1940 AAA Championship Car season

1940 AAA Championship Car season
AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races	3
Start date	May 30
End date	September 2
Awards
National champion	Rex Mays
Indianapolis 500 winner	Wilbur Shaw
Chronology
Previous season	Next season
1939	1941

The 1940 AAA Championship Car season consisted of three races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Syracuse, New York on September 2. There was also one non-championship event in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. The AAA National Champion was Rex Mays and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Wilbur Shaw.

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 Oval	Rex Mays	Wilbur Shaw
NC	June 16	Langhorne 100	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Dirt Oval	Tony Willman	Duke Nalon
2	August 24	Springfield 100	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt Oval	Rex Mays	Rex Mays
3	September 2	Syracuse 100	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt Oval	Rex Mays	Rex Mays

Leading National Championship standings

#	Driver	Team	Points
1	Rex Mays	Bowes Seal Fast	1225
2	Wilbur Shaw	Boyle	1000
3	Mauri Rose	Elgin Piston Pin	675
4	Ted Horn	Ted Horn Engineering	625
5	Joel Thorne	Thorne Engineering	450

References

• Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1940". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 2009-05-18. Retrieved 2009-05-17. 
• "1940 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-18. Retrieved 2009-05-17. 
• Harms, Phil. "1940 Championship Driver Summary". Motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 2011-04-20. Retrieved 2011-04-20. 

See also

• 1940 Indianapolis 500