1950 AAA Championship Car season


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

RndDateRace NameTrackLocationTypePole PositionWinning Driver
NCMay 1 MGM SweepstakesArlington Downs RacewayArlington, TexasDirt Jimmy Davies Duane Carter
1May 30 International 500 Mile SweepstakesIndianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, IndianaPaved Walt Faulkner Johnny Parsons
2June 11 Rex Mays ClassicWisconsin State Fair Park SpeedwayWest Allis, WisconsinDirt Lee Wallard Tony Bettenhausen
3June 25 Langhorne 100Langhorne SpeedwayLanghorne, PennsylvaniaDirt Troy Ruttman Jack McGrath
NCAugust 12 Indianapolis SweepstakesWilliams Grove SpeedwayMechanicsburg, PennsylvaniaDirt Lee Wallard Troy Ruttman
4August 19 Springfield 100Illinois State FairgroundsSpringfield, IllinoisDirt Tony Bettenhausen Paul Russo
5September 4 Milwaukee 200Wisconsin State Fair Park SpeedwayWest Allis, WisconsinDirt Chuck Stevenson Walt Faulkner
6September 4 Pikes Peak Auto Hill ClimbPikes Peak HighwayPikes Peak, ColoradoHill Al Rogers Al Rogers
7September 9 Syracuse 100New York State FairgroundsSyracuse, New YorkDirt Tony Bettenhausen Jack McGrath
8September 10 Detroit 100Michigan State Fairgrounds SpeedwayDetroit, MichiganDirt Troy Ruttman Henry Banks
9October 1 Springfield 100Illinois State FairgroundsSpringfield, IllinoisDirt Tony Bettenhausen Tony Bettenhausen
10October 15 Golden State 100California State FairgroundsSacramento, CaliforniaDirt Tony Bettenhausen Duke Dinsmore
11November 12 Phoenix 100Arizona State FairgroundsPhoenix, ArizonaDirt Bobby Ball Jimmy Davies
12November 26 Bay Meadows 150Bay Meadows Race TrackSan Mateo, CaliforniaDirt Tony Bettenhausen Tony Bettenhausen
13December 10 Darlington RacewayDarlington, South CarolinaPaved Bill Schindler Johnny Parsons

Final points standings

Note1: 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: / *
Note2: There were scoring omissions in the AAA records regarding laps completed for eight drivers in the Springfield and Bay Meadows races in 1950. The statistics shown include the most accurate representation of those races that is available.

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