1947 AAA Championship Car season

Sports season August 2023 AAA Championship Car 1947 AAA National Championship Trail 11 May 30 November 2 National champion United States 1912 Ted Horn United States 1912 Mauri Rose 1946 1948 The 1947 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 11 races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana, on May 30 and concluding in Arlington, Texas, on November 2. The AAA National Champion was Ted Horn, and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Mauri Rose. Shorty Cantlon died at Indianapolis during the race. Schedule and results Rnd Date Race name Track Location Type Pole position Winning driver 1 May 30 US 1912 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Paved US 1912 Ted Horn US 1912 Mauri Rose 2 June 8 US 1912 Milwaukee 100 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Dirt US 1912 Bill Holland US 1912 Bill Holland 3 June 22 US 1912 Langhorne 100 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Dirt US 1912 Emil Andres US 1912 Bill Holland 4 July 4 US 1912 Atlanta 100A A Lakewood Speedway Atlanta, Georgia Dirt US 1912 Rex Mays US 1912 Walt Ader 5 July 13 US 1912 Bainbridge 100B B Bainbridge Fairgrounds Bainbridge, Ohio Dirt US 1912 Walt Brown US 1912 Ted Horn 6 July 27 US 1912 Milwaukee 100 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Dirt US 1912 Tony Bettenhausen US 1912 Charles Van Acker 7 August 17 US 1912 George Robson Memorial Good Time Park Goshen, New York Dirt US 1912 Emil Andres US 1912 Tony Bettenhausen 8 August 24 US 1912 Milwaukee 100 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Dirt US 1912 Duke Dinsmore US 1912 Ted Horn 9 September 1 US 1912 Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak, Colorado Hill US 1912 Al RogersC C US 1912 Louis Unser 10 September 28 US 1912 Springfield 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt US 1912 Emil Andres US 1912 Tony Bettenhausen 11 November 2 US 1912 Arlington 100 Arlington Downs Raceway Arlington, Texas Dirt US 1912 Duke Nalon US 1912 Ted Horn #FFFFFF Paved/Dirt Oval solid 1px #AAAAAA #D0E7FF Road Course/Hill Climb solid 1px #AAAAAA A A Race stopped after 77 miles due to wreck. B B Race stopped after 90 miles due to rain. C C 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 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) List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems Pos Driver INDYUS 1912 MIL1US 1912 LHSUS 1912 LAKUS 1912 BAIUS 1912 MIL2US 1912 GOTUS 1912 MIL3US 1912 PIKUS 1912 SPRUS 1912 ARDUS 1912 Pts 1US 1912 Ted Horn 3 DNQ 5 4 1 6 2 1 2 1 1920 2US 1912 Bill Holland gold RY silver 2 1 1 2 2 18 14 8 9 DNQ 1610 3US 1912 Mauri Rose 1 DNP 1000 4US 1912 Charles Van Acker 29 5 6 6 3 1 3 10 DNQ DNQ 770 5US 1912 Rex Mays 6 2 DNS 12 15 10 DNP 16 16 4 765.7 6US 1912 Tony Bettenhausen 18 15 10 DNQ 4 11 1 4 1 10 686.8 7US 1912 Walt Brown 7 7 3 9 13 14 7 15 8 650 8US 1912 Emil Andres 13 8 2 13 7 17 15 5 10 3 575 9US 1912 George Connor 26 4 15 14 5 5 5 3 15 DNQ 560 10US 1912 Paul Russo 28 3 17 8 12 3 6 14 2 545 11US 1912 Jimmy Jackson 5 500 12US 1912 Cliff Bergere 21 393 13US 1912 Walt Ader DNQ 17 7 1 10 12 DNQ 17 6 380 14US 1912 Duke Nalon 16 2 13 2 DNQ 9 350 15US 1912 Duke Dinsmore 10 12 8 11 8 15 4 11 13 345.5 16US 1912 Steve Truchan DNQ 16 18 8 8 DNQ 3 11 320 17US 1912 Billy Devore DNS 6 4 7 6 DNP 310 18US 1912 Eddie Zalucki orange R silver DNQ DNQ 3 11 11 14 DNQ 5 260 19US 1912 Cy Marshall 8 250 20US 1912 Milt Fankhouser orange R silver 30 13 11 5 9 DNQ 9 6 240 21US 1912 Jackie Holmes orange R silver 13 12 9 4 7 230 22US 1912 Herb Ardinger 4 207 23US 1912 Louis Unser orange R silver 1 200 24US 1912 Fred Agabashian orange R silver 9 200 25US 1912 Mel Hansen 27 DNS 4 13 13 169.5 26US 1912 Al Rogers orange R silver 2 160 27US 1912 Charlie Rogers 14 7 5 DNQ 160 28US 1912 Myron Fohr orange R silver 9 16 7 7 160 29US 1912 Russ Snowberger 19 3 140 30US 1912 J.C. Shoemaker orange R silver 4 120 31US 1912 Buster Warke orange R silver 16 10 6 12 120 32US 1912 Les Anderson orange R silver 11 11 120 33US 1912 Johnny Mauro orange R silver DNQ 3 100 34US 1912 Bill Milliken orange R silver 6 80 35US 1912 Delmar Desch orange R silver 7 60 36US 1912 Hugh Thomas orange R silver 8 50 37US 1912 Johnny Byrne orange R silver 8 50 38US 1912 Pete Romcevich orange R silver 12 50 39US 1912 Buddy Rusch DNQ 18 13 DNQ 14 9 40 40US 1912 Red Byron orange R silver DNQ 9 40 41US 1912 George Hammond orange R silver 9 40 42US 1912 Art Scovell orange R silver DNQ 10 14 30 43US 1912 Fred Carpenter 10 30 44US 1912 George Metzler DNQ 11 12 30 45US 1912 Hal Robson 20 DNQ 12 10 46US 1912 Johnny Shackleford orange R silver 12 DNQ 10 -US 1912 Walt Killinger orange R silver 10 0 -US 1912 Jerry Kubik orange R silver 18 14 0 -US 1912 Frank Wearne 14 0 -US 1912 Ken Fowler 15 0 -US 1912 Norm Houser orange R silver DNQ DNQ 17 0 -US 1912 Roland Free 17 0 -US 1912 Joie Chitwood 22 0 -US 1912 Shorty Cantlon 23 0 -US 1912 Henry Banks 24 0 -US 1912 Al Miller 25 0 -US 1912 Louis Tomei DNS 0 -US 1912 Doc Williams DNS 0 -US 1912 Bud Bardowski DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Charles Crawford DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Joel Thorne Wth DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Zora Arkus-Duntov DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Spider Webb DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Sam Hanks DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Tommy Boggs DNQ 0 -US 1912 Frank Brisko DNQ 0 -UK Leslie Brooke DNQ 0 -US 1912 Jim Brubaker DNQ 0 -US 1912 Duane Carter DNQ 0 -US 1912 Louis Durant DNQ 0 -US 1912 Sam Grecco DNQ 0 -US 1912 Harry McQuinn DNQ 0 -US 1912 Hal Stetson DNQ 0 -US 1912 George Weaver DNQ 0 -US 1912 Elton Green DNQ 0 -US 1912 Hal Cole Wth 0 -US 1912 Chet Miller Wth 0 -US 1912 Bill Sheffler Wth 0 -US 1912 Danny Kladis Wth 0 -US 1912 Wally Mitchell Wth 0 -US 1912 Overton Phillips Wth 0 -US 1912 Wayne Sankey DSQ 0 -US 1912 Tommy Hinnershitz DNP 0 -US 1912 Don Lee DNP 0 Pos Driver INDYUS 1912 MIL1US 1912 LHSUS 1912 LAKUS 1912 BAIUS 1912 MIL2US 1912 GOTUS 1912 MIL3US 1912 PIKUS 1912 SPRUS 1912 ARDUS 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 References http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1140-1947/ AAA National Championship 1947 Åberg, Andreas Driver Database 2011-04-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20121019115616/http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1140-1947/ 2012-10-19 live http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1947.htm 1947 AAA National Championship Trail ChampCarStats.com 2011-04-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20120405190424/http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1947.htm 2012-04-05 live http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1947sum.pdf 1947 Championship Driver Summary Harms Phil Motorsport.com 2011-04-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20120810003609/http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1947sum.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. 313-314) See also 1947 Indianapolis 500 AAA Championship Car season Category:AAA Championship Car Category:1947 in American motorsport