# 1947 AAA Championship Car season

The 1947 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 11 races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana, on May 30 and concluding in Arlington, Texas, on November 2. The AAA National Champion was Ted Horn, and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Mauri Rose.
Shorty Cantlon died at Indianapolis during the race.

## Schedule and results

| Rnd | Date | Race Name | Track | Location | Type | Pole Position | Winning Driver |
| 1 | May 30 | International 500 Mile Sweepstakes | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Speedway, Indiana | Paved | Ted Horn | Mauri Rose |
| 2 | June 8 | Milwaukee 100 | Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway | West Allis, Wisconsin | Dirt | Bill Holland | Bill Holland |
| 3 | June 22 | Langhorne 100 | Langhorne Speedway | Langhorne, Pennsylvania | Dirt | Emil Andres | Bill Holland |
| 4 | July 4 | Atlanta 100 | Lakewood Speedway | Atlanta, Georgia | Dirt | Rex Mays | Walt Ader |
| 5 | July 13 | Bainbridge 100 | Bainbridge Fairgrounds | Bainbridge, Ohio | Dirt | Walt Brown | Ted Horn |
| 6 | July 27 | Milwaukee 100 | Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway | West Allis, Wisconsin | Dirt | Tony Bettenhausen | Charles Van Acker |
| 7 | August 17 | George Robson Memorial | Good Time Park | Goshen, New York | Dirt | Emil Andres | Tony Bettenhausen |
| 8 | August 24 | Milwaukee 100 | Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway | West Allis, Wisconsin | Dirt | Duke Dinsmore | Ted Horn |
| 9 | September 1 | Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb | Pikes Peak Highway | Pikes Peak, Colorado | Hill | Al Rogers | Louis Unser |
| 10 | September 28 | Springfield 100 | Illinois State Fairgrounds | Springfield, Illinois | Dirt | Emil Andres | Tony Bettenhausen |
| 11 | November 2 | Arlington 100 | Arlington Downs Raceway | Arlington, Texas | Dirt | Duke Nalon | Ted Horn |
    ^A Race stopped after 77 miles due to wreck.
    ^B Race stopped after 90 miles due to rain.
    ^C 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)
| Pos | Driver | INDY | MIL1 | LAN | ATL | BAI | MIL2 | GOS | MIL3 | PIK | SPR | ARL | Pts |
| 1 | Ted Horn | 3 | DNQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | | 2 | 1 | 1920 |
| 2 | Bill Holland RY | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 8 | | 9 | DNQ | 1610 |
| 3 | Mauri Rose | 1 | DNP | | | | | | | | | | 1000 |
| 4 | Charles Van Acker | 29 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | | DNQ | DNQ | 770 |
| 5 | Rex Mays | 6 | 2 | DNS | 12 | 15 | 10 | DNP | 16 | | 16 | 4 | 765.7 |
| 6 | Tony Bettenhausen | 18 | 15 | 10 | DNQ | 4 | 11 | 1 | 4 | | 1 | 10 | 686.8 |
| 7 | Walt Brown | 7 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 15 | | 8 | | 650 |
| 8 | Emil Andres | 13 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 5 | | 10 | 3 | 575 |
| 9 | George Connor | 26 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | | 15 | DNQ | 560 |
| 10 | Paul Russo | 28 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 3 | | 6 | | 14 | 2 | 545 |
| 11 | Jimmy Jackson | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | 500 |
| 12 | Cliff Bergere | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | 393 |
| 13 | Walt Ader | DNQ | 17 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 12 | DNQ | 17 | | 6 | | 380 |
| 14 | Duke Nalon | 16 | | | | | 2 | 13 | 2 | | DNQ | 9 | 350 |
| 15 | Duke Dinsmore | 10 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 11 | | | 13 | 345.5 |
| 16 | Steve Truchan | DNQ | 16 | 18 | | | 8 | 8 | DNQ | | 3 | 11 | 320 |
| 17 | Billy Devore | DNS | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | DNP | | | | | | 310 |
| 18 | Eddie Zalucki R | DNQ | | DNQ | 3 | 11 | | 11 | 14 | | DNQ | 5 | 260 |
| 19 | Cy Marshall | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | 250 |
| 20 | Milt Fankhouser R | 30 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 9 | DNQ | 9 | | | | 6 | 240 |
| 21 | Jackie Holmes R | | | | | | 13 | 12 | 9 | | 4 | 7 | 230 |
| 22 | Herb Ardinger | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 207 |
| 23 | Louis Unser R | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | 200 |
| 24 | Fred Agabashian R | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | 200 |
| 25 | Mel Hansen | 27 | | DNS | | | 4 | | 13 | | 13 | | 169.5 |
| 26 | Al Rogers R | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | 160 |
| 27 | Charlie Rogers | | 14 | | | | 7 | | | | 5 | DNQ | 160 |
| 28 | Myron Fohr R | | 9 | | | | 16 | | 7 | | 7 | | 160 |
| 29 | Russ Snowberger | 19 | | | | | | | | 3 | | | 140 |
| 30 | J.C. Shoemaker R | | | | | | | | | 4 | | | 120 |
| 31 | Buster Warke R | | | 16 | 10 | | | 6 | 12 | | | | 120 |
| 32 | Les Anderson R | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | 120 |
| 33 | Johnny Mauro R | DNQ | | | | | | | | 3 | | | 100 |
| 34 | Bill Milliken R | | | | | | | | | 6 | | | 80 |
| 35 | Delmar Desch R | | | | | | | | | 7 | | | 60 |
| 36 | Hugh Thomas R | | | | | | | | | 8 | | | 50 |
| 37 | Johnny Byrne R | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 50 |
| 38 | Pete Romcevich R | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | 50 |
| 39 | Buddy Rusch | DNQ | 18 | 13 | DNQ | 14 | 9 | | | | | | 40 |
| 40 | Red Byron R | DNQ | | 9 | | | | | | | | | 40 |
| 41 | George Hammond R | | | | | | | | | 9 | | | 40 |
| 42 | Art Scovell R | DNQ | 10 | 14 | | | | | | | | | 30 |
| 43 | Fred Carpenter | | | | | | | 10 | | | | | 30 |
| 44 | George Metzler | DNQ | | | | | | | | | 11 | 12 | 30 |
| 45 | Hal Robson | 20 | DNQ | 12 | | | | | | | | | 10 |
| 46 | Johnny Shackleford R | | | | | | | | | | 12 | DNQ | 10 |
| - | Walt Killinger R | | | | | | | | | 10 | | | 0 |
| - | Jerry Kubik R | | | | | | | | | | 18 | 14 | 0 |
| - | Frank Wearne | 14 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Ken Fowler | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Norm Houser R | DNQ | DNQ | | | | | | | | 17 | | 0 |
| - | Roland Free | 17 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Joie Chitwood | 22 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Shorty Cantlon | 23 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Henry Banks | 24 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Al Miller | 25 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Louis Tomei | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Doc Williams | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Bud Bardowski | DNQ | DNQ | | DNQ | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Charles Crawford | DNQ | | | | | DNQ | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Joel Thorne | Wth | | DNQ | | | | | DNQ | | | | 0 |
| - | Zora Arkus-Duntov | DNQ | | DNQ | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Spider Webb | | | DNQ | DNQ | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Sam Hanks | DNQ | | | | | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Tommy Boggs | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Frank Brisko | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Leslie Brooke | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Jim Brubaker | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Duane Carter | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Louis Durant | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Sam Grecco | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Harry McQuinn | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Hal Stetson | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | George Weaver | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Elton Green | | | | | | | | | | | DNQ | 0 |
| - | Hal Cole | Wth | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Chet Miller | Wth | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Bill Sheffler | Wth | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Danny Kladis | Wth | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Wally Mitchell | Wth | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Overton Phillips | Wth | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Wayne Sankey | | | | | | | | | DSQ | | | 0 |
| - | Tommy Hinnershitz | DNP | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Don Lee | | | | | | | | | DNP | | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | INDY | MIL1 | LAN | ATL | BAI | MIL2 | GOS | MIL3 | PIK | SPR | ARL | 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) |
| Blank | Not competing |
In-line notation :
| Bold | Pole position |
| Italics | Ran fastest race lap |
| * | Led most race laps |
| RY Rookie of the Year ||
| R Rookie ||