1951 AAA Championship Car season

Sports season August 2023 AAA Championship Car 1951 AAA National Championship Trail 15 May 30 November 11 National champion United States 1912 Tony Bettenhausen United States 1912 Lee Wallard 1950 1952 The 1951 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 15 races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in San Mateo, California on November 11. There was also one non-championship event in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The AAA National Champion was Tony Bettenhausen, and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Lee Wallard. Schedule and results Rnd Date Race name Track Location Type Pole position Winning driver 1 May 30 US 1912 International 500 Mile SweepstakesA A Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Paved US 1912 Duke Nalon US 1912 Lee Wallard 2 June 10 US 1912 Rex Mays Classic Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Dirt US 1912 Jack McGrath US 1912 Tony Bettenhausen 3 June 24 US 1912 Langhorne 100 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Dirt US 1912 Jack McGrath US 1912 Tony Bettenhausen 4 July 4 US 1912 Darlington 250 Darlington Raceway Darlington, South Carolina Paved US 1912 Johnny McDowell US 1912 Walt FaulknerNC July 29 US 1912 Indianapolis Sweepstakes Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Dirt US 1912 Troy Ruttman US 1912 Troy Ruttman 5 August 18 US 1912 Springfield 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt US 1912 Paul Russo US 1912 Tony Bettenhausen 6 August 26 US 1912 Milwaukee 200 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Dirt US 1912 Johnny McDowell US 1912 Walt Faulkner 7 September 1 US 1912 Ted Horn Memorial DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin, Illinois Dirt US 1912 Johnnie Parsons US 1912 Tony Bettenhausen 8 September 3 US 1912 Du Quoin 150B B DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin, Illinois Dirt US 1912 Tony Bettenhausen US 1912 Tony Bettenhausen 9 September 3 US 1912 Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak, Colorado Hill US 1912 Louis UnserC C US 1912 Al Rogers 10 September 8 US 1912 Syracuse 100D D Syracuse Mile Syracuse, New York Dirt US 1912 Tony Bettenhausen US 1912 Tony Bettenhausen 11 September 9 US 1912 Detroit 100 Michigan State Fairgrounds Speedway Detroit, Michigan Dirt US 1912 Johnny McDowell US 1912 Paul Russo 12 September 23 US 1912 Denver 100 Centennial Race Track Littleton, Colorado Dirt US 1912 Tony Bettenhausen US 1912 Tony Bettenhausen 13 October 21 US 1912 San Jose 100 San Jose Speedway San Jose, California Dirt US 1912 Tony Bettenhausen US 1912 Tony Bettenhausen 14 November 4 US 1912 Phoenix 100 Arizona State Fairgrounds Phoenix, Arizona Dirt US 1912 Henry Banks US 1912 Johnnie Parsons 15 November 11 US 1912 Bay Meadows 150 Bay Meadows Race Track San Mateo, California Dirt US 1912 Jack McGrath US 1912 Johnnie Parsons #FFFFFF Paved/Dirt Oval solid 1px #AAAAAA #D0E7FF Road Course/Hill Climb solid 1px #AAAAAA #FB9902 Non-championship race solid 1px #AAAAAA A A Indianapolis 500 was AAA-sanctioned and counted towards the 1951 FIA World Championship of Drivers title. B B Race stopped after 101 laps 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. D D Race stopped after 67 laps due to wreck. Final points standings Note1: 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 Note2: There were scoring omissions in the AAA records regarding laps completed for eight drivers in the Darlington and Milwaukee races in 1951. The statistics shown include the most accurate representation of those races that is available. Pos Driver INDYUS 1912 MIL1US 1912 LHSUS 1912 DARUS 1912 SPRUS 1912 MIL2US 1912 DQSF1US 1912 DQSF2US 1912 PIKUS 1912 SYRUS 1912 MSFUS 1912 CENUS 1912 SJSUS 1912 ASFUSA BMEUS 1912 Pts 1US 1912 Tony Bettenhausen 9 1 1 2 1 10 1 1 1 4 1 1 13 2 2556 2US 1912 Henry Banks 6 11 10 7 4 5 6 5 6 9 2 3 2 3 1856.6 3US 1912 Walt Faulkner 15 1 DNQ 1 4 2 2 2 18 DNQ 6 DNS 1513.6 4US 1912 Jack McGrath 3 18 7 5 2 2 16 11 7 3 4 14 18 1460.4 5US 1912 Mike Nazaruk gold RY silver 2 8 9 8 16 18 3 15 16 18 15 1143 6US 1912 Johnnie Parsons 21 DNQ DNS 23 3 2 16 17 14 7 1 1 1012 7US 1912 Lee Wallard 1 1000 8US 1912 Manuel Ayulo DNS 10 4 6 17 17 6 12 6 7 DNQ 9 11 997.5 9US 1912 Andy Linden 4 15 8 12 DNQ 22 9 7 11 DNQ 5 911 10US 1912 Paul Russo DNQ 4 13 14 9 3 15 1 13 2 DNQ 16 700 11US 1912 Bill Schindler 13 16 2 21 3 4 12 8 DNP 8 9 693.5 12US 1912 Cecil Green 22 2 3 3 650 13US 1912 Bobby Ball 5 DNQ 5 11 15 13 620 14US 1912 Chuck Stevenson 20 DNQ 9 5 6 10 4 9 DNP 538 15US 1912 Duane Carter 8 3 15 DNS 11 17 13 8 10 505 16US 1912 Sam Hanks 12 5 3 DNQ 5 10 DNQ 421.4 17US 1912 Jimmy Davies 16 14 24 18 13 13 17 5 3 8 315 18US 1912 Gene Force orange R silver 11 7 15 13 19 10 18 DNQ DNQ 6 310.3 19US 1912 Cliff Griffith 28 9 11 11 7 8 9 DNQ 308.4 20US 1912 Neal Carter DNQ 18 20 16 DNQ 13 14 4 4 300 21US 1912 Bill Mackey 19 13 4 300 22US 1912 Carl Forberg orange R silver 7 DNQ 300 23US 1912 Bill Vukovich orange R silver 29 DNQ 14 26 15 21 7 DNQ 3 7 11 18 DNQ 291.8 24US 1912 Joe James 33 17 12 28 12 15 DNQ 14 16 15 4 8 5 DNQ 283 25US 1912 Fred Agabashian 17 DNS 6 DNQ 6 6 17 12 278.2 26US 1912 Jim Rigsby orange R silver DNS 10 11 14 12 DNS 12 10 11 7 233.1 27US 1912 Johnny McDowell 32 16 16 9 8 15 15 17 9 9 12 DNP 230 28US 1912 Gordon Reid orange R silver DNQ 6 17 17 7 20 18 13 DNQ 14 16 13 7 14 204 29US 1912 Al Rogers 1 200 30US 1912 Rodger Ward 27 5 13 DNS DNQ 8 17 10 17 192 31US 1912 Johnny Mauro 2 160 32US 1912 Duke Nalon 10 150 33US 1912 Louis Unser 3 140 34US 1912 Pete Woods 4 DNQ DNQ DNQ 120 35US 1912 Harry King orange R silver DNQ DNQ DNQ 8 5 DNQ 117.5 36US 1912 Eddie Johnson 4 11 100.4 37US 1912 Ray Knepper DNQ DNQ 5 22 100 38US 1912 Herb Bryers 5 100 39US 1912 Troy Ruttman 23 6 15 80 40US 1912 Charles Bryant 6 80 41US 1912 Joe Garson orange R silver 8 DNQ 11 18 DNQ DNQ DNQ 70 42US 1912 Bob Finney 7 60 43US 1912 Shelby Hill 8 50 44US 1912 Mack Hellings 31 DNQ 9 DNQ 40 45US 1912 Johnnie Tolan DNQ 12 DNS DNQ 14 DNQ DNQ 10 DNQ 40 46US 1912 Jimmy Good 10 30 47US 1912 Roy Sherman DNQ DNS DNS 28 48US 1912 Buzz Barton 10 20.1 49US 1912 Delmar Desch 11 20 50US 1912 George Connor 30 DNQ DNS 25 DNQ 12 DNQ DNQ DNQ 20 51US 1912 Walt Brown 26 DNQ 10 17 52US 1912 Frank Armi orange R silver DNQ DNQ DNQ 17 12 16 DNQ 10 53US 1912 Hugh Thomas 12 10 -US 1912 Buster Warke DNS 12 0 -US 1912 Wayne Sankey 13 0 -US 1912 Kenny Eaton DNQ 14 0 -US 1912 Tommy Hinnershitz DNQ 14 0 -US 1912 Mauri Rose 14 0 -US 1912 Glenn Harrison 14 0 -US 1912 Walt Moffatt orange R silver 15 0 -US 1912 Jimmy Jackson 16 0 -US 1912 Johnny Fedricks 16 0 -US 1912 Wayne England 17 0 -US 1912 Duke Dinsmore 24 DNQ 18 DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Carl Scarborough orange R silver 18 DNQ DNQ 27 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Dick Fraizer DNQ 18 DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Roger Barlow orange R silver 18 0 -US 1912 Rex Easton orange R silver DNQ 19 DNQ 0 -US 1912 D. R. Atkinson orange R silver 19 0 -US 1912 Malcolm Brazier orange R silver 20 0 -US 1912 Walt Killinger 21 DNS 0 -US 1912 Phil Shafer 21 0 -US 1912 Milton Mabe 22 0 -US 1912 Buster Hammond 23 0 -US 1912 Richard DeMark orange R silver 24 0 -US 1912 Chet Miller 25 0 -US 1912 George Hammond 25 0 -US 1912 Art McKee 26 0 -US 1912 T. E. Russell 27 DNP 0 -US 1912 Andy Cimino orange R silver 28 0 -US 1912 Joel Thorne DNQ DNS 0 -US 1912 Clarence Doley DNS 0 -US 1912 Clifford Foltz DNS 0 -US 1912 Jim Hammond DNS 0 -US 1912 Red Lawrence DNS 0 -US 1912 Billy Ryan DNS 0 -Canada 1868 Ray Shadbolt DNS 0 -US 1912 Curt Stockwell DNS 0 -US 1912 Harry Syer DNS 0 -US 1912 Doc Shanebrook DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Joe Barzda DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Dick Page DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Bob Scott DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Myron Fohr DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 George Lynch DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Jud Larson DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Joe Sostilio DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Mark Light DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Potsy Goacher DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Bill Boyd DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Del Fanning DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Jimmy Bryan DNQ 0 -US 1912 Bill Cantrell DNQ 0 -US 1912 Jimmy Daywalt DNQ 0 -US 1912 George Fonder DNQ 0 -US 1912 Jackie Holmes DNQ 0 -US 1912 Norm Houser DNQ 0 -US 1912 Jerry Hoyt DNQ 0 -US 1912 Bill Johnson DNQ 0 -US 1912 Danny Kladis DNQ 0 -US 1912 Bayliss Levrett DNQ 0 -US 1912 Roscoe Rann DNQ 0 -US 1912 Mike Salay DNQ 0 -US 1912 Bud Sennett DNQ 0 -US 1912 Bob Sweikert DNQ 0 -US 1912 Leroy Warriner DNQ 0 -US 1912 Frank Burany DNQ 0 -US 1912 John Crone DNQ 0 -US 1912 Bobby Barker DNQ 0 -US 1912 Eddie Sachs DNQ 0 -US 1912 Bill Doster DNQ 0 -US 1912 Slim Roberts DNQ 0 -US 1912 Dempsey Wilson DNQ 0 -France Jean Achard DNP 0 Pos Driver INDYUS 1912 MIL1US 1912 LHSUS 1912 DARUS 1912 SPRUS 1912 MIL2US 1912 DQSF1US 1912 DQSF2US 1912 PIKUS 1912 SYRUS 1912 MSFUS 1912 CENUS 1912 SJSUS 1912 ASFUSA BMEUS 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/1140-1951/ AAA National Championship 1951 Åberg, Andreas Driver Database 2011-04-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20121019094123/http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1140-1951/ 2012-10-19 live http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1951.htm 1951 AAA National Championship Trail ChampCarStats.com 2011-04-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20120323154315/http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1951.htm 2012-03-23 live http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1951sum.pdf 1951 Championship Driver Summary Harms Phil Motorsport.com 2011-04-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20120810003609/http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1951sum.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. 299-302) See also 1951 Indianapolis 500 AAA Championship Car season Category:AAA Championship Car Category:1951 in American motorsport Category:1951 in sports in California