1953 AAA Championship Car season


The 1953 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 12 races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Phoenix, Arizona on November 11. There was also one non-championship event in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The AAA National Champion was Sam Hanks, and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Bill Vukovich. Chet Miller died while practicing for the Indianapolis 500.

Schedule and results

RndDateRace NameTrackLocationTypePole PositionWinning Driver
1May 30 International 500 Mile SweepstakesIndianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, IndianaPaved Bill Vukovich Bill Vukovich
2June 7 Rex Mays ClassicWisconsin State Fair Park SpeedwayWest Allis, WisconsinDirt Manny Ayulo Jack McGrath
3June 21 Springfield 100Illinois State FairgroundsSpringfield, IllinoisDirt Don Freeland Rodger Ward
4July 4 Detroit 100Michigan State Fairgrounds SpeedwayDetroit, MichiganDirt Duane Carter Rodger Ward
NCJuly 26 Indianapolis SweepstakesWilliams Grove SpeedwayMechanicsburg, PennsylvaniaDirt Duane Carter Jimmy Davies
5August 22 Springfield 100Illinois State FairgroundsSpringfield, IllinoisDirt Chuck Stevenson Sam Hanks
6August 30 Milwaukee 200Wisconsin State Fair Park SpeedwayWest Allis, WisconsinDirt Jack McGrath Chuck Stevenson
7September 7 Ted Horn MemorialDuQuoin State FairgroundsDu Quoin, IllinoisDirt Mike Nazaruk Sam Hanks
8September 7 Pikes Peak Auto Hill ClimbPikes Peak HighwayPikes Peak, ColoradoHill Bob Finney Louis Unser
9September 12 Syracuse 100New York State FairgroundsSyracuse, New YorkDirt Bob Sweikert Tony Bettenhausen
10September 26 Hoosier HundredIndiana State FairgroundsIndianapolis, IndianaDirt Manny Ayulo Bob Sweikert
11October 25 Golden State 100California State FairgroundsSacramento, CaliforniaDirt Mike Nazaruk Jimmy Bryan
12November 11 Phoenix 100Arizona State FairgroundsPhoenix, ArizonaDirt Tony Bettenhausen Tony Bettenhausen

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: Bob Scott was running at the finish of two races after taking over mid-event as a relief driver.

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