1948 AAA Championship Car season

1948 American Championship Car season
Series  : AAA Championship Car
Champion : Ted Horn
Previous: 1947	Next: 1949

The 1948 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 12 races, beginning in Arlington, Texas on April 25 and concluding in Du Quoin, Illinois on October 10. The AAA National Champion was Ted Horn, and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Mauri Rose. Ralph Hepburn was killed at Indianapolis in practice, and Ted Horn was killed at the last race in DuQuoin.

Schedule and results

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	April 25	Arlington 100	Arlington Downs Raceway	Arlington, Texas	Dirt	Paul Russo	Ted Horn
2	May 31	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Paved	Rex Mays	Mauri Rose
3	June 6	Milwaukee 100	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	Dirt	Johnny Mantz	Emil Andres
4	June 20	National Convention Sweepstakes	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Dirt	Tony Bettenhausen	Walt Brown
5	August 15	Milwaukee 100	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	Dirt	Myron Fohr	Johnny Mantz
6	August 21	Springfield 100	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt	Myron Fohr	Ted Horn
7	August 29	Milwaukee 200	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	Dirt	Paul Russo	Myron Fohr
							Tony BettenhausenA
8	September 4	DuQuoin 100	DuQuoin State Fairgrounds	Du Quoin, Illinois	Dirt	Rex Mays	Lee Wallard
9	September 6	Atlanta 100	Lakewood Speedway	Atlanta, Georgia	Dirt	Ted Horn	Mel Hansen
10	September 6	Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb	Pikes Peak Highway	Pikes Peak, Colorado	Hill	Al RogersB	Al Rogers
11	September 19	Springfield 100	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt	Lee Wallard	Myron Fohr
12	October 10	DuQuoin 100	DuQuoin State Fairgrounds	Du Quoin, Illinois	Dirt	Rex Mays	Johnnie Parsons

  Paved/Dirt Oval

  Road Course/Hill Climb

• A - Both Bettenhausen and Fohr were credited with wins for the race as Bettenhausen relieved Fohr on Lap 118 of 200.
• B - 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.

Leading National Championship standings

#	Driver	Team	Points
1	Ted Horn†	Horn Enterprises	1880
2	Myron Fohr	Marchese	1159
3	Mauri Rose	Blue Crown Spark Plug	1000
4	Bill Sheffler	Sheffler	924.8
5	Duke Nalon	Novi Mobil	910

† Horn was killed in an accident in the final race of the season at DuQuoin.

References

• Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1948". Driver Database. Archived

from the original on 2011-04-18. http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1140-1948/. Retrieved 2011-04-18. 

• "1948 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived

from the original on 2011-04-18. http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1948.htm. Retrieved 2011-04-18. 

• Harms, Phil. "1948 Championship Driver Summary". Motorsport.com. Archived

from the original on 2011-04-18. http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1948sum.pdf. Retrieved 2011-04-18. 

See also

• 1948 Indianapolis 500

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