1951 AAA Championship Car season


The 1951 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 15 races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in San Mateo, California on November 11. There was also one non-championship event in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The AAA National Champion was Tony Bettenhausen, and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Lee Wallard.

Schedule and results

RndDateRace NameTrackLocationTypePole PositionWinning Driver
1May 30 International 500 Mile SweepstakesIndianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, IndianaPaved Duke Nalon Lee Wallard
2June 10 Rex Mays ClassicWisconsin State Fair Park SpeedwayWest Allis, WisconsinDirt Jack McGrath Tony Bettenhausen
3June 24 Langhorne 100Langhorne SpeedwayLanghorne, PennsylvaniaDirt Jack McGrath Tony Bettenhausen
4July 4 Darlington RacewayDarlington, South CarolinaPaved Johnny McDowell Walt Faulkner
NCJuly 29 Indianapolis SweepstakesWilliams Grove SpeedwayMechanicsburg, PennsylvaniaDirt Troy Ruttman Troy Ruttman
5August 18 Springfield 100Illinois State FairgroundsSpringfield, IllinoisDirt Paul Russo Tony Bettenhausen
6August 26 Milwaukee 200Wisconsin State Fair Park SpeedwayWest Allis, WisconsinDirt Johnny McDowell Walt Faulkner
7September 1 Ted Horn MemorialDuQuoin State FairgroundsDu Quoin, IllinoisDirt Johnny Parsons Tony Bettenhausen
8September 3 Du Quoin 150DuQuoin State FairgroundsDu Quoin, IllinoisDirt Tony Bettenhausen Tony Bettenhausen
9September 3 Pikes Peak Auto Hill ClimbPikes Peak HighwayPikes Peak, ColoradoHill Louis Unser Al Rogers
10September 8 Syracuse 100New York State FairgroundsSyracuse, New YorkDirt Tony Bettenhausen Tony Bettenhausen
11September 9 Detroit 100Michigan State Fairgrounds SpeedwayDetroit, MichiganDirt Johnny McDowell Paul Russo
12September 23 Denver 100Centennial ParkLittleton, ColoradoDirt Tony Bettenhausen Tony Bettenhausen
13October 21 San Jose 100San Jose SpeedwaySan Jose, CaliforniaDirt Tony Bettenhausen Tony Bettenhausen
14November 4 Phoenix 100Arizona State FairgroundsPhoenix, ArizonaDirt Henry Banks Johnny Parsons
15November 11 Bay Meadows 150Bay Meadows Race TrackSan Mateo, CaliforniaDirt Jack McGrath Johnny Parsons

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: / *
Note2: There were scoring omissions in the AAA records regarding laps completed for eight drivers in the Darlington and Milwaukee races in 1951. The statistics shown include the most accurate representation of those races that is available.

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