1949 AAA Championship Car season

Sports season August 2023 AAA Championship Car 1949 AAA National Championship Trail 14 April 24 November 6 National champion United States 1912 Johnnie Parsons United States 1912 Bill Holland 1948 1950 The 1949 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 14 races, beginning in Arlington, Texas on April 24 and concluding in Del Mar, California on November 6. There were also two non-championship events. The AAA National Champion was Johnnie Parsons, and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Bill Holland. The season was marred by George Metzler's death at Indianapolis in practice, Bill Sheffler's death at Trenton also in practice, and Rex Mays's death in the final race at Del Mar. Schedule and results Rnd Date Race name Track Location Type Pole position Winning driver 1 April 24 US 1912 Arlington 100 Arlington Downs Raceway Arlington, Texas Dirt US 1912 Rex Mays US 1912 Johnnie Parsons 2 May 30 US 1912 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Paved US 1912 Duke Nalon US 1912 Bill Holland 3 June 5 US 1912 Milwaukee 100 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Dirt US 1912 Rex Mays US 1912 Myron Fohr 4 June 19 US 1912 Trenton 100 Trenton Speedway Trenton, New Jersey Dirt US 1912 Rex Mays US 1912 Myron FohrNC July 17 US 1912 Universal Speedways Race of Champions Arlington Downs Raceway Arlington, Texas Dirt US 1912 Mel Hansen US 1912 Mel HansenNC July 31 US 1912 Indianapolis Sweepstakes Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Dirt US 1912 Duane Carter US 1912 Johnny Mantz 5 August 20 US 1912 Springfield 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt US 1912 Mel Hansen US 1912 Mel Hansen 6 August 28 US 1912 Milwaukee 200 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Dirt US 1912 Mel Hansen US 1912 Johnnie Parsons 7 September 3 US 1912 DuQuoin 100 DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin, Illinois Dirt US 1912 Tony Bettenhausen US 1912 Tony Bettenhausen 8 September 5 US 1912 Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak, Colorado Hill US 1912 Al RogersA A US 1912 Al Rogers 9 September 10 US 1912 Syracuse 100 Syracuse Mile Syracuse, New York Dirt US 1912 Spider Webb US 1912 Johnnie Parsons 10 September 11 US 1912 Detroit 100 Michigan State Fairgrounds Speedway Detroit, Michigan Dirt US 1912 Duke Dinsmore US 1912 Tony Bettenhausen 11 September 25 US 1912 Springfield 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt US 1912 Jimmy Davies US 1912 Johnnie Parsons 12 October 16 US 1912 Langhorne 100 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Dirt US 1912 Paul Russo US 1912 Johnnie Parsons 13 October 30 US 1912 Golden State 100 California State Fairgrounds Sacramento, California Dirt US 1912 Fred Agabashian US 1912 Fred Agabashian 14 November 6 US 1912 Del Mar 100 Del Mar Speedway Del Mar, California Dirt US 1912 Jimmy Davies US 1912 Jimmy Davies #FFFFFF Paved/dirt oval solid 1px #AAAAAA #D0E7FF Road course/hill climb solid 1px #AAAAAA #FB9902 Non-championship race solid 1px #AAAAAA A A 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 who 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.August 2026 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 TREUS 1912 SPR1US 1912 MIL2US 1912 DQSFUS 1912 PIKUS 1912 SYRUS 1912 MSFUS 1912 SPR2US 1912 LHSUS 1912 CSFUS 1912 DMRUS 1912 Pts 1US 1912 Johnnie Parsons 1 2 13 11 3 1 11 1 12 1 1 5 15 2280 2US 1912 Myron Fohr 4 4 1 1 6 10 8 6 3 DNS 4 3 1790 3US 1912 Bill Holland 1 9 16 4 2 DNP 7 12 9 13 1420 4US 1912 Walt Brown DNS 10 3 7 2 5 4 8 5 11 6 6 1281 5US 1912 George Connor 3 16 DNQ 16 7 3 5 13 6 11 9 1200 6US 1912 Rex Mays 2 25 7 10 2 3 15 15 11 2 2 18 1030 7US 1912 Paul Russo 8 6 8 10 12 6 2 DNQ 15 4 10 5 920 8US 1912 Lee Wallard 23 15 5 21 4 16 5 3 6 7 2 760 9US 1912 Johnny Mantz 3 7 5 12 8 17 11 DNQ DNS 8 660 10US 1912 Emil Andres 9 2 4 DNP 5 13 10 DNQ 512 11US 1912 Joie Chitwood 5 500 12US 1912 Tony Bettenhausen DNQ DNQ 18 15 1 9 1 9 DNQ 16 466 13US 1912 Mack Hellings 16 3 9 5 9 4 440 14US 1912 Jimmy Jackson 6 DNS 400 15US 1912 Mel Hansen DNS DNS 2 1 16 14 DNQ 376 16US 1912 Duane Carter 14 DNQ 15 6 9 7 14 7 16 10 350 17US 1912 Jimmy Davies gold RY silver 10 8 6 13 16 DNQ 1 330 18US 1912 Spider Webb 33 DNP 3 2 10 DNQ 330 19US 1912 Ralph Pratt orange R silver DNQ 12 9 8 7 4 330 20US 1912 Duke Dinsmore 15 DNP 5 DNQ DNS DNQ DNQ 10 DNQ 13 14 DNQ 254 21US 1912 Troy Ruttman orange R silver 8 12 18 3 12 250 22US 1912 Neal Carter orange R silver 11 17 9 11 2 14 240 23US 1912 Bayliss Levrett orange R silver 9 24 14 17 4 18 DNQ 16 8 17 206 24US 1912 Fred Agabashian 27 1 200 25US 1912 Al Rogers 1 200 26US 1912 Charles Van Acker 31 DNQ 11 9 10 DNQ DNQ 8 180 27US 1912 Louis Unser 2 160 28US 1912 Norm Houser 10 DNQ DNQ 150 29US 1912 Johnny Fedricks orange R silver DNQ 14 3 140 30US 1912 Charles Bryant orange R silver 3 140 31US 1912 Mike Salay DNQ 6 DNQ DNQ DNS 8 130 32US 1912 Johnny McDowell orange R silver 7 18 11 7 124 33US 1912 Jackie Holmes 22 4 14 18 DNQ 120 34US 1912 Chuck Stevenson orange R silver 14 4 120 35US 1912 George Hammond 4 120 36US 1912 Milt Fankhouser 6 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 14 16 DNQ 10 12 13 120 37US 1912 Tommy Hinnershitz DNQ DNS 5 117 38US 1912 Frank Burany orange R silver 5 DNQ 100 39US 1912 Jim Rathmann orange R silver 11 DNQ 100 40US 1912 Phil Shafer 6 80 41US 1912 George Fonder orange R silver 20 17 7 60 42US 1912 Cal Niday orange R silver 18 7 60 43US 1912 Hugh Thomas 7 60 44US 1912 Jack McGrath 26 8 14 50 45US 1912 J.C. Shoemaker 8 50 46US 1912 Russ Snowberger 9 40 47US 1912 Herb Bryers 10 30 48US 1912 Buster Hammond 11 20 49US 1912 Hank Rogers 12 20 12 DNQ 20 50US 1912 Billy McGee orange R silver DNS 17 51US 1912 Ottis Stine DNS 14 14 52US 1912 Mark Light 18 12 10 53US 1912 Billy Devore DNQ 12 DNQ 10 54US 1912 Walt Killinger 12 10 55US 1912 Hal Cole 19 DNQ 17 15 11 3 -US 1912 Bill Sheffler 11 17 15 DNQ 0 -US 1912 George Lynch 32 DNQ 13 16 DNP 15 18 15 0 -US 1912 Ted Duncan DNQ 17 13 DNQ 19 DNP 0 -US 1912 Buster Warke DNQ 18 13 DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Wally Stokes orange R silver DNQ 13 0 -US 1912 Mauri Rose 13 0 -US 1912 Art McKee orange R silver 13 0 -US 1912 Milton Mabe orange R silver 14 0 -US 1912 Art Hillis 15 0 -US 1912 Glenn Harrison orange R silver 16 0 -US 1912 Hal Robson DNQ DNQ 17 0 -US 1912 Dick Rathmann orange R silver DNQ 17 0 -US 1912 Delmar Desch 17 0 -US 1912 Ed Terry 17 0 -US 1912 Lloyd Axel orange R silver 18 0 -US 1912 Johnny Mauro DNQ 19 0 -US 1912 Jimmy Good 20 0 -US 1912 William Cantrell 21 DNQ 0 -US 1912 Kenny Eaton orange R silver DNQ 22 0 -US 1912 Manuel Ayulo 28 0 -US 1912 Duke Nalon 29 0 -US 1912 Sam Hanks 30 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNP 0 -US 1912 Joel Thorne DNQ DNS 0 -US 1912 Walt Von Tilius DNS 0 -US 1912 Jim Hammond DNS 0 -US 1912 Norman Robinson DNS 0 -US 1912 Wayne Sankey DNS 0 -US 1912 Buddy Shay DNS 0 -US 1912 Jimmy Daywalt DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Steve Truchan DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Eddie Haddad DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Henry Banks DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Eddie Zalucki DNQ DNQ DNP 0 -US 1912 Danny Kladis DNQ DNQ 0 -US 1912 Bill Boyd DNP DNQ 0 -US 1912 Les Anderson DNQ 0 -US 1912 Frank Beardsley DNQ 0 -US 1912 Randall Beinke DNQ 0 -US 1912 Lindley Bothwell DNQ 0 -US 1912 Frank Brisko DNQ 0 -US 1912 Jim Brubaker DNQ 0 -US 1912 Pat Flaherty DNQ 0 -US 1912 Dick Fraizer DNQ 0 -US 1912 Byron Horne DNQ 0 -US 1912 Tommy Mattson DNQ 0 -US 1912 George Metzler DNQ 0 -US 1912 Chet Miller DNQ 0 -US 1912 Bill Taylor DNQ 0 -US 1912 Louis Tomei DNQ 0 -US 1912 Doc Williams DNQ 0 -US 1912 Bill Mackey DNQ 0 -US 1912 Charles Szekendy DNQ 0 -US 1912 George Weaver DNQ 0 -US 1912 Bob Simpson DNQ 0 -US 1912 Iggy Katona DNQ 0 -US 1912 Eddie Johnson DNQ 0 -US 1912 Johnny Smith DNQ 0 -US 1912 Walt Faulkner DNQ 0 -US 1912 Dempsey Wilson DNQ 0 -US 1912 Bill Gouse DNP 0 -US 1912 Joe Garson DNP 0 -US 1912 Lenny Lowe DNP 0 Pos Driver ARDUS 1912 INDYUS 1912 MIL1US 1912 TREUS 1912 SPR1US 1912 MIL2US 1912 DQSFUS 1912 PIKUS 1912 SYRUS 1912 MSFUS 1912 SPR2US 1912 LHSUS 1912 CSFUS 1912 DMRUS 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/1140-1949/ AAA National Championship 1949 Åberg, Andreas Driver Database 2011-04-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20121019115503/http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1140-1949/ 2012-10-19 live http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1949.htm 1949 AAA National Championship Trail ChampCarStats.com 2011-04-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20120405190259/http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1949.htm 2012-04-05 live http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1949sum.pdf 1949 Championship Driver Summary Harms Phil Motorsport.com 2011-04-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20120810003609/http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1949sum.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. 306-309) See also 1949 Indianapolis 500 Category:AAA Championship Car Category:1949 in American motorsport