1939 AAA Championship Car season

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1939 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races3
Start dateMay 30
End dateSeptember 2
Awards
National championUnited States Wilbur Shaw
Indianapolis 500 winnerUnited States Wilbur Shaw
← 1938
1940 →

The 1939 AAA Championship Car season consisted of three races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Syracuse, New York on September 2. There was also one non-championship event in Springfield, Illinois. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Wilbur Shaw.

The Springfield 100 was originally scheduled as a AAA non-championship event, had its sanction withdrawn the day of the race. It was held as an unsanctioned event on August 19, and won by John Crone.[1]

Schedule and results

All races running on Oval/Speedway.

Rnd Date Race Name Track Location Type Pole Position Winning Driver
1 May 30 United States International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Paved United States Jimmy Snyder United States Wilbur Shaw
2 August 27 United States Milwaukee 100 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Dirt United States Emil Andres United States Babe Stapp
3 September 2 United States Syracuse 100 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt United States Rex Mays United States Mauri Rose
NC October 15 United States Race of Champions Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt United States Emil Andres
  Non-championship race

Final points standings

Note: Drivers had to be running at the finish to score points. Points scored by drivers sharing a ride were split according to percentage of race driven. Starters were not allowed to score points as relief drivers, if a race starter finished the race in another car, in a points scoring position, those points were awarded to the driver who had started the car.
The final standings based on reference.[1]

Pos Driver INDY
United States
MIL
United States
SYR
United States
Pts
1 United States Wilbur Shaw 1 1000
2 United States Jimmy Snyder 2 825
3 United States Ted Horn 4 14 3 685
4 United States Babe Stapp 5 1 11 675
5 United States Cliff Bergere 3 675
6 United States George Barringer 6 2 5 630
7 United States Mauri Rose 8 12 1* 490
8 United States Joel Thorne 7 9 DNQ 370
9 United States Frank Wearne 9 DNQ 225
10 United States George Connor 13 10* 2 200
11 United States Louis Durant  RY  3 7 200
12 United States Billy Devore 10 DNQ 136.5
13 United States Floyd Davis 27 11 4 135
14 United States Frank Brisko 29 8 6 130
15 United States George Robson 21 5 10 125
16 United States Tony Gulotta 11 114.5
17 United States Russ Snowberger 25 4 DNQ 110
18 United States Duke Nalon DNQ 6 12 90
19 United States Louis Meyer 12* 75
20 United States Spider Webb  R  7 65
21 United States Shorty Cantlon 32 15 8 55
22 United States Emil Andres 30 13 9 45
23 United States Henry Banks 10 38.5
- United States Rex Mays 16 17 13 0
- United States Frank McGurk DNQ 16 14 0
- United States Tony Willman 14 0
- United States Louis Tomei 15 0
- United States Herb Ardinger 17 0
- United States Kelly Petillo 18 DNQ 0
- United States Mel Hansen  R  19 0
- United States Chet Miller 20 0
- United States Al Putnam 21 DNQ 0
- United States Harry McQuinn 21 0
- United States Ralph Hepburn 22 0
- United States Floyd Roberts 23 0
- United States Ira Hall 24 0
- United States George Bailey 26 0
- United States Al Miller 28 0
- United States Bob Swanson 31 0
- United States Deacon Litz 33 DNQ 0
- United States Ronney Householder DNS 0
- United States Lou Webb DNQ DNQ 0
- United States Sam Hanks Wth DNQ 0
- United States Tommy Hinnershitz DNQ 0
- United States Zeke Meyer DNQ 0
- United States Johnny Seymour DNQ 0
- United States Doc Williams DNQ 0
- United States Vince Conze DNQ 0
- United States Lou Moore DNQ 0
Pos Driver INDY
United States
MIL
United States
SYR
United States
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
Rookie of the Year
Rookie

References

  1. ^ a b "1939 AAA National Championship Trail".

See also