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1941 AAA Championship Car season

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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 →

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.

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 United States International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Paved United States Mauri Rose United States Floyd Davis
United States Mauri RoseA
NC June 22 United States Langhorne 100 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Dirt United States Duke Nalon
2 August 24 United States Milwaukee 100 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Dirt United States Rex Mays United States Rex Mays
3 September 1 United States Syracuse 100 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt United States Rex Mays United States 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
United States
MIL
United States
SYR
United States
Pts
1 United States Rex Mays 2 1* 1* 1225
2 United States Ted Horn 3 675
3 United States Ralph Hepburn 4 550
4 United States Floyd Davis 1 5 450
5 United States Cliff Bergere 5 450
6 United States Chet Miller 6 8 DNQ 430
7 United States George Connor 16 2 3 300
8 United States Frank Wearne 8 275
9 United States Mauri Rose 26 3 4 245
10 United States Tony Bettenhausen  RY  6 2 240
11 United States Paul Russo 9 181
12 United States Al Putnam 12 4 11 167.4
13 United States Harry McQuinn 7 157.6
14 United States Louis Tomei 11 125
15 United States George Robson 25 7 9 110
16 United States Frank McGurk 9 7 110
17 United States Tommy Hinnershitz 10 105
18 United States Emil Andres 30 5 13 90
19 United States Tony Willman 20 12 6 75
20 United States Louis Durant 9 61.6
21 United States Walt Brown  R  8 55
22 United States Duke Nalon 15 11 10 35
- United States Overton Phillips 13 10 14 0
- United States Lee Wallard  R  12 0
- United States Joie Chitwood 14 0
- United States Everett Saylor 17 0
- United States Wilbur Shaw 18* 0
- United States Billy Devore 19 DNS 0
- United States Russ Snowberger 21 0
- United States Deacon Litz 22 0
- United States Frank Brisko 23 0
- United States Doc Williams 24 0
- United States Kelly Petillo 27 DNQ 0
- United States Al Miller 28 0
- United States Mel Hansen 29 0
- United States Joel Thorne 31 0
- United States George Barringer DNS DNQ 0
- United States Shorty Cantlon DNQ DNQ 0
- United States Ira Hall DNQ 0
- United States Sam Hanks DNQ 0
- France René Le Bègue DNQ 0
- United States Bill Lipscomb DNQ 0
- United States Roy Russing DNQ 0
- France Jean Trévoux DNQ 0
- United States Eddie Casterline DNQ 0
- United States Bill Holland DNQ 0
Pos Driver INDY
United States
MIL
United States
SYR
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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  1. ^ "1941 AAA National Championship Trail".

See also

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