1939 AAA Championship Car season

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.

1939 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races3
Start dateMay 30
End dateSeptember 2
Awards
National championUnited States Wilbur Shaw
Indianapolis 500 winnerUnited States Wilbur Shaw
← 1938
1940 →

The Springfield 100 was originally scheduled as a AAA non-championship event, had its sanction withdrawn the day of the race.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

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All races running on Oval/Speedway.

Rnd Date Race Name Track Location Type Pole Position Winning Driver
1 May 30   International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Paved   Jimmy Snyder   Wilbur Shaw
2 August 27   Milwaukee 100 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Dirt   Emil Andres   Babe Stapp
3 September 2   Syracuse 100 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt   Rex Mays   Mauri Rose
NC October 15   Race of Champions Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt   Emil Andres
  Non-championship race

Final points standings

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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]

Pos Driver INDY
 
MIL
 
SYR
 
Pts
1   Wilbur Shaw 1 1000
2   Jimmy Snyder 2 825
3   Ted Horn 4 14 3 685
4   Babe Stapp 5 1 11 675
5   Cliff Bergere 3 675
6   George Barringer 6 2 5 630
7   Mauri Rose 8 12 1* 490
8   Joel Thorne 7 9 DNQ 370
9   Frank Wearne 9 DNQ 225
10   George Connor 13 10* 2 200
11   Louis Durant  RY  3 7 200
12   Billy Devore 10 DNQ 136.5
13   Floyd Davis 27 11 4 135
14   Frank Brisko 29 8 6 130
15   George Robson 21 5 10 125
16   Tony Gulotta 11 114.5
17   Russ Snowberger 25 4 DNQ 110
18   Duke Nalon DNQ 6 12 90
19   Louis Meyer 12* 75
20   Spider Webb  R  7 65
21   Shorty Cantlon 32 15 8 55
22   Emil Andres 30 13 9 45
23   Henry Banks 10 38.5
-   Rex Mays 16 17 13 0
-   Frank McGurk DNQ 16 14 0
-   Tony Willman 14 0
-   Louis Tomei 15 0
-   Herb Ardinger 17 0
-   Kelly Petillo 18 DNQ 0
-   Mel Hansen  R  19 0
-   Chet Miller 20 0
-   Al Putnam 21 DNQ 0
-   Harry McQuinn 21 0
-   Ralph Hepburn 22 0
-   Floyd Roberts 23 0
-   Ira Hall 24 0
-   George Bailey 26 0
-   Al Miller 28 0
-   Bob Swanson 31 0
-   Deacon Litz 33 DNQ 0
-   Ronney Householder DNS 0
-   Lou Webb DNQ DNQ 0
-   Sam Hanks Wth DNQ 0
-   Tommy Hinnershitz DNQ 0
-   Zeke Meyer DNQ 0
-   Johnny Seymour DNQ 0
-   Doc Williams DNQ 0
-   Vince Conze DNQ 0
-   Lou Moore DNQ 0
Pos Driver INDY
 
MIL
 
SYR
 
Pts
Color Result
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
Rookie of the Year
Rookie

References

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  1. ^ a b "1939 AAA National Championship Trail".

See also

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