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1948 AAA Championship Car season

Sports season

The 1948 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 12 races, beginning in Arlington, Texas on April 25 and concluding in Du Quoin, Illinois on October 10. The AAA National Champion was Ted Horn, and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Mauri Rose. Ralph Hepburn was killed at Indianapolis in practice, and Ted Horn was killed at the last race in DuQuoin.

Schedule and results

Rnd	Date	Race name	Track	Location	Type	Pole position
April 25	US H. H. Wheler Memorial Cup	Arlington Downs Raceway	Arlington, Texas	Dirt	US Paul Russo	US Ted Horn
May 31	US International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Paved	US Rex Mays	US Mauri Rose
June 6	US Milwaukee 100	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	Dirt	US Johnny Mantz	US Emil Andres
June 20	US National Convention Sweepstakes	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Dirt	US Tony Bettenhausen	US Walt Brown
August 15	US Milwaukee 100	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	Dirt	US Myron Fohr	US Johnny Mantz
August 21	US Springfield 100	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt	US Myron Fohr	US Ted Horn
August 29	US Milwaukee 200	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	Dirt	US Paul Russo	US Myron Fohr
US Tony Bettenhausen
September 4	US DuQuoin 100	DuQuoin State Fairgrounds	Du Quoin, Illinois	Dirt	US Rex Mays	US Lee Wallard
September 6	US Atlanta 100	Lakewood Speedway	Atlanta, Georgia	Dirt	US Ted Horn	US Mel Hansen
September 6	US Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb	Pikes Peak Highway	Pikes Peak, Colorado	Hill	US Al Rogers	US Al Rogers
September 19	US Springfield 100	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt	US Lee Wallard	US Myron Fohr
October 10	US DuQuoin 100	DuQuoin State Fairgrounds	Du Quoin, Illinois	Dirt	US Rex Mays	US Johnnie Parsons

: Both Bettenhausen and Fohr were credited with wins for the race as Bettenhausen relieved Fohr on Lap 118 of 200. : 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

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)

Pos	Driver	ARL
US	INDY
US	MIL1
US	LAN
US	MIL2
US	SPR1
US	MIL3
US	DUQ1
US	ATL
US	PIK
US	SPR2
US	DUQ2
US	Pts	1	1880	2	1159	3	1000	4	924.8	5	910	6	865.5	7	840	8	820	9	810	10	760	11	700	12	580	13	360	14	355	15	324	16	320	17	300	18	290	19	287	20	269	21	240	22	220	23	216	24	200	25	200	26	172.5	27	170	28	160	29	150	30	120	31	120	32	120	33	116	34	100	35	100	36	87.5	37	80	38	74	39	60	40	60	41	60	42	60	43	50	44	50	45	50	46	40	47	35	48	30	49	30	50	20	51	20	52	10	53	10	54	5.2	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	Pos	Driver	ARL
US	INDY
US	MIL1
US	LAN
US	MIL2
US	SPR1
US	MIL3
US	DUQ1
US	ATL
US	PIK
US	SPR2
US	DUQ2
US	Pts
US Ted Horn	1	4	3	9	3	1	3	3	12		3	17
US Myron Fohr		DNQ	4	DNS	7	3	1	2	2		1	4
US Mauri Rose		1
US Bill Sheffler	17	18	8	8	10	7	5	5	3		4	3
US Duke Nalon	3	3	11	DNP	8	17	DNQ		DNP
US Lee Wallard		7		6	5	20	11	1	8		6	9
US Bill Holland	DNS	2	9	11	DNQ
US Mack Hellings		5	2	2	14	19
US Emil Andres	DNP	31	1	3	2	18	16	8	5		2	13
US Charles Van Acker		11	5	7	9	5	6	4	9		12	10
US Johnnie Parsons		DNQ				2	2	11			13	1
US Hal Cole		6	6	DNQ								5
US Rex Mays	16	19	17	16	4	4	7	17	10		14	18
US Johnny Mauro		8								3
US Tony Bettenhausen		14	15	15	6	6	20	10
US Walt Brown	DNQ	DNQ	13	1	13	8	12				8
US Paul Russo	7	32	18	18			9	18	11		15	2
US Johnny Mantz		13	12	13	1	9	13				9	16
US George Connor		28	DNQ	5	DNQ	11	17				5	DNQ
US Hal Robson		15	DNQ		12	10	14	6	4		DNS	14
US Ted Duncan							4				17
US Mel Hansen		25	14	DNS	18	16	15	16	1		11	11
US Eddie Zalucki	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ		15		DNS				7	6
US Al Rogers		DNQ	DNQ							1
US Tommy Hinnershitz		9
US Duke Dinsmore	2		16					13				15
US Johnny Byrne	6					12	18	DNQ	6		DNQ	DNQ
US Herb Bryers										2
US Jimmy Jackson		10
US Joie Chitwood	4	17	DNQ	DNP
US Duane Carter		22		4
US Russ Snowberger										4
US Spider Webb		27	10	14	17	13	10	DNQ	DNQ		10
US Manuel Ayulo	5	DNQ	DNQ
US Buster Hammond										5
US Floyd Davis								9	7
US Hugh Thomas										6
US Ken Fowler		DNS			16	DNQ	8				DNQ	8
US George Lynch		DNQ			19		19	15				7
US William Cantrell		16						7
US Johnny Shackleford		DNS	7
US Louis Unser										7
US Mike Salay	8	30		17		15	DNQ				16	12
US J.C. Shoemaker										8
US Billy Devore	14	12
US Wayne Sankey										9
US Louis Durant		DNS
US Red Hodges	10
US Delmar Desch										10
US Jackie Holmes		DNQ	DNQ		11	14					DNQ
US Walt Killinger										11
US Charlie Rogers	12			DNQ	DNS			12			DNQ
US Art Hillis										12
US Jack McGrath	9	21		DNQ
US Walt Ader		DNQ		10
US Les Anderson	11	24	DNQ
US Buster Warke			DNQ	12
US Henry Banks	13	DNQ
US George Hammond										13
US Steve Truchan	15		DNQ				21	14			18	DNQ
US Jimmy Good										14
US Bill Milliken										15
US Chet Miller		20
US Fred Agabashian		23
US Sam Hanks		26
US Doc Williams		29
US Harry McQuinn		33
US Joel Thorne		DNQ								DNS
US Cliff Bergere		DNS
US Louis Tomei		DNS
US Keith Andrews										DNS
US Russ Chabot										DNS
US Milt Fankhauser		DNQ	DNQ
US Red Byron		DNQ		DNQ
US Paul Craver			DNQ			DNQ
US Johnny McDowell					DNQ		DNQ
US Johnny Dietz					DNQ							DNQ
US Jim Brubaker		DNQ
US Bob Droeger		DNQ
US Roland Free		DNQ
US Andy Granatelli		DNQ
US Art Hartsfeld		DNQ
US Ralph Hepburn		DNQ
US Ronney Householder		DNQ
US George Metzler		DNQ
US Al Miller		DNQ
US Cowboy O'Rourke		DNQ
US Joe Perkins		DNQ
US Ralph Pratt		DNQ
US Pete Romcevich		DNQ
US Loral Tansy		DNQ
US Jerry Kubik			DNQ
US Chick Barbo				DNQ
US Orville Epperley				DNQ
US Bob Baity									DNQ
US Norm Houser												DNQ

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

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References

http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf (p. 310-312)

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