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1940 AAA Championship Car season

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1940 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races3
Start dateMay 30
End dateSeptember 2
Awards
National championUnited States Rex Mays
Indianapolis 500 winnerUnited States Wilbur Shaw
← 1939
1941 →

The 1940 AAA Championship Car season consisted of three races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Syracuse, New York on September 2. There was also one non-championship event in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. The AAA National Champion was Rex Mays and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Wilbur Shaw.

George Bailey died in practice at Indianapolis before the race. Lou Webb died during the season ending race at Syracuse.

Schedule and results

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All races running on Paved/Dirt Oval.

Rnd Date Race Name Track Location Type Pole Position Winning Driver
1 May 30 United States International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Paved United States Rex Mays United States Wilbur Shaw
NC June 16 United States Langhorne 100 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Dirt United States Tony Willman United States Duke Nalon
2 August 24 United States Springfield 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt United States Rex Mays United States Rex Mays
3 September 2 United States Syracuse 100 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt United States Rex Mays United States Rex Mays
  Non-championship race

Final points standings

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Note: Drivers had to be running at the finish 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.
The final standings based on reference.[1]

Pos Driver INDY
United States
SPR
United States
SYR
United States
Pts
1 United States Rex Mays 2 1* 1* 1225
2 United States Wilbur Shaw 1* 1000
3 United States Mauri Rose 3 675
4 United States Ted Horn 4 6 625
5 United States Joel Thorne 5 DNQ 450
6 United States Bob Swanson 6 375
7 United States Frank Wearne 7 325
8 United States Frank Brisko 9 8 DNQ 280
9 United States George Robson 23 4 11 275
10 United States Mel Hansen 8 275
11 United States Al Miller 30 2 9 210
12 United States George Connor 26 7 4 175
13 United States Floyd Davis 20 6 7 140
14 United States Harry McQuinn 11 13 12 140
15 United States Tommy Hinnershitz 32 11 3 135
16 United States Duke Nalon 22 3 135
17 United States Emil Andres 12 DNS 10 110
18 France René Le Bègue  RY  10 91
19 United States Kelly Petillo 21 5 13 90
20 United States Shorty Cantlon DNS 5 90
21 France René Dreyfus  R  10 84
22 United States Paul Russo  R  28 12 8 55
23 United States Overton Phillips DNQ 9 DNQ 45
24 United States Hal Robson  R  2 25
- United States Lou Webb  R  20 10 14 0
- United States Sam Hanks  R  13 0
- United States Billy Devore 18 14 DNQ 0
- United States George Barringer 14 0
- United States Joie Chitwood  R  15 DNQ 0
- United States Louis Tomei 16 0
- United States Henry Banks 17 0
- United States Chet Miller 17 0
- United States Al Putnam 19 DNQ DNQ 0
- United States Babe Stapp 24 0
- United States Doc Williams 25 0
- United States Cliff Bergere 27 0
- United States Ralph Hepburn 29 0
- United States Russ Snowberger 31 0
- Argentina Raúl Riganti 33 0
- United States Tony Willman DNQ DNQ DNS 0
- United States George Bailey DNQ 0
- United States Wesley Crawford DNQ 0
- United States Port DeFraties DNQ 0
- United States Louis Durant DNQ 0
- United States Ira Hall DNQ 0
- United States Bill Lipscomb DNQ 0
- United States Louis Unser DNQ 0
- United States Freddie Winnai DNQ 0
Pos Driver INDY
United States
SPR
United States
SYR
United States
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
Rookie of the Year
Rookie

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1940 AAA National Championship Trail". Archived from the original on November 22, 2008. Retrieved May 17, 2009.