1941 AAA Championship Car season

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1941 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races3
Start dateMay 30
End dateSeptember 1
Awards
National champion Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Rex Mays
Indianapolis 500 winner Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Floyd Davis
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Mauri Rose
  1940
1946  

The 1941 AAA Championship Car season consisted of three races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Syracuse, New York on September 1. There was also one non-championship event held at Langhorne, Pennsylvania. The AAA National Champion was Rex Mays and the Indianapolis 500 co-winners were Floyd Davis and Mauri Rose - the second such occasion in history. The National Championship was not held again until 1946, due to World War II.

Contents

Schedule and results

All races running on Paved/Dirt Oval.

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 Mauri Rose Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Floyd Davis
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Mauri Rose A
NCJune 22 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Langhorne 100 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Dirt Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Duke Nalon
2August 24 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 Rex Mays Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Rex Mays
3September 1 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 Rex Mays
  Non-championship race
^A Shared drive

Final points standings

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 Rex Mays 21*1*1225
2 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Ted Horn 3675
3 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Ralph Hepburn 4550
4 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Floyd Davis 15450
5 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Cliff Bergere 5450
6 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Chet Miller 68DNQ430
7 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg George Connor 1623300
8 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Frank Wearne 8275
9 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Mauri Rose 2634245
10 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Tony Bettenhausen  RY 62240
11 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Paul Russo 9181
12 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Al Putnam 12411167.4
13 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Harry McQuinn 7157.6
14 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Louis Tomei 11125
15 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg George Robson 2579110
16 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Frank McGurk 97110
17 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Tommy Hinnershitz 10105
18 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Emil Andres 3051390
19 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Tony Willman 2012675
20 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Louis Durant 961.6
21 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Walt Brown  R 855
22 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Duke Nalon 15111035
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Overton Phillips 1310140
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Lee Wallard  R 120
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Joie Chitwood 140
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Everett Saylor 170
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Wilbur Shaw 18*0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Billy Devore 19DNS0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Russ Snowberger 210
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Deacon Litz 220
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Frank Brisko 230
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Doc Williams 240
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Kelly Petillo 27DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Al Miller 280
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Mel Hansen 290
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Joel Thorne 310
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg George Barringer DNSDNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Shorty Cantlon DNQDNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Ira Hall DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Sam Hanks DNQ0
- Flag of France.svg René Le Bègue DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Bill Lipscomb DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Roy Russing DNQ0
- Flag of France.svg Jean Trévoux DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Eddie Casterline DNQ0
- Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Bill Holland 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
 RY  Rookie of the Year
 R  Rookie

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References

  1. "1941 AAA National Championship Trail".

See also