1948 AAA Championship Car season

The 1948 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 12 races, beginning in Arlington, Texas on April 25 and concluding in Du Quoin, Illinois on October 10. The AAA National Champion was Ted Horn, and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Mauri Rose. Ralph Hepburn was killed at Indianapolis in practice, and Ted Horn was killed at the last race in DuQuoin.

1948 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races12
Start dateApril 25
End dateOctober 10
Awards
National champion Ted Horn
Indianapolis 500 winner Mauri Rose

Schedule and results

Rnd Date Race Name Track Location Type Pole Position Winning Driver
1 April 25 Arlington 100 Arlington Downs Raceway Arlington, Texas Dirt Paul Russo Ted Horn
2 May 31 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Paved Rex Mays Mauri Rose
3 June 6 Milwaukee 100 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Dirt Johnny Mantz Emil Andres
4 June 20 National Convention Sweepstakes Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Dirt Tony Bettenhausen Walt Brown
5 August 15 Milwaukee 100 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Dirt Myron Fohr Johnny Mantz
6 August 21 Springfield 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt Myron Fohr Ted Horn
7 August 29 Milwaukee 200 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Dirt Paul Russo Myron Fohr
Tony BettenhausenA
8 September 4 DuQuoin 100 DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin, Illinois Dirt Rex Mays Lee Wallard
9 September 6 Atlanta 100 Lakewood Speedway Atlanta, Georgia Dirt Ted Horn Mel Hansen
10 September 6 Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak, Colorado Hill Al RogersB Al Rogers
11 September 19 Springfield 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt Lee Wallard Myron Fohr
12 October 10 DuQuoin 100 DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin, Illinois Dirt Rex Mays Johnnie Parsons
  Paved/Dirt Oval
  Road Course/Hill Climb
^A Both Bettenhausen and Fohr were credited with wins for the race as Bettenhausen relieved Fohr on Lap 118 of 200.
^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)

Pos Driver ARL
INDY
MIL1
LAN
MIL2
SPR1
MIL3
DUQ1
ATL
PIK
SPR2
DUQ2
Pts
1 Ted Horn 1 4 3 9 3 1 3 3 12 3 17 1880
2 Myron Fohr DNQ 4 DNS 7 3 1 2 2 1 4 1159
3 Mauri Rose 1 1000
4 Bill Sheffler 17 18 8 8 10 7 5 5 3 4 3 924.8
5 Duke Nalon 3 3 11 DNP 8 17 DNQ DNP 910
6 Lee Wallard 7 6 5 20 11 1 8 6 9 865.5
7 Bill Holland DNS 2 9 11 DNQ 840
8 Mack Hellings  RY  5 2 2 14 19 820
9 Emil Andres DNP 31 1 3 2 18 16 8 5 2 13 810
10 Charles Van Acker 11 5 7 9 5 6 4 9 12 10 760
11 Johnny Parsons  R  DNQ 2 2 11 13 1 700
12 Hal Cole 6 6 DNQ 5 580
13 Rex Mays 16 19 17 16 4 4 7 17 10 14 18 360
14 Johnny Mauro 8 3 355
15 Tony Bettenhausen 14 15 15 6 6 20 10 324
16 Walt Brown DNQ DNQ 13 1 13 8 12 8 320
17 Paul Russo 7 32 18 18 9 18 11 15 2 300
18 Johnny Mantz  R  13 12 13 1 9 13 9 16 290
19 George Connor 28 DNQ 5 DNQ 11 17 5 DNQ 287
20 Hal Robson 15 DNQ 12 10 14 6 4 DNS 14 269
21 Ted Duncan  R  4 17 240
22 Mel Hansen 25 14 DNS 18 16 15 16 1 11 11 220
23 Eddie Zalucki DNQ DNQ DNQ 15 DNS 7 6 216
24 Al Rogers DNQ DNQ 1 200
25 Tommy Hinnershitz 9 200
26 Duke Dinsmore 2 16 13 15 172.5
27 Johnny Byrne 6 12 18 DNQ 6 DNQ DNQ 170
28 Herb Bryers  R  2 160
29 Jimmy Jackson 10 150
30 Joie Chitwood 4 17 DNQ DNP 120
31 Duane Carter  R  22 4 120
32 Russ Snowberger 4 120
33 Spider Webb 27 10 14 17 13 10 DNQ DNQ 10 116
34 Manuel Ayulo  R  5 DNQ DNQ 100
35 Buster Hammond 5 100
36 Floyd Davis 9 7 87.5
37 Hugh Thomas 6 80
38 Ken Fowler DNS 16 DNQ 8 DNQ 8 74
39 George Lynch  R  DNQ 19 19 15 7 60
40 William Cantrell R  16 7 60
41 Johnny Shackleford DNS 7 60
42 Louis Unser 7 60
43 Mike Salay  R  8 30 17 15 DNQ 16 12 50
44 J.C. Shoemaker 8 50
45 Billy Devore 14 12 50
46 Wayne Sankey  R  9 40
47 Louis Durant DNS 35
48 Red Hodges  R  10 30
49 Delmar Desch 10 30
50 Jackie Holmes DNQ DNQ 11 14 DNQ 20
51 Walt Killinger 11 20
52 Charlie Rogers 12 DNQ DNS 12 DNQ 10
53 Art Hillis 12 10
54 Jack McGrath  R  9 21 DNQ 5.2
- Walt Ader DNQ 10 0
- Les Anderson 11 24 DNQ 0
- Buster Warke DNQ 12 0
- Henry Banks 13 DNQ 0
- George Hammond 13 0
- Steve Truchan 15 DNQ 21 14 18 DNQ 0
- Jimmy Good  R  14 0
- Bill Milliken 15 0
- Chet Miller 20 0
- Fred Agabashian 23 0
- Sam Hanks 26 0
- Doc Williams 29 0
- Harry McQuinn 33 0
- Joel Thorne DNQ DNS 0
- Cliff Bergere DNS 0
- Louis Tomei DNS 0
- Keith Andrews DNS 0
- Russ Chabot DNS 0
- Milt Fankhauser DNQ DNQ 0
- Red Byron DNQ DNQ 0
- Paul Craver DNQ DNQ 0
- Johnny McDowell DNQ DNQ 0
- Johnny Dietz DNQ DNQ 0
- Jim Brubaker DNQ 0
- Bob Droeger DNQ 0
- Roland Free DNQ 0
- Andy Granatelli DNQ 0
- Art Hartsfeld DNQ 0
- Ralph Hepburn DNQ 0
- Ronney Householder DNQ 0
- George Metzler DNQ 0
- Al Miller DNQ 0
- Cowboy O'Rourke DNQ 0
- Joe Perkins DNQ 0
- Ralph Pratt DNQ 0
- Pete Romcevich DNQ 0
- Loral Tansy DNQ 0
- Jerry Kubik DNQ 0
- Chick Barbo DNQ 0
- Orville Epperley DNQ 0
- Bob Baity DNQ 0
- Norm Houser DNQ 0
Pos Driver ARL
INDY
MIL1
LAN
MIL2
SPR1
MIL3
DUQ1
ATL
PIK
SPR2
DUQ2
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

References

  • Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1948". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 2011-04-19. Retrieved 2011-04-18.
  • "1948 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on 2011-04-19. Retrieved 2011-04-18.
  • Harms, Phil. "1948 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-04-19. Retrieved 2011-04-18.
  • http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf (p. 310-312)

See also

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