# 1950 AAA Championship Car season

The 1950 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 13 races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Darlington, South Carolina on December 10. There were also two non-championship events. The AAA National Champion was Henry Banks, and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Johnnie Parsons.

## Schedule and results

| Rnd | Date | Race Name | Track | Location | Type | Pole Position | Winning Driver |
| NC | May 1 | MGM Sweepstakes | Arlington Downs Raceway | Arlington, Texas | Dirt | Jimmy Davies | Duane Carter |
| 1 | May 30 | International 500 Mile Sweepstakes | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Speedway, Indiana | Paved | Walt Faulkner | Johnnie Parsons |
| 2 | June 11 | Rex Mays Classic | Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway | West Allis, Wisconsin | Dirt | Lee Wallard | Tony Bettenhausen |
| 3 | June 25 | Langhorne 100 | Langhorne Speedway | Langhorne, Pennsylvania | Dirt | Troy Ruttman | Jack McGrath |
| NC | August 12 | Indianapolis Sweepstakes | Williams Grove Speedway | Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania | Dirt | Lee Wallard | Troy Ruttman |
| 4 | August 19 | Springfield 100 | Illinois State Fairgrounds | Springfield, Illinois | Dirt | Tony Bettenhausen | Paul Russo |
| 5 | September 4 | Milwaukee 200 | Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway | West Allis, Wisconsin | Dirt | Chuck Stevenson | Walt Faulkner |
| 6 | September 4 | Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb | Pikes Peak Highway | Pikes Peak, Colorado | Hill | Al Rogers | Al Rogers |
| 7 | September 9 | Syracuse 100 | New York State Fairgrounds | Syracuse, New York | Dirt | Tony Bettenhausen | Jack McGrath |
| 8 | September 10 | Detroit 100 | Michigan State Fairgrounds Speedway | Detroit, Michigan | Dirt | Troy Ruttman | Henry Banks |
| 9 | October 1 | Springfield 100 | Illinois State Fairgrounds | Springfield, Illinois | Dirt | Tony Bettenhausen | Tony Bettenhausen |
| 10 | October 15 | Golden State 100 | California State Fairgrounds | Sacramento, California | Dirt | Tony Bettenhausen | Duke Dinsmore |
| 11 | November 12 | Phoenix 100 | Arizona State Fairgrounds | Phoenix, Arizona | Dirt | Bobby Ball | Jimmy Davies |
| 12 | November 26 | Bay Meadows 150 | Bay Meadows Race Track | San Mateo, California | Dirt | Tony Bettenhausen | Tony Bettenhausen |
| 13 | December 10 | Darlington 200 | Darlington Raceway | Darlington, South Carolina | Paved | Bill Schindler | Johnnie Parsons |
    ^A Indianapolis 500 was AAA-sanctioned and counted towards the 1950 FIA World Championship of Drivers title. Race stopped after 345 miles due to rain.
    ^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

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: (the points for the finish place) / (number the lap when completed the car) * (number the lap when completed the driver)
Note2: There were scoring omissions in the AAA records regarding laps completed for eight drivers in the Springfield and Bay Meadows races in 1950. The statistics shown include the most accurate representation of those races that is available.
| Pos | Driver | INDY | MIL1 | LAN | SPR1 | MIL2 | PIK | SYR | DET | SPR2 | SAC | PHX | BAY | DAR | Pts |
| 1 | Henry Banks | 25 | 5 | 2 | DNQ | 2 | | DNQ | 1 | 18 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1390 |
| 2 | Walt Faulkner RY | 7 | 7 | DNQ | DNQ | 1 | | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 1317 |
| 3 | Johnnie Parsons | 1 | 11 | DNS | DNQ | DNS | | DNQ | 16 | DNQ | 11 | 3 | DNQ | 1 | 1313 |
| 4 | Cecil Green R | 4 | DNQ | 9 | DNQ | 12 | | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1190 |
| 5 | Tony Bettenhausen | 31 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 18 | | 12 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 1027.5 |
| 6 | Duke Dinsmore | 33 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 4 | | 10 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1017 |
| 7 | Paul Russo | 9 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 5 | | 3 | 18 | 6 | 13 | 16 | | | 928 |
| 8 | Chuck Stevenson | | DNS | 3 | DNQ | 20 | | | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 6 | 760 |
| 9 | Jack McGrath | 14 | 9 | 1 | 14 | DNS | | 1 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 736.5 |
| 10 | Bill Schindler | 26 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 22 | | DNS | 15 | 15 | 2 | DNQ | 3 | 2 | 690 |
| 11 | Lee Wallard | 6 | 4 | DNS | 2 | 15 | | DNQ | DNQ | | | | | 10 | 637 |
| 12 | Jimmy Davies | 17 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 21 | | 15 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 14 | | 605.5 |
| 13 | Bill Holland | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 552 |
| 14 | Fred Agabashian | 28 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | | 6 | DNQ | 4 | 5 | | 13 | | 532.5 |
| 15 | Mauri Rose | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 483 |
| 16 | Andy Linden R | DNQ | | 18 | 5 | 3 | | DNS | 8 | DNQ | DNS | | | | 459.5 |
| 17 | Duke Nalon | DNQ | DNQ | 5 | DNQ | 6 | | 8 | 13 | | 7 | 7 | DNQ | | 394 |
| 18 | Mack Hellings | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 14 | 9 | 6 | 11 | DNS | DNQ | 340 |
| 19 | Joie Chitwood | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | 337.5 |
| 20 | George Connor | 8 | 10 | DNQ | 9 | 19 | | 17 | 9 | 13 | | | | | 282.5 |
| 21 | Cliff Griffith R | DNQ | DNQ | DNS | 4 | | | 5 | DNQ | DNQ | | | | 12 | 255 |
| 22 | Ray Knepper R | | | | DNQ | 11 | | 7 | DNQ | 7 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 255 |
| 23 | Sam Hanks | 30 | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | 240 |
| 24 | Joe James R | DNQ | DNQ | DNS | DNQ | 7 | | DNQ | 7 | 17 | DNQ | DNQ | 11 | 13 | 212.5 |
| 25 | Al Rogers | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 200 |
| 26 | Neal Carter | | | 15 | DNQ | 17 | | 16 | 12 | 2 | 16 | | | 14 | 170 |
| 27 | Harry Turner R | | | DNS | 6 | 9 | | 9 | DNQ | DNQ | | | | | 164.5 |
| 28 | Herb Bryers | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | 160 |
| 29 | Louis Unser | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | | | 140 |
| 30 | Bill Mackey R | | | | | | | DNQ | DNQ | | | 8 | 8 | 22 | 125 |
| 31 | George Hammond | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | | | 120 |
| 32 | Jerry Hoyt R | 21 | DNQ | 8 | DNQ | | | 11 | | DNQ | | | | 11 | 110 |
| 33 | Pat Flaherty R | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 103.5 |
| 34 | Charles Bryant | | | | | | 5 | | | | | | | | 100 |
| 35 | Dick Rathmann | 32 | 6 | 13 | | | | DNS | | | | | | | 80 |
| 36 | Walt Killinger | | | | | | 6 | | | | | | | | 80 |
| 37 | Myron Fohr | 11 | DNQ | | DNQ | 16 | | DNQ | | | | | | | 69 |
| 38 | Lloyd Axel | | | | | | 7 | | | | | | | | 60 |
| 39 | Frank Burany | | DNQ | | | 10 | | | | | | | | | 60 |
| 40 | Joel Thorne | DNQ | | | | | 8 | | | | | | | | 50 |
| 41 | Troy Ruttman | 15 | 17 | 10 | DNQ | 13 | | 14 | 11 | | 12 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 46 |
| 42 | Walt Brown | 19 | 15 | DNS | 16 | DNQ | | 13 | DNQ | 10 | | | | 19 | 41.5 |
| 43 | Johnny Mauro | DNQ | | | | | 9 | | | | | | | | 40 |
| 44 | Bayliss Levrett | 27 | | | | | | | | | DNS | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 36 |
| 45 | Duane Carter | 12 | DNQ | DNP | 17 | | DNS | DNS | | | | | | 21 | 34.5 |
| 46 | Shelby Hill R | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | | | 30 |
| 47 | Rodger Ward R | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | | | 30 |
| 48 | Delmar Desch | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | | | 20 |
| 49 | Bobby Ball R | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | 12 | DNQ | 15 |
| 50 | Jimmy Good | | | | | | 12 | | | | | | | | 10 |
| 51 | Ralph Pratt | DNQ | DNQ | DNS | 15 | DNQ | | DNS | | DNQ | | | | | 9.5 |
| 52 | Johnny McDowell | 18 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 |
| - | Johnny Fedricks | DNQ | DNQ | | 13 | DNQ | | 18 | | 16 | | | | 25 | 0 |
| - | Hugh Thomas | | | | | | 13 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | George Lynch | DNQ | DNQ | | DNQ | DNQ | | | | | | 14 | 17 | 23 | 0 |
| - | Eddie Johnson R | | | 17 | DNQ | 14 | | DNQ | | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| - | Phil Shafer | | | | | | 14 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Bob Finney R | | | | | | 15 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Jimmy Daywalt R | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | 0 |
| - | Gene Hartley R | 16 | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Emil Andres | DNQ | 16 | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Glenn Harrison | | | | | | 16 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Art McKee | | | | | | 17 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Johnny Tolan R | | | | | | | | | | | DNQ | DNQ | 17 | 0 |
| - | Spider Webb | 20 | DNQ | DNP | 18 | | | DNQ | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Manuel Ayulo | DNQ | | | | | | DNQ | | | | DNQ | 18 | 26 | 0 |
| - | Lou Florence R | | | | | | | | | | 18 | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Pete Woods R | | | | | | 18 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Wayne Sankey | | | | | | 19 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Jim Hammond | | | | | | 20 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Phil Hill R | | | | | | 21 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Walt Ader | 22 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | | | DNS | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Russ Snowberger | | | | | | 22 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Jackie Holmes | 23 | DNQ | | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Ray Shadbolt R | | | | | | 23 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Dick Fraizer R | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | 24 | 0 |
| - | Jim Rathmann | 24 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Keith Andrews R | | | | | | 24 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Wayne England R | | | | | | 25 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Buster Hammond R | | | | | | 26 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Art Hillis | | | | | | 27 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Jimmy Jackson | 29 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Buster Warke | | | DNQ | | | | DNS | | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| - | William Cantrell | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Johnny Mantz | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Milt Fankhauser | DNQ | | | DNQ | DNQ | | | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Carl Scarborough | DNP | | | | | | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| - | Kenny Eaton | DNQ | | | DNQ | DNQ | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Don Padia | | | | | | DNQ | | | | | DNQ | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Al Benoit | | | | | | | | | | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Bill Taylor | | | | | | | | | | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Chuck Leighton | DNQ | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Billy Devore | DNQ | | | | | | | | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| - | Frank Tillman | | | | | DNQ | | | | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| - | Bill Vukovich | DNQ | | | | | | | | | DNQ | | | | 0 |
| - | Potsy Goacher | DNP | | | | DNQ | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Marvin Burke | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Hal Cole | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Ted Duncan | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | George Fonder | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Carl Forberg | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Bob Gregg | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Norm Houser | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Danny Kladis | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Mark Light | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Cy Marshall | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Al Miller | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Chet Miller | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Jim Rigsby | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Bob Sweikert | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Charles Van Acker | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Mike Salay | | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Mike Nazaruk | | | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Ottis Stine | | | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Ed Terry | | | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Bobby Barker | | | | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Joe Sostilio | | | | | DNQ | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Bill Johnson | | | | | | DNQ | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Milton Mabe | | | | | | DNQ | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Bob Harnar | | | | | | | | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Art Hartsfeld | | | | | | | | | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| - | Steve Truchan | | | | | | | | | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| - | Hal Robson | | | | | | | | | | | DNQ | | | 0 |
| - | Frank Armi | | | | | | | | | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Cecil Burnaugh | | | | | | | | | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Lenny Lowe | | | | | | | | | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Mike Reilly | | | | | | | | | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Billy Ryan | | | | | | | | | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| - | Hank Rogers | | | | | | | | | | | | | DNQ | 0 |
| - | Joe Adas | DNP | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Mike Burch | DNP | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Billy Earl | DNP | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Giuseppe Farina | DNP | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Franco Rol | DNP | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Bud Rose | DNP | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Piero Taruffi | DNP | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Ben Zukor | DNP | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | INDY | MIL1 | LAN | SPR1 | MIL2 | PIK | SYR | DET | SPR2 | SAC | PHX | BAY | DAR | 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 ||