1941 AAA Championship Car season

1941 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races	3
Start date	May 30
End date	September 1
Awards
National champion	Rex Mays
Indianapolis 500 winner	Floyd Davis Mauri Rose

The 1941 AAA Championship Car season consisted of three races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Syracuse, New York on September 1. There was also one non-championship event held at Langhorne, Pennsylvania. The AAA National Champion was Rex Mays and the Indianapolis 500 co-winners were Floyd Davis and Mauri Rose - the second such occasion in history. The National Championship was not held again until 1946, due to World War II.

Schedule and results

All races running on Paved/Dirt Oval.

Rnd	Date	Race name	Track	Location	Type	Pole position	Winning driver
1	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Paved	Mauri Rose	Floyd Davis
							Mauri RoseA
NC	June 22	Langhorne 100	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Dirt	—	Duke Nalon
2	August 24	Milwaukee 100	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	Dirt	Rex Mays	Rex Mays
3	September 1	Syracuse 100	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	Rex Mays	Rex Mays

  Non-championship race

^AShared drive

Final points standings

• Note 1: Drivers had to complete 50% of the race distance to score points. Points scored by drivers sharing a ride were split according to percentage of race driven. Starters were not allowed to score points as relief drivers, if a race starter finished the race in another car, in a points scoring position, those points were awarded to the driver who had started the car.
• Note 2: Mauri Rose started the No. 3 car during the Indianapolis 500, but dropped out early with mechanical issues. On lap 72, he relieved Floyd Davis in the No. 16 car, and went on to finish first. While both Davis and Rose were recognized as co-winners - the second of two such occasions in Indianapolis 500 history - the winner's points went to Davis, who started and qualified the No. 16 car.
• The final standings based on reference.

Further information: List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems

Pos Driver INDY MIL SYR Pts 1 Rex Mays 2 1* 1* 1225 2 Ted Horn 3 675 3 Ralph Hepburn 4 550 4 Floyd Davis 1 5 450 5 Cliff Bergere 5 450 6 Chet Miller 6 8 DNQ 430 7 George Connor 16 2 3 300 8 Frank Wearne 8 275 9 Mauri Rose 26 3 4 245 10 Tony Bettenhausen  RY  6 2 240 11 Paul Russo 9 181 12 Al Putnam 12 4 11 167.4 13 Harry McQuinn 7 157.6 14 Louis Tomei 11 125 15 George Robson 25 7 9 110 16 Frank McGurk 9 7 110 17 Tommy Hinnershitz 10 105 18 Emil Andres 30 5 13 90 19 Tony Willman 20 12 6 75 20 Louis Durant 9 61.6 21 Walt Brown  R  8 55 22 Duke Nalon 15 11 10 35 - Overton Phillips 13 10 14 0 - Lee Wallard  R  12 0 - Joie Chitwood 14 0 - Everett Saylor 17 0 - Wilbur Shaw 18* 0 - Billy Devore 19 DNS 0 - Russ Snowberger 21 0 - Deacon Litz 22 0 - Frank Brisko 23 0 - Doc Williams 24 0 - Kelly Petillo 27 DNQ 0 - Al Miller 28 0 - Mel Hansen 29 0 - Joel Thorne 31 0 - George Barringer DNS DNQ 0 - Shorty Cantlon DNQ DNQ 0 - Ira Hall DNQ 0 - Sam Hanks DNQ 0 - René Le Bègue DNQ 0 - Bill Lipscomb DNQ 0 - Roy Russing DNQ 0 - Jean Trévoux DNQ 0 - Eddie Casterline DNQ 0 - Bill Holland DNQ 0 Pos Driver INDY MIL SYR Pts

Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th-10th place Dark Blue Finished (Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrawn (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Not competing In-line notation Bold Pole position Italics Ran fastest race lap * Led most race laps  RY  Rookie of the Year  R  Rookie

References

• Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1941". Driver Database. Archived from the original on September 16, 2011. Retrieved May 14, 2009.
• "1941 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on November 22, 2008. Retrieved May 14, 2009.
• Harms, Phil. "1941 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2012. Retrieved April 20, 2011.

See also

• 1941 Indianapolis 500