1941 AAA Championship Car season

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
	← 1940 1946 →

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
1	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Paved	Mauri Rose	Mauri Rose^A
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

^A Shared 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.^[1]

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

^ "1941 AAA National Championship Trail".

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.