1947 AAA Championship Car season

Sports season

1947 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races	11
Start date	May 30
End date	November 2
Awards
National champion	Ted Horn
Indianapolis 500 winner	Mauri Rose
← 1946 1948 →

The 1947 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 11 races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana, on May 30 and concluding in Arlington, Texas, on November 2. The AAA National Champion was Ted Horn, and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Mauri Rose.

Shorty Cantlon died at Indianapolis during the race.

Schedule and results

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Paved	Ted Horn	Mauri Rose
2	June 8	Milwaukee 100	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	Dirt	Bill Holland	Bill Holland
3	June 22	Langhorne 100	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Dirt	Emil Andres	Bill Holland
4	July 4	Atlanta 100	Lakewood Speedway	Atlanta, Georgia	Dirt	Rex Mays	Walt Ader
5	July 13	Bainbridge 100	Bainbridge Fairgrounds	Bainbridge, Ohio	Dirt	Walt Brown	Ted Horn
6	July 27	Milwaukee 100	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	Dirt	Tony Bettenhausen	Charles Van Acker
7	August 17	George Robson Memorial	Good Time Park	Goshen, New York	Dirt	Emil Andres	Tony Bettenhausen
8	August 24	Milwaukee 100	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	Dirt	Duke Dinsmore	Ted Horn
9	September 1	Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb	Pikes Peak Highway	Pikes Peak, Colorado	Hill	Al Rogers	Louis Unser
10	September 28	Springfield 100	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt	Emil Andres	Tony Bettenhausen
11	November 2	Arlington 100	Arlington Downs Raceway	Arlington, Texas	Dirt	Duke Nalon	Ted Horn

Paved/Dirt Oval Road Course/Hill Climb

^A Race stopped after 77 miles due to wreck.

^B Race stopped after 90 miles due to rain.

^C 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)

Further information: List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems

Pos	Driver	INDY	MIL1	LAN	ATL	BAI	MIL2	GOS	MIL3	PIK	SPR	ARL	Pts
1	Ted Horn	3	DNQ	5	4	1	6	2	1		2	1	1920
2	Bill Holland RY	2	1	1	2	2	18	14	8		9	DNQ	1610
3	Mauri Rose	1	DNP										1000
4	Charles Van Acker	29	5	6	6	3	1	3	10		DNQ	DNQ	770
5	Rex Mays	6	2	DNS	12	15	10	DNP	16		16	4	765.7
6	Tony Bettenhausen	18	15	10	DNQ	4	11	1	4		1	10	686.8
7	Walt Brown	7	7	3	9	13	14	7	15		8		650
8	Emil Andres	13	8	2	13	7	17	15	5		10	3	575
9	George Connor	26	4	15	14	5	5	5	3		15	DNQ	560
10	Paul Russo	28	3	17	8	12	3		6		14	2	545
11	Jimmy Jackson	5											500
12	Cliff Bergere	21											393
13	Walt Ader	DNQ	17	7	1	10	12	DNQ	17		6		380
14	Duke Nalon	16					2	13	2		DNQ	9	350
15	Duke Dinsmore	10	12	8	11	8	15	4	11			13	345.5
16	Steve Truchan	DNQ	16	18			8	8	DNQ		3	11	320
17	Billy Devore	DNS	6	4	7	6	DNP						310
18	Eddie Zalucki R	DNQ		DNQ	3	11		11	14		DNQ	5	260
19	Cy Marshall	8											250
20	Milt Fankhouser R	30	13	11	5	9	DNQ	9				6	240
21	Jackie Holmes R						13	12	9		4	7	230
22	Herb Ardinger	4											207
23	Louis Unser R									1			200
24	Fred Agabashian R	9											200
25	Mel Hansen	27		DNS			4		13		13		169.5
26	Al Rogers R									2			160
27	Charlie Rogers		14				7				5	DNQ	160
28	Myron Fohr R		9				16		7		7		160
29	Russ Snowberger	19								3			140
30	J.C. Shoemaker R									4			120
31	Buster Warke R			16	10			6	12				120
32	Les Anderson R	11	11										120
33	Johnny Mauro R	DNQ								3			100
34	Bill Milliken R									6			80
35	Delmar Desch R									7			60
36	Hugh Thomas R									8			50
37	Johnny Byrne R											8	50
38	Pete Romcevich R	12											50
39	Buddy Rusch	DNQ	18	13	DNQ	14	9						40
40	Red Byron R	DNQ		9									40
41	George Hammond R									9			40
42	Art Scovell R	DNQ	10	14									30
43	Fred Carpenter							10					30
44	George Metzler	DNQ									11	12	30
45	Hal Robson	20	DNQ	12									10
46	Johnny Shackleford R										12	DNQ	10
-	Walt Killinger R									10			0
-	Jerry Kubik R										18	14	0
-	Frank Wearne	14											0
-	Ken Fowler	15											0
-	Norm Houser R	DNQ	DNQ								17		0
-	Roland Free	17											0
-	Joie Chitwood	22											0
-	Shorty Cantlon	23											0
-	Henry Banks	24											0
-	Al Miller	25											0
-	Louis Tomei	DNS											0
-	Doc Williams	DNS											0
-	Bud Bardowski	DNQ	DNQ		DNQ								0
-	Charles Crawford	DNQ					DNQ				DNQ		0
-	Joel Thorne	Wth		DNQ					DNQ				0
-	Zora Arkus-Duntov	DNQ		DNQ									0
-	Spider Webb			DNQ	DNQ								0
-	Sam Hanks	DNQ					DNQ						0
-	Tommy Boggs	DNQ											0
-	Frank Brisko	DNQ											0
-	Leslie Brooke	DNQ											0
-	Jim Brubaker	DNQ											0
-	Duane Carter	DNQ											0
-	Louis Durant	DNQ											0
-	Sam Grecco	DNQ											0
-	Harry McQuinn	DNQ											0
-	Hal Stetson	DNQ											0
-	George Weaver	DNQ											0
-	Elton Green											DNQ	0
-	Hal Cole	Wth											0
-	Chet Miller	Wth											0
-	Bill Sheffler	Wth											0
-	Danny Kladis	Wth											0
-	Wally Mitchell	Wth											0
-	Overton Phillips	Wth											0
-	Wayne Sankey									DSQ			0
-	Tommy Hinnershitz	DNP											0
-	Don Lee									DNP			0
Pos	Driver	INDY	MIL1	LAN	ATL	BAI	MIL2	GOS	MIL3	PIK	SPR	ARL	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)
Blank	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

Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1947". Driver Database. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved April 19, 2011.
"1947 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved April 19, 2011.
Harms, Phil. "1947 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2012. Retrieved April 19, 2011.
http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (p. 313-314)

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