1950 AAA Championship Car season

1950 American Championship Car season
Series  : AAA Championship Car
Champion : Henry Banks
Previous: 1949	Next: 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.

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

  Paved/Dirt Oval

  Road Course/Hill Climb

  Non-championship race

• Indianapolis 500 was AAA-sanctioned and counted towards the FIA F1 World Drivers' Championship title.

^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

• Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1950". Driver Database. Archived

from the original on 2011-04-15. http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1140-1950/. Retrieved 2011-04-15. 

• "1950 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived

from the original on 2011-04-15. http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1950.htm. Retrieved 2011-04-15. 

• Harms, Phil. "1950 Championship Driver Summary". Motorsport.com. Archived

from the original on 2011-04-15. http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1950sum.pdf. Retrieved 2011-04-15. 

See also

• 1950 Indianapolis 500

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