1949 AAA Championship Car season

Sports season

1949 AAA Championship Car season

AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races| 14
Start date| April 24
End date| November 6
Awards
National champion|  Johnnie Parsons
Indianapolis 500 winner|  Bill Holland

<- 1948

1950 ->

The 1949 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 14 races, beginning in Arlington, Texas on April 24 and concluding in Del Mar, California on November 6. There were also two non-championship events. The AAA National Champion was Johnnie Parsons, and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Bill Holland. The season was marred by George Metzler's death at Indianapolis in practice, Bill Sheffler's death at Trenton also in practice, and Rex Mays's death in the final race at Del Mar.

## Schedule and results

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Rnd  | Date  | Race Name  | Track  | Location  | Type  | Pole Position  | Winning Driver

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1  | April 24  |  Arlington 100  | Arlington Downs Raceway | Arlington, Texas | Dirt  |  Rex Mays |  Johnnie Parsons
2  | May 30  |  International 500 Mile Sweepstakes | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Speedway, Indiana | Paved  |  Duke Nalon |  Bill Holland
3  | June 5  |  Milwaukee 100 | Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway | West Allis, Wisconsin | Dirt  |  Rex Mays |  Myron Fohr
4  | June 19  |  Trenton 100  | Trenton Speedway | Trenton, New Jersey | Dirt  |  Rex Mays |  Myron Fohr
NC | July 17  |  Universal Speedways Race of Champions  | Arlington Downs Raceway | Arlington, Texas | Dirt  |  Mel Hansen |  Mel Hansen
NC | July 31  |  Indianapolis Sweepstakes  | Williams Grove Speedway | Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania | Dirt  |  Duane Carter |  Johnny Mantz
5  | August 20  |  Springfield 100  | Illinois State Fairgrounds | Springfield, Illinois | Dirt  |  Mel Hansen |  Mel Hansen
6  | August 28  |  Milwaukee 200 | Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway | West Allis, Wisconsin | Dirt  |  Mel Hansen |  Johnnie Parsons
7  | September 3  |  DuQuoin 100  | DuQuoin State Fairgrounds | Du Quoin, Illinois | Dirt  |  Tony Bettenhausen |  Tony Bettenhausen
8  | September 5  |  Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb | Pikes Peak Highway | Pikes Peak, Colorado | Hill  |  Al RogersA |  Al Rogers
9  | September 10  |  Syracuse 100  | New York State Fairgrounds | Syracuse, New York | Dirt  |  Spider Webb |  Johnnie Parsons
10  | September 11  |  Detroit 100  | Michigan State Fairgrounds Speedway | Detroit, Michigan | Dirt  |  Duke Dinsmore |  Tony Bettenhausen
11  | September 25  |  Springfield 100  | Illinois State Fairgrounds | Springfield, Illinois | Dirt  |  Jimmy Davies |  Johnnie Parsons
12  | October 16  |  Langhorne 100  | Langhorne Speedway | Langhorne, Pennsylvania | Dirt  |  Paul Russo |  Johnnie Parsons
13  | October 30  |  Golden State 100  | California State Fairgrounds | Sacramento, California | Dirt  |  Fred Agabashian |  Fred Agabashian
14  | November 6  |  Del Mar 100  | Del Mar Speedway | Del Mar, California | Dirt  |  Jimmy Davies |  Jimmy Davies

Paved/Dirt Oval

Road Course/Hill Climb

Non-championship race

^A 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.

## Final points standings

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Note: 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)

Further information: List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems

| Pos  | Driver  | ARL
| INDY
| MIL1
| TRE
| SPR1
| MIL2
| DQSF
| PIK
| SYR
| DET
| SPR2
| LAN
| SAC
| DMR
| Pts

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1  |  Johnnie Parsons | 1  | 2  | 13  | 11  | 3  | 1  | 11  |  | 1  | 12  | 1  | 1  | 5  | 15  | 2280
2  |  Myron Fohr | 4  | 4  | 1  | 1  | 6  | 10  | 8  |  | 6  | 3  | DNS  |  | 4  | 3  | 1790
3  |  Bill Holland |  | 1  | 9  | 16  | 4  |  | 2  |  | DNP  | 7  | 12  | 9  | 13  |  | 1420
4  |  Walt Brown |  | DNS  | 10  | 3  | 7  | 2  | 5  |  | 4  | 8  | 5  | 11  | 6  | 6  | 1281
5  |  George Connor |  | 3  | 16  | DNQ  | 16  | 7  | 3  |  | 5  | 13  | 6  |  | 11  | 9  | 1200
6  |  Rex Mays | 2 | 25  | 7 | 10 | 2  | 3  | 15  |  | 15  | 11  | 2  |  | 2  | 18  | 1030
7  |  Paul Russo |  | 8  | 6  | 8  | 10  | 12  | 6  |  | 2  | DNQ  | 15  | 4 | 10  | 5  | 920
8  |  Lee Wallard |  | 23  |  | 15  | 5  | 21  | 4  |  | 16  | 5  | 3  | 6  | 7  | 2  | 760
9  |  Johnny Mantz | 3  | 7  | 5  | 12  | 8  | 17  |  |  | 11  | DNQ  |  |  | DNS  | 8  | 660
10  |  Emil Andres |  | 9  | 2  | 4  | DNP  | 5  | 13  |  | 10  |  | DNQ  |  |  |  | 512
11  |  Joie Chitwood |  | 5  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 500
12  |  Tony Bettenhausen |  | DNQ  | DNQ  |  | 18  | 15  | 1 |  | 9  | 1  | 9  |  | DNQ  | 16  | 466
13  |  Mack Hellings |  | 16  | 3  | 9  |  |  |  | 5  |  |  |  |  | 9  | 4  | 440
14  |  Jimmy Jackson |  | 6  |  |  |  |  |  | DNS  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 400
15  |  Mel Hansen |  | DNS  | DNS  | 2  | 1 | 16 | 14  |  | DNQ  |  |  |  |  |  | 376
16  |  Duane Carter |  | 14  | DNQ  |  | 15  | 6  | 9  |  | 7  | 14  | 7  |  | 16  | 10  | 350
17  |  Jimmy Davies RY | 10  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8  | 6  | 13 | 16  | DNQ  | 1 | 330
18  |  Spider Webb |  | 33  | DNP  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 | 2  | 10  |  | DNQ  |  | 330
19  |  Ralph Pratt R |  | DNQ  | 12  |  | 9  | 8  | 7  |  |  | 4  |  |  |  |  | 330
20  |  Duke Dinsmore |  | 15  | DNP  | 5  | DNQ  | DNS  | DNQ  |  | DNQ  | 10 | DNQ  | 13  | 14  | DNQ  | 254
21  |  Troy Ruttman R | 8  | 12  | 18  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  | 12  | 250
22  |  Neal Carter R |  |  |  |  |  | 11  | 17  |  |  | 9  | 11  | 2  |  | 14  | 240
23  |  Bayliss Levrett R | 9  | 24  | 14  |  | 17  | 4  | 18  |  |  | DNQ  | 16  |  | 8  | 17  | 206
24  |  Fred Agabashian |  | 27  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  | 200
25  |  Al Rogers |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 200
26  |  Charles Van Acker |  | 31  | DNQ  |  | 11  | 9  | 10  |  | DNQ  | DNQ  | 8  |  |  |  | 180
27  |  Louis Unser |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 160
28  |  Norm Houser |  | 10  | DNQ  | DNQ  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 150
29  |  Johnny Fedricks R |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | DNQ  | 14  | 3  |  |  | 140
30  |  Charles Bryant R |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 140
31  |  Mike Salay |  | DNQ  |  | 6  |  | DNQ  |  |  |  | DNQ  | DNS  | 8  |  |  | 130
32  |  Johnny McDowell R | 7  | 18  | 11  | 7  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 124
33  |  Jackie Holmes |  | 22  | 4  |  | 14  | 18  | DNQ  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 120
34  |  Chuck Stevenson R |  |  |  |  |  | 14  |  |  |  |  | 4  |  |  |  | 120
35  |  George Hammond |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 120
36  |  Milt Fankhouser | 6  | DNQ  | DNQ  | DNQ  | DNQ  | DNQ  | DNQ  |  | 14  | 16  | DNQ  | 10  | 12  | 13  | 120
37  |  Tommy Hinnershitz |  | DNQ  |  |  |  |  |  |  | DNS  |  |  | 5  |  |  | 117
38  |  Frank Burany R | 5  | DNQ  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 100
39  |  Jim Rathmann R |  | 11  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | DNQ  | 100
40  |  Phil Shafer |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 80
41  |  George Fonder R |  | 20  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 17  |  |  | 7  |  |  | 60
42  |  Cal Niday R |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 18  | 7  | 60
43  |  Hugh Thomas |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 60
44  |  Jack McGrath |  | 26  | 8  | 14  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 50
45  |  J.C. Shoemaker |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 50
46  |  Russ Snowberger |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 40
47  |  Herb Bryers |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 30
48  |  Buster Hammond |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 20
49  |  Hank Rogers |  |  |  |  | 12  | 20  |  |  | 12  |  |  | DNQ  |  |  | 20
50  |  Billy McGee R |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | DNS  | 17
51  |  Ottis Stine |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | DNS  |  |  | 14  |  |  | 14
52  |  Mark Light |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 18  |  |  | 12  |  |  | 10
53  |  Billy Devore |  | DNQ  |  |  |  |  | 12  |  |  |  | DNQ  |  |  |  | 10
54  |  Walt Killinger |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10
55  |  Hal Cole |  | 19  | DNQ  | 17  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 15  | 11  | 3
\-  |  Bill Sheffler | 11  | 17  | 15  | DNQ  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  George Lynch |  | 32  |  |  | DNQ  | 13  | 16  |  | DNP  | 15  | 18  | 15  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Ted Duncan |  | DNQ  | 17  | 13  | DNQ  | 19  | DNP  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Buster Warke |  |  | DNQ  | 18  |  |  |  |  | 13  | DNQ  |  | DNQ  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Wally Stokes R |  | DNQ  |  |  | 13  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Mauri Rose |  | 13  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Art McKee R |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 13  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Milton Mabe R |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 14  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Art Hillis |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 15  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Glenn Harrison R |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 16  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Hal Robson |  | DNQ  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | DNQ  | 17  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Dick Rathmann R |  |  | DNQ  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 17  |  | 0
\-  |  Delmar Desch |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 17  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Ed Terry |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 17  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Lloyd Axel R |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 18  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Johnny Mauro |  | DNQ  |  |  |  |  |  | 19  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Jimmy Good |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 20  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  William Cantrell |  | 21  | DNQ  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Kenny Eaton R |  | DNQ  |  |  |  | 22  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Manuel Ayulo |  | 28  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Duke Nalon |  | 29 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Sam Hanks |  | 30  | DNQ  |  |  | DNQ  | DNQ  |  |  |  |  |  | DNQ  | DNP  | 0
\-  |  Joel Thorne |  | DNQ  |  |  |  |  |  | DNS  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Walt Von Tilius |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | DNS  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Jim Hammond  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | DNS  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Norman Robinson |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | DNS  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Wayne Sankey |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | DNS  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Buddy Shay |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | DNS  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Jimmy Daywalt |  | DNQ  |  |  |  | DNQ  | DNQ  |  |  |  | DNQ  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Steve Truchan |  |  |  |  |  | DNQ  | DNQ  |  |  | DNQ  | DNQ  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Eddie Haddad  |  | DNQ  |  |  | DNQ  | DNQ  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Henry Banks |  | DNQ  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | DNQ  | DNQ  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Eddie Zalucki |  |  |  |  |  | DNQ  | DNQ  |  | DNP  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Danny Kladis |  | DNQ  | DNQ  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Bill Boyd |  |  |  |  |  | DNP  |  |  | DNQ  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Les Anderson |  | DNQ  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Frank Beardsley |  | DNQ  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Randall Beinke |  | DNQ  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Lindley Bothwell |  | DNQ  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Frank Brisko |  | DNQ  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Jim Brubaker |  | DNQ  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Pat Flaherty |  | DNQ  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Dick Fraizer |  | DNQ  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Byron Horne |  | DNQ  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Tommy Mattson |  | DNQ  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  George Metzler  |  | DNQ  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Chet Miller |  | DNQ  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Bill Taylor  |  | DNQ  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Louis Tomei |  | DNQ  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Doc Williams |  | DNQ  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Bill Mackey |  |  |  |  | DNQ  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Charles Szekendy |  |  |  |  | DNQ  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  George Weaver |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | DNQ  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Bob Simpson |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | DNQ  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Iggy Katona |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | DNQ  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Eddie Johnson |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | DNQ  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Johnny Smith |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | DNQ  |  | 0
\-  |  Walt Faulkner |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | DNQ  | 0
\-  |  Dempsey Wilson |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | DNQ  | 0
\-  |  Bill Gouse |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | DNP  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
\-  |  Joe Garson |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | DNP  | 0
\-  |  Lenny Lowe |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | DNP  | 0
Pos  | Driver  | ARL
| INDY
| MIL1
| TRE
| SPR1
| MIL2
| DQSF
| PIK
| SYR
| DET
| SPR2
| LAN
| SAC
| DMR
| Pts
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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

## References

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* Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1949". Driver Database. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
* "1949 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
* Harms, Phil. "1949 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2012. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
* http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (p. 306-309)

## See also

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* 1949 Indianapolis 500

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