1952 AAA Championship Car season

1952 AAA Championship Car season

AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races	12
Start date	May 30
End date	November 11
Awards
National champion	Chuck Stevenson
Indianapolis 500 winner	Troy Ruttman

Chronology
Previous season	Next season
1951	1953

The 1952 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 12 races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Phoenix, Arizona on November 11. There was also one non-championship event in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The AAA National Champion was Chuck Stevenson, and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Troy Ruttman.

Schedule and results

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Paved Oval	Fred Agabashian	Troy Ruttman
2	June 8	Rex Mays Classic	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	Dirt Oval	Jim Rigsby	Mike Nazaruk
3	July 4	Raleigh 200	Southland Speedway	Raleigh, North Carolina	Paved Oval	Cliff Griffith	Troy Ruttman
NC	July 27	Indianapolis Sweepstakes	Williams Grove Speedway	Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania	Dirt Oval	Paul Russo	Paul Russo
4	August 16	Springfield 100	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt Oval	Mike Nazaruk	Bill Schindler
5	August 24	Milwaukee 200	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	Dirt Oval	Bob Sweikert	Chuck Stevenson
6	August 30	Detroit 100	Michigan State Fairgrounds Speedway	Detroit, Michigan	Dirt Oval	Jimmy Reece	Bill Vukovich
7	September 1	Ted Horn Memorial	DuQuoin State Fairgrounds	Du Quoin, Illinois	Dirt Oval	Bill Schindler	Chuck Stevenson
8	September 1	Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb	Pikes Peak Highway	Pikes Peak, Colorado	Hill Climb	Al Rogers	George Hammond
9	September 6	Syracuse 100	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt Oval	Jack McGrath	Jack McGrath
10	September 28	Denver 100	Centennial Park	Littleton, Colorado	Dirt Oval	Bill Vukovich	Bill Vukovich
11	October 25	San Jose 100	San Jose Speedway	San Jose, California	Dirt Oval	Jack McGrath	Bobby Ball
12	November 11	Phoenix 100	Arizona State Fairgrounds	Phoenix, Arizona	Dirt Oval	Jack McGrath	Johnnie Parsons

#	Driver	Team	Points
1	Chuck Stevenson	Springfield Welding	1440
2	Troy Ruttman	Agajanian	1410
3	Sam Hanks	Bardahl	1390
4	Duane Carter	Belanger, Pat Clancy, John Zink	1250.4
5	Jack McGrath	Hinkle	1200

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"1952 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on 2011-04-15. Retrieved 2011-04-15.
Harms, Phil. "1952 Championship Driver Summary". Motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 2011-04-15. Retrieved 2011-04-15.

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