The 1939 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 Springfield, Illinois. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Wilbur Shaw.
The Springfield 100 was originally scheduled as a AAA non-championship event, had its sanction withdrawn the day of the race. It was held as an unsanctioned event on August 19, and won by John Crone.
Schedule and results All races running on Oval/Speedway.
Rnd Date Race name Track Location Type Pole position Winning driver 1 May 30 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Paved Jimmy Snyder Wilbur Shaw 2 August 27 Milwaukee 100 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis, Wisconsin Dirt Emil Andres Babe Stapp 3 September 2 Syracuse 100 New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York Dirt Rex Mays Mauri RoseNC October 15 Race of Champions Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt — Emil Andres
Final points standings
Note: Drivers had to be running at the finish to score points. Points scored by drivers sharing a ride were split according to percentage of race driven. Starters were not allowed to score points as relief drivers, if a race starter finished the race in another car, in a points scoring position, those points were awarded to the driver who had started the car. The final standings based on reference.
Pos Driver INDY MIL SYR Pts 1 Wilbur Shaw 1 1000 2 Jimmy Snyder 2 825 3 Ted Horn 4 14 3 685 4 Babe Stapp 5 1 11 675 5 Cliff Bergere 3 675 6 George Barringer 6 2 5 630 7 Mauri Rose 8 12 1* 490 8 Joel Thorne 7 9 DNQ 370 9 Frank Wearne 9 DNQ 225 10 George Connor 13 10* 2 200 11 Louis Durant 3 7 200 12 Billy Devore 10 DNQ 136.5 13 Floyd Davis 27 11 4 135 14 Frank Brisko 29 8 6 130 15 George Robson 21 5 10 125 16 Tony Gulotta 11 114.5 17 Russ Snowberger 25 4 DNQ 110 18 Duke Nalon DNQ 6 12 90 19 Louis Meyer 12* 75 20 Spider Webb 7 65 21 Shorty Cantlon 32 15 8 55 22 Emil Andres 30 13 9 45 23 Henry Banks 10 38.5 - Rex Mays 16 17 13 0 - Frank McGurk DNQ 16 14 0 - Tony Willman 14 0 - Louis Tomei 15 0 - Herb Ardinger 17 0 - Kelly Petillo 18 DNQ 0 - Mel Hansen 19 0 - Chet Miller 20 0 - Al Putnam 21 DNQ 0 - Harry McQuinn 21 0 - Ralph Hepburn 22 0 - Floyd Roberts 23 0 - Ira Hall 24 0 - George Bailey 26 0 - Al Miller 28 0 - Bob Swanson 31 0 - Deacon Litz 33 DNQ 0 - Ronney Householder DNS 0 - Lou Webb DNQ DNQ 0 - Sam Hanks Wth DNQ 0 - Tommy Hinnershitz DNQ 0 - Zeke Meyer DNQ 0 - Johnny Seymour DNQ 0 - Doc Williams DNQ 0 - Vince Conze DNQ 0 - Lou Moore DNQ 0 Pos Driver INDY MIL SYR 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 notparticipate(DNP) Not competing In-line notationBoldPole positionItalicsRan fastest race lap*Led most race lapsRookie of the YearRookie
References
See also 1939 Indianapolis 500