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AAA National Motor Car Championship in the 1949 season. Full information

37th season of AAA National Motor Car Championship, started 24th April and ended at 6th November 1949

Beginners of the season: Troy Ruttman , Jim Rathmann , Chuck Stevenson , Dick Rathmann , Jimmy Davies , Johnny Fedricks , Cal Niday , George Fonder , Neal Carter , Johnny Mcdowell , Bayliss Levrett , Kenny Eaton , Ralph Pratt , Mark Light , Frank Burany , Hank Rogers , Wally Stokes , Charles Bryant , Art McKee , Milton Mabe , Glenn Harrison , Lloyd Axel , Otis Stine , Ed Terry , Billy McGee

List of races and tracks in the 1949 season

	Race	Winner	Track	Race Start
	1949 Arlington 100	Johnnie Parsons Kurtis Kraft 1000, #12	Arlington Downs	24th April 1949
	1949 Indianapolis 500	Bill Holland Deidt FD, #7	Indianapolis	30th May 1949
	1949 Milwaukee 100	Myron Fohr Marchese ? 1949, #2	Milwaukee	5th June 1949
	1949 Trenton 100	Myron Fohr Marchese ? 1949, #2	Trenton	19th June 1949
	1949 Springfield 100	Mel Hansen Lesovsky ? 1949, #55	Springfield	20th August 1949
	1949 Milwaukee 200	Johnnie Parsons Kurtis Kraft 1000, #12	Milwaukee	28th August 1949
	1949 Du Quoin 100	Tony Bettenhausen Kurtis Kraft ?? 1949, #99	Du Quoin	3rd September 1949
	1949 Pikes Peak	Al Rogers Coniff ? 1949, #9	Pikes Peak	5th September 1949
	1949 Syracuse 100	Johnnie Parsons Kurtis Kraft 1000, #12	Syracuse	10th September 1949
	1949 Detroit 100	Tony Bettenhausen Kurtis Kraft ?? 1949, #99	Michigan Fairgrounds	11th September 1949
	1949 Springfield 100	Johnnie Parsons Kurtis Kraft 1000, #12	Springfield	25th September 1949
	1949 Langhorne 100	Johnnie Parsons Kurtis Kraft 1000, #12	Langhorne	16th October 1949
	1949 Golden State 100	Fred Agabashian Kurtis Kraft 2000, #98	Sacramento	30th October 1949
	1949 Del Mar 100	Jimmy Davies Ewing ? 1949, #57	Del Mar	6th November 1949

Drivers championship 1949

Johnnie Parsons

United States

Champion

Points: 2280 Wins: 5 Poles: 0

United States

2nd place

Points: 1790 Wins: 2 Poles: 0

United States

3rd place

Points: 1420 Wins: 1 Poles: 0

List of all drivers for the 1949 season

Name	Points
Johnnie Parsons	2280
Myron Fohr	1790
Bill Holland	1420
Walt Brown	1281
George Connor	1200
Rex Mays	1030
Paul Russo	920
Lee Wallard	760
Johnny Mantz	660
Emil Andres	512
Joie Chitwood	500
Tony Bettenhausen	466
Mack Hellings	440
Jimmy Jackson	400
Mel Hansen	376
Duane Carter	350
Spider Webb	330
Ralph Pratt	330
Jimmy Davies	330
Duke Dinsmore	254
Troy Ruttman	250
Neal Carter	240
Bayliss Levrett	206
Al Rogers	200
Fred Agabashian	200
Charles Van Acker	180
Louis Unser	160
Norm Houser	150
Johnny Fedricks	140
Charles Bryant	140
Mike Salay	130
Johnny Mcdowell	124
Jackie Holmes	120
Chuck Stevenson	120
George Hammond	120
Milt Fankhouser	120
Tommy Hinnershitz	117
Frank Burany	100
Jim Rathmann	100
Red Shafer	80
Hugh Thomas	60
George Fonder	60
Cal Niday	60
JC Shoemaker	50
Jack Mcgrath	50
Russell Snowberger	40
Herb Bryers	30
Buster Hammond	20
Hank Rogers	20
Billy McGee	17
Otis Stine	14
Billy Devore	10
Mark Light	10
Walt Killinger	10
Hal Cole	3
Lloyd Axel	0
Mauri Rose	0
Dick Rathmann	0
Ed Terry	0
Hal Robson	0
Bill Sheffler	0
Jimmy Good	0
Johnny Mauro	0
Glenn Harrison	0
Delmar Desch	0
Wally Stokes	0
Art Hillis	0
Milton Mabe	0
Art McKee	0
Bill Cantrell	0
Manuel Ayulo	0
Duke Nalon	0
Sam Hanks	0
George Lynch	0
Ted Duncan	0
Buster Warke	0
Kenny Eaton	0

List of all cars in the 1949 season

Offenhauser

Points: 4010 Wins: 0 Poles: 4

Kurtis Kraft 2000

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 3120 Wins: 1 Poles: 5

Kurtis Kraft 2000

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 2350 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kurtis Kraft 1000

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 2280 Wins: 5 Poles: 0

Marchese ? 1949

Offenhauser

Points: 1910 Wins: 2 Poles: 0

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 1400 Wins: 1 Poles: 0

Lesovsky ? 1949

Offenhauser

Points: 900 Wins: 1 Poles: 1

Offenhauser

Points: 500 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kurtis Kraft ?? 1949

Offenhauser SC

Points: 400 Wins: 2 Poles: 1

Wetteroth ? 1949

Offenhauser

Points: 280 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Offenhauser

Points: 200 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Offenhauser

Points: 200 Wins: 1 Poles: 1

Offenhauser

Points: 200 Wins: 1 Poles: 1

Maserati L8 c 3.0

Points: 160 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Offenhauser

Points: 150 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Offenhauser Special

Offenhauser

Points: 140 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Chevrolet Special

Chevrolet

Points: 140 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kurtis Kraft 2000

Alfa Romeo

Points: 100 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

McDowell ? 1949

McDowell

Points: 80 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Offenhauser

Points: 80 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Offenhauser

Points: 80 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Buick

Points: 80 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Offenhauser

Points: 60 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Chrysler ? 1949

Chrysler

Points: 60 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Offenhauser

Points: 50 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Offenhauser L4 4.5

Points: 40 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Lencki

Points: 40 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kurtis Kraft ?? 1949

MeyerDrake

Points: 40 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Offenhauser

Points: 20 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

unknown

Points: 10 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kurtis Kraft FD

Novi SC

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 1

Kurtis Kraft ?? 1948

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Maserati SC

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Sparks

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kurtis Kraft ? 1949

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kurtis Kraft FD

Novi SC

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Alfa Romeo SC

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

M&D

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Crager

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Snowberger ? 1949

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Hal

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Kurtis Kraft 6 Wheel

Offenhauser

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

Miller

Points: 0 Wins: 0 Poles: 0

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