Sports season
The1951 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 15 races, beginning inSpeedway ,Indiana on May 30 and concluding inSan Mateo ,California on November 11. There was also one non-championship event inMechanicsburg ,Pennsylvania . TheAAA National Champion wasTony Bettenhausen , and theIndianapolis 500 winner wasLee Wallard .
Schedule and results [ edit ]
Rnd Date Race name Track Location Type Pole position Winning driver 1 May 30 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes A Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway ,Indiana Paved Duke Nalon Lee Wallard 2 June 10 Rex Mays Classic Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis ,Wisconsin Dirt Jack McGrath Tony Bettenhausen 3 June 24 Langhorne 100Langhorne Speedway Langhorne ,Pennsylvania Dirt Jack McGrath Tony Bettenhausen 4 July 4 Darlington 250 Darlington Raceway Darlington ,South Carolina Paved Johnny McDowell Walt Faulkner NC July 29 Indianapolis SweepstakesWilliams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg ,Pennsylvania Dirt Troy Ruttman Troy Ruttman 5 August 18 Springfield 100Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield ,Illinois Dirt Paul Russo Tony Bettenhausen 6 August 26 Milwaukee 200 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis ,Wisconsin Dirt Johnny McDowell Walt Faulkner 7 September 1 Ted Horn MemorialDuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin ,Illinois Dirt Johnnie Parsons Tony Bettenhausen 8 September 3 Du Quoin 150B DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin ,Illinois Dirt Tony Bettenhausen Tony Bettenhausen 9 September 3 Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak ,Colorado Hill Louis Unser C Al Rogers 10 September 8 Syracuse 100D New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse ,New York Dirt Tony Bettenhausen Tony Bettenhausen 11 September 9 Detroit 100Michigan State Fairgrounds Speedway Detroit ,Michigan Dirt Johnny McDowell Paul Russo 12 September 23 Denver 100Centennial Park Littleton ,Colorado Dirt Tony Bettenhausen Tony Bettenhausen 13 October 21 San Jose 100San Jose Speedway San Jose ,California Dirt Tony Bettenhausen Tony Bettenhausen 14 November 4 Phoenix 100 Arizona State Fairgrounds Phoenix ,Arizona Dirt Henry Banks Johnnie Parsons 15 November 11 Bay Meadows 150Bay Meadows Race Track San Mateo ,California Dirt Jack McGrath Johnnie Parsons
Paved/Dirt Oval
Road Course/Hill Climb
Non-championship race
^A Indianapolis 500 was AAA-sanctioned and counted towards the1951 FIA World Championship of Drivers title.^B Race stopped after 101 laps 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.^D Race stopped after 67 laps due to wreck.Final points standings [ edit ] Note1: 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)
Note2: There were scoring omissions in the AAA records regarding laps completed for eight drivers in the Darlington and Milwaukee races in 1951. The statistics shown include the most accurate representation of those races that is available.
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