Sports season
The1952 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 12 races, beginning inSpeedway ,Indiana on May 30 and concluding inPhoenix ,Arizona on November 11. There was also one non-championship event inMechanicsburg ,Pennsylvania . TheAAA National Champion wasChuck Stevenson , and theIndianapolis 500 winner wasTroy Ruttman .Johnny McDowell was killed at theMilwaukee while qualifying for theRex Mays Classic .Joe James died in theSan José 100 race.
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 Fred Agabashian Troy Ruttman 2 June 8 Rex Mays Classic Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis ,Wisconsin Dirt Jim Rigsby Mike Nazaruk 3 July 4 Southland Speedway Raleigh ,North Carolina Paved Cliff Griffith Troy Ruttman NC July 27 Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg ,Pennsylvania Dirt Paul Russo Paul Russo 4 August 16 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield ,Illinois Dirt Mike Nazaruk Bill Schindler 5 August 24 Milwaukee 200 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis ,Wisconsin Dirt Bob Sweikert Chuck Stevenson 6 August 30 Michigan State Fairgrounds Speedway Detroit ,Michigan Dirt Jimmy Reece Bill Vukovich 7 September 1 DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin ,Illinois Dirt Bill Schindler Chuck Stevenson 8 September 1 Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak ,Colorado Hill Al Rogers B George Hammond 9 September 6 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse ,New York Dirt Jack McGrath Jack McGrath 10 September 28 Centennial Park Littleton ,Colorado Dirt Bill Vukovich Bill Vukovich 11 November 2 San Jose Speedway San Jose ,California Dirt Jack McGrath Bobby Ball 12 November 11 Phoenix 100 Arizona State Fairgrounds Phoenix ,Arizona Dirt Jack McGrath Johnnie Parsons
Paved/Dirt Oval
Road Course/Hill Climb
Non-championship race
^A 1952 FIA World Championship of Drivers title.^B 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Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th-10th place Dark Blue Finished Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify Brown Withdrawn Black Disqualified White Did not start Blank Did not Not competing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
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Chuck Stevenson
