Sports season
1949 AAA Championship Car season |
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AAA National Championship Trail |
Season |
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Races | 14 |
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Start date | April 24 |
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End date | November 6 |
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Awards |
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National champion | Johnnie Parsons |
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Indianapolis 500 winner | Bill Holland |
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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 | Arlington 100 | Arlington Downs Raceway | Arlington, Texas | Dirt | Rex Mays | Johnnie Parsons |
2 | May 30 | International 500 Mile Sweepstakes | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Speedway, Indiana | Paved | Duke Nalon | Bill Holland |
3 | June 5 | Milwaukee 100 | Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway | West Allis, Wisconsin | Dirt | Rex Mays | Myron Fohr |
4 | June 19 | Trenton 100 | Trenton Speedway | Trenton, New Jersey | Dirt | Rex Mays | Myron Fohr |
NC | July 17 | Universal Speedways Race of Champions | Arlington Downs Raceway | Arlington, Texas | Dirt | Mel Hansen | Mel Hansen |
NC | July 31 | Indianapolis Sweepstakes | Williams Grove Speedway | Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania | Dirt | Duane Carter | Johnny Mantz |
5 | August 20 | Springfield 100 | Illinois State Fairgrounds | Springfield, Illinois | Dirt | Mel Hansen | Mel Hansen |
6 | August 28 | Milwaukee 200 | Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway | West Allis, Wisconsin | Dirt | Mel Hansen | Johnnie Parsons |
7 | September 3 | DuQuoin 100 | DuQuoin State Fairgrounds | Du Quoin, Illinois | Dirt | Tony Bettenhausen | Tony Bettenhausen |
8 | September 5 | Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb | Pikes Peak Highway | Pikes Peak, Colorado | Hill | Al RogersA | Al Rogers |
9 | September 10 | Syracuse 100 | New York State Fairgrounds | Syracuse, New York | Dirt | Spider Webb | Johnnie Parsons |
10 | September 11 | Detroit 100 | Michigan State Fairgrounds Speedway | Detroit, Michigan | Dirt | Duke Dinsmore | Tony Bettenhausen |
11 | September 25 | Springfield 100 | Illinois State Fairgrounds | Springfield, Illinois | Dirt | Jimmy Davies | Johnnie Parsons |
12 | October 16 | Langhorne 100 | Langhorne Speedway | Langhorne, Pennsylvania | Dirt | Paul Russo | Johnnie Parsons |
13 | October 30 | Golden State 100 | California State Fairgrounds | Sacramento, California | Dirt | Fred Agabashian | Fred Agabashian |
14 | November 6 | Del Mar 100 | Del Mar Speedway | Del Mar, California | Dirt | Jimmy Davies | Jimmy Davies |
Paved/Dirt Oval
Road Course/Hill Climb
Non-championship race
- ^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 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)
| 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 not participate (DNP) | Not competing | | In-line notation | Bold | Pole position | Italics | Ran fastest race lap | * | Led most race laps | RY Rookie of the Year | R Rookie | | |
References
- Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1949". Driver Database. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
- "1949 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
- Harms, Phil. "1949 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2012. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
- http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (p. 306-309)
See also