1938 AAA Championship Car season

1938 American Championship Car season
Series  : AAA Championship Car
Champion : Floyd Roberts
Previous: 1937	Next: 1939

The 1938 AAA Championship Car season consisted of two races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Syracuse, New York on September 10. There were also two non-championship events. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Floyd Roberts.

Schedule and results

All races running on Dirt/Brick Oval. In IZOD IndyCar Series 2011 Historial Record Book the Indianapolis Motor Speedway from 1911 to 1938 "brick track" type circuit. (page 73)

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Track	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Brick	Floyd Roberts	Floyd Roberts
NC	August 20	Springfield 100	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Dirt	—	Tony Willman
NC	August 28	Milwaukee 100	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	Dirt	Mauri Rose	Chet Gardner
2	September 10	Syracuse 100	New York State Fairgrounds	Dirt	Jimmy Snyder	Jimmy Snyder

  Non-championship race

Leading National Championship standings

#	Driver	Team	Points
1	Floyd Roberts	Burd Piston Ring	1000
2	Wilbur Shaw	Shaw	825
3	Chet Miller	IBEW	675
4	Ted Horn		660
5	Chet Gardner	Burd Piston Ring	450

References

• Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1938". Driver Database. Archived

from the original on 2009-05-27. http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1140-1938/. Retrieved 2009-05-23. 

• "1938 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived

from the original on 2009-05-27. http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1938.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-23. 

• Harms, Phil. "1938 Championship Driver Summary". Motorsport.com. Archived

from the original on 2011-04-20. http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1938sum.pdf. Retrieved 2011-04-20. 

See also

• 1938 Indianapolis 500

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