The 1950 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 13 races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Darlington, South Carolina on December 10. There were also two non-championship events. The AAA National Champion was Henry Banks, and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Johnnie Parsons.

Schedule and results

Rnd Date Race name Track Location Type Pole position Winning driverNC May 1 MGM Sweepstakes Arlington Downs Raceway Arlington, Texas Dirt Jimmy Davies Duane Carter 1 May 30 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Paved Walt Faulkner Johnnie Parsons 2 June 11 Rex Mays Classic Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Dirt Lee Wallard Tony Bettenhausen 3 June 25 Langhorne 100 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Dirt Troy Ruttman Jack McGrathNC August 12 Indianapolis Sweepstakes Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Dirt Lee Wallard Troy Ruttman 4 August 19 Springfield 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt Tony Bettenhausen Paul Russo 5 September 4 Milwaukee 200 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Dirt Chuck Stevenson Walt Faulkner 6 September 4 Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak, Colorado Hill Al Rogers Al Rogers 7 September 9 Syracuse 100 Syracuse Mile Syracuse, New York Dirt Tony Bettenhausen Jack McGrath 8 September 10 Detroit 100 Michigan State Fairgrounds Speedway Detroit, Michigan Dirt Troy Ruttman Henry Banks 9 October 1 Springfield 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt Tony Bettenhausen Tony Bettenhausen 10 October 15 Golden State 100 California State Fairgrounds Sacramento, California Dirt Tony Bettenhausen Duke Dinsmore 11 November 12 Phoenix 100 Arizona State Fairgrounds Phoenix, Arizona Dirt Bobby Ball Jimmy Davies 12 November 26 Bay Meadows 150 Bay Meadows Race Track San Mateo, California Dirt Tony Bettenhausen Tony Bettenhausen 13 December 10 Darlington 200 Darlington Raceway Darlington, South Carolina Paved Bill Schindler Johnnie Parsons

Indianapolis 500 was AAA-sanctioned and counted towards the 1950 FIA World Championship of Drivers title. Race stopped after 345 miles due to rain. 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

Note1: 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) Note2: There were scoring omissions in the AAA records regarding laps completed for eight drivers in the Springfield and Bay Meadows races in 1950. The statistics shown include the most accurate representation of those races that is available.

Pos Driver INDY MIL1 LHS SPR1 MIL2 PIK SYR MSF SPR2 CSF ASF BME DAR Pts 1 Henry Banks 25 5 2 DNQ 2 DNQ 1 18 3 12 4 3 1390 2 Walt Faulkner 7 7 DNQ DNQ 1 2 4 12 9 5 6 8 1317 3 Johnnie Parsons 1 11 DNS DNQ DNS DNQ 16 DNQ 11 3 DNQ 1 1313 4 Cecil Green 4 DNQ 9 DNQ 12 4 3 5 10 6 9 4 1190 5 Tony Bettenhausen 31 1 14 11 18 12 10 1 17 2 1 20 1027.5 6 Duke Dinsmore 33 14 4 7 4 10 5 11 1 18 7 5 1017 7 Paul Russo 9 2 12 1 5 3 18 6 13 16 928 8 Chuck Stevenson DNS 3 DNQ 20 6 3 4 4 19 6 760 9 Jack McGrath 14 9 1 14 DNS 1 17 14 14 9 5 9 736.5 10 Bill Schindler 26 18 16 12 22 DNS 15 15 2 DNQ 3 2 690 11 Lee Wallard 6 4 DNS 2 15 DNQ DNQ 10 637 12 Jimmy Davies 17 3 11 10 21 15 2 8 15 1 14 605.5 13 Bill Holland 2 552 14 Fred Agabashian 28 8 6 8 8 6 DNQ 4 5 13 532.5 15 Mauri Rose 3 483 16 Andy Linden DNQ 18 5 3 DNS 8 DNQ DNS 459.5 17 Duke Nalon DNQ DNQ 5 DNQ 6 8 13 7 7 DNQ 394 18 Mack Hellings 13 13 7 3 DNQ DNQ DNQ 14 9 6 11 DNS DNQ 340 19 Joie Chitwood 5 7 337.5 20 George Connor 8 10 DNQ 9 19 17 9 13 282.5 21 Cliff Griffith DNQ DNQ DNS 4 5 DNQ DNQ 12 255 22 Ray Knepper DNQ 11 7 DNQ 7 8 13 10 16 255 23 Sam Hanks 30 DNQ 2 240 24 Joe James DNQ DNQ DNS DNQ 7 DNQ 7 17 DNQ DNQ 11 13 212.5 25 Al Rogers 1 200 26 Neal Carter 15 DNQ 17 16 12 2 16 14 170 27 Harry Turner DNS 6 9 9 DNQ DNQ 164.5 28 Herb Bryers 2 160 29 Louis Unser 3 140 30 Bill Mackey DNQ DNQ 8 8 22 125 31 George Hammond 4 120 32 Jerry Hoyt 21 DNQ 8 DNQ 11 DNQ 11 110 33 Pat Flaherty 10 103.5 34 Charles Bryant 5 100 35 Dick Rathmann 32 6 13 DNS 80 36 Walt Killinger 6 80 37 Myron Fohr 11 DNQ DNQ 16 DNQ 69 38 Lloyd Axel 7 60 39 Frank Burany DNQ 10 60 40 Joel Thorne DNQ 8 50 41 Troy Ruttman 15 17 10 DNQ 13 14 11 12 17 15 18 46 42 Walt Brown 19 15 DNS 16 DNQ 13 DNQ 10 19 41.5 43 Johnny Mauro DNQ 9 40 44 Bayliss Levrett 27 DNS DNQ DNQ DNQ 36 45 Duane Carter 12 DNQ DNP 17 DNS DNS 21 34.5 46 Shelby Hill 10 30 47 Rodger Ward 10 30 48 Delmar Desch 11 20 49 Bobby Ball 15 12 DNQ 15 50 Jimmy Good 12 10 51 Ralph Pratt DNQ DNQ DNS 15 DNQ DNS DNQ 9.5 52 Johnny McDowell 18 12 6 - Johnny Fedricks DNQ DNQ 13 DNQ 18 16 25 0 - Hugh Thomas 13 0 - George Lynch DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 14 17 23 0 - Eddie Johnson 17 DNQ 14 DNQ DNQ 0 - Phil Shafer 14 0 - Bob Finney 15 0 - Jimmy Daywalt 15 0 - Gene Hartley 16 DNQ 0 - Emil Andres DNQ 16 0 - Glenn Harrison 16 0 - Art McKee 17 0 - Johnnie Tolan DNQ DNQ 17 0 - Spider Webb 20 DNQ DNP 18 DNQ DNQ 0 - Manuel Ayulo DNQ DNQ DNQ 18 26 0 - Lou Florence 18 DNQ 0 - Pete Woods 18 0 - Wayne Sankey 19 0 - Jim Hammond 20 0 - Phil Hill 21 0 - Walt Ader 22 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNS 0 - Russ Snowberger 22 0 - Jackie Holmes 23 DNQ DNQ 0 - Ray Shadbolt 23 0 - Dick Fraizer DNQ 24 0 - Jim Rathmann 24 0 - Keith Andrews 24 0 - Wayne England 25 0 - Buster Hammond 26 0 - Art Hillis 27 0 - Jimmy Jackson 29 0 - Buster Warke DNQ DNS DNQ 0 - William Cantrell DNS 0 - Johnny Mantz DNS 0 - Milt Fankhauser DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Carl Scarborough DNP DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Kenny Eaton DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Don Padia DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Al Benoit DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Bill Taylor DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Chuck Leighton DNQ DNQ 0 - Billy Devore DNQ DNQ 0 - Frank Tillman DNQ DNQ 0 - Bill Vukovich DNQ DNQ 0 - Potsy Goacher DNP DNQ 0 - Marvin Burke DNQ 0 - Hal Cole DNQ 0 - Ted Duncan DNQ 0 - George Fonder DNQ 0 - Carl Forberg DNQ 0 - Bob Gregg DNQ 0 - Norm Houser DNQ 0 - Danny Kladis DNQ 0 - Mark Light DNQ 0 - Cy Marshall DNQ 0 - Al Miller DNQ 0 - Chet Miller DNQ 0 - Jim Rigsby DNQ 0 - Bob Sweikert DNQ 0 - Charles Van Acker DNQ 0 - Mike Salay DNQ 0 - Mike Nazaruk DNQ 0 - Ottis Stine DNQ 0 - Ed Terry DNQ 0 - Bobby Barker DNQ 0 - Joe Sostilio DNQ 0 - Bill Johnson DNQ 0 - Milton Mabe DNQ 0 - Bob Harnar DNQ 0 - Art Hartsfeld DNQ 0 - Steve Truchan DNQ 0 - Hal Robson DNQ 0 - Frank Armi DNQ 0 - Cecil Burnaugh DNQ 0 - Lenny Lowe DNQ 0 - Mike Reilly DNQ 0 - Billy Ryan DNQ 0 - Hank Rogers DNQ 0 - Joe Adas DNP 0 - Mike Burch DNP 0 - Billy Earl DNP 0 - Giuseppe Farina DNP 0 - Franco Rol DNP 0 - Bud Rose DNP 0 - Piero Taruffi DNP 0 - Ben Zukor DNP 0 Pos Driver INDY MIL1 LHS SPR1 MIL2 PIK SYR MSF SPR2 CSF ASF BME DAR 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 laps Rookie of the Year Rookie

References

http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf (p. 303-305)

See also 1950 Indianapolis 500