1952 AAA Championship Car season

Sports season March 2020 AAA Championship Car 1952 AAA National Championship Trail 12 May 30 November 11 National champion United States 1912 Chuck Stevenson United States 1912 Troy Ruttman 1951 1953 The 1952 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 12 races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Phoenix, Arizona on November 11. There was also one non-championship event in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The AAA National Champion was Chuck Stevenson, and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Troy Ruttman. Johnny McDowell was killed at the Milwaukee while qualifying for the Rex Mays Classic. Joe James died in the San José 100 race. 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 Fred Agabashian US 1912 Troy Ruttman 2 June 8 US 1912 Rex Mays Classic Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Dirt US 1912 Jim Rigsby US 1912 Mike Nazaruk 3 July 4 US 1912 Raleigh 200 Southland Speedway Raleigh, North Carolina Paved US 1912 Cliff Griffith US 1912 Troy RuttmanNC July 27 US 1912 Indianapolis Sweepstakes Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Dirt US 1912 Paul Russo US 1912 Paul Russo 4 August 16 US 1912 Springfield 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt US 1912 Mike Nazaruk US 1912 Bill Schindler 5 August 24 US 1912 Milwaukee 200 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Dirt US 1912 Bob Sweikert US 1912 Chuck Stevenson 6 August 30 US 1912 Detroit 100 Michigan State Fairgrounds Speedway Detroit, Michigan Dirt US 1912 Jimmy Reece US 1912 Bill Vukovich 7 September 1 US 1912 Ted Horn Memorial DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin, Illinois Dirt US 1912 Bill Schindler US 1912 Chuck Stevenson 8 September 1 US 1912 Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak, Colorado Hill US 1912 Al RogersB B US 1912 George Hammond 9 September 6 US 1912 Syracuse 100 Syracuse Mile Syracuse, New York Dirt US 1912 Jack McGrath US 1912 Jack McGrath 10 September 28 US 1912 Denver 100 Centennial Race Track Littleton, Colorado Dirt US 1912 Bill Vukovich US 1912 Bill Vukovich 11 November 2 US 1912 San Jose 100 San Jose Speedway San Jose, California Dirt US 1912 Jack McGrath US 1912 Bobby Ball 12 November 11 US 1912 Phoenix 100 Arizona State Fairgrounds Phoenix, Arizona 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 1952 FIA World Championship of Drivers title. 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 INDYUS 1912 MIL1US 1912 RALUS 1912 SPRUS 1912 MIL2US 1912 MSFUS 1912 DQSFUS 1912 PIKUS 1912 SYRUS 1912 CENUS 1912 SJSUS 1912 ASFUSA Pts 1US 1912 Chuck Stevenson 18 6 6 5 1 3 1 7 2 7 6 1440 2US 1912 Troy Ruttman 1 DNQ 1 12 1410 3US 1912 Sam Hanks 3 DNQ 18 3 14 DNQ 2 12 4 5 2 1390 4US 1912 Duane Carter 4 3 DNQ 3 7 DNQ DNQ DNS 12 1250.4 5US 1912 Jack McGrath 11 13 2 2 15 4 5 1 6 4 16 1200 6US 1912 Jim Rathmann 2 10 4 DNQ DNQ 18 18 DNQ 1070 7US 1912 Paul Russo DNQ 2 5 DNQ 6 2 4 4 18 3 15 1060 8US 1912 Bobby Ball 32 11 DNQ 15 10 9 6 3 3 1 3 820 9US 1912 Jimmy Reece orange R silver 7 5 DNQ 8 8 15 15 5 10 10 11 709.6 10US 1912 Henry Banks 19 DNQ 10 7 4 6 7 8 8 17 5 700 11US 1912 Bill Schindler 14 3 23 1 2 13 14 16 660 12US 1912 Bill Vukovich 17 DNQ 24 DNQ 1 3 14 1 14 8 590 13US 1912 Mike Nazaruk DNQ 1 19 18 16 17 DNQ 2 12 2 18 530 14US 1912 Art Cross orange R silver 5 DNP 500 15US 1912 Jimmy Bryan orange R silver 6 DNQ 9 14 440 16US 1912 Jim Rigsby 12 4 8 4 13 11 410 17US 1912 Joe James 13 DNQ 20 6 5 DNS 9 9 DNS 13 364 18US 1912 Johnnie Parsons 10 DNQ 22 DNQ 16 1 350 19US 1912 Manuel Ayulo 20 8 15 16 12 10 8 15 9 12 4 320 20US 1912 Neal Carter DNQ DNQ 7 10 5 DNQ 7 310 21US 1912 Cliff Griffith 9 15 11 18 DNQ 11 DNQ DNP 260 22US 1912 George Connor 8 21 20 DNQ DNQ DNP 250 23US 1912 Rodger Ward 23 DNQ 9 DNQ 7 16 13 DNQ 18 9 240 24US 1912 George Hammond 1 200 25US 1912 Louis Unser 2 160 26US 1912 Bob Scott orange R silver 29 9 13 11 DNQ 13 17 15 6 DNQ 160 27US 1912 Al Rogers 3 140 28US 1912 Andy Linden 33 14 16 DNQ DNQ 8 DNQ DNQ DNQ 15 7 129 29US 1912 Paul Kleinschmidt orange R silver 4 120 30US 1912 Buzz Barton DNQ DNQ 17 19 DNQ DNQ DNQ 5 DNQ 13 100 31US 1912 Hugh Thomas 5 100 32US 1912 Walt Faulkner DNQ 18 17 13 DNQ 12 DNQ 11 8 10 87 33US 1912 Don Freeland orange R silver 6 14 80 34US 1912 Shelby Hill 6 80 35US 1912 Fred Agabashian 27 9 80 36US 1912 Gene Hartley 28 7 DNQ 14 DNQ DNQ 60 37US 1912 Charles Bryant 7 60 38US 1912 Keith Andrews 8 DNQ 50 39US 1912 Frank Armi DNQ 10 DNS 17 11 50 40US 1912 Tommy Hinnershitz DNQ 9 40 41US 1912 Art McKee 9 40 42US 1912 Roy Prosser orange R silver 18 10 30 43US 1912 Johnny Mauro DNQ 10 DNQ 30 44US 1912 Gene Force DNQ DNQ 14 DNQ 11 20 45US 1912 Ebe Yoder orange R silver DNQ DNQ 11 DNQ DNQ 17 DNQ 20 46US 1912 Johnny Mantz 11 20 47US 1912 Bob Sweikert orange R silver 26 12 DNQ DNQ 21 DNQ 12 DNS 20 48US 1912 Danny Oakes orange R silver 12 13 20 49US 1912 Herb Bryers 12 10 -US 1912 Malcolm Brazier 13 0 -US 1912 Vic Carter orange R silver DNQ 14 0 -US 1912 Milton Mabe 14 0 -US 1912 George Fonder 15 0 -US 1912 Norman Robinson orange R silver 15 0 -US 1912 Eddie Johnson 16 17 DNQ 17 DNQ DNS 0 -US 1912 Red Hamilton orange R silver DNQ 16 DNQ 17 0 -Canada 1868 Allen Heath orange R silver DNQ 16 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNS DNQ 0 -US 1912 Chuck Weyant orange R silver DNP DNQ 16 0 -US 1912 Wayne Sankey 16 0 -US 1912 Slim Roberts orange R silver 17 0 -US 1912 Walt Killinger 18 0 -US 1912 Bob Finney 19 0 -US 1912 Phil Shafer 20 0 -US 1912 Johnny McDowell 21 DNQ 0 -US 1912 Spider Webb 22 DNQ 0 -US 1912 Eddie Russo orange R silver DNQ 22 0 -US 1912 Tony Bettenhausen 24 DNQ 0 -US 1912 Duke Nalon 25 0 -US 1912 Chet Miller 30 0 -Italy Alberto Ascari orange R silver 31 0 -US 1912 Jud Larson DNS DNQ 0 -US 1912 Carl Scarborough DNS DNQ 0 -US 1912 Foster Campbell DNQ DNS 0 -US 1912 Joe Allspach DNS 0 -US 1912 Frank Luptow DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Walt Geiss DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Frank Tillman DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Dempsey Wilson DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Ottis Stine DNP DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Johnny Boyd DNP DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Danny Kladis DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Bill Homeier DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Duke Dinsmore DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Carl Forberg DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 George Tichenor DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Joe Barzda DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Cal Niday DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Johnnie Tolan DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Don Daly DNQ DNP 0 -US 1912 Bill Cantrell DNQ 0 -US 1912 Jimmy Daywalt DNQ 0 -US 1912 Dick Fraizer DNQ 0 -US 1912 Potsy Goacher DNQ 0 -US 1912 Perry Grimm DNQ 0 -US 1912 Peter Hahn DNQ 0 -US 1912 Jackie Holmes DNQ 0 -US 1912 Jimmy Jackson DNQ 0 -US 1912 Bayliss Levrett DNQ 0 -US 1912 Puffy Puffer DNQ 0 -US 1912 Doc Shanebrook DNQ 0 -US 1912 Bill Taylor DNQ 0 -US 1912 Leroy Warriner DNQ 0 -US 1912 John Crone DNQ 0 -US 1912 Gays Biro DNQ 0 -US 1912 Pat O'Connor DNQ 0 -US 1912 Bill Carlson DNQ 0 -US 1912 Guy Fields DNQ 0 -US 1912 Jimmy Good DNQ 0 -US 1912 Joe Grayson DNQ 0 -US 1912 George Polster DNQ 0 -US 1912 Pete Pusede DNQ 0 -US 1912 T. E. Russell DNQ 0 -US 1912 Wayne Stowbridge DNQ 0 -US 1912 Roy Bowe DNQ 0 -US 1912 Don Olds DNQ 0 -Italy Giuseppe Farina Wth 0 -US 1912 Bill Boyd DNP 0 -US 1912 Johnny Fedricks DNP 0 -US 1912 Albert Scully DNP 0 -US 1912 George Armstrong DNP 0 Pos Driver INDYUS 1912 MIL1US 1912 RALUS 1912 SPRUS 1912 MIL2US 1912 MSFUS 1912 DQSFUS 1912 PIKUS 1912 SYRUS 1912 CENUS 1912 SJSUS 1912 ASFUSA 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/1140-1952/ AAA National Championship 1952 Åberg, Andreas Driver Database 2011-04-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20110916215634/http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1140-1952/ 2011-09-16 live http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1952.htm 1952 AAA National Championship Trail ChampCarStats.com 2011-04-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20120405190142/http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1952.htm 2012-04-05 live http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1952sum.pdf 1952 Championship Driver Summary Harms Phil Motorsport.com 2011-04-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20120810003609/http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1952sum.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 March 4, 2016 (p. 295-298) See also 1952 Indianapolis 500 AAA Championship Car season Category:AAA Championship Car Category:1952 in American motorsport Category:1952 in sports in Arizona