1948 AAA Championship Car season

Sports season August 2023 AAA Championship Car 1948 AAA National Championship Trail 12 April 25 October 10 National champion United States 1912 Ted Horn United States 1912 Mauri Rose 1947 1949 The 1948 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 12 races, beginning in Arlington, Texas on April 25 and concluding in Du Quoin, Illinois on October 10. The AAA National Champion was Ted Horn, and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Mauri Rose. Ralph Hepburn was killed at Indianapolis in practice, and Ted Horn was killed at the last race in DuQuoin. Schedule and results Rnd Date Race name Track Location Type Pole position Winning driver 1 April 25 US 1912 H. H. Wheler Memorial Cup Arlington Downs Raceway Arlington, Texas Dirt US 1912 Paul Russo US 1912 Ted Horn 2 May 31 US 1912 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Paved US 1912 Rex Mays US 1912 Mauri Rose 3 June 6 US 1912 Milwaukee 100 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Dirt US 1912 Johnny Mantz US 1912 Emil Andres 4 June 20 US 1912 National Convention Sweepstakes Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Dirt US 1912 Tony Bettenhausen US 1912 Walt Brown 5 August 15 US 1912 Milwaukee 100 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Dirt US 1912 Myron Fohr US 1912 Johnny Mantz 6 August 21 US 1912 Springfield 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt US 1912 Myron Fohr US 1912 Ted Horn7August 29US 1912 Milwaukee 200Wisconsin State Fair Park SpeedwayWest Allis, WisconsinDirtUS 1912 Paul Russo US 1912 Myron Fohr US 1912 Tony BettenhausenA A 8 September 4 US 1912 DuQuoin 100 DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin, Illinois Dirt US 1912 Rex Mays US 1912 Lee Wallard 9 September 6 US 1912 Atlanta 100 Lakewood Speedway Atlanta, Georgia Dirt US 1912 Ted Horn US 1912 Mel Hansen 10 September 6 US 1912 Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak, Colorado Hill US 1912 Al RogersB B US 1912 Al Rogers 11 September 19 US 1912 Springfield 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt US 1912 Lee Wallard US 1912 Myron Fohr 12 October 10 US 1912 DuQuoin 100 DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin, Illinois Dirt US 1912 Rex Mays US 1912 Johnnie Parsons #FFFFFF Paved/Dirt Oval solid 1px #AAAAAA #D0E7FF Road Course/Hill Climb solid 1px #AAAAAA A A Both Bettenhausen and Fohr were credited with wins for the race as Bettenhausen relieved Fohr on Lap 118 of 200. 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 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 ARDUS 1912 INDYUS 1912 MIL1US 1912 LHSUS 1912 MIL2US 1912 SPR1US 1912 MIL3US 1912 DQSF1US 1912 LAKUS 1912 PIKUS 1912 SPR2US 1912 DQSF2US 1912 Pts 1US 1912 Ted Horn 1 4 3 9 3 1 3 3 12 3 17 1880 2US 1912 Myron Fohr DNQ 4 DNS 7 3 1 2 2 1 4 1159 3US 1912 Mauri Rose 1 1000 4US 1912 Bill Sheffler 17 18 8 8 10 7 5 5 3 4 3 924.8 5US 1912 Duke Nalon 3 3 11 DNP 8 17 DNQ DNP 910 6US 1912 Lee Wallard 7 6 5 20 11 1 8 6 9 865.5 7US 1912 Bill Holland DNS 2 9 11 DNQ 840 8US 1912 Mack Hellings gold RY silver 5 2 2 14 19 820 9US 1912 Emil Andres DNP 31 1 3 2 18 16 8 5 2 13 810 10US 1912 Charles Van Acker 11 5 7 9 5 6 4 9 12 10 760 11US 1912 Johnnie Parsons orange R silver DNQ 2 2 11 13 1 700 12US 1912 Hal Cole 6 6 DNQ 5 580 13US 1912 Rex Mays 16 19 17 16 4 4 7 17 10 14 18 360 14US 1912 Johnny Mauro 8 3 355 15US 1912 Tony Bettenhausen 14 15 15 6 6 1 10 324 16US 1912 Walt Brown DNQ DNQ 13 1 13 8 12 8 320 17US 1912 Paul Russo 7 32 18 18 9 18 11 15 2 300 18US 1912 Johnny Mantz orange R silver 13 12 13 1 9 13 9 16 290 19US 1912 George Connor 28 DNQ 5 DNQ 11 17 5 DNQ 287 20US 1912 Hal Robson 15 DNQ 12 10 14 6 4 DNS 14 269 21US 1912 Ted Duncan orange R silver 4 17 240 22US 1912 Mel Hansen 25 14 DNS 18 16 15 16 1 11 11 220 23US 1912 Eddie Zalucki DNQ DNQ DNQ 15 DNS 7 6 216 24US 1912 Al Rogers DNQ DNQ 1 200 25US 1912 Tommy Hinnershitz 9 200 26US 1912 Duke Dinsmore 2 16 13 15 172.5 27US 1912 Johnny Byrne 6 12 18 DNQ 6 DNQ DNQ 170 28US 1912 Herb Bryers orange R silver 2 160 29US 1912 Jimmy Jackson 10 150 30US 1912 Joie Chitwood 4 17 DNQ DNP 120 31US 1912 Duane Carter orange R silver 22 4 120 32US 1912 Russ Snowberger 4 120 33US 1912 Spider Webb 27 10 14 17 13 10 DNQ DNQ 10 116 34US 1912 Manuel Ayulo orange R silver 5 DNQ DNQ 100 35US 1912 Buster Hammond 5 100 36US 1912 Floyd Davis 9 7 87.5 37US 1912 Hugh Thomas 6 80 38US 1912 Ken Fowler DNS 16 DNQ 8 DNQ 8 74 39US 1912 George Lynch orange R silver DNQ 19 19 15 7 60 40US 1912 William Cantrellorange R silver 16 7 60 41US 1912 Johnny Shackleford DNS 7 60 42US 1912 Louis Unser 7 60 43US 1912 Mike Salay orange R silver 8 30 17 15 DNQ 16 12 50 44US 1912 J.C. Shoemaker 8 50 45US 1912 Billy Devore 14 12 50 46US 1912 Wayne Sankey orange R silver 9 40 47US 1912 Louis Durant DNS 35 48US 1912 Red Hodges orange R silver 10 30 49US 1912 Delmar Desch 10 30 50US 1912 Jackie Holmes DNQ DNQ 11 14 DNQ 20 51US 1912 Walt Killinger 11 20 52US 1912 Charlie Rogers 12 DNQ DNS 12 DNQ 10 53US 1912 Art Hillis 12 10 54US 1912 Jack McGrath orange R silver 9 21 DNQ 5.2 -US 1912 Walt Ader DNQ 10 0 -US 1912 Les Anderson 11 24 DNQ 0 -US 1912 Buster Warke DNQ 12 0 -US 1912 Henry Banks 13 DNQ 0 -US 1912 George Hammond 13 0 -US 1912 Steve Truchan 15 DNQ 21 14 18 DNQ 0 -US 1912 Jimmy Good orange R silver 14 0 -US 1912 Bill Milliken 15 0 -US 1912 Chet Miller 20 0 -US 1912 Fred Agabashian 23 0 -US 1912 Sam Hanks 26 0 -US 1912 Doc Williams 29 0 -US 1912 Harry McQuinn 33 0 -US 1912 Joel Thorne DNQ DNS 0 -US 1912 Cliff Bergere DNS 0 -US 1912 Louis Tomei DNS 0 -US 1912 Keith Andrews DNS 0 -US 1912 Russ Chabot DNS 0 -US 1912 Milt Fankhauser DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Red Byron DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Paul Craver DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Johnny McDowell DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Johnny Dietz DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Jim Brubaker DNQ 0 -US 1912 Bob Droeger DNQ 0 -US 1912 Roland Free DNQ 0 -US 1912 Andy Granatelli DNQ 0 -US 1912 Art Hartsfeld DNQ 0 -US 1912 Ralph Hepburn DNQ 0 -US 1912 Ronney Householder DNQ 0 -US 1912 George Metzler DNQ 0 -US 1912 Al Miller DNQ 0 -US 1912 Cowboy O'Rourke DNQ 0 -US 1912 Joe Perkins DNQ 0 -US 1912 Ralph Pratt DNQ 0 -US 1912 Pete Romcevich DNQ 0 -US 1912 Loral Tansy DNQ 0 -US 1912 Jerry Kubik DNQ 0 -US 1912 Chick Barbo DNQ 0 -US 1912 Orville Epperley DNQ 0 -US 1912 Bob Baity DNQ 0 -US 1912 Norm Houser DNQ 0 Pos Driver ARDUS 1912 INDYUS 1912 MIL1US 1912 LHSUS 1912 MIL2US 1912 SPR1US 1912 MIL3US 1912 DQSF1US 1912 LAKUS 1912 PIKUS 1912 SPR2US 1912 DQSF2US 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/1140-1948/ AAA National Championship 1948 Åberg, Andreas Driver Database 2011-04-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20121019115542/http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1140-1948/ 2012-10-19 live http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1948.htm 1948 AAA National Championship Trail ChampCarStats.com 2011-04-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20120108051547/http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1948.htm 2012-01-08 live http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1948sum.pdf 1948 Championship Driver Summary Harms Phil Motorsport.com 2011-04-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20120810003609/http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1948sum.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. 310-312) See also 1948 Indianapolis 500 AAA Championship Car season Category:AAA Championship Car Category:1948 in American motorsport