1949 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races	14
Start date	April 24
End date	November 6
Awards
National champion	Johnnie Parsons
Indianapolis 500 winner	Bill Holland
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The 1949 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 14 races, beginning in Arlington, Texas on April 24 and concluding in Del Mar, California on November 6. There were also two non-championship events. The AAA National Champion was Johnnie Parsons, and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Bill Holland. The season was marred by George Metzler's death at Indianapolis in practice, Bill Sheffler's death at Trenton also in practice, and Rex Mays's death in the final race at Del Mar.

Schedule and results

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	April 24	Arlington 100	Arlington Downs Raceway	Arlington, Texas	Dirt	Rex Mays	Johnnie Parsons
2	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Paved	Duke Nalon	Bill Holland
3	June 5	Milwaukee 100	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	Dirt	Rex Mays	Myron Fohr
4	June 19	Trenton 100	Trenton Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Dirt	Rex Mays	Myron Fohr
NC	July 17	Universal Speedways Race of Champions	Arlington Downs Raceway	Arlington, Texas	Dirt	Mel Hansen	Mel Hansen
NC	July 31	Indianapolis Sweepstakes	Williams Grove Speedway	Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania	Dirt	Duane Carter	Johnny Mantz
5	August 20	Springfield 100	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt	Mel Hansen	Mel Hansen
6	August 28	Milwaukee 200	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	Dirt	Mel Hansen	Johnnie Parsons
7	September 3	DuQuoin 100	DuQuoin State Fairgrounds	Du Quoin, Illinois	Dirt	Tony Bettenhausen	Tony Bettenhausen
8	September 5	Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb	Pikes Peak Highway	Pikes Peak, Colorado	Hill	Al RogersA	Al Rogers
9	September 10	Syracuse 100	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	Spider Webb	Johnnie Parsons
10	September 11	Detroit 100	Michigan State Fairgrounds Speedway	Detroit, Michigan	Dirt	Duke Dinsmore	Tony Bettenhausen
11	September 25	Springfield 100	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt	Jimmy Davies	Johnnie Parsons
12	October 16	Langhorne 100	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Dirt	Paul Russo	Johnnie Parsons
13	October 30	Golden State 100	California State Fairgrounds	Sacramento, California	Dirt	Fred Agabashian	Fred Agabashian
14	November 6	Del Mar 100	Del Mar Speedway	Del Mar, California	Dirt	Jimmy Davies	Jimmy Davies

^A 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.

Final points standings

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 TRE SPR1 MIL2 DQSF PIK SYR DET SPR2 LAN SAC DMR Pts 1 Johnnie Parsons 1 2 13 11 3 1 11 1 12 1 1 5 15 2280 2 Myron Fohr 4 4 1 1 6 10 8 6 3 DNS 4 3 1790 3 Bill Holland 1 9 16 4 2 DNP 7 12 9 13 1420 4 Walt Brown DNS 10 3 7 2 5 4 8 5 11 6 6 1281 5 George Connor 3 16 DNQ 16 7 3 5 13 6 11 9 1200 6 Rex Mays 2 25 7 10 2 3 15 15 11 2 2 18 1030 7 Paul Russo 8 6 8 10 12 6 2 DNQ 15 4 10 5 920 8 Lee Wallard 23 15 5 21 4 16 5 3 6 7 2 760 9 Johnny Mantz 3 7 5 12 8 17 11 DNQ DNS 8 660 10 Emil Andres 9 2 4 DNP 5 13 10 DNQ 512 11 Joie Chitwood 5 500 12 Tony Bettenhausen DNQ DNQ 18 15 1 9 1 9 DNQ 16 466 13 Mack Hellings 16 3 9 5 9 4 440 14 Jimmy Jackson 6 DNS 400 15 Mel Hansen DNS DNS 2 1 16 14 DNQ 376 16 Duane Carter 14 DNQ 15 6 9 7 14 7 16 10 350 17 Jimmy Davies  RY  10 8 6 13 16 DNQ 1 330 18 Spider Webb 33 DNP 3 2 10 DNQ 330 19 Ralph Pratt  R  DNQ 12 9 8 7 4 330 20 Duke Dinsmore 15 DNP 5 DNQ DNS DNQ DNQ 10 DNQ 13 14 DNQ 254 21 Troy Ruttman  R  8 12 18 3 12 250 22 Neal Carter  R  11 17 9 11 2 14 240 23 Bayliss Levrett  R  9 24 14 17 4 18 DNQ 16 8 17 206 24 Fred Agabashian 27 1 200 25 Al Rogers 1 200 26 Charles Van Acker 31 DNQ 11 9 10 DNQ DNQ 8 180 27 Louis Unser 2 160 28 Norm Houser 10 DNQ DNQ 150 29 Johnny Fedricks  R  DNQ 14 3 140 30 Charles Bryant  R  3 140 31 Mike Salay DNQ 6 DNQ DNQ DNS 8 130 32 Johnny McDowell  R  7 18 11 7 124 33 Jackie Holmes 22 4 14 18 DNQ 120 34 Chuck Stevenson  R  14 4 120 35 George Hammond 4 120 36 Milt Fankhouser 6 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 14 16 DNQ 10 12 13 120 37 Tommy Hinnershitz DNQ DNS 5 117 38 Frank Burany  R  5 DNQ 100 39 Jim Rathmann  R  11 DNQ 100 40 Phil Shafer 6 80 41 George Fonder  R  20 17 7 60 42 Cal Niday  R  18 7 60 43 Hugh Thomas 7 60 44 Jack McGrath 26 8 14 50 45 J.C. Shoemaker 8 50 46 Russ Snowberger 9 40 47 Herb Bryers 10 30 48 Buster Hammond 11 20 49 Hank Rogers 12 20 12 DNQ 20 50 Billy McGee  R  DNS 17 51 Ottis Stine DNS 14 14 52 Mark Light 18 12 10 53 Billy Devore DNQ 12 DNQ 10 54 Walt Killinger 12 10 55 Hal Cole 19 DNQ 17 15 11 3 - Bill Sheffler 11 17 15 DNQ 0 - George Lynch 32 DNQ 13 16 DNP 15 18 15 0 - Ted Duncan DNQ 17 13 DNQ 19 DNP 0 - Buster Warke DNQ 18 13 DNQ DNQ 0 - Wally Stokes  R  DNQ 13 0 - Mauri Rose 13 0 - Art McKee  R  13 0 - Milton Mabe  R  14 0 - Art Hillis 15 0 - Glenn Harrison  R  16 0 - Hal Robson DNQ DNQ 17 0 - Dick Rathmann  R  DNQ 17 0 - Delmar Desch 17 0 - Ed Terry 17 0 - Lloyd Axel  R  18 0 - Johnny Mauro DNQ 19 0 - Jimmy Good 20 0 - William Cantrell 21 DNQ 0 - Kenny Eaton  R  DNQ 22 0 - Manuel Ayulo 28 0 - Duke Nalon 29 0 - Sam Hanks 30 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNP 0 - Joel Thorne DNQ DNS 0 - Walt Von Tilius DNS 0 - Jim Hammond DNS 0 - Norman Robinson DNS 0 - Wayne Sankey DNS 0 - Buddy Shay DNS 0 - Jimmy Daywalt DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Steve Truchan DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Eddie Haddad DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Henry Banks DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Eddie Zalucki DNQ DNQ DNP 0 - Danny Kladis DNQ DNQ 0 - Bill Boyd DNP DNQ 0 - Les Anderson DNQ 0 - Frank Beardsley DNQ 0 - Randall Beinke DNQ 0 - Lindley Bothwell DNQ 0 - Frank Brisko DNQ 0 - Jim Brubaker DNQ 0 - Pat Flaherty DNQ 0 - Dick Fraizer DNQ 0 - Byron Horne DNQ 0 - Tommy Mattson DNQ 0 - George Metzler DNQ 0 - Chet Miller DNQ 0 - Bill Taylor DNQ 0 - Louis Tomei DNQ 0 - Doc Williams DNQ 0 - Bill Mackey DNQ 0 - Charles Szekendy DNQ 0 - George Weaver DNQ 0 - Bob Simpson DNQ 0 - Iggy Katona DNQ 0 - Eddie Johnson DNQ 0 - Johnny Smith DNQ 0 - Walt Faulkner DNQ 0 - Dempsey Wilson DNQ 0 - Bill Gouse DNP 0 - Joe Garson DNP 0 - Lenny Lowe DNP 0 Pos Driver ARL INDY MIL1 TRE SPR1 MIL2 DQSF PIK SYR DET SPR2 LAN SAC DMR 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