1947 AAA Championship Car season

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Paved	Ted Horn	Mauri Rose
2	June 8	Milwaukee 100	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	Dirt	Bill Holland	Bill Holland
3	June 22	Langhorne 100	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Dirt	Emil Andres	Bill Holland
4	July 4	Atlanta 100A	Lakewood Speedway	Atlanta, Georgia	Dirt	Rex Mays	Walt Ader
5	July 13	Bainbridge 100B	Bainbridge Fairgrounds	Bainbridge, Ohio	Dirt	Walt Brown	Ted Horn
6	July 27	Milwaukee 100	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	Dirt	Tony Bettenhausen	Charles Van Acker
7	August 17	George Robson Memorial	Good Time Park	Goshen, New York	Dirt	Emil Andres	Tony Bettenhausen
8	August 24	Milwaukee 100	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	Dirt	Duke Dinsmore	Ted Horn
9	September 1	Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb	Pikes Peak Highway	Pikes Peak, Colorado	Hill	Al RogersC	Louis Unser
10	September 28	Springfield 100	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt	Emil Andres	Tony Bettenhausen
11	November 2	Arlington 100	Arlington Downs Raceway	Arlington, Texas	Dirt	Duke Nalon	Ted Horn

^A Race stopped after 77 miles due to wreck.

^B Race stopped after 90 miles due to rain.

^C 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.

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)

Pos Driver INDY MIL1 LAN ATL BAI MIL2 GOS MIL3 PIK SPR ARL Pts 1 Ted Horn 3 DNQ 5 4 1 6 2 1 2 1 1920 2 Bill Holland  RY  2 1 1 2 2 18 14 8 9 DNQ 1610 3 Mauri Rose 1 DNP 1000 4 Charles Van Acker 29 5 6 6 3 1 3 10 DNQ DNQ 770 5 Rex Mays 6 2 DNS 12 15 10 DNP 16 16 4 765.7 6 Tony Bettenhausen 18 15 10 DNQ 4 11 1 4 1 10 686.8 7 Walt Brown 7 7 3 9 13 14 7 15 8 650 8 Emil Andres 13 8 2 13 7 17 15 5 10 3 575 9 George Connor 26 4 15 14 5 5 5 3 15 DNQ 560 10 Paul Russo 28 3 17 8 12 3 6 14 2 545 11 Jimmy Jackson 5 500 12 Cliff Bergere 21 393 13 Walt Ader DNQ 17 7 1 10 12 DNQ 17 6 380 14 Duke Nalon 16 2 13 2 DNQ 9 350 15 Duke Dinsmore 10 12 8 11 8 15 4 11 13 345.5 16 Steve Truchan DNQ 16 18 8 8 DNQ 3 11 320 17 Billy Devore DNS 6 4 7 6 DNP 310 18 Eddie Zalucki  R  DNQ DNQ 3 11 11 14 DNQ 5 260 19 Cy Marshall 8 250 20 Milt Fankhouser  R  30 13 11 5 9 DNQ 9 6 240 21 Jackie Holmes  R  13 12 9 4 7 230 22 Herb Ardinger 4 207 23 Louis Unser  R  1 200 24 Fred Agabashian  R  9 200 25 Mel Hansen 27 DNS 4 13 13 169.5 26 Al Rogers  R  2 160 27 Charlie Rogers 14 7 5 DNQ 160 28 Myron Fohr  R  9 16 7 7 160 29 Russ Snowberger 19 3 140 30 J.C. Shoemaker  R  4 120 31 Buster Warke  R  16 10 6 12 120 32 Les Anderson  R  11 11 120 33 Johnny Mauro  R  DNQ 3 100 34 Bill Milliken  R  6 80 35 Delmar Desch  R  7 60 36 Hugh Thomas  R  8 50 37 Johnny Byrne  R  8 50 38 Pete Romcevich  R  12 50 39 Buddy Rusch DNQ 18 13 DNQ 14 9 40 40 Red Byron  R  DNQ 9 40 41 George Hammond  R  9 40 42 Art Scovell  R  DNQ 10 14 30 43 Fred Carpenter 10 30 44 George Metzler DNQ 11 12 30 45 Hal Robson 20 DNQ 12 10 46 Johnny Shackleford  R  12 DNQ 10 - Walt Killinger  R  10 0 - Jerry Kubik  R  18 14 0 - Ken Fowler 15 0 - Frank Wearne 16 0 - Norm Houser  R  DNQ DNQ 17 0 - Roland Free 17 0 - Joie Chitwood 22 0 - Shorty Cantlon 23 0 - Henry Banks 24 0 - Al Miller 25 0 - Louis Tomei DNS 0 - Doc Williams DNS 0 - Bud Bardowski DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Charles Crawford DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Joel Thorne Wth DNQ DNQ 0 - Zora Arkus-Duntov DNQ DNQ 0 - Spider Webb DNQ DNQ 0 - Sam Hanks DNQ DNQ 0 - Tommy Boggs DNQ 0 - Frank Brisko DNQ 0 - Leslie Brooke DNQ 0 - Jim Brubaker DNQ 0 - Duane Carter DNQ 0 - Louis Durant DNQ 0 - Sam Grecco DNQ 0 - Harry McQuinn DNQ 0 - Hal Stetson DNQ 0 - George Weaver DNQ 0 - Elton Green DNQ 0 - Hal Cole Wth 0 - Chet Miller Wth 0 - Bill Sheffler Wth 0 - Danny Kladis Wth 0 - Wally Mitchell Wth 0 - Overton Phillips Wth 0 - Wayne Sankey DSQ 0 - Tommy Hinnershitz DNP 0 - Don Lee DNP 0 Pos Driver INDY MIL1 LAN ATL BAI MIL2 GOS MIL3 PIK SPR ARL 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 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

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• 1947 Indianapolis 500