1940 AAA Championship Car season

Sports season August 2023 AAA Championship Car 1940 AAA National Championship Trail 3 May 30 September 2 National champion United States 1912 Rex Mays United States 1912 Wilbur Shaw 1939 1941 The 1940 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 Langhorne, Pennsylvania. The AAA National Champion was Rex Mays and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Wilbur Shaw. George Bailey died in practice at Indianapolis before the race. Lou Webb died during the season ending race at Syracuse. Schedule and results All races running on Paved/Dirt Oval. 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 Rex Mays US 1912 Wilbur ShawNC June 16 US 1912 Langhorne 100 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Dirt US 1912 Tony Willman US 1912 Duke Nalon 2 August 24 US 1912 Springfield 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt US 1912 Rex Mays US 1912 Rex Mays 3 September 2 US 1912 Syracuse 100 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt US 1912 Rex Mays US 1912 Rex Mays #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.1940 AAA National Championship Trail http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1940.htm May 17, 2009 November 22, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081122115346/http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1940.htm live List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems Pos Driver INDYUS 1912 SPRUS 1912 SYRUS 1912 Pts 1US 1912 Rex Mays 2 1* 1* 1225 2US 1912 Wilbur Shaw 1* 1000 3US 1912 Mauri Rose 3 675 4US 1912 Ted Horn 4 6 625 5US 1912 Joel Thorne 5 DNQ 450 6US 1912 Bob Swanson 6 375 7US 1912 Frank Wearne 7 325 8US 1912 Frank Brisko 9 8 DNQ 280 9US 1912 George Robson 23 4 11 275 10US 1912 Mel Hansen 8 275 11US 1912 Al Miller 30 2 9 210 12US 1912 George Connor 26 7 4 175 13US 1912 Floyd Davis 20 6 7 140 14US 1912 Harry McQuinn 11 13 12 140 15US 1912 Tommy Hinnershitz 32 11 3 135 16US 1912 Duke Nalon 22 3 135 17US 1912 Emil Andres 12 DNS 10 110 18France 1846 René Le Bègue gold RY silver 10 91 19US 1912 Kelly Petillo 21 5 13 90 20US 1912 Shorty Cantlon DNS 5 90 21France 1846 René Dreyfus orange R silver 10 84 22US 1912 Paul Russo orange R silver 28 12 8 55 23US 1912 Overton Phillips DNQ 9 DNQ 45 24US 1912 Hal Robson orange R silver 2 25 -US 1912 Lou Webb orange R silver 20 10 14 0 -US 1912 Sam Hanks orange R silver 13 0 -US 1912 Billy Devore 18 14 DNQ 0 -US 1912 George Barringer 14 0 -US 1912 Joie Chitwood orange R silver 15 DNQ 0 -US 1912 Louis Tomei 16 0 -US 1912 Henry Banks 17 0 -US 1912 Chet Miller 17 0 -US 1912 Al Putnam 19 DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Babe Stapp 24 0 -US 1912 Doc Williams 25 0 -US 1912 Cliff Bergere 27 0 -US 1912 Ralph Hepburn 29 0 -US 1912 Russ Snowberger 31 0 -Argentina Raúl Riganti 33 0 -US 1912 Tony Willman DNQ DNQ DNS 0 -US 1912 George Bailey DNQ 0 -US 1912 Wesley Crawford DNQ 0 -US 1912 Port DeFraties DNQ 0 -US 1912 Louis Durant DNQ 0 -US 1912 Ira Hall DNQ 0 -US 1912 Bill Lipscomb DNQ 0 -US 1912 Louis Unser DNQ 0 -US 1912 Freddie Winnai DNQ 0 Pos Driver INDYUS 1912 SPRUS 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 See also 1940 Indianapolis 500 References http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1140-1940/ AAA National Championship 1940 Åberg, Andreas Driver Database 2009-05-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20120908075842/http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1140-1940/ 2012-09-08 live http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1940.htm 1940 AAA National Championship Trail ChampCarStats.com 2009-05-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20081122115346/http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1940.htm 2008-11-22 live http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1940sum.pdf 1940 Championship Driver Summary Harms Phil Motorsport.com 2011-04-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20120810003609/http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1940sum.pdf 2012-08-10 dead AAA Championship Car season Category:AAA Championship Car Category:1940 in American motorsport