1952 AAA Championship Car season

1952 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races	12
Start date	May 30
End date	November 11
Awards
National champion	Chuck Stevenson
Indianapolis 500 winner	Troy Ruttman

The 1952 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 Chuck Stevenson, and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Troy Ruttman. Johnny McDowell was killed at the Milwaukee while qualifying for the Rex Mays Classic. Joe James died in the San José 100 race.

Schedule and results

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes^A	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Paved	Fred Agabashian	Troy Ruttman
2	June 8	Rex Mays Classic	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	Dirt	Jim Rigsby	Mike Nazaruk
3	July 4	Raleigh 200	Southland Speedway	Raleigh, North Carolina	Paved	Cliff Griffith	Troy Ruttman
NC	July 27	Indianapolis Sweepstakes	Williams Grove Speedway	Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania	Dirt	Paul Russo	Paul Russo
4	August 16	Springfield 100	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt	Mike Nazaruk	Bill Schindler
5	August 24	Milwaukee 200	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	Dirt	Bob Sweikert	Chuck Stevenson
6	August 30	Detroit 100	Michigan State Fairgrounds Speedway	Detroit, Michigan	Dirt	Jimmy Reece	Bill Vukovich
7	September 1	Ted Horn Memorial	DuQuoin State Fairgrounds	Du Quoin, Illinois	Dirt	Bill Schindler	Chuck Stevenson
8	September 1	Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb	Pikes Peak Highway	Pikes Peak, Colorado	Hill	Al Rogers^B	George Hammond
9	September 6	Syracuse 100	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	Jack McGrath	Jack McGrath
10	September 28	Denver 100	Centennial Park	Littleton, Colorado	Dirt	Bill Vukovich	Bill Vukovich
11	November 2	San Jose 100	San Jose Speedway	San Jose, California	Dirt	Jack McGrath	Bobby Ball
12	November 11	Phoenix 100	Arizona State Fairgrounds	Phoenix, Arizona	Dirt	Jack McGrath	Johnnie Parsons

  Paved/Dirt Oval

  Road Course/Hill Climb

  Non-championship race

^A Indianapolis 500 was AAA-sanctioned and counted towards the 1952 FIA World Championship of Drivers title.

^B 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

Note: 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)

Further information: List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems

Pos Driver INDY MIL1 RAL SPR MIL2 DET DQSF PIK SYR DNC SJS PHX Pts 1 Chuck Stevenson 18 6 6 5 1 3 1 7 2 7 6 1440 2 Troy Ruttman 1 DNQ 1 12 1410 3 Sam Hanks 3 DNQ 18 3 14 DNQ 2 12 4 5 2 1390 4 Duane Carter 4 3 DNQ 3 7 DNQ DNQ DNS 12 1250.4 5 Jack McGrath 11 13 2 2 15 4 5 1 6 4 16 1200 6 Jim Rathmann 2 10 4 DNQ DNQ 18 18 DNQ 1070 7 Paul Russo DNQ 2 5 DNQ 6 2 4 4 18 3 15 1060 8 Bobby Ball 32 11 DNQ 15 10 9 6 3 3 1 3 820 9 Jimmy Reece  R  7 5 DNQ 8 8 15 15 5 10 10 11 709.6 10 Henry Banks 19 DNQ 10 7 4 6 7 8 8 17 5 700 11 Bill Schindler 14 3 23 1 2 13 14 16 660 12 Bill Vukovich 17 DNQ 24 DNQ 1 3 14 1 14 8 590 13 Mike Nazaruk DNQ 1 19 18 16 17 DNQ 2 12 2 18 530 14 Art Cross  R  5 DNP 500 15 Jimmy Bryan  R  6 DNQ 9 14 440 16 Jim Rigsby 12 4 8 4 13 11 410 17 Joe James 13 DNQ 20 6 5 DNS 9 9 DNS 13 364 18 Johnnie Parsons 10 DNQ 22 DNQ 16 1 350 19 Manuel Ayulo 20 8 15 16 12 10 8 15 9 12 4 320 20 Neal Carter DNQ DNQ 7 10 5 DNQ 7 310 21 Cliff Griffith 9 15 11 18 DNQ 11 DNQ DNP 260 22 George Connor 8 21 20 DNQ DNQ DNP 250 23 Rodger Ward 23 DNQ 9 DNQ 7 16 13 DNQ 18 9 240 24 George Hammond 1 200 25 Louis Unser 2 160 26 Bob Scott  R  29 9 13 11 DNQ 13 17 15 6 DNQ 160 27 Al Rogers 3 140 28 Andy Linden 33 14 16 DNQ DNQ 8 DNQ DNQ DNQ 15 7 129 29 Paul Kleinschmidt  R  4 120 30 Buzz Barton DNQ DNQ 17 19 DNQ DNQ DNQ 5 DNQ 13 100 31 Hugh Thomas 5 100 32 Walt Faulkner DNQ 18 17 13 DNQ 12 DNQ 11 8 10 87 33 Don Freeland  R  6 14 80 34 Shelby Hill 6 80 35 Fred Agabashian 27 9 80 36 Gene Hartley 28 7 DNQ 14 DNQ DNQ 60 37 Charles Bryant 7 60 38 Keith Andrews 8 DNQ 50 39 Frank Armi DNQ 10 DNS 17 11 50 40 Tommy Hinnershitz DNQ 9 40 41 Art McKee 9 40 42 Roy Prosser  R  18 10 30 43 Johnny Mauro DNQ 10 DNQ 30 44 Gene Force DNQ DNQ 14 DNQ 11 20 45 Ebe Yoder  R  DNQ DNQ 11 DNQ DNQ 17 DNQ 20 46 Johnny Mantz 11 20 47 Bob Sweikert  R  26 12 DNQ DNQ 21 DNQ 12 DNS 20 48 Danny Oakes  R  12 13 20 49 Herb Bryers 12 10 - Malcolm Brazier 13 0 - Vic Carter  R  DNQ 14 0 - Milton Mabe 14 0 - George Fonder 15 0 - Norman Robinson  R  15 0 - Eddie Johnson 16 17 DNQ 17 DNQ DNS 0 - Red Hamilton  R  DNQ 16 DNQ 17 0 - Allen Heath  R  DNQ 16 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNS DNQ 0 - Chuck Weyant  R  DNP DNQ 16 0 - Wayne Sankey 16 0 - Slim Roberts  R  17 0 - Walt Killinger 18 0 - Bob Finney 19 0 - Phil Shafer 20 0 - Johnny McDowell 21 DNQ 0 - Spider Webb 22 DNQ 0 - Eddie Russo  R  DNQ 22 0 - Tony Bettenhausen 24 DNQ 0 - Duke Nalon 25 0 - Chet Miller 30 0 - Alberto Ascari  R  31 0 - Jud Larson DNS DNQ 0 - Carl Scarborough DNS DNQ 0 - Foster Campbell DNQ DNS 0 - Joe Allspach DNS 0 - Frank Luptow DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Walt Geiss DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Frank Tillman DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Dempsey Wilson DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Ottis Stine DNP DNQ DNQ 0 - Johnny Boyd DNP DNQ DNQ 0 - Danny Kladis DNQ DNQ 0 - Bill Homeier DNQ DNQ 0 - Duke Dinsmore DNQ DNQ 0 - Carl Forberg DNQ DNQ 0 - George Tichenor DNQ DNQ 0 - Joe Barzda DNQ DNQ 0 - Cal Niday DNQ DNQ 0 - Johnny Tolan DNQ DNQ 0 - Don Daly DNQ DNP 0 - Bill Cantrell DNQ 0 - Jimmy Daywalt DNQ 0 - Dick Fraizer DNQ 0 - Potsy Goacher DNQ 0 - Perry Grimm DNQ 0 - Peter Hahn DNQ 0 - Jackie Holmes DNQ 0 - Jimmy Jackson DNQ 0 - Bayliss Levrett DNQ 0 - Puffy Puffer DNQ 0 - Doc Shanebrook DNQ 0 - Bill Taylor DNQ 0 - Leroy Warriner DNQ 0 - John Crone DNQ 0 - Gays Biro DNQ 0 - Pat O'Connor DNQ 0 - Bill Carlson DNQ 0 - Guy Fields DNQ 0 - Jimmy Good DNQ 0 - Joe Grayson DNQ 0 - George Polster DNQ 0 - Pete Pusede DNQ 0 - T. E. Russell DNQ 0 - Wayne Stowbridge DNQ 0 - Roy Bowe DNQ 0 - Don Olds DNQ 0 - Giuseppe Farina Wth 0 - Bill Boyd DNP 0 - Johnny Fedricks DNP 0 - Albert Scully DNP 0 - George Armstrong DNP 0 Pos Driver INDY MIL1 RAL SPR MIL2 DET DQSF PIK SYR DNC SJS PHX 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 not participate (DNP) Not competing In-line notation Bold Pole position Italics Ran fastest race lap * Led most race laps  RY  Rookie of the Year  R  Rookie

References

• Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1952". Driver Database. Archived from the original on September 16, 2011. Retrieved April 15, 2011.
• "1952 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved April 15, 2011.
• Harms, Phil. "1952 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2012. Retrieved April 15, 2011.
• http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine (p. 295-298)

See also

• 1952 Indianapolis 500