1948 AAA Championship Car season

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	April 25	Arlington 100	Arlington Downs Raceway	Arlington, Texas	Dirt	Paul Russo	Ted Horn
2	May 31	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Paved	Rex Mays	Mauri Rose
3	June 6	Milwaukee 100	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	Dirt	Johnny Mantz	Emil Andres
4	June 20	National Convention Sweepstakes	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Dirt	Tony Bettenhausen	Walt Brown
5	August 15	Milwaukee 100	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	Dirt	Myron Fohr	Johnny Mantz
6	August 21	Springfield 100	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt	Myron Fohr	Ted Horn
7	August 29	Milwaukee 200	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	Dirt	Paul Russo	Myron Fohr
							Tony BettenhausenA
8	September 4	DuQuoin 100	DuQuoin State Fairgrounds	Du Quoin, Illinois	Dirt	Rex Mays	Lee Wallard
9	September 6	Atlanta 100	Lakewood Speedway	Atlanta, Georgia	Dirt	Ted Horn	Mel Hansen
10	September 6	Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb	Pikes Peak Highway	Pikes Peak, Colorado	Hill	Al RogersB	Al Rogers
11	September 19	Springfield 100	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt	Lee Wallard	Myron Fohr
12	October 10	DuQuoin 100	DuQuoin State Fairgrounds	Du Quoin, Illinois	Dirt	Rex Mays	Johnnie Parsons

^A Both Bettenhausen and Fohr were credited with wins for the race as Bettenhausen relieved Fohr on Lap 118 of 200.

^B No pole is awarded for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, in this schedule on the pole is the driver who started first. No lap led was awarded for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, however, a lap was awarded to the drivers that completed the climb.

Note: 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: (the points for the finish place) / (number the lap when completed the car) * (number the lap when completed the driver)

Pos Driver ARL INDY MIL1 LAN MIL2 SPR1 MIL3 DUQ1 ATL PIK SPR2 DUQ2 Pts 1 Ted Horn 1 4 3 9 3 1 3 3 12 3 17 1890 2 Myron Fohr DNQ 4 DNS 7 3 1 2 2 1 4 1159 3 Mauri Rose 1 1000 4 Bill Sheffler 17 18 8 8 10 7 5 5 3 4 3 924.8 5 Duke Nalon 3 3 11 DNP 8 17 DNQ DNP 910 6 Lee Wallard 7 6 5 20 11 1 8 6 9 865 7 Bill Holland DNS 2 9 11 DNQ 840 8 Mack Hellings  RY  5 2 2 14 19 820 9 Emil Andres DNP 31 1 3 2 18 16 8 5 2 13 810 10 Charles Van Acker 11 5 7 9 5 6 4 9 12 10 760 11 Johnny Parsons  R  DNQ 2 2 11 13 1 700 12 Hal Cole 6 6 DNQ 5 580 13 Rex Mays 16 19 17 16 4 4 7 17 10 14 18 360 14 Johnny Mauro 8 3 355 15 Tony Bettenhausen 14 15 15 6 6 20 10 324 16 Walt Brown DNQ DNQ 13 1 13 8 12 8 320 17 Paul Russo 7 32 18 18 9 18 11 15 2 300 18 Johnny Mantz  R  13 12 13 1 9 13 9 16 290 19 George Connor 28 DNQ 5 DNQ 11 17 5 DNQ 287 20 Hal Robson 15 DNQ 12 10 14 6 4 DNS 14 269 21 Ted Duncan  R  4 17 240 22 Mel Hansen 25 14 DNS 18 16 15 16 1 11 11 220 23 Eddie Zalucki DNQ DNQ DNQ 15 DNS 7 6 216 24 Al Rogers DNQ DNQ 1 200 25 Tommy Hinnershitz 9 200 26 Duke Dinsmore 2 16 13 15 172.5 27 Johnny Byrne 6 12 18 DNQ 6 DNQ DNQ 170 28 Herb Bryers  R  2 160 29 Jimmy Jackson 10 150 30 Joie Chitwood 4 17 DNQ DNP 120 31 Duane Carter  R  22 4 120 32 Russ Snowberger 4 120 33 Spider Webb 27 10 14 17 13 10 DNQ DNQ 10 116 34 Manuel Ayulo  R  5 DNQ DNQ 100 35 Buster Hammond 5 100 36 Floyd Davis 9 7 87.5 37 Hugh Thomas 6 80 38 Ken Fowler DNS 16 DNQ 8 DNQ 8 74 39 George Lynch  R  DNQ 19 19 15 7 60 40 William Cantrell R  16 7 60 41 Johnny Shackleford DNS 7 60 42 Louis Unser 7 60 43 Mike Salay  R  8 30 17 15 DNQ 16 12 50 44 J.C. Shoemaker 8 50 45 Billy Devore 14 12 50 46 Wayne Sankey  R  9 40 47 Louis Durant DNS 35 48 Red Hodges  R  10 30 49 Delmar Desch 10 30 50 Jackie Holmes DNQ DNQ 11 14 DNQ 20 51 Walt Killinger 11 20 52 Charlie Rogers 12 DNQ DNS 12 DNQ 10 53 Art Hillis 12 10 54 Jack McGrath  R  9 21 DNQ 5.2 - Walt Ader DNQ 10 0 - Les Anderson 11 24 DNQ 0 - Buster Warke DNQ 12 0 - Henry Banks 13 DNQ 0 - George Hammond 13 0 - Steve Truchan 15 DNQ 21 14 18 DNQ 0 - Jimmy Good  R  14 0 - Bill Milliken 15 0 - Chet Miller 20 0 - Fred Agabashian 23 0 - Sam Hanks 26 0 - Doc Williams 29 0 - Harry McQuinn 33 0 - Joel Thorne DNQ DNS 0 - Cliff Bergere DNS 0 - Louis Tomei DNS 0 - Keith Andrews DNS 0 - Russ Chabot DNS 0 - Milt Fankhauser DNQ DNQ 0 - Red Byron DNQ DNQ 0 - Paul Craver DNQ DNQ 0 - Johnny McDowell DNQ DNQ 0 - Johnny Dietz DNQ DNQ 0 - Jim Brubaker DNQ 0 - Bob Droeger DNQ 0 - Roland Free DNQ 0 - Andy Granatelli DNQ 0 - Art Hartsfeld DNQ 0 - Ralph Hepburn DNQ 0 - Ronney Householder DNQ 0 - George Metzler DNQ 0 - Al Miller DNQ 0 - Cowboy O'Rourke DNQ 0 - Joe Perkins DNQ 0 - Ralph Pratt DNQ 0 - Pete Romcevich DNQ 0 - Loral Tansy DNQ 0 - Jerry Kubik DNQ 0 - Chick Barbo DNQ 0 - Orville Epperley DNQ 0 - Bob Baity DNQ 0 - Norm Houser DNQ 0 Pos Driver ARL INDY MIL1 LAN MIL2 SPR1 MIL3 DUQ1 ATL PIK SPR2 DUQ2 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

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• 1948 Indianapolis 500