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 champion Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Wilbur Shaw
Indianapolis 500 winner Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Wilbur Shaw
  1938
1940  
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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.

Contents

The Springfield 100 was originally scheduled as a AAA non-championship event, had its sanction withdrawn the day of the race.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.

RndDateRace NameTrackLocationTypePole PositionWinning Driver
1May 30 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Paved Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Jimmy Snyder Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Wilbur Shaw
2August 27 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 Emil Andres Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Babe Stapp
3September 2 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 Rex Mays Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Mauri Rose
NCOctober 15 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Race of Champions Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg 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]

PosDriver INDY
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MIL
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SYR
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Pts
1 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Wilbur Shaw 11000
2 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Jimmy Snyder 2825
3 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Ted Horn 4143685
4 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Babe Stapp 5111675
5 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Cliff Bergere 3675
6 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg George Barringer 625630
7 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Mauri Rose 8121*490
8 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Joel Thorne 79DNQ370
9 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Frank Wearne 9DNQ225
10 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg George Connor 1310*2200
11 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Louis Durant  RY 37200
12 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Billy Devore 10DNQ136.5
13 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Floyd Davis 27114135
14 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Frank Brisko 2986130
15 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg George Robson 21510125
16 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Tony Gulotta 11114.5
17 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Russ Snowberger 254DNQ110
18 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Duke Nalon DNQ61290
19 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Louis Meyer 12*75
20 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Spider Webb  R 765
21 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Shorty Cantlon 3215855
22 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Emil Andres 3013945
23 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Henry Banks 1038.5
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Rex Mays 1617130
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Frank McGurk DNQ16140
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Tony Willman 140
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Louis Tomei 150
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Herb Ardinger 170
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Kelly Petillo 18DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Mel Hansen  R 190
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Chet Miller 200
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Al Putnam 21DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Harry McQuinn 210
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Ralph Hepburn 220
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Floyd Roberts 230
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Ira Hall 240
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg George Bailey 260
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Al Miller 280
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Bob Swanson 310
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Deacon Litz 33DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Ronney Householder DNS0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Lou Webb DNQDNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Sam Hanks WthDNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Tommy Hinnershitz DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Zeke Meyer 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 Vince Conze DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Lou Moore DNQ0
PosDriver INDY
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MIL
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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 "1939 AAA National Championship Trail".

See also