1946 AAA Championship Car season

Sports season August 2023 AAA Championship Car 1946 AAA National Championship Trail 77 April 14 November 10 National champion United States 1912 Ted Horn United States 1912 George Robson 1941 1947 The 1946 AAA Championship Car season was the first season of American Championship car racing following World War II. After four years without automobile racing in the United States, the AAA Contest Board was initially concerned about having enough races, enough entrants, and suitable equipment, to contest season on such short notice for 1946. Even the Indianapolis 500 was in doubt, as the Indianapolis Motor Speedway had fallen into a terrible state of neglect during the war years. Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Eddie Rickenbacker sold the track to Tony Hulman in November 1945, by which time it had fallen into a dilapidated state of disrepair.Printz John G. The 1946 AAA National Championship Ken M. McMaken As the season progressed, it proved to be a success, and marked a triumphant return of the National Championship. Hulman's swift and herculean efforts to renovate Indianapolis in just six months allowed for the 1946 Indianapolis 500 to be run as scheduled on May 30, and it was won by George Robson. George Robson and George Barringer were killed at Atlanta during the race. Al Putnam died at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Speedway during qualifying. Background Previously, only races of over 100 miles (160 km) in length on tracks that were one mile (1.6 km) or longer were permitted to host National Championship events. Due to the concerns about the car counts and participation, the AAA Contest Board included a substantial number of "Big Car" races (today known as Sprint Cars) as part of the championship. The season officially consisted of 77 races (6 Championship Car races and 71 Big Car races), beginning at Mechanicsburg on April 14 and concluding at Richmond on November 10.Capps H. Donald The Curious Case of the 1946 Season: An Inconvenient Championship http://forix.autosport.com/8w/rvm/rvm-vol07-no02.pdf Rear View Mirror 8W / FORIX 19 April 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120328181747/http://forix.autosport.com/8w/rvm/rvm-vol07-no02.pdf 28 March 2012 October 2009 live Two non-points, exhibition races were also part of the calendar season. After car counts and participation was better than expected, some confusion arose over as to whether the 71 Big Car events still counted towards the National Championship. Some news publications of the time erroneously reported the points totals from only the six Champ Car events, implying - or incorrectly assuming - that the Big Car races had been, or would be, dropped.14 Auto Racing Stars Meet at Goshen Today The New York Times October 6, 1946 Nevertheless, despite all of the second-guessing and speculation, a full 77-race season was completed. The Contest Board met after the season, and it was not until then which they declared the Big Car races would be dropped from the National Championship - effective for 1947.Official Bulletin AAA Contest Board 18 December 1946 3 The ruling cemented the notion that the 71 Big Car races were indeed recognized as part of the official 1946 season. Furthermore, the prize money and 1947 car number assignments are consistent with the final points standings reflecting the full 77-race schedule.Distribution of National Prize Fund for 1946 to the Drivers and Car Owners Holding Ten Highest Places in the National Point Standing AAA Records ResumeBy Their Numbers You Shall Know Them Speed Age May 1947 1 1 30none National Speed Sport News January 1947 112 & 163 Despite later publications suggesting the season was only six races (including official statistical publications released by the league decades later), historians firmly contend that the 1946 season should be recognized as the full 77-race schedule. The AAA National Champion was Ted Horn, and the Indianapolis 500 winner was George Robson. Incidentally, based on his points totals, Horn would have been declared the champion with or without the 71 "Big Car" races included. This oddity has help contribute to the illusion of a six-race season. Schedule and results #FB9902 Non-championship race solid 1px #AAAAAA Rnd Date Race name Length Track Location Type Class Winning driverNC March 31 Mike Benton Sweepstakes 20 mi km on Lakewood Speedway Atlanta, Georgia Dirt Oval Big Car Jimmy Wilburn 1 April 14 Williams Grove Race 15 mi km on Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Dirt Oval Big Car Walt Ader 2 April 28 Williams Grove Race 15 mi km on Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Dirt Oval Big Car Ted Horn 3 May 5 Eastern Inaugural Trophy Sweepstakes 20 mi km on Trenton International Speedway Trenton, New Jersey Dirt Oval Big Car Joie Chitwood 4 May 19 Williams Grove Race 15 mi km on Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Dirt Oval Big Car Joie Chitwood 5 May 26 Inaugural Sam Nunis Trophy Sweepstakes 12.5 mi km on Reading Fairgrounds Speedway Reading, Pennsylvania Dirt Oval Big Car Walt Ader 6 May 26 Winchester Race 15 mi km on Winchester Speedway Winchester, Indiana Dirt Oval Big Car Bus Wilbert 7 May 30 Altamont Race 15 mi km on Altamont Speedway Altamont, New York Dirt Oval Big Car Bumpy Bumpus 8 May 30 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes 500 mi km on Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Paved Oval Champ Car George Robson 9 May 30 Trenton Race 20 mi km on Trenton International Speedway Trenton, New Jersey Dirt Oval Big Car Johnny Shackleford 10 June 2 Lakewood Race 25 mi km on Lakewood Speedway Atlanta, Georgia Dirt Oval Big Car Ted Horn 11 June 9 Thompson Race 15 mi km on Thompson International Speedway Thompson, Connecticut Paved Oval Big Car Oscar Ridlon 12 June 9 Williams Grove Race 15 mi km on Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Dirt Oval Big Car Joie Chitwood 13 June 9 Winchester Race 15 mi km on Winchester Speedway Winchester, Indiana Dirt Oval Big Car Bus Wilbert 14 June 16 Flemington Race 12.5 mi km on Flemington Speedway Flemington, New Jersey Dirt Oval Big Car Ted Horn 15 June 23 Dayton Race 15 mi km on Dayton Speedway Dayton, Ohio Dirt Oval Big Car Elbert Booker 16 June 23 Greensboro Race 12.5 mi km on Greensboro Agricultural Fairgrounds Greensboro, North Carolina Dirt Oval Big Car Ted Horn 17 June 23 Thompson Race 15 mi km on Thompson International Speedway Thompson, Connecticut Paved Oval Big Car Oscar Ridlon 18 June 29 Dayton Race 10 mi km on Dayton Speedway Dayton, Ohio Dirt Oval Big Car Bus Wilbert 19 June 30 Langhorne 100 100 mi km on Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Dirt Oval Champ Car Rex Mays 20 June 30 Powell Race 7.5 mi km on Powell Motor Speedway Powell, Ohio Dirt Oval Big Car Joie Chitwood 21 June 30 Thompson Race 12.5 mi km on Thompson International Speedway Thompson, Connecticut Paved Oval Big Car Joe Verebly 22 July 4 Lakewood Race 20 mi km on Lakewood Speedway Atlanta, Georgia Dirt Oval Big Car Ted Horn 23 July 7 Lakewood Race 50 mi km on Lakewood Speedway Atlanta, Georgia Dirt Oval Big Car Ted Horn 24 July 7 Williams Grove Race 15 mi km on Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Dirt Oval Big Car Johnny Shackleford 25 July 14 Inaugural Nunis Sweepstakes 17.5 mi km on Reading Fairgrounds Speedway Reading, Pennsylvania Dirt Oval Big Car Joie Chitwood 26 July 20 DuBois Race 10 mi km on DuBois Fairgrounds DuBois, Pennsylvania Dirt Oval Big Car Ted Horn 27 July 20 Selinsgrove Race 10 mi km on Selinsgrove Speedway Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania Dirt Oval Big Car Bill Holland 28 July 21 Dayton Race 10 mi km on Dayton Speedway Dayton, Ohio Dirt Oval Big Car George Connor 29 July 21 Langhorne Race 20 mi km on Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Dirt Oval Big Car George Robson 30 July 21 Selinsgrove Race 10 mi km on Selinsgrove Speedway Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania Dirt Oval Big Car Bill Holland 31 July 27 Harrington Race 10 mi km on Delaware State Fairgrounds Harrington, Delaware Dirt Oval Big Car Ted Horn 32 July 28 Williams Grove Race 15 mi km on Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Dirt Oval Big Car Ted Horn 33 August 3 Washington Race 10 mi km on Arden Downs Washington, Pennsylvania Dirt Oval Big Car Bill Holland 34 August 4 Powell Race 7.5 mi km on Powell Motor Speedway Powell, Ohio Dirt Oval Big Car George Robson 35 August 10 Batavia Race 10 mi km on Batavia Fairgrounds Batavia, New York Dirt Oval Big Car Bill Holland 36 August 11 Bedford Race 10 mi km on Bedford Speedway Bedford, Pennsylvania Dirt Oval Big Car Ted Horn 37 August 11 Langhorne Race 20 mi km on Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Dirt Oval Big Car George Robson 38 August 11 Winchester Race 10 mi km on Winchester Speedway Winchester, Indiana Dirt Oval Big Car Elbert Booker 39 August 18 Skowhegan Race 10 mi km on Skowhegan Fairgrounds Skowhegan, Maine Dirt Oval Big Car Ted Horn 40 August 18 Williams Grove Race 15 mi km on Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Dirt Oval Big Car George Robson 41 August 24 Hamburg Race 10 mi km on Hamburg Fairgrounds Hamburg, New York Dirt Oval Big Car Ted Horn 42 August 25 Dayton Race 10 mi km on Dayton Speedway Dayton, Ohio Dirt Oval Big Car George Robson 43 August 25 Uniontown Race 10 mi km on Uniontown Speedway Uniontown, Pennsylvania Dirt Oval Big Car Ted Horn 44 August 30 Essex Junction Race 10 mi km on Essex Junction Fairgrounds Essex Junction, Vermont Dirt Oval Big Car Bill Holland 45 August 31 Altamont Race 10 mi km on Altamont Speedway Altamont, New York Dirt Oval Big Car Ted Horn 46 August 31 Hamburg Race 10 mi km on Hamburg Fairgrounds Hamburg, New York Dirt Oval Big Car Bill Holland 47 September 1 Flemington Race 10 mi km on Flemington Speedway Flemington, New Jersey Dirt Oval Big Car Bill Holland 48 September 1 Winchester Race 10 mi km on Winchester Speedway Winchester, Indiana Dirt Oval Big Car Charles Van Acker 49 September 2 Flemington Race 10 mi km on Flemington Speedway Flemington, New Jersey Dirt Oval Big Car Bill Holland 50 September 2 Atlanta 100 98 mi km onA A Lakewood Speedway Atlanta, Georgia Dirt Oval Champ Car George ConnorNC September 2 Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb 12.42 mi km on Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak, Colorado Hill Climb Champ Car Louis Unser 51 September 6 Rutland Race 10 mi km on Vermont State Fairgrounds Rutland, Vermont Dirt Oval Big Car Lee Wallard 52 September 7 Port Royal Race 8 mi km on Port Royal Speedway Port Royal, Pennsylvania Dirt Oval Big Car Ted Horn 53 September 8 Williams Grove Race 15 mi km on Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Dirt Oval Big Car Ted Horn 54 September 15 Indianapolis 100 100 mi km on Indiana State Fairgrounds Indianapolis, Indiana Dirt Oval Champ Car Rex Mays 55 September 15 Reading Race 12.5 mi km on Reading Fairgrounds Speedway Reading, Pennsylvania Dirt Oval Big Car Bill Holland 56 September 21 Allentown Fair Race 10 mi km on Allentown Fairgrounds Allentown, Pennsylvania Dirt Oval Big Car Bill Holland 57 September 22 Great Barrington Race 4 mi km on Great Barrington Race Track Great Barrington, Massachusetts Dirt Oval Big Car Joie Chitwood 58 September 22 Milwaukee 100 100 mi km on Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Dirt Oval Champ Car Rex Mays 59 September 22 Powell Race 5 mi km on Powell Motor Speedway Powell, Ohio Dirt Oval Big Car Bill Holland 60 September 28 Bloomsburg Race 10 mi km on Bloomsburg Fairgrounds Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania Dirt Oval Big Car Bill Holland 61 September 28 Lakewood Race 20 mi km on Lakewood Speedway Atlanta, Georgia Dirt Oval Big Car Ted Horn 62 September 28 Shelby Race 10 mi km on Shelby Motor Speedway Shelby, North Carolina Dirt Oval Big Car Walt Ader 63 September 29 Trenton Race 20 mi km on Trenton International Speedway Trenton, New Jersey Dirt Oval Big Car Joie Chitwood 64 October 5 Lakewood Race 20 mi km on Lakewood Speedway Atlanta, Georgia Dirt Oval Big Car Bill Holland 65 October 5 Winston-Salem Race 10 mi km on Winston-Salem Fairgrounds Winston-Salem, North Carolina Dirt Oval Big Car Tommy Hinnershitz 66 October 6 Dayton Race 10 mi km on Dayton Speedway Dayton, Ohio Dirt Oval Big Car Hal Robson 67 October 6 George Robson Memorial 100 mi km on Good Time Park Goshen, New York Dirt Oval Champ Car Tony Bettenhausen 68 October 6 Greensboro Race 10 mi km on Greensboro Agricultural Fairgrounds Greensboro, North Carolina Dirt Oval Big Car Bill Holland 69 October 6 George Robson Memorial 15 mi km on Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Dirt Oval Big Car Lucky Lux 70 October 12 Charlotte Race 10 mi km on Charlotte Fairgrounds Charlotte, North Carolina Dirt Oval Big Car Bill Holland 71 October 12 Atlantic Rural Exposition 10 mi km on Strawberry Hill Raceway Richmond, Virginia Dirt Oval Big Car Ted Horn 72 October 12 Greensboro Race 7.5 mi km on Greensboro Agricultural Fairgrounds Greensboro, North Carolina Dirt Oval Big Car Bill Holland 73 October 19 Raleigh Race 10 mi km on State Fair Speedway Raleigh, North Carolina Dirt Oval Big Car Walt Ader 74 October 26 Charlotte Race 10 mi km on Charlotte Fairgrounds Charlotte, North Carolina Dirt Oval Big Car Hank Rogers 75 October 26 National Championship Trophy Race 25 mi km on Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Dirt Oval Big Car Bill Holland 76 November 9 Shelby Race 15 mi km on Shelby Motor Speedway Shelby, North Carolina Dirt Oval Big Car Ted Horn 77 November 10 Richmond Race 12.5 mi km on Strawberry Hill Raceway Richmond, Virginia Dirt Oval Big Car Tommy Hinnershitz A A Scheduled for 100 miles, stopped early due to fatal accident involving George Robson and George Barringer. Ted Horn was leading at the time of the accident, but after a protest, was found to have been involved in the accident and had his win stripped. Note: Bill Holland started on the pole position in the Lakewood Race on July 4 and Ted Horn started on the pole position in the DuBois Race on July 20. Leading National Championship standings  #  Driver Team Points 1 Ted Horn Ted Horn Engineering, Boyle, Peters 2448 2 George Robson† Thorne Engineering, Christie, Weirick 1544 3 Emil Andres Elgin Piston Pin, Riverside Tire, Nyquist 1348 4 Bill Holland Malamud 1280 5 Tommy Hinnershitz Ted Horn Engineering 896.8 † Robson was killed in the race at Lakewood Speedway on September 2 Points system List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems Position/Miles 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 4 8 6 4 3 — — — — — — — — 5 10 8 6 4 — — — — — — — — 7.5 15 12 9 6 — — — — — — — — 8 16 13 10 6 — — — — — — — — 10 20 16 12 8 4 2 — — — — — — 12.5 25 20 15 10 5 2.5 — — — — — — 15 30 24 18 12 6 3 — — — — — — 17.5 35 28 21 14 9 5.5 — — — — — — 20 40 32 24 16 12 8 — — — — — — 25 50 40 30 25 20 10 5 — — — — — 50 100 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 5 — — 100 200 160 140 120 100 80 60 50 40 30 20 10 500 1000 800 700 600 500 400 300 250 200 150 100 50 Alternate schedule and results The official IndyCar Series Historical Record Book (2011) listed only the six "Champ Car" in the schedule. (page 72) Rnd Date Race name Length Track Location Type Pole position Winning driver 1 May 30 US 1912 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes 500 mi km on Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Paved US 1912 Cliff Bergere US 1912 George Robson 2 June 30 US 1912 Langhorne 100 100 mi km on Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Dirt US 1912 Ted Horn US 1912 Rex Mays 3 September 2 US 1912 Atlanta 100 98 mi km onA A Lakewood Speedway Atlanta, Georgia Dirt US 1912 Rex Mays US 1912 George ConnorNC September 2 US 1912 Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb 12.42 mi km on Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak, Colorado Hill US 1912 Louis UnserB B US 1912 Louis Unser 4 September 15 US 1912 Indianapolis 100 100 mi km on Indiana State Fairgrounds Indianapolis, Indiana Dirt US 1912 Rex Mays US 1912 Rex Mays 5 September 22 US 1912 Milwaukee 100 100 mi km on Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Dirt US 1912 Rex Mays US 1912 Rex Mays 6 October 6 US 1912 George Robson Memorial 100 mi km on Good Time Park Goshen, New York Dirt US 1912 Emil Andres US 1912 Tony Bettenhausen #FFFFFF Paved/Dirt Oval solid 1px #AAAAAA #D0E7FF Road Course/Hill Climb solid 1px #AAAAAA #FB9902 Non-championship race solid 1px #AAAAAA A A Scheduled for 100 miles, stopped early due to fatal accident involving George Robson and George Barringer. Ted Horn was leading at the time of the accident, but after a protest, was found to have been involved in the accident and had his win stripped. B B 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 Pos Driver INDYUS 1912 LHSUS 1912 LAKUS 1912 ISFUS 1912 MILUS 1912 GOTUS 1912 Pts 1US 1912 Ted Horn 3 3 6 4 2 2 1360 2US 1912 Emil Andres 4 4 3 3 3 4 1260 3US 1912 George Robson 1 2 7 1220 4US 1912 Jimmy Jackson gold RY silver 2 800 5US 1912 Rex Mays 30 1 11 1 1 DNQ 620 6US 1912 Louis Durant 6 DNS 400 7US 1912 Joie Chitwood 5 DNP 372 8US 1912 George Connor 24 9 1 7 10 9 370 9US 1912 Tony Bettenhausen 20 DNP 5 9 1 340 10US 1912 Duke Dinsmore orange R silver 17 10 11 4 3 310 11ITA Luigi Villoresi orange R silver 7 300 12US 1912 Billy Devore 10 5 9 290 13US 1912 Frank Wearne 8 250 14US 1912 Mauri Rose 23 12 2 6 DNP 240 15US 1912 Steve Truchan orange R silver DNQ DNP 2 9 200 16US 1912 Charlie Rogers orange R silver DNS 5 5 200 17US 1912 Bill Sheffler orange R silver 9 DNP 200 18US 1912 Bud Bardowski orange R silver DNS 4 13 12 10 160 19US 1912 Joe Langley orange R silver DNQ 5 14 100 20US 1912 Mel Hansen 11 DNP 100 21US 1912 Buddy Rusch orange R silver DNQ 6 80 22US 1912 Floyd Davis 6 80 23US 1912 Eddie Casterline 6 80 24US 1912 Spider Webb 10 8 DNP 80 25US 1912 Elbert Booker orange R silver DNP 12 7 DNP 70 26US 1912 George Metzler orange R silver 11 8 70 27US 1912 Walt Brown 7 60 28US 1912 Fred Carpenter orange R silver 7 60 29US 1912 Al Miller DNQ 8 14 DNP 50 30US 1912 Hal Robson 25 8 50 31US 1912 George Barringer 29 DNP 8 50 32US 1912 Russ Snowberger 12 DNP DNS DNP 39 33US 1912 Danny Goss orange R silver 10 30 -US 1912 Lee Wallard 11 0 -US 1912 Harry McQuinn 13 0 -US 1912 Walt Ader orange R silver 13 0 -US 1912 Ralph Hepburn 14 0 -US 1912 Al Putnam 15 DNQ 0 -US 1912 Cliff Bergere 16 0 -US 1912 Chet Miller 18 0 -US 1912 Jimmy Wilburn orange R silver 19 0 -US 1912 Danny Kladis orange R silver 21 0 -US 1912 Duke Nalon 22 DNP 0 -US 1912 Louis Tomei 26 0 -US 1912 Henry Banks 27 DNS 0 -US 1912 Shorty Cantlon 28 0 -US 1912 Sam Hanks 31 0 -US 1912 Hal Cole orange R silver 32 0 -US 1912 Paul Russo 33 0 -US 1912 Eddie Zalucki orange R silver DNS 0 -US 1912 Zora Arkus-Duntov DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Charles Van Acker DNQ DNP 0 -UK Robert Arbuthnot DNQ 0 -US 1912 Harold Bailey DNQ 0 -US 1912 Gerald Brisko DNQ 0 -US 1912 Jim Brubaker DNQ 0 -US 1912 Arvol Brunmeier DNQ 0 -GER Rudolf Caracciola DNQ 0 -US 1912 Bruce Denslow DNQ 0 -France Louis Gérard DNQ 0 -US 1912 Tommy Hinnershitz DNQ 0 -US 1912 Wally Mitchell DNQ 0 -US 1912 Frank McGurk DNQ 0 -US 1912 Ray Richards DNQ 0 -US 1912 Bud Rose DNQ 0 -US 1912 Harry Schell DNQ 0 -US 1912 Joel Thorne DNQ 0 -ITA Achille Varzi DNQ 0 -US 1912 Bus Wilbert DNQ 0 -US 1912 Doc Williams DNQ 0 -US 1912 Freddie Winnai DNQ 0 -US 1912 Charles Crawford DNP 0 -ITA Dioscoride Lanza DNP 0 -US 1912 Joe Silvia DNP 0 -France Raphaël Bethenod DNP 0 Pos Driver INDYUS 1912 LHSUS 1912 LAKUS 1912 ISFUS 1912 MILUS 1912 GOTUS 1912 Pts Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th-10th place Dark Blue Finished(Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish(Ret) Red Did not qualify(DNQ) Brown Withdrawn(Wth) Black Disqualified(DSQ) White Did not start(DNS) Blank Did notparticipate(DNP) Not competing In-line notationBoldPole positionItalicsRan fastest race lap*Led most race lapsgold RY silver Rookie of the Yearorange R silver Rookie 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) References http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1140-1946/ AAA National Championship 1946 Åberg, Andreas Driver Database 2011-04-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20121019115635/http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1140-1946/ 2012-10-19 live http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1946.htm 1946 AAA National Championship Trail ChampCarStats.com 2011-04-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20120405190437/http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1946.htm 2012-04-05 live http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1946sum.pdf 1946 Championship Driver Summary Harms Phil Motorsport.com 2011-04-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20120810003609/http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1946sum.pdf 2012-08-10 dead http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053905/http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf 2016-03-04 (p. 72, 315–316) Notes See also 1946 Indianapolis 500 AAA Championship Car season Category:AAA Championship Car Category:1946 in American motorsport