Sports season
The1949 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 14 races, beginning inArlington ,Texas on April 24 and concluding inDel Mar ,California on November 6. There were also two non-championship events. TheAAA National Champion wasJohnnie Parsons , and theIndianapolis 500 winner wasBill Holland . The season was marred by George Metzler's death atIndianapolis in practice,Bill Sheffler 's death atTrenton also in practice, andRex Mays 's death in the final race atDel Mar .
Schedule and results [ edit ]
Rnd Date Race name Track Location Type Pole position Winning driver 1 April 24 Arlington Downs Raceway Arlington ,Texas Dirt Rex Mays Johnnie Parsons 2 May 30 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway ,Indiana Paved Duke Nalon Bill Holland 3 June 5 Milwaukee 100 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis ,Wisconsin Dirt Rex Mays Myron Fohr 4 June 19 Trenton Speedway Trenton ,New Jersey Dirt Rex Mays Myron Fohr NC July 17 Arlington Downs Raceway Arlington ,Texas Dirt Mel Hansen Mel Hansen NC July 31 Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg ,Pennsylvania Dirt Duane Carter Johnny Mantz 5 August 20 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield ,Illinois Dirt Mel Hansen Mel Hansen 6 August 28 Milwaukee 200 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis ,Wisconsin Dirt Mel Hansen Johnnie Parsons 7 September 3 DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin ,Illinois Dirt Tony Bettenhausen Tony Bettenhausen 8 September 5 Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak ,Colorado Hill Al Rogers A Al Rogers 9 September 10 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse ,New York Dirt Spider Webb Johnnie Parsons 10 September 11 Michigan State Fairgrounds Speedway Detroit ,Michigan Dirt Duke Dinsmore Tony Bettenhausen 11 September 25 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield ,Illinois Dirt Jimmy Davies Johnnie Parsons 12 October 16 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne ,Pennsylvania Dirt Paul Russo Johnnie Parsons 13 October 30 California State Fairgrounds Sacramento ,California Dirt Fred Agabashian Fred Agabashian 14 November 6 Del Mar Speedway Del Mar ,California Dirt Jimmy Davies Jimmy Davies
Paved/Dirt Oval
Road Course/Hill Climb
Non-championship race
^A 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 Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify Brown Withdrawn Black Disqualified White Did not start Blank Did not Not competing
In-line notation Bold Pole position Italics Ran fastest race lap * Led most race laps RY Rookie of the Year R Rookie
Johnnie Parsons