1939 AAA Championship Car season

Auto racing season August 2023 AAA Championship Car 1939 AAA National Championship Trail 3 May 30 September 2 National champion United States 1912 Wilbur Shaw United States 1912 Wilbur Shaw 1938 1940 thumb|right The 1939 AAA Championship Car season consisted of three races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Syracuse, New York on September 2. There was also one non-championship event in Springfield, Illinois. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Wilbur Shaw. The Springfield 100 was originally scheduled as a AAA non-championship event, had its sanction withdrawn the day of the race. It was held as an unsanctioned event on August 19, and won by John Crone.1939 AAA National Championship Trail http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1939.htm Schedule and results All races running on Oval/Speedway. 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 Jimmy Snyder US 1912 Wilbur Shaw 2 August 27 US 1912 Milwaukee 100 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Dirt US 1912 Emil Andres US 1912 Babe Stapp 3 September 2 US 1912 Syracuse 100 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt US 1912 Rex Mays US 1912 Mauri RoseNC October 15 US 1912 Race of Champions Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt — US 1912 Emil Andres #FB9902 Non-championship race solid 1px #AAAAAA Final points standings Note: Drivers had to be running at the finish to score points. Points scored by drivers sharing a ride were split according to percentage of race driven. Starters were not allowed to score points as relief drivers, if a race starter finished the race in another car, in a points scoring position, those points were awarded to the driver who had started the car. The final standings based on reference.1939 AAA National Championship Trail http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1939.htm List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems Pos Driver INDYUS 1912 MILUS 1912 SYRUS 1912 Pts 1US 1912 Wilbur Shaw 1 1000 2US 1912 Jimmy Snyder 2 825 3US 1912 Ted Horn 4 14 3 685 4US 1912 Babe Stapp 5 1 11 675 5US 1912 Cliff Bergere 3 675 6US 1912 George Barringer 6 2 5 630 7US 1912 Mauri Rose 8 12 1* 490 8US 1912 Joel Thorne 7 9 DNQ 370 9US 1912 Frank Wearne 9 DNQ 225 10US 1912 George Connor 13 10* 2 200 11US 1912 Louis Durant gold RY silver 3 7 200 12US 1912 Billy Devore 10 DNQ 136.5 13US 1912 Floyd Davis 27 11 4 135 14US 1912 Frank Brisko 29 8 6 130 15US 1912 George Robson 21 5 10 125 16US 1912 Tony Gulotta 11 114.5 17US 1912 Russ Snowberger 25 4 DNQ 110 18US 1912 Duke Nalon DNQ 6 12 90 19US 1912 Louis Meyer 12* 75 20US 1912 Spider Webb orange R silver 7 65 21US 1912 Shorty Cantlon 32 15 8 55 22US 1912 Emil Andres 30 13 9 45 23US 1912 Henry Banks 10 38.5 -US 1912 Rex Mays 16 17 13 0 -US 1912 Frank McGurk DNQ 16 14 0 -US 1912 Tony Willman 14 0 -US 1912 Louis Tomei 15 0 -US 1912 Herb Ardinger 17 0 -US 1912 Kelly Petillo 18 DNQ 0 -US 1912 Mel Hansen orange R silver 19 0 -US 1912 Chet Miller 20 0 -US 1912 Al Putnam 21 DNQ 0 -US 1912 Harry McQuinn 21 0 -US 1912 Ralph Hepburn 22 0 -US 1912 Floyd Roberts 23 0 -US 1912 Ira Hall 24 0 -US 1912 George Bailey 26 0 -US 1912 Al Miller 28 0 -US 1912 Bob Swanson 31 0 -US 1912 Deacon Litz 33 DNQ 0 -US 1912 Ronney Householder DNS 0 -US 1912 Lou Webb DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Sam Hanks Wth DNQ 0 -US 1912 Tommy Hinnershitz DNQ 0 -US 1912 Zeke Meyer DNQ 0 -US 1912 Johnny Seymour DNQ 0 -US 1912 Doc Williams DNQ 0 -US 1912 Vince Conze DNQ 0 -US 1912 Lou Moore DNQ 0 Pos Driver INDYUS 1912 MILUS 1912 SYRUS 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 lapsRookie of the YearRookie References http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1140-1939/ AAA National Championship 1939 Åberg, Andreas Driver Database 2009-05-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20120910234250/http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1140-1939/ 2012-09-10 live http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1939.htm 1939 AAA National Championship Trail ChampCarStats.com 2009-05-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20120224075455/http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1939.htm 2012-02-24 live http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1939sum.pdf 1939 Championship Driver Summary Harms Phil Motorsport.com 2011-04-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20120810003609/http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1939sum.pdf 2012-08-10 dead See also 1939 Indianapolis 500 AAA Championship Car season Category:AAA Championship Car Category:1939 in American motorsport