Sports season
The1947 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 11 races, beginning inSpeedway ,Indiana , on May 30 and concluding inArlington ,Texas , on November 2. TheAAA National Champion wasTed Horn , and theIndianapolis 500 winner wasMauri Rose .
Shorty Cantlon died atIndianapolis during the race.
Schedule and results [ edit ]
Rnd Date Race name Track Location Type Pole position Winning driver 1 May 30 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway ,Indiana Paved Ted Horn Mauri Rose 2 June 8 Milwaukee 100 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis ,Wisconsin Dirt Bill Holland Bill Holland 3 June 22 Langhorne 100Langhorne Speedway Langhorne ,Pennsylvania Dirt Emil Andres Bill Holland 4 July 4 Atlanta 100 A Lakewood Speedway Atlanta ,Georgia Dirt Rex Mays Walt Ader 5 July 13 Bainbridge 100B Bainbridge Fairgrounds Bainbridge ,Ohio Dirt Walt Brown Ted Horn 6 July 27 Milwaukee 100 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis ,Wisconsin Dirt Tony Bettenhausen Charles Van Acker 7 August 17 George Robson MemorialGood Time Park Goshen ,New York Dirt Emil Andres Tony Bettenhausen 8 August 24 Milwaukee 100 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis ,Wisconsin Dirt Duke Dinsmore Ted Horn 9 September 1 Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak ,Colorado Hill Al Rogers C Louis Unser 10 September 28 Springfield 100Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield ,Illinois Dirt Emil Andres Tony Bettenhausen 11 November 2 Arlington 100Arlington Downs Raceway Arlington ,Texas Dirt Duke Nalon Ted Horn
Paved/Dirt Oval
Road Course/Hill Climb
^A Race stopped after 77 miles due to wreck.^B Race stopped after 90 miles due to rain.^C 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 [ edit ] 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)
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Blue 6th-10th place Dark Blue Finished (Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrawn (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Not competing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