1941 AAA Championship Car season

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.

1941 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races3
Start dateMay 30
End dateSeptember 1
Awards
National championUnited States Rex Mays
Indianapolis 500 winnerUnited States Floyd Davis
United States Mauri Rose
← 1940
1946 →

Schedule and results

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All races running on Paved/Dirt Oval.

Rnd Date Race Name Track Location Type Pole Position Winning Driver
1 May 30   International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Paved   Mauri Rose   Floyd Davis
  Mauri RoseA
NC June 22   Langhorne 100 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Dirt   Duke Nalon
2 August 24   Milwaukee 100 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Dirt   Rex Mays   Rex Mays
3 September 1   Syracuse 100 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt   Rex Mays   Rex Mays
  Non-championship race
^A Shared drive

Final points standings

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  • Note 1: Drivers had to complete 50% of the race distance 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.
  • Note 2: Mauri Rose started the No. 3 car during the Indianapolis 500, but dropped out early with mechanical issues. On lap 72, he relieved Floyd Davis in the No. 16 car, and went on to finish first. While both Davis and Rose were recognized as co-winners - the second of two such occasions in Indianapolis 500 history - the winner's points went to Davis, who started and qualified the No. 16 car.
  • The final standings based on reference.[1]
Pos Driver INDY
 
MIL
 
SYR
 
Pts
1   Rex Mays 2 1* 1* 1225
2   Ted Horn 3 675
3   Ralph Hepburn 4 550
4   Floyd Davis 1 5 450
5   Cliff Bergere 5 450
6   Chet Miller 6 8 DNQ 430
7   George Connor 16 2 3 300
8   Frank Wearne 8 275
9   Mauri Rose 26 3 4 245
10   Tony Bettenhausen  RY  6 2 240
11   Paul Russo 9 181
12   Al Putnam 12 4 11 167.4
13   Harry McQuinn 7 157.6
14   Louis Tomei 11 125
15   George Robson 25 7 9 110
16   Frank McGurk 9 7 110
17   Tommy Hinnershitz 10 105
18   Emil Andres 30 5 13 90
19   Tony Willman 20 12 6 75
20   Louis Durant 9 61.6
21   Walt Brown  R  8 55
22   Duke Nalon 15 11 10 35
-   Overton Phillips 13 10 14 0
-   Lee Wallard  R  12 0
-   Joie Chitwood 14 0
-   Everett Saylor 17 0
-   Wilbur Shaw 18* 0
-   Billy Devore 19 DNS 0
-   Russ Snowberger 21 0
-   Deacon Litz 22 0
-   Frank Brisko 23 0
-   Doc Williams 24 0
-   Kelly Petillo 27 DNQ 0
-   Al Miller 28 0
-   Mel Hansen 29 0
-   Joel Thorne 31 0
-   George Barringer DNS DNQ 0
-   Shorty Cantlon DNQ DNQ 0
-   Ira Hall DNQ 0
-   Sam Hanks DNQ 0
-   René Le Bègue DNQ 0
-   Bill Lipscomb DNQ 0
-   Roy Russing DNQ 0
-   Jean Trévoux DNQ 0
-   Eddie Casterline DNQ 0
-   Bill Holland 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
 RY  Rookie of the Year
 R  Rookie

References

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  1. ^ "1941 AAA National Championship Trail".

See also

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