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Sports season
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 200Southland Speedway Raleigh , North Carolina Paved Cliff Griffith Troy Ruttman NC July 27 Indianapolis SweepstakesWilliams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg , Pennsylvania Dirt Paul Russo Paul Russo 4 August 16 Springfield 100Illinois 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 100Michigan State Fairgrounds Speedway Detroit , Michigan Dirt Jimmy Reece Bill Vukovich 7 September 1 Ted Horn MemorialDuQuoin 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 100New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse , New York Dirt Jack McGrath Jack McGrath 10 September 28 Denver 100Centennial Park Littleton , Colorado Dirt Bill Vukovich Bill Vukovich 11 November 2 San Jose 100San 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)
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