1938 AAA Championship Car season

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1938 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races2
Start dateMay 30
End dateSeptember 10
Awards
National champion Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Floyd Roberts
Indianapolis 500 winner Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Floyd Roberts
  1937
1939  

The 1938 AAA Championship Car season consisted of two races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Syracuse, New York on September 10. There were also two non-championship events. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Floyd Roberts.

Contents

Billy Winn died at Springfield during the non-championships race. [1]

Schedule and results

All races running on Dirt/Brick Oval. In IZOD IndyCar Series 2011 Historical Record Book, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is, from 1911 to 1938, listed as a "brick track" type circuit. (page 73)

RndDateRace NameTrackLocationTypePole PositionWinning Driver
1May 30 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Brick Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Floyd Roberts Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Floyd Roberts
NCAugust 20 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Springfield 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Rex Mays Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Tony Willman
NCAugust 28 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Milwaukee 100 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Dirt Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Mauri Rose Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Chet Gardner
2September 10 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Syracuse 100 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Jimmy Snyder Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Jimmy Snyder
  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]

PosDriver INDY
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SYR
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Pts
1 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Floyd Roberts 1*DNQ1000
2 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Wilbur Shaw 2825
3 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Chet Miller 3DNQ675
4 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Ted Horn 44660
5 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Chet Gardner 5450
6 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Billy Devore 810310
7 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Duke Nalon 113260
8 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Joel Thorne 9DNQ225
9 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Herb Ardinger 6213
10 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Jimmy Snyder 15*1*200
11 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Harry McQuinn 7188.1
12 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Frank Wearne 1013175
13 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Rex Mays 282165
14 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Mauri Rose 13590
15 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg George Connor 19675
16 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg George Bailey 1275
17 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Floyd Davis DNQ765
18 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Russ Snowberger 25845.1
19 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Tommy Hinnershitz  RY 945
20 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg George Robson  R 1125
21 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Bill Cummings 2489.9
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Kelly Petillo 22120
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Ronney Householder 140
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Billy Winn 140
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Frankie Bailey 140
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Louis Meyer 160
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Tony Gulotta 170
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Al Miller 18DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Cliff Bergere 200
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Henry Banks 210
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Louis Tomei 230
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Babe Stapp 260
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Tony Willman 27DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Emil Andres 29DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Ira Hall 300
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Frank Brisko 31DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Al Putnam 320
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Shorty Cantlon 33DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Frankie Beeder DNQDNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Johnny Sawyer DNQDNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Charles Crawford DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Fred Frame DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Ralph Hepburn DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Deacon Litz DNQ0
- Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Tazio Nuvolari DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Jack Petticord DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Johnny Seymour DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Doc Williams DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Walt Brown DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Al Cusick DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Miny Dugatta DNQ0
- Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Henry Guerand DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Bill Holland DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg George Huss DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Doc Keim DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Hans Koehler DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Mark Light DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Jack Moon DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Leslie OwenDNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Charlie RogersDNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Jack RussellDNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Bud Walker DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Buster Warke DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Lou Webb DNQ0
PosDriver INDY
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SYR
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Pts
ColorResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
Green4th & 5th place
Light Blue6th-10th place
Dark BlueFinished
(Outside Top 10)
PurpleDid not finish
(Ret)
RedDid not qualify
(DNQ)
BrownWithdrawn
(Wth)
BlackDisqualified
(DSQ)
WhiteDid not start
(DNS)
BlankDid not
participate
(DNP)
Not competing
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
ItalicsRan fastest race lap
*Led most race laps
Rookie of the Year
Rookie

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References

  1. 1 2 "1938 AAA National Championship Trail".

See also