  Road Course/Hill Climb
  Non-championship race
^A No pole is awarded for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, in this schedule on the pole is the driver who started first. No lap led was awarded for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, however, a lap was awarded to the drivers that completed the climb.

Final points standings

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Note: The points became the car, when not only one driver led the car, the relieved driver became small part of the points. Points for driver method: (the points for the finish place) / (number the lap when completed the car) * (number the lap when completed the driver)

PosDriverARL
INDY
MIL1
TRE
SPR1
MIL2
DQSF
PIK
SYR
DET
SPR2
LAN
SAC
DMR
Pts
1 Johnnie Parsons1213113111112115152280
2 Myron Fohr4411610863DNS431790
3 Bill Holland191642DNP7129131420
4 Walt BrownDNS10372548511661281
5 George Connor316DNQ167351361191200
6 Rex Mays2257102315151122181030
7 Paul Russo868101262DNQ154105920
8 Lee Wallard231552141653672760
9 Johnny Mantz3751281711DNQDNS8660
10 Emil Andres924DNP51310DNQ512
11 Joie Chitwood5500
12 Tony BettenhausenDNQDNQ18151919DNQ16466
13 Mack Hellings1639594440
14 Jimmy Jackson6DNS400
15 Mel HansenDNSDNS211614DNQ376
16 Duane Carter14DNQ156971471610350
17 Jimmy Davies  RY 10861316DNQ1330
18 Spider Webb33DNP3210DNQ330
19 Ralph Pratt  R DNQ129874330
20 Duke Dinsmore15DNP5DNQDNSDNQDNQ10DNQ1314DNQ254
21 Troy Ruttman  R 81218312250
22 Neal Carter  R 1117911214240
23 Bayliss Levrett  R 9241417418DNQ16817206
24 Fred Agabashian271200
25 Al Rogers1200
26 Charles Van Acker31DNQ11910DNQDNQ8180
27 Louis Unser2160
28 Norm Houser10DNQDNQ150
29 Johnny Fedricks  R DNQ143140
30 Charles Bryant  R 3140
31 Mike SalayDNQ6DNQDNQDNS8130
32 Johnny McDowell  R 718117124
33 Jackie Holmes2241418DNQ120
34 Chuck Stevenson  R 144120
35 George Hammond4120
36 Milt Fankhouser6DNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ1416DNQ101213120
37 Tommy HinnershitzDNQDNS5117
38 Frank Burany  R 5DNQ100
39 Jim Rathmann  R 11DNQ100
40 Phil Shafer680
41 George Fonder  R 2017760
42 Cal Niday  R 18760
43 Hugh Thomas760
44 Jack McGrath2681450
45 J.C. Shoemaker850
46 Russ Snowberger940
47 Herb Bryers1030
48 Buster Hammond1120
49 Hank Rogers122012DNQ20
50 Billy McGee  R DNS17
51 Ottis StineDNS1414
52 Mark Light181210
53 Billy DevoreDNQ12DNQ10
54 Walt Killinger1210
55 Hal Cole19DNQ1715113
- Bill Sheffler111715DNQ0
- George Lynch32DNQ1316DNP1518150
- Ted DuncanDNQ1713DNQ19DNP0
- Buster WarkeDNQ1813DNQDNQ0
- Wally Stokes  R DNQ130
- Mauri Rose130
- Art McKee  R 130
- Milton Mabe  R 140
- Art Hillis150
- Glenn Harrison  R 160
- Hal RobsonDNQDNQ170
- Dick Rathmann  R DNQ170
- Delmar Desch170
- Ed Terry170
- Lloyd Axel  R 180
- Johnny MauroDNQ190
- Jimmy Good200
- William Cantrell21DNQ0
- Kenny Eaton  R DNQ220
- Manuel Ayulo280
- Duke Nalon290
- Sam Hanks30DNQDNQDNQDNQDNP0
- Joel ThorneDNQDNS0
- Walt Von TiliusDNS0
- Jim HammondDNS0
- Norman RobinsonDNS0
- Wayne SankeyDNS0
- Buddy ShayDNS0
- Jimmy DaywaltDNQDNQDNQDNQ0
- Steve TruchanDNQDNQDNQDNQ0
- Eddie HaddadDNQDNQDNQ0
- Henry BanksDNQDNQDNQ0
- Eddie ZaluckiDNQDNQDNP0
- Danny KladisDNQDNQ0
- Bill BoydDNPDNQ0
- Les AndersonDNQ0
- Frank BeardsleyDNQ0
- Randall BeinkeDNQ0
- Lindley BothwellDNQ0
- Frank BriskoDNQ0
- Jim BrubakerDNQ0
- Pat FlahertyDNQ0
- Dick FraizerDNQ0
- Byron HorneDNQ0
- Tommy MattsonDNQ0
- George MetzlerDNQ0
- Chet MillerDNQ0
- Bill TaylorDNQ0
- Louis TomeiDNQ0
- Doc WilliamsDNQ0
- Bill MackeyDNQ0
- Charles SzekendyDNQ0
- George WeaverDNQ0
- Bob SimpsonDNQ0
- Iggy KatonaDNQ0
- Eddie JohnsonDNQ0
- Johnny SmithDNQ0
- Walt FaulknerDNQ0
- Dempsey WilsonDNQ0
- Bill GouseDNP0
- Joe GarsonDNP0
- Lenny LoweDNP0
PosDriverARL
INDY
MIL1
TRE
SPR1
MIL2
DQSF
PIK
SYR
DET
SPR2
LAN
SAC
DMR
Pts
ColorResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
Green4th & 5th place
Light Blue6th-10th place
Dark BlueFinished
(Outside Top 10)
PurpleDid not finish
(Ret)
RedDid not qualify
(DNQ)
BrownWithdrawn
(Wth)
BlackDisqualified
(DSQ)
WhiteDid not start
(DNS)
BlankDid not
participate
(DNP)
Not competing
In-line notation
BoldPole position
ItalicsRan fastest race lap
*Led most race laps
 RY  Rookie of the Year
 R  Rookie

References

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  • Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1949". Driver Database. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
  • "1949 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
  • Harms, Phil. "1949 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2012. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
  • http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (p. 306-309)

See also

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