1939 AAA Championship Car season

The 1939 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 Springfield, Illinois. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Wilbur Shaw.

1939 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races3
Start dateMay 30
End dateSeptember 2
Awards
National champion Wilbur Shaw
Indianapolis 500 winner Wilbur Shaw

Schedule and results

All races running on Oval/Speedway.

Rnd Date Race Name Track Location Type Pole Position Winning Driver
1 May 30 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Paved Jimmy Snyder Wilbur Shaw
2 August 27 Milwaukee 100 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Dirt Emil Andres Babe Stapp
3 September 2 Syracuse 100 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt Rex Mays Mauri Rose
NC October 15 Race of Champions Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt — Emil Andres
  Non-championship race

Leading National Championship standings
 #  Driver Team Points
1 Wilbur Shaw Boyle 1000
2 Jimmy Snyder Thorne Engineering 825
3 Ted Horn 685
4= Babe Stapp 675
4= Cliff Bergere Miller 675
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References
  • Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1939". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 2011-04-21. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
  • "1939 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on 2011-04-21. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
  • Harms, Phil. "1939 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-04-21. Retrieved 2011-04-20.

See also
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