1949 AAA Championship Car season

Races14

Start dateApril 24

End dateNovember 6

National champion

1949 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races	14
Start date	April 24
End date	November 6
Awards
National champion	Johnnie Parsons
Indianapolis 500 winner	Bill Holland
← 1948 1950 →

The 1949 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 14 races, beginning in Arlington, Texas on April 24 and concluding in Del Mar, California on November 6. There were also two non-championship events. The AAA National Champion was Johnnie Parsons, and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Bill Holland. The season was marred by George Metzler's death at Indianapolis in practice, Bill Sheffler's death at Trenton also in practice, and Rex Mays's death in the final race at Del Mar.

Rnd	Date	Race name	Track	Location	Type	Pole position	Winning driver
1	April 24	Arlington 100	Arlington Downs Raceway	Arlington, Texas	Dirt	Rex Mays	Johnnie Parsons
2	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Paved	Duke Nalon	Bill Holland
3	June 5	Milwaukee 100	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	Dirt	Rex Mays	Myron Fohr
4	June 19	Trenton 100	Trenton Speedway	Trenton, New Jersey	Dirt	Rex Mays	Myron Fohr
NC	July 17	Universal Speedways Race of Champions	Arlington Downs Raceway	Arlington, Texas	Dirt	Mel Hansen	Mel Hansen
NC	July 31	Indianapolis Sweepstakes	Williams Grove Speedway	Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania	Dirt	Duane Carter	Johnny Mantz
5	August 20	Springfield 100	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt	Mel Hansen	Mel Hansen
6	August 28	Milwaukee 200	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	Dirt	Mel Hansen	Johnnie Parsons
7	September 3	DuQuoin 100	DuQuoin State Fairgrounds	Du Quoin, Illinois	Dirt	Tony Bettenhausen	Tony Bettenhausen
8	September 5	Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb	Pikes Peak Highway	Pikes Peak, Colorado	Hill	Al Rogers^A	Al Rogers
9	September 10	Syracuse 100	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	Spider Webb	Johnnie Parsons
10	September 11	Detroit 100	Michigan State Fairgrounds Speedway	Detroit, Michigan	Dirt	Duke Dinsmore	Tony Bettenhausen
11	September 25	Springfield 100	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt	Jimmy Davies	Johnnie Parsons
12	October 16	Langhorne 100	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Dirt	Paul Russo	Johnnie Parsons
13	October 30	Golden State 100	California State Fairgrounds	Sacramento, California	Dirt	Fred Agabashian	Fred Agabashian
14	November 6	Del Mar 100	Del Mar Speedway	Del Mar, California	Dirt	Jimmy Davies	Jimmy Davies

Paved/Dirt Oval

Road Course/Hill Climb

Non-championship race

^A 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.

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1949 AAA Championship Car season

Final points standings

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