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1938 AAA Championship Car season

{{short description|Auto racing season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{American Championship Car season

|series = AAA Championship Car

|year = 1938

|series_logo =

|series_name = AAA National Championship Trail

|races = 2

|start_date = May 30

|end_date = September 10

|season_champ_title = National champion

|season_champ = {{Flagicon|United States|1912}} Floyd Roberts

|indy_winner = {{Flagicon|United States|1912}} Floyd Roberts

|previous = 1937

|next = 1939

}}

The 1938 AAA Championship Car season consisted of two races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Syracuse, New York on September 10. There were also two non-championship events. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Floyd Roberts.

Billy Winn died at Springfield during the non-championships race.{{cite web|title=1938 AAA National Championship Trail|url=http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1938.htm}}

Schedule and results

All races running on Dirt/Brick Oval. In IZOD IndyCar Series 2011 Historical Record Book, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is, from 1911 to 1938, listed as a "brick track" type circuit. (page 73)

{{Clear}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%"
Rnd

! Date

! Race Name

! Track

! Location

! Type

! Pole Position

! Winning Driver

1

| May 30

| {{flagicon|US|1912}} International 500 Mile Sweepstakes

| Indianapolis Motor Speedway

| Speedway, Indiana

| Brick

| {{flagicon|US|1912}} Floyd Roberts

| {{flagicon|US|1912}} Floyd Roberts

style="background:#fb9902; text-align:center;"|NC

| August 20

| {{flagicon|US|1912}} Springfield 100

| Illinois State Fairgrounds

| Springfield, Illinois

| Dirt

| {{flagicon|US|1912}} Rex Mays

| {{flagicon|US|1912}} Tony Willman

style="background:#fb9902; text-align:center;"|NC

| August 28

| {{flagicon|US|1912}} Milwaukee 100

| Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway

| West Allis, Wisconsin

| Dirt

| {{flagicon|US|1912}} Mauri Rose

| {{flagicon|US|1912}} Chet Gardner

2

| September 10

| {{flagicon|US|1912}} Syracuse 100

| New York State Fairgrounds

| Syracuse, New York

| Dirt

| {{flagicon|US|1912}} Jimmy Snyder

| {{flagicon|US|1912}} Jimmy Snyder

{{legend|#FB9902|Non-championship race|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}

Final points standings

Note: Drivers had to be running at the finish to score points. Points scored by drivers sharing a ride were split according to percentage of race driven. Starters were not allowed to score points as relief drivers, if a race starter finished the race in another car, in a points scoring position, those points were awarded to the driver who had started the car.

The final standings based on reference.{{cite web|title=1938 AAA National Championship Trail|url=http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1938.htm}}

{{further|List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems}}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%"
valign="top"

!valign="middle"| Pos

!valign="middle"| Driver

! INDY
{{flagicon|US|1912}}

! SYR
{{flagicon|US|1912}}

!valign="middle"| Pts

1

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Floyd Roberts

|style="background:#FFFFBF;" align=center| 1*

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" align=center| DNQ

! 1000

2

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Wilbur Shaw

|style="background:#DFDFDF;" align=center| 2

|

! 825

3

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Chet Miller

|style="background:#FFDF9F;" align=center| 3

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" align=center| DNQ

! 675

4

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Ted Horn

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" align=center| 4

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" align=center| 4

! 660

5

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Chet Gardner

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" align=center| 5

|

! 450

6

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Billy Devore

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" align=center| 8

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" align=center| 10

! 310

7

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Duke Nalon

|style="background:#CFCFFF;" align=center| 11

|style="background:#FFDF9F;" align=center| 3

! 260

8

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Joel Thorne

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" align=center| 9

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" align=center| DNQ

! 225

9

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Herb Ardinger

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" align=center| 6

|

! 213

10

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Jimmy Snyder

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" align=center| 15*

|style="background:#FFFFBF;" align=center| 1*

! 200

11

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Harry McQuinn

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" align=center| 7

|

! 188.1

12

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Frank Wearne

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" align=center| 10

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" align=center| 13

! 175

13

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Rex Mays

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" align=center| 28

|style="background:#DFDFDF;" align=center| 2

! 165

14

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Mauri Rose

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" align=center| 13

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" align=center| 5

! 90

15

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} George Connor

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" align=center| 19

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" align=center| 6

! 75

16

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} George Bailey

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" align=center| 12

|

! 75

17

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Floyd Davis

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" align=center| DNQ

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" align=center| 7

! 65

18

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Russ Snowberger

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" align=center| 25

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" align=center| 8

! 45.1

19

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Tommy Hinnershitz {{color box|gold|RY|border=silver}}

|

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" align=center| 9

! 45

20

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} George Robson {{color box|orange|R|border=silver}}

|

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" align=center| 11

! 25

21

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Bill Cummings

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" align=center| 24

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" align=center| 8

! 9.9

-

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Kelly Petillo

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" align=center| 22

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" align=center| 12

! 0

-

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Ronney Householder

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" align=center| 14

|

! 0

-

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Billy Winn

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" align=center| 14

|

! 0

-

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Frankie Bailey

|

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" align=center| 14

! 0

-

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Louis Meyer

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" align=center| 16

|

! 0

-

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Tony Gulotta

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" align=center| 17

|

! 0

-

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Al Miller

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" align=center| 18

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" align=center| DNQ

! 0

-

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Cliff Bergere

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" align=center| 20

|

! 0

-

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Henry Banks

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" align=center| 21

|

! 0

-

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Louis Tomei

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" align=center| 23

|

! 0

-

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Babe Stapp

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" align=center| 26

|

! 0

-

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Tony Willman

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" align=center| 27

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" align=center| DNQ

! 0

-

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Emil Andres

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" align=center| 29

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" align=center| DNQ

! 0

-

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Ira Hall

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" align=center| 30

|

! 0

-

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Frank Brisko

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" align=center| 31

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" align=center| DNQ

! 0

-

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Al Putnam

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" align=center| 32

|

! 0

-

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Shorty Cantlon

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" align=center| 33

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" align=center| DNQ

! 0

-

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Frankie Beeder

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" align=center| DNQ

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" align=center| DNQ

! 0

-

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Johnny Sawyer

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" align=center| DNQ

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" align=center| DNQ

! 0

-

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Charles Crawford

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" align=center| DNQ

|

! 0

-

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Fred Frame

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" align=center| DNQ

|

! 0

-

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Ralph Hepburn

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" align=center| DNQ

|

! 0

-

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Deacon Litz

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" align=center| DNQ

|

! 0

-

|{{flagicon|Kingdom of Italy}} Tazio Nuvolari

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" align=center| DNQ

|

! 0

-

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Jack Petticord

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" align=center| DNQ

|

! 0

-

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Johnny Seymour

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" align=center| DNQ

|

! 0

-

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Doc Williams

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" align=center| DNQ

|

! 0

-

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Walt Brown

|

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" align=center| DNQ

! 0

-

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Al Cusick

|

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" align=center| DNQ

! 0

-

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Miny Dugatta

|

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" align=center| DNQ

! 0

-

|{{flagicon|UK}} Henry Guerand

|

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" align=center| DNQ

! 0

-

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Bill Holland

|

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" align=center| DNQ

! 0

-

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} George Huss

|

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" align=center| DNQ

! 0

-

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Doc Keim

|

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" align=center| DNQ

! 0

-

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Hans Koehler

|

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" align=center| DNQ

! 0

-

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Mark Light

|

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" align=center| DNQ

! 0

-

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Jack Moon

|

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" align=center| DNQ

! 0

-

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Leslie Owen

|

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" align=center| DNQ

! 0

-

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Charlie Rogers

|

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" align=center| DNQ

! 0

-

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Jack Russell

|

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" align=center| DNQ

! 0

-

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Bud Walker

|

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" align=center| DNQ

! 0

-

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Buster Warke

|

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" align=center| DNQ

! 0

-

|{{flagicon|US|1912}} Lou Webb

|

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" align=center| DNQ

! 0

valign="top"

!valign="middle"| Pos

!valign="middle"| Driver

! INDY
{{flagicon|US|1912}}

! SYR
{{flagicon|US|1912}}

!valign="middle"| Pts

|valign="top"|

{| style="margin-right:0; font-size:85%; text-align:center;;;" class="wikitable"

! Color

! Result

style="background:#FFFFBF"

| Gold

| Winner

style="background:#DFDFDF"

| Silver

| 2nd place

style="background:#FFDF9F"

| Bronze

| 3rd place

style="background:#DFFFDF"

| Green

| 4th & 5th place

style="background:#CFEAFF"

| Light Blue

| 6th-10th place

style="background:#CFCFFF"

| Dark Blue

| Finished
(Outside Top 10)

style="background:#EFCFFF"

| Purple

| Did not finish
(Ret)

style="background:#FFCFCF"

| Red

| Did not qualify
(DNQ)

style="background:#DFC484"

| Brown

| Withdrawn
(Wth)

style="background:#000000; color:white"

| Black

| Disqualified
(DSQ)

style="background:#FFFFFF"

| rowspan="1;" | White

| Did not start
(DNS)

rowspan="2;" | Blank

| Did not
participate
(DNP)

Not competing

|-

|

style="margin-right:0; font-size:85%; text-align:center;;" class="wikitable"

|style="background:#F2F2F2;" align=center colspan=2|In-line notation

style="background:#F2F2F2;" align=center|Bold

|style="background:#F2F2F2;" align=center|Pole position

style="background:#F2F2F2;" align=center|Italics

|style="background:#F2F2F2;" align=center|Ran fastest race lap

style="background:#F2F2F2;" align=center|*

|style="background:#F2F2F2;" align=center|Led most race laps

style="background:#FDE910;" align=center colspan=2|Rookie of the Year
style="background:Orange;" align=center colspan=2|Rookie

|}

|}

References

{{reflist}}

{{refbegin}}

  • {{cite web|url=http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1140-1938/ |title=AAA National Championship 1938 |author=Åberg, Andreas |publisher=Driver Database |access-date=2009-05-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910234256/http://www.driverdb.com/standings/1140-1938/ |archive-date=2012-09-10 |url-status=live }}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1938.htm |title=1938 AAA National Championship Trail |publisher=ChampCarStats.com |access-date=2009-05-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010164553/http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1938.htm |archive-date=2008-10-10 |url-status=live }}
  • {{cite web |url=http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1938sum.pdf |title=1938 Championship Driver Summary |last=Harms |first=Phil |work=Motorsport.com |access-date=2011-04-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120810003609/http://old.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/1938sum.pdf |archive-date=2012-08-10 |url-status=dead }}
  • http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053905/http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf |date=2016-03-04 }} (p. 73)

{{refend}}

See also

{{American Championship Car seasons}}

{{AAA Championship Car seasons}}

AAA Championship Car season

Category:AAA Championship Car

Category:1938 in American motorsport