Sports season
The1948 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 12 races, beginning inArlington ,Texas on April 25 and concluding inDu Quoin ,Illinois on October 10. TheAAA National Champion wasTed Horn , and theIndianapolis 500 winner wasMauri Rose .Ralph Hepburn was killed atIndianapolis in practice, andTed Horn was killed at the last race inDuQuoin .
Schedule and results [ edit ]
Rnd Date Race name Track Location Type Pole position Winning driver 1 April 25 H. H. Wheler Memorial CupArlington Downs Raceway Arlington ,Texas Dirt Paul Russo Ted Horn 2 May 31 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway ,Indiana Paved Rex Mays Mauri Rose 3 June 6 Milwaukee 100 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis ,Wisconsin Dirt Johnny Mantz Emil Andres 4 June 20 National Convention SweepstakesLanghorne Speedway Langhorne ,Pennsylvania Dirt Tony Bettenhausen Walt Brown 5 August 15 Milwaukee 100 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis ,Wisconsin Dirt Myron Fohr Johnny Mantz 6 August 21 Springfield 100Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield ,Illinois Dirt Myron Fohr Ted Horn 7 August 29 Milwaukee 200 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis ,Wisconsin Dirt Paul Russo Myron Fohr Tony Bettenhausen A 8 September 4 DuQuoin 100DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin ,Illinois Dirt Rex Mays Lee Wallard 9 September 6 Atlanta 100 Lakewood Speedway Atlanta ,Georgia Dirt Ted Horn Mel Hansen 10 September 6 Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak ,Colorado Hill Al Rogers B Al Rogers 11 September 19 Springfield 100Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield ,Illinois Dirt Lee Wallard Myron Fohr 12 October 10 DuQuoin 100DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin ,Illinois Dirt Rex Mays 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 [ 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