1950 AAA Championship Car season

Sports season August 2023 AAA Championship Car 1950 AAA National Championship Trail 13 May 30 December 10 National champion United States 1912 Henry Banks United States 1912 Johnnie Parsons 1949 1951 The 1950 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 13 races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Darlington, South Carolina on December 10. There were also two non-championship events. The AAA National Champion was Henry Banks, and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Johnnie Parsons. Schedule and results Rnd Date Race name Track Location Type Pole position Winning driverNC May 1 US 1912 MGM Sweepstakes Arlington Downs Raceway Arlington, Texas Dirt US 1912 Jimmy Davies US 1912 Duane Carter 1 May 30 US 1912 International 500 Mile SweepstakesA A Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Paved US 1912 Walt Faulkner US 1912 Johnnie Parsons 2 June 11 US 1912 Rex Mays Classic Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Dirt US 1912 Lee Wallard US 1912 Tony Bettenhausen 3 June 25 US 1912 Langhorne 100 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Dirt US 1912 Troy Ruttman US 1912 Jack McGrathNC August 12 US 1912 Indianapolis Sweepstakes Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Dirt US 1912 Lee Wallard US 1912 Troy Ruttman 4 August 19 US 1912 Springfield 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt US 1912 Tony Bettenhausen US 1912 Paul Russo 5 September 4 US 1912 Milwaukee 200 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Dirt US 1912 Chuck Stevenson US 1912 Walt Faulkner 6 September 4 US 1912 Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak, Colorado Hill US 1912 Al RogersB B US 1912 Al Rogers 7 September 9 US 1912 Syracuse 100 Syracuse Mile Syracuse, New York Dirt US 1912 Tony Bettenhausen US 1912 Jack McGrath 8 September 10 US 1912 Detroit 100 Michigan State Fairgrounds Speedway Detroit, Michigan Dirt US 1912 Troy Ruttman US 1912 Henry Banks 9 October 1 US 1912 Springfield 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt US 1912 Tony Bettenhausen US 1912 Tony Bettenhausen 10 October 15 US 1912 Golden State 100 California State Fairgrounds Sacramento, California Dirt US 1912 Tony Bettenhausen US 1912 Duke Dinsmore 11 November 12 US 1912 Phoenix 100 Arizona State Fairgrounds Phoenix, Arizona Dirt US 1912 Bobby Ball US 1912 Jimmy Davies 12 November 26 US 1912 Bay Meadows 150 Bay Meadows Race Track San Mateo, California Dirt US 1912 Tony Bettenhausen US 1912 Tony Bettenhausen 13 December 10 US 1912 Darlington 200 Darlington Raceway Darlington, South Carolina Paved US 1912 Bill Schindler 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 1950 FIA World Championship of Drivers title. Race stopped after 345 miles due to rain. 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 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 Springfield and Bay Meadows races in 1950. The statistics shown include the most accurate representation of those races that is available. Pos Driver INDYUS 1912 MIL1US 1912 LHSUS 1912 SPR1US 1912 MIL2US 1912 PIKUS 1912 SYRUS 1912 MSFUS 1912 SPR2US 1912 CSFUS 1912 ASFUSA BMEUS 1912 DARUS 1912 Pts 1US 1912 Henry Banks 25 5 2 DNQ 2 DNQ 1 18 3 12 4 3 1390 2US 1912 Walt Faulkner gold RY silver 7 7 DNQ DNQ 1 2 4 12 9 5 6 8 1317 3US 1912 Johnnie Parsons 1 11 DNS DNQ DNS DNQ 16 DNQ 11 3 DNQ 1 1313 4US 1912 Cecil Green orange R silver 4 DNQ 9 DNQ 12 4 3 5 10 6 9 4 1190 5US 1912 Tony Bettenhausen 31 1 14 11 18 12 10 1 17 2 1 20 1027.5 6US 1912 Duke Dinsmore 33 14 4 7 4 10 5 11 1 18 7 5 1017 7US 1912 Paul Russo 9 2 12 1 5 3 18 6 13 16 928 8US 1912 Chuck Stevenson DNS 3 DNQ 20 6 3 4 4 19 6 760 9US 1912 Jack McGrath 14 9 1 14 DNS 1 17 14 14 9 5 9 736.5 10US 1912 Bill Schindler 26 18 16 12 22 DNS 15 15 2 DNQ 3 2 690 11US 1912 Lee Wallard 6 4 DNS 2 15 DNQ DNQ 10 637 12US 1912 Jimmy Davies 17 3 11 10 21 15 2 8 15 1 14 605.5 13US 1912 Bill Holland 2 552 14US 1912 Fred Agabashian 28 8 6 8 8 6 DNQ 4 5 13 532.5 15US 1912 Mauri Rose 3 483 16US 1912 Andy Linden orange R silver DNQ 18 5 3 DNS 8 DNQ DNS 459.5 17US 1912 Duke Nalon DNQ DNQ 5 DNQ 6 8 13 7 7 DNQ 394 18US 1912 Mack Hellings 13 13 7 3 DNQ DNQ DNQ 14 9 6 11 DNS DNQ 340 19US 1912 Joie Chitwood 5 7 337.5 20US 1912 George Connor 8 10 DNQ 9 19 17 9 13 282.5 21US 1912 Cliff Griffith orange R silver DNQ DNQ DNS 4 5 DNQ DNQ 12 255 22US 1912 Ray Knepper orange R silver DNQ 11 7 DNQ 7 8 13 10 16 255 23US 1912 Sam Hanks 30 DNQ 2 240 24US 1912 Joe James orange R silver DNQ DNQ DNS DNQ 7 DNQ 7 17 DNQ DNQ 11 13 212.5 25US 1912 Al Rogers 1 200 26US 1912 Neal Carter 15 DNQ 17 16 12 2 16 14 170 27US 1912 Harry Turner orange R silver DNS 6 9 9 DNQ DNQ 164.5 28US 1912 Herb Bryers 2 160 29US 1912 Louis Unser 3 140 30US 1912 Bill Mackey orange R silver DNQ DNQ 8 8 22 125 31US 1912 George Hammond 4 120 32US 1912 Jerry Hoyt orange R silver 21 DNQ 8 DNQ 11 DNQ 11 110 33US 1912 Pat Flaherty orange R silver 10 103.5 34US 1912 Charles Bryant 5 100 35US 1912 Dick Rathmann 32 6 13 DNS 80 36US 1912 Walt Killinger 6 80 37US 1912 Myron Fohr 11 DNQ DNQ 16 DNQ 69 38US 1912 Lloyd Axel 7 60 39US 1912 Frank Burany DNQ 10 60 40US 1912 Joel Thorne DNQ 8 50 41US 1912 Troy Ruttman 15 17 10 DNQ 13 14 11 12 17 15 18 46 42US 1912 Walt Brown 19 15 DNS 16 DNQ 13 DNQ 10 19 41.5 43US 1912 Johnny Mauro DNQ 9 40 44US 1912 Bayliss Levrett 27 DNS DNQ DNQ DNQ 36 45US 1912 Duane Carter 12 DNQ DNP 17 DNS DNS 21 34.5 46US 1912 Shelby Hill orange R silver 10 30 47US 1912 Rodger Ward orange R silver 10 30 48US 1912 Delmar Desch 11 20 49US 1912 Bobby Ball orange R silver 15 12 DNQ 15 50US 1912 Jimmy Good 12 10 51US 1912 Ralph Pratt DNQ DNQ DNS 15 DNQ DNS DNQ 9.5 52US 1912 Johnny McDowell 18 12 6 -US 1912 Johnny Fedricks DNQ DNQ 13 DNQ 18 16 25 0 -US 1912 Hugh Thomas 13 0 -US 1912 George Lynch DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 14 17 23 0 -US 1912 Eddie Johnson orange R silver 17 DNQ 14 DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Phil Shafer 14 0 -US 1912 Bob Finney orange R silver 15 0 -US 1912 Jimmy Daywalt orange R silver 15 0 -US 1912 Gene Hartley orange R silver 16 DNQ 0 -US 1912 Emil Andres DNQ 16 0 -US 1912 Glenn Harrison 16 0 -US 1912 Art McKee 17 0 -US 1912 Johnnie Tolan orange R silver DNQ DNQ 17 0 -US 1912 Spider Webb 20 DNQ DNP 18 DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Manuel Ayulo DNQ DNQ DNQ 18 26 0 -US 1912 Lou Florence orange R silver 18 DNQ 0 -US 1912 Pete Woods orange R silver 18 0 -US 1912 Wayne Sankey 19 0 -US 1912 Jim Hammond 20 0 -US 1912 Phil Hill orange R silver 21 0 -US 1912 Walt Ader 22 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNS 0 -US 1912 Russ Snowberger 22 0 -US 1912 Jackie Holmes 23 DNQ DNQ 0 -Canada 1868 Ray Shadbolt orange R silver 23 0 -US 1912 Dick Fraizer orange R silver DNQ 24 0 -US 1912 Jim Rathmann 24 0 -US 1912 Keith Andrews orange R silver 24 0 -US 1912 Wayne England orange R silver 25 0 -US 1912 Buster Hammond orange R silver 26 0 -US 1912 Art Hillis 27 0 -US 1912 Jimmy Jackson 29 0 -US 1912 Buster Warke DNQ DNS DNQ 0 -US 1912 William Cantrell DNS 0 -US 1912 Johnny Mantz DNS 0 -US 1912 Milt Fankhauser DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Carl Scarborough DNP DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Kenny Eaton DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Don Padia DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Al Benoit DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Bill Taylor DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Chuck Leighton DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Billy Devore DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Frank Tillman DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Bill Vukovich DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Potsy Goacher DNP DNQ 0 -US 1912 Marvin Burke DNQ 0 -US 1912 Hal Cole DNQ 0 -US 1912 Ted Duncan DNQ 0 -US 1912 George Fonder DNQ 0 -US 1912 Carl Forberg DNQ 0 -US 1912 Bob Gregg DNQ 0 -US 1912 Norm Houser DNQ 0 -US 1912 Danny Kladis DNQ 0 -US 1912 Mark Light DNQ 0 -US 1912 Cy Marshall DNQ 0 -US 1912 Al Miller DNQ 0 -US 1912 Chet Miller DNQ 0 -US 1912 Jim Rigsby DNQ 0 -US 1912 Bob Sweikert DNQ 0 -US 1912 Charles Van Acker DNQ 0 -US 1912 Mike Salay DNQ 0 -US 1912 Mike Nazaruk DNQ 0 -US 1912 Ottis Stine DNQ 0 -US 1912 Ed Terry DNQ 0 -US 1912 Bobby Barker DNQ 0 -US 1912 Joe Sostilio DNQ 0 -US 1912 Bill Johnson DNQ 0 -US 1912 Milton Mabe DNQ 0 -US 1912 Bob Harnar DNQ 0 -US 1912 Art Hartsfeld DNQ 0 -US 1912 Steve Truchan DNQ 0 -US 1912 Hal Robson DNQ 0 -US 1912 Frank Armi DNQ 0 -US 1912 Cecil Burnaugh DNQ 0 -US 1912 Lenny Lowe DNQ 0 -US 1912 Mike Reilly DNQ 0 -US 1912 Billy Ryan DNQ 0 -US 1912 Hank Rogers DNQ 0 -US 1912 Joe Adas DNP 0 -US 1912 Mike Burch DNP 0 -US 1912 Billy Earl DNP 0 -Italy Giuseppe Farina DNP 0 -Italy Franco Rol DNP 0 -US 1912 Bud Rose DNP 0 -Italy Piero Taruffi DNP 0 -US 1912 Ben Zukor DNP 0 Pos Driver INDYUS 1912 MIL1US 1912 LHSUS 1912 SPR1US 1912 MIL2US 1912 PIKUS 1912 SYRUS 1912 MSFUS 1912 SPR2US 1912 CSFUS 1912 ASFUSA BMEUS 1912 DARUS 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/1140-1950/ AAA National Championship 1950 Åberg, Andreas Driver Database 2011-04-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20121019094158/http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1140-1950/ 2012-10-19 live http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1950.htm 1950 AAA National Championship Trail ChampCarStats.com 2011-04-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20120125090337/http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1950.htm 2012-01-25 live http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1950sum.pdf 1950 Championship Driver Summary Harms Phil Motorsport.com 2011-04-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20120810003609/http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1950sum.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. 303-305) See also 1950 Indianapolis 500 AAA Championship 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