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1940 AAA Championship Car season

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1940 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races	3
Start date	May 30
End date	September 2
Awards
National champion	Rex Mays
Indianapolis 500 winner	Wilbur Shaw
← 1939 1941 →

The1940 AAA Championship Car season consisted of three races, beginning inSpeedway,Indiana on May 30 and concluding inSyracuse,New York on September 2. There was also one non-championship event inLanghorne,Pennsylvania. TheAAA National Champion wasRex Mays and theIndianapolis 500 winner wasWilbur Shaw.

George Bailey died in practice atIndianapolis before the race.Lou Webb died during the season ending race atSyracuse.

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	Rex Mays	Wilbur Shaw
NC	June 16	Langhorne 100	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne,Pennsylvania	Dirt	Tony Willman	Duke Nalon
2	August 24	Springfield 100	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield,Illinois	Dirt	Rex Mays	Rex Mays
3	September 2	Syracuse 100	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse,New York	Dirt	Rex Mays	Rex Mays

Non-championship race

Final points standings

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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.^[1]

Further information:List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems

Pos	Driver	INDY	SPR	SYR	Pts
1	Rex Mays	2	1*	1*	1225
2	Wilbur Shaw	1*			1000
3	Mauri Rose	3			675
4	Ted Horn	4		6	625
5	Joel Thorne	5		DNQ	450
6	Bob Swanson	6			375
7	Frank Wearne	7			325
8	Frank Brisko	9	8	DNQ	280
9	George Robson	23	4	11	275
10	Mel Hansen	8			275
11	Al Miller	30	2	9	210
12	George Connor	26	7	4	175
13	Floyd Davis	20	6	7	140
14	Harry McQuinn	11	13	12	140
15	Tommy Hinnershitz	32	11	3	135
16	Duke Nalon	22	3		135
17	Emil Andres	12	DNS	10	110
18	René Le Bègue RY	10			91
19	Kelly Petillo	21	5	13	90
20	Shorty Cantlon	DNS		5	90
21	René Dreyfus R	10			84
22	Paul Russo R	28	12	8	55
23	Overton Phillips	DNQ	9	DNQ	45
24	Hal Robson R			2	25
-	Lou Webb R	20	10	14	0
-	Sam Hanks R	13			0
-	Billy Devore	18	14	DNQ	0
-	George Barringer	14			0
-	Joie Chitwood R	15	DNQ		0
-	Louis Tomei	16			0
-	Henry Banks	17			0
-	Chet Miller	17			0
-	Al Putnam	19	DNQ	DNQ	0
-	Babe Stapp	24			0
-	Doc Williams	25			0
-	Cliff Bergere	27			0
-	Ralph Hepburn	29			0
-	Russ Snowberger	31			0
-	Raúl Riganti	33			0
-	Tony Willman	DNQ	DNQ	DNS	0
-	George Bailey	DNQ			0
-	Wesley Crawford	DNQ			0
-	Port DeFraties	DNQ			0
-	Louis Durant	DNQ			0
-	Ira Hall	DNQ			0
-	Bill Lipscomb	DNQ			0
-	Louis Unser	DNQ			0
-	Freddie Winnai	DNQ			0
Pos	Driver	INDY	SPR	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
Rookie of the Year
Rookie

References

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^"1940 AAA National Championship Trail".Archived from the original on November 22, 2008. RetrievedMay 17, 2009.

Åberg, Andreas."AAA National Championship 1940". Driver Database.Archived from the original on September 8, 2012. RetrievedMay 17, 2009.
"1940 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com.Archived from the original on November 22, 2008. RetrievedMay 17, 2009.
Harms, Phil."1940 Championship Driver Summary"(PDF).Motorsport.com. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on August 10, 2012. RetrievedApril 20, 2011.

v t e American Championship car racing (Indy car) seasons
AAA	1905 1906–1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
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CART	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
CCWS	2004 2005 2006 2007 ~~2008~~
IRL	1996 1996–97 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
IndyCar	2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Years marked initalics are not official championship years or upcoming seasons.

v t e AAA Championship Cars (1905–1955)
Seasons	1905 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
Indianapolis 500s	1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 ~~1942~~ 1943–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
National Champions	Billy Arnold Henry Banks Tony Bettenhausen Jimmy Bryan Bob Carey Gaston Chevrolet Bill Cummings Pete DePaolo (twice) Sam Hanks Harry Hartz Eddie Hearne Ted Horn (three times) Rex Mays (twice) Louis Meyer (three times) Tommy Milton Jimmy Murphy (twice) Barney Oldfield Johnnie Parsons Kelly Petillo Dario Resta Floyd Roberts Mauri Rose Louis Schneider Wilbur Shaw (twice) Chuck Stevenson Bob Sweikert
AAA Contest Board Years marked initalics are not official championship years.

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Final points standings

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