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 All races running on Paved/Dirt Oval.
Rnd Date Race name Track Location Type Pole position Winning driver 1 May 30 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Paved Rex Mays Wilbur ShawNC June 16 Langhorne 100 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Dirt Tony Willman Duke Nalon 2 August 24 Springfield 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt Rex Mays Rex Mays 3 September 2 Syracuse 100 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt Rex Mays Rex Mays
Final points standings
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.
Pos Driver INDY SPR SYR Pts 1 Rex Mays 2 1* 1* 1225 2 Wilbur Shaw 1* 1000 3 Mauri Rose 3 675 4 Ted Horn 4 6 625 5 Joel Thorne 5 DNQ 450 6 Bob Swanson 6 375 7 Frank Wearne 7 325 8 Frank Brisko 9 8 DNQ 280 9 George Robson 23 4 11 275 10 Mel Hansen 8 275 11 Al Miller 30 2 9 210 12 George Connor 26 7 4 175 13 Floyd Davis 20 6 7 140 14 Harry McQuinn 11 13 12 140 15 Tommy Hinnershitz 32 11 3 135 16 Duke Nalon 22 3 135 17 Emil Andres 12 DNS 10 110 18 René Le Bègue 10 91 19 Kelly Petillo 21 5 13 90 20 Shorty Cantlon DNS 5 90 21 René Dreyfus 10 84 22 Paul Russo 28 12 8 55 23 Overton Phillips DNQ 9 DNQ 45 24 Hal Robson 2 25 - Lou Webb 20 10 14 0 - Sam Hanks 13 0 - Billy Devore 18 14 DNQ 0 - George Barringer 14 0 - Joie Chitwood 15 DNQ 0 - Louis Tomei 16 0 - Henry Banks 17 0 - Chet Miller 17 0 - Al Putnam 19 DNQ DNQ 0 - Babe Stapp 24 0 - Doc Williams 25 0 - Cliff Bergere 27 0 - Ralph Hepburn 29 0 - Russ Snowberger 31 0 - Raúl Riganti 33 0 - Tony Willman DNQ DNQ DNS 0 - George Bailey DNQ 0 - Wesley Crawford DNQ 0 - Port DeFraties DNQ 0 - Louis Durant DNQ 0 - Ira Hall DNQ 0 - Bill Lipscomb DNQ 0 - Louis Unser DNQ 0 - Freddie Winnai DNQ 0 Pos Driver INDY SPR SYR 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 notparticipate(DNP) Not competing In-line notationBoldPole positionItalicsRan fastest race lap*Led most race lapsRookie of the YearRookie
See also 1940 Indianapolis 500
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