1950 AAA Championship Car season

1950 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races 13
Start date May 30
End date December 10
Awards
National champion Henry Banks
Indianapolis 500 winner Johnnie Parsons
Chronology
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1949 1951

The 1950 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 13 races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Darlington, South Carolina on December 10. There were also two non-championship events. The AAA National Champion was Henry Banks, and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Johnnie Parsons.

Contents

Schedule and results

Rnd Date Race Name Track Location Type Pole Position Winning Driver
NC May 1 MGM Sweepstakes Arlington Downs Raceway Arlington, Texas Dirt Oval Jimmy Davies Duane Carter
1 May 30 International 500 Mile SweepstakesA Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Paved Oval Walt Faulkner Johnnie Parsons
2 June 11 Rex Mays Classic Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Dirt Oval Lee Wallard Tony Bettenhausen
3 June 25 Langhorne 100 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Dirt Oval Troy Ruttman Jack McGrath
NC August 12 Indianapolis Sweepstakes Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Dirt Oval Lee Wallard Troy Ruttman
4 August 19 Springfield 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt Oval Tony Bettenhausen Paul Russo
5 August 27 Milwaukee 200 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Dirt Oval Chuck Stevenson Walt Faulkner
6 September 4 Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak, Colorado Hill Climb Al Rogers Al Rogers
7 September 9 Syracuse 100 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt Oval Tony Bettenhausen Jack McGrath
8 September 10 Detroit 100 Michigan State Fairgrounds Detroit, Michigan Dirt Oval Troy Ruttman Henry Banks
9 October 1 Springfield 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt Oval Tony Bettenhausen Tony Bettenhausen
10 October 15 Sacramento 100 California State Fairgrounds Sacramento, California Dirt Oval Tony Bettenhausen Duke Dinsmore
11 November 12 Phoenix 100 Arizona State Fairgrounds Phoenix, Arizona Dirt Oval Bobby Ball Jimmy Davies
12 November 26 Bay Meadows 150 Bay Meadows Race Track San Mateo, California Dirt Oval Tony Bettenhausen Tony Bettenhausen
13 December 10 Darlington 200 Darlington Raceway Darlington, South Carolina Paved Oval Bill Schindler Johnnie Parsons
^A Race stopped after 345 miles due to rain.

Leading National Championship standings

 #  Driver Team Points
1 Henry Banks 1390
2 Walt Faulkner 1317
3 Johnnie Parsons 1313
4 Cecil Green John Zink 1190
5 Tony Bettenhausen Belanger 1027.5

References

See also

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