1950 AAA National Championship Trail

Henry Banks - Champion

Date Race Track Miles Type Winner
5/30/50 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis 345 PO Johnnie Parsons
6/11/50 Rex Mays Classic Milwaukee 100 DO Tony Bettenhausen
6/25/50 Langhorne 100 Langhorne 100 DO Jack McGrath
8/19/50 Springfield 100 Springfield 100 DO Paul Russo
8/27/50 Milwaukee 200 Milwaukee 200 DO Walt Faulkner
9/4/50 Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak 12.42 HC Al Rogers
9/9/50 Syracuse 100 Syracuse 100 DO Jack McGrath
9/10/50 Detroit 100 Detroit 100 DO Henry Banks
10/1/50 Springfield 100 Springfield 100 DO Tony Bettenhausen
10/15/50 Golden State 100 Sacramento 100 DO Duke Dinsmore
11/12/50 Phoenix 100 Phoenix 100 DO Jimmy Davies
11/26/50 Bay Meadows 150 Bay Meadows 149 DO Tony Bettenhausen
12/10/50 Darlington 200 Darlington 200 PO Johnnie Parsons

Non-Championship Events

Date Race Track Miles Type Winner
5/1/50 MGM Sweepstakes Arlington 31.86 DO Duane Carter
8/12/50 Indianapolis Sweepstakes Williams Grove 25 DO Troy Ruttman

 

Standing Driver Starts DNS/DNQ Wins 2nds 3rds 4ths 5ths Best Finish Poles Points
1 Henry Banks 10 2 1 2 2 1 1 0 1390
2 Walt Faulkner 10 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1317
3 Johnnie Parsons 6 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 1313
4 Cecil Green 10 2 0 0 1 3 1 0 1190
5 Tony Bettenhausen 12 0 3 1 0 0 0 5 1027.5
6 Duke Dinsmore 12 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 1017
7 Paul Russo 10 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 928
8 Chuck Stevenson 8 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 764
9 Jack McGrath 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 736.5
10 Bill Schindler 10 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 690
11 Lee Wallard 5 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 637
12 Jimmy Davies 11 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 605.5
13 Bill Holland 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 552
14 Fred Agabashian 9 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 532.5
15 Mauri Rose 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 483
16 Andy Linden 4 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 459.5
17 Duke Nalon 6 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 394
18 Mack Hellings 8 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 340
19 Joie Chitwood 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 337.5
20 George Connor 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 282.5
21T Cliff Griffith 3 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 255
21T Ray Knepper 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 255
23 Sam Hanks 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 240
24 Joe James 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 212.5
25 Al Rogers 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 200
26 Neal Carter 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 170
27 Harry Turner 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 164.5
28 Herb Bryers 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 160
29 Louis Unser 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 140
30 Bill Mackey 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 125
31 George Hammond 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 120
32 Jerry Hoyt 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 110
33 Pat Flaherty 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 103.5
34 Charles Bryant 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 100
35T Dick Rathmann 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 80
35T Walt Killinger 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 80
37 Myron Fohr 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 69
38T Lloyd Axel 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 60
38T Frank Burany 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 60
40 Joel Thorne 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 50
41 Troy Ruttman 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 46
42 Walt Brown 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 41.5
43 Johnny Mauro 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 40
44 Bayliss Levrett 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 36
45 Duane Carter 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 34.5
46T Shelby Hill 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 30
46T Rodger Ward 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 30
48 Delmar Desch 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 20
49 Bobby Ball 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 15
50 Jimmy Good 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 10
51 Ralph Pratt 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 9.5
52 Johnny McDowell 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 6
NR Johnny Fedricks 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
NR Hugh Thomas 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
NR George Lynch 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
NR Eddie Johnson 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
NR Phil Shafer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
NR Jimmy Daywalt 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0
NR Bob Finney 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0
NR Emil Andres 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0
NR Gene Hartley 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0
NR Glenn Harrison 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0
NR Johnnie Tolan 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0
NR Art McKee 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0
NR Spider Webb 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0
NR Manny Ayulo 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0
NR Lou Florence 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0
NR Pete Woods 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0
NR Wayne Sankey 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0
NR Jim Hammond 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0
NR Phil Hill 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0
NR Walt Ader 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0
NR Russ Snowberger 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0
NR Jackie Holmes 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0
NR Roy Shadbolt 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0
NR Dick Fraizer 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0
NR Jim Rathmann 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0
NR Jimmy Jackson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 0
NR Keith Andrews 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0
NR Wayne England 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0
NR Buster Hammond 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0
NR Art Hillis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0
NR Joe Adas 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Frank Armi 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Bobby Barker 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Al Benoit 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Mike Burch 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Marvin Burke 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Cecil Burnaugh 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Bill Cantrell 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Hal Cole 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Billy DeVore 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Ted Duncan 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Billy Earl 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Kenny Eaton 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Milt Fankhauser 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Nino Farina 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR George Fonder 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Carl Forberg 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Potsy Goacher 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Bob Gregg 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Bob Harnar 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Art Hartsfeld 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Norm Houser 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Bill Johnson 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Danny Kladis 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Chuck Leighton 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Mark Light 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Lenny Lowe 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Milton Mabe 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Johnny Mantz 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Cy Marshall 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Al Miller 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Chet Miller 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Mike Nazaruk 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Don Padia 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Mike Reilly 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Jim Rigsby 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Hal Robson 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Hank Rogers 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Franco Rol 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Bud Rose 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Billy Ryan 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Mike Salay 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Carl Scarborough 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Joe Sostilio 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Ottis Stine 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Bob Sweikert 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Piero Taruffi 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Bill Taylor 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Ed Terry 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Frank Tillman 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Steve Truchan 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Charles Van Acker 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Bill Vukovich 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Buster Warke 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Ben Zukor 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0
NR Spec Frieden Non points race only 0
NR Tommy Hinnershitz Non points race only 0
NR Jud Larson Non points race only 0
NR Eddie Sachs Non points race only 0
 
Debuts Farewells
Joe Adas Bill Johnson
Frank Armi Ray Knepper
Bobby Ball Chuck Leighton
Bobby Barker Andy Linden
Al Benoit Mike Nazaruk
Mike Burch Don Padia
Marvin Burke Mike Reilly
Cecil Burnaugh Jim Rigsby
Billy Earl Franco Rol
Wayne England Billy Ryan
Bob Finney Eddie Sachs
Lou Florence Carl Scarborough
Carl Forberg Roy Shadbolt
Spec Frieden Joe Sostilio
Potsy Goacher Bob Sweikert
Cecil Green Piero Taruffi
Bob Gregg Frank Tillman
Cliff Griffith Johnnie Tolan
Bob Harnar Harry Turner
Gene Hartley Bill Vukovich
Phil Hill Rodger Ward
Shelby Hill Pete Woods
Jerry Hoyt Ben Zukor
Joe James  
Joe Adas Chuck Leighton
Walt Ader Lenny Lowe
Emil Andres Cy Marshall
Al Benoit Al Miller
Mike Burch Don Padia
Marvin Burke Mike Reilly
Cecil Burnaugh Hank Rogers
Joie Chitwood Franco Rol
Hal Cole Bud Rose
Teddy Duncan Russ Snowberger
Milt Fankhauser Piero Taruffi
Lou Florence Ed Terry
Spec Frieden Steve Truchan
Bob Harnar Harry Turner
Art Hartsfeld Charles Van Acker
Bill Johnson Ben Zukor