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1948 AAA Championship Car 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.

1948 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races12
Start dateApril 25
End dateOctober 10
Awards
National championUnited States Ted Horn
Indianapolis 500 winnerUnited States Mauri Rose
← 1947
1949 →

Schedule and results

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Rnd Date Race Name Track Location Type Pole Position Winning Driver
1 April 25 United States  H. H. Wheler Memorial Cup Arlington Downs Raceway Arlington, Texas Dirt United States  Paul Russo United States  Ted Horn
2 May 31 United States  International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Paved United States  Rex Mays United States  Mauri Rose
3 June 6 United States  Milwaukee 100 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Dirt United States  Johnny Mantz United States  Emil Andres
4 June 20 United States  National Convention Sweepstakes Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Dirt United States  Tony Bettenhausen United States  Walt Brown
5 August 15 United States  Milwaukee 100 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Dirt United States  Myron Fohr United States  Johnny Mantz
6 August 21 United States  Springfield 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt United States  Myron Fohr United States  Ted Horn
7 August 29 United States  Milwaukee 200 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Dirt United States  Paul Russo United States  Myron Fohr
United States  Tony BettenhausenA
8 September 4 United States  DuQuoin 100 DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin, Illinois Dirt United States  Rex Mays United States  Lee Wallard
9 September 6 United States  Atlanta 100 Lakewood Speedway Atlanta, Georgia Dirt United States  Ted Horn United States  Mel Hansen
10 September 6 United States  Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak, Colorado Hill United States  Al RogersB United States  Al Rogers
11 September 19 United States  Springfield 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt United States  Lee Wallard United States  Myron Fohr
12 October 10 United States  DuQuoin 100 DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin, Illinois Dirt United States  Rex Mays United States  Johnnie Parsons
  Paved/Dirt Oval
  Road Course/Hill Climb
^A Both Bettenhausen and Fohr were credited with wins for the race as Bettenhausen relieved Fohr on Lap 118 of 200.
^B 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

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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
United States 
INDY
United States 
MIL1
United States 
LAN
United States 
MIL2
United States 
SPR1
United States 
MIL3
United States 
DUQ1
United States 
ATL
United States 
PIK
United States 
SPR2
United States 
DUQ2
United States 
Pts
1 United States  Ted Horn 1 4 3 9 3 1 3 3 12 3 17 1880
2 United States  Myron Fohr DNQ 4 DNS 7 3 1 2 2 1 4 1159
3 United States  Mauri Rose 1 1000
4 United States  Bill Sheffler 17 18 8 8 10 7 5 5 3 4 3 924.8
5 United States  Duke Nalon 3 3 11 DNP 8 17 DNQ DNP 910
6 United States  Lee Wallard 7 6 5 20 11 1 8 6 9 865.5
7 United States  Bill Holland DNS 2 9 11 DNQ 840
8 United States  Mack Hellings  RY  5 2 2 14 19 820
9 United States  Emil Andres DNP 31 1 3 2 18 16 8 5 2 13 810
10 United States  Charles Van Acker 11 5 7 9 5 6 4 9 12 10 760
11 United States  Johnnie Parsons  R  DNQ 2 2 11 13 1 700
12 United States  Hal Cole 6 6 DNQ 5 580
13 United States  Rex Mays 16 19 17 16 4 4 7 17 10 14 18 360
14 United States  Johnny Mauro 8 3 355
15 United States  Tony Bettenhausen 14 15 15 6 6 20 10 324
16 United States  Walt Brown DNQ DNQ 13 1 13 8 12 8 320
17 United States  Paul Russo 7 32 18 18 9 18 11 15 2 300
18 United States  Johnny Mantz  R  13 12 13 1 9 13 9 16 290
19 United States  George Connor 28 DNQ 5 DNQ 11 17 5 DNQ 287
20 United States  Hal Robson 15 DNQ 12 10 14 6 4 DNS 14 269
21 United States  Ted Duncan  R  4 17 240
22 United States  Mel Hansen 25 14 DNS 18 16 15 16 1 11 11 220
23 United States  Eddie Zalucki DNQ DNQ DNQ 15 DNS 7 6 216
24 United States  Al Rogers DNQ DNQ 1 200
25 United States  Tommy Hinnershitz 9 200
26 United States  Duke Dinsmore 2 16 13 15 172.5
27 United States  Johnny Byrne 6 12 18 DNQ 6 DNQ DNQ 170
28 United States  Herb Bryers  R  2 160
29 United States  Jimmy Jackson 10 150
30 United States  Joie Chitwood 4 17 DNQ DNP 120
31 United States  Duane Carter  R  22 4 120
32 United States  Russ Snowberger 4 120
33 United States  Spider Webb 27 10 14 17 13 10 DNQ DNQ 10 116
34 United States  Manuel Ayulo  R  5 DNQ DNQ 100
35 United States  Buster Hammond 5 100
36 United States  Floyd Davis 9 7 87.5
37 United States  Hugh Thomas 6 80
38 United States  Ken Fowler DNS 16 DNQ 8 DNQ 8 74
39 United States  George Lynch  R  DNQ 19 19 15 7 60
40 United States  William Cantrell R  16 7 60
41 United States  Johnny Shackleford DNS 7 60
42 United States  Louis Unser 7 60
43 United States  Mike Salay  R  8 30 17 15 DNQ 16 12 50
44 United States  J.C. Shoemaker 8 50
45 United States  Billy Devore 14 12 50
46 United States  Wayne Sankey  R  9 40
47 United States  Louis Durant DNS 35
48 United States  Red Hodges  R  10 30
49 United States  Delmar Desch 10 30
50 United States  Jackie Holmes DNQ DNQ 11 14 DNQ 20
51 United States  Walt Killinger 11 20
52 United States  Charlie Rogers 12 DNQ DNS 12 DNQ 10
53 United States  Art Hillis 12 10
54 United States  Jack McGrath  R  9 21 DNQ 5.2
- United States  Walt Ader DNQ 10 0
- United States  Les Anderson 11 24 DNQ 0
- United States  Buster Warke DNQ 12 0
- United States  Henry Banks 13 DNQ 0
- United States  George Hammond 13 0
- United States  Steve Truchan 15 DNQ 21 14 18 DNQ 0
- United States  Jimmy Good  R  14 0
- United States  Bill Milliken 15 0
- United States  Chet Miller 20 0
- United States  Fred Agabashian 23 0
- United States  Sam Hanks 26 0
- United States  Doc Williams 29 0
- United States  Harry McQuinn 33 0
- United States  Joel Thorne DNQ DNS 0
- United States  Cliff Bergere DNS 0
- United States  Louis Tomei DNS 0
- United States  Keith Andrews DNS 0
- United States  Russ Chabot DNS 0
- United States  Milt Fankhauser DNQ DNQ 0
- United States  Red Byron DNQ DNQ 0
- United States  Paul Craver DNQ DNQ 0
- United States  Johnny McDowell DNQ DNQ 0
- United States  Johnny Dietz DNQ DNQ 0
- United States  Jim Brubaker DNQ 0
- United States  Bob Droeger DNQ 0
- United States  Roland Free DNQ 0
- United States  Andy Granatelli DNQ 0
- United States  Art Hartsfeld DNQ 0
- United States  Ralph Hepburn DNQ 0
- United States  Ronney Householder DNQ 0
- United States  George Metzler DNQ 0
- United States  Al Miller DNQ 0
- United States  Cowboy O'Rourke DNQ 0
- United States  Joe Perkins DNQ 0
- United States  Ralph Pratt DNQ 0
- United States  Pete Romcevich DNQ 0
- United States  Loral Tansy DNQ 0
- United States  Jerry Kubik DNQ 0
- United States  Chick Barbo DNQ 0
- United States  Orville Epperley DNQ 0
- United States  Bob Baity DNQ 0
- United States  Norm Houser DNQ 0
Pos Driver ARL
United States 
INDY
United States 
MIL1
United States 
LAN
United States 
MIL2
United States 
SPR1
United States 
MIL3
United States 
DUQ1
United States 
ATL
United States 
PIK
United States 
SPR2
United States 
DUQ2
United States 
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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  • Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1948". Driver Database. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
  • "1948 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on January 8, 2012. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
  • Harms, Phil. "1948 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2012. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
  • http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (p. 310-312)

See also

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