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1940 AAA Championship Car season

Sports season

Sports season

The 1940 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 Langhorne, Pennsylvania. The AAA National Champion was Rex Mays and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Wilbur Shaw.

George Bailey died in practice at Indianapolis before the race. Lou Webb died during the season ending race at Syracuse.

Schedule and results

All races running on Paved/Dirt Oval.

RndDateRace nameTrackLocationTypePole positionWinning driver1NC23
May 30US International 500 Mile SweepstakesIndianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, IndianaPavedUS Rex MaysUS Wilbur Shaw
June 16US Langhorne 100Langhorne SpeedwayLanghorne, PennsylvaniaDirtUS Tony WillmanUS Duke Nalon
August 24US Springfield 100Illinois State FairgroundsSpringfield, IllinoisDirtUS Rex MaysUS Rex Mays
September 2US Syracuse 100New York State FairgroundsSyracuse, New YorkDirtUS Rex MaysUS Rex Mays

Final points standings

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.

PosDriverINDY
USSPR
USSYR
USPts1122521000367546255450637573258280927510275112101217513140141401513516135171101891199020902184225523452425-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0PosDriverINDY
USSPR
USSYR
USPts
US Rex Mays21*1*
US Wilbur Shaw1*
US Mauri Rose3
US Ted Horn46
US Joel Thorne5DNQ
US Bob Swanson6
US Frank Wearne7
US Frank Brisko98DNQ
US George Robson23411
US Mel Hansen8
US Al Miller3029
US George Connor2674
US Floyd Davis2067
US Harry McQuinn111312
US Tommy Hinnershitz32113
US Duke Nalon223
US Emil Andres12DNS10
France René Le Bègue10
US Kelly Petillo21513
US Shorty CantlonDNS5
France René Dreyfus10
US Paul Russo28128
US Overton PhillipsDNQ9DNQ
US Hal Robson2
US Lou Webb201014
US Sam Hanks13
US Billy Devore1814DNQ
US George Barringer14
US Joie Chitwood15DNQ
US Louis Tomei16
US Henry Banks17
US Chet Miller17
US Al Putnam19DNQDNQ
US Babe Stapp24
US Doc Williams25
US Cliff Bergere27
US Ralph Hepburn29
US Russ Snowberger31
Argentina Raúl Riganti33
US Tony WillmanDNQDNQDNS
US George BaileyDNQ
US Wesley CrawfordDNQ
US Port DeFratiesDNQ
US Louis DurantDNQ
US Ira HallDNQ
US Bill LipscombDNQ
US Louis UnserDNQ
US Freddie WinnaiDNQ
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

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References

References

  1. "1940 AAA National Championship Trail".
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