1950 AAA Championship Car season

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
NC	May 1	MGM Sweepstakes	Arlington Downs Raceway	Arlington, Texas	Dirt	Jimmy Davies	Duane Carter
1	May 30	International 500 Mile SweepstakesA	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Paved	Walt Faulkner	Johnny Parsons
2	June 11	Rex Mays Classic	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	Dirt	Lee Wallard	Tony Bettenhausen
3	June 25	Langhorne 100	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Dirt	Troy Ruttman	Jack McGrath
NC	August 12	Indianapolis Sweepstakes	Williams Grove Speedway	Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania	Dirt	Lee Wallard	Troy Ruttman
4	August 19	Springfield 100	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt	Tony Bettenhausen	Paul Russo
5	September 4	Milwaukee 200	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	Dirt	Chuck Stevenson	Walt Faulkner
6	September 4	Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb	Pikes Peak Highway	Pikes Peak, Colorado	Hill	Al RogersB	Al Rogers
7	September 9	Syracuse 100	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	Tony Bettenhausen	Jack McGrath
8	September 10	Detroit 100	Michigan State Fairgrounds Speedway	Detroit, Michigan	Dirt	Troy Ruttman	Henry Banks
9	October 1	Springfield 100	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt	Tony Bettenhausen	Tony Bettenhausen
10	October 15	Golden State 100	California State Fairgrounds	Sacramento, California	Dirt	Tony Bettenhausen	Duke Dinsmore
11	November 12	Phoenix 100	Arizona State Fairgrounds	Phoenix, Arizona	Dirt	Bobby Ball	Jimmy Davies
12	November 26	Bay Meadows 150	Bay Meadows Race Track	San Mateo, California	Dirt	Tony Bettenhausen	Tony Bettenhausen
13	December 10	Darlington 200	Darlington Raceway	Darlington, South Carolina	Paved	Bill Schindler	Johnny Parsons

^A Indianapolis 500 was AAA-sanctioned and counted towards the 1950 FIA World Championship of Drivers title. Race stopped after 345 miles due to rain.

^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.

Note1: 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)

Note2: There were scoring omissions in the AAA records regarding laps completed for eight drivers in the Springfield and Bay Meadows races in 1950. The statistics shown include the most accurate representation of those races that is available.

Pos Driver INDY MIL1 LAN SPR1 MIL2 PIK SYR DET SPR2 SAC PHX BAY DAR Pts 1 Henry Banks 25 5 2 DNQ 2 DNQ 1 18 3 12 4 3 1390 2 Walt Faulkner  RY  7 7 DNQ DNQ 1 2 4 12 9 5 6 8 1317 3 Johnny Parsons  R  1 11 DNS DNQ DNS DNQ 16 DNQ 11 3 DNQ 1 1313 4 Cecil Green  R  4 DNQ 9 DNQ 12 4 3 5 10 6 9 4 1190 5 Tony Bettenhausen 31 1 14 11 18 12 10 1 17 2 1 20 1027.5 6 Duke Dinsmore 33 14 4 7 4 10 5 11 1 18 7 5 1017 7 Paul Russo 9 2 12 1 5 3 18 6 13 16 928 8 Chuck Stevenson DNS 3 DNQ 20 6 3 4 4 19 6 760 9 Jack McGrath 14 9 1 14 DNS 1 17 14 14 9 5 9 736.5 10 Bill Schindler 26 18 16 12 22 DNS 15 15 2 DNQ 3 2 690 11 Lee Wallard 6 4 DNS 2 15 DNQ DNQ 10 637 12 Jimmy Davies 17 3 11 10 21 15 2 8 15 1 14 605.5 13 Bill Holland 2 552 14 Fred Agabashian 28 8 6 8 8 6 DNQ 4 5 13 532.5 15 Mauri Rose 3 483 16 Andy Linden  R  DNQ 18 5 3 DNS 8 DNQ DNS 459.5 17 Duke Nalon DNQ DNQ 5 DNQ 6 8 13 7 7 DNQ 394 18 Mack Hellings 13 13 7 3 DNQ DNQ DNQ 14 9 6 11 DNS DNQ 340 19 Joie Chitwood 5 7 337.5 20 George Connor 8 10 DNQ 9 19 17 9 13 282.5 21 Cliff Griffith  R  DNQ DNQ DNS 4 5 DNQ DNQ 12 255 22 Ray Knepper  R  DNQ 11 7 DNQ 7 8 13 10 16 255 23 Sam Hanks 30 DNQ 2 240 24 Joe James  R  DNQ DNQ DNS DNQ 7 DNQ 7 17 DNQ DNQ 11 13 212.5 25 Al Rogers 1 200 26 Neal Carter 15 DNQ 17 16 12 2 16 14 170 27 Harry Turner  R  DNS 6 9 9 DNQ DNQ 164.5 28 Herb Bryers 2 160 29 Louis Unser 3 140 30 Bill Mackey  R  DNQ DNQ 8 8 22 125 31 George Hammond 4 120 32 Jerry Hoyt  R  21 DNQ 8 DNQ 11 DNQ 11 110 33 Pat Flaherty  R  10 103.5 34 Charles Bryant 5 100 35 Dick Rathmann 32 6 13 DNS 80 36 Walt Killinger 6 80 37 Myron Fohr 11 DNQ DNQ 16 DNQ 69 38 Lloyd Axel 7 60 39 Frank Burany DNQ 10 60 40 Joel Thorne DNQ 8 50 41 Troy Ruttman 15 17 10 DNQ 13 14 11 12 17 15 18 46 42 Walt Brown 19 15 DNS 16 DNQ 13 DNQ 10 19 41.5 43 Johnny Mauro DNQ 9 40 44 Bayliss Levrett 27 DNS DNQ DNQ DNQ 36 45 Duane Carter 12 DNQ DNP 17 DNS DNS 21 34.5 46 Shelby Hill  R  10 30 47 Rodger Ward  R  10 30 48 Delmar Desch 11 20 49 Bobby Ball  R  15 12 DNQ 15 50 Jimmy Good 12 10 51 Ralph Pratt DNQ DNQ DNS 15 DNQ DNS DNQ 9.5 52 Johnny McDowell 18 12 6 - Johnny Fedricks DNQ DNQ 13 DNQ 18 16 25 0 - Hugh Thomas 13 0 - George Lynch DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 14 17 23 0 - Eddie Johnson  R  17 DNQ 14 DNQ DNQ 0 - Phil Shafer 14 0 - Bob Finney  R  15 0 - Jimmy Daywalt  R  15 0 - Gene Hartley  R  16 DNQ 0 - Emil Andres DNQ 16 0 - Glenn Harrison 16 0 - Art McKee 17 0 - Johnny Tolan  R  DNQ DNQ 17 0 - Spider Webb 20 DNQ DNP 18 DNQ DNQ 0 - Manuel Ayulo DNQ DNQ DNQ 18 26 0 - Lou Florence  R  18 DNQ 0 - Pete Woods  R  18 0 - Wayne Sankey 19 0 - Jim Hammond 20 0 - Phil Hill  R  21 0 - Walt Ader 22 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNS 0 - Russ Snowberger 22 0 - Jackie Holmes 23 DNQ DNQ 0 - Ray Shadbolt  R  23 0 - Dick Fraizer  R  DNQ 24 0 - Jim Rathmann 24 0 - Keith Andrews  R  24 0 - Wayne England  R  25 0 - Buster Hammond  R  26 0 - Art Hillis 27 0 - Jimmy Jackson 29 0 - Buster Warke DNQ DNS DNQ 0 - William Cantrell DNS 0 - Johnny Mantz DNS 0 - Milt Fankhauser DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Carl Scarborough DNP DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Kenny Eaton DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Don Padia DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Al Benoit DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Bill Taylor DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Chuck Leighton DNQ DNQ 0 - Billy Devore DNQ DNQ 0 - Frank Tillman DNQ DNQ 0 - Bill Vukovich DNQ DNQ 0 - Potsy Goacher DNP DNQ 0 - Marvin Burke DNQ 0 - Hal Cole DNQ 0 - Ted Duncan DNQ 0 - George Fonder DNQ 0 - Carl Forberg DNQ 0 - Bob Gregg DNQ 0 - Norm Houser DNQ 0 - Danny Kladis DNQ 0 - Mark Light DNQ 0 - Cy Marshall DNQ 0 - Al Miller DNQ 0 - Chet Miller DNQ 0 - Jim Rigsby DNQ 0 - Bob Sweikert DNQ 0 - Charles Van Acker DNQ 0 - Mike Salay DNQ 0 - Mike Nazaruk DNQ 0 - Ottis Stine DNQ 0 - Ed Terry DNQ 0 - Bobby Barker DNQ 0 - Joe Sostilio DNQ 0 - Bill Johnson DNQ 0 - Milton Mabe DNQ 0 - Bob Harnar DNQ 0 - Art Hartsfeld DNQ 0 - Steve Truchan DNQ 0 - Hal Robson DNQ 0 - Frank Armi DNQ 0 - Cecil Burnaugh DNQ 0 - Lenny Lowe DNQ 0 - Mike Reilly DNQ 0 - Billy Ryan DNQ 0 - Hank Rogers DNQ 0 - Joe Adas DNP 0 - Mike Burch DNP 0 - Billy Earl DNP 0 - Giuseppe Farina DNP 0 - Franco Rol DNP 0 - Bud Rose DNP 0 - Piero Taruffi DNP 0 - Ben Zukor DNP 0 Pos Driver INDY MIL1 LAN SPR1 MIL2 PIK SYR DET SPR2 SAC PHX BAY DAR 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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• 1950 Indianapolis 500