1938 AAA Championship Car season

1938 AAA Championship Car season
	AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races	2
Start date	May 30
End date	September 10
Awards
National champion	Floyd Roberts
Indianapolis 500 winner	Floyd Roberts

The 1938 AAA Championship Car season consisted of two races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Syracuse, New York on September 10. There were also two non-championship events. The AAA National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Floyd Roberts.

Schedule and results

All races running on Dirt/Brick Oval. In IZOD IndyCar Series 2011 Historical Record Book, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is, from 1911 to 1938, listed as a "brick track" type circuit. (page 73)

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Brick	Floyd Roberts	Floyd Roberts
NC	August 20	Springfield 100	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt	—	Tony Willman
NC	August 28	Milwaukee 100	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	Dirt	Mauri Rose	Chet Gardner
2	September 10	Syracuse 100	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	Jimmy Snyder	Jimmy Snyder

Non-championship race

Leading National Championship standings

#	Driver	Team	Points
1	Floyd Roberts	Burd Piston Ring	1000
2	Wilbur Shaw	Shaw	825
3	Chet Miller	IBEW	675
4	Ted Horn		660
5	Chet Gardner	Burd Piston Ring	450

References

Åberg, Andreas. "AAA National Championship 1938". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 2009-05-27. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
"1938 AAA National Championship Trail". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-27. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
Harms, Phil. "1938 Championship Driver Summary" (PDF). Motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-04-21. Retrieved 2011-04-20.

American Championship car racing (Indy car) seasons
AAA	1905 1906–1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
USAC	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95
CART / CCWS	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ~~2008~~
IRL / INDYCAR	1996 1996–97 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Years marked in italics are not official championship years and also planned season.

AAA Championship Cars (1905–1955)
Seasons	1905 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
Indianapolis 500s	1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 ~~1942~~ 1943–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
National Champions	Billy Arnold Henry Banks Tony Bettenhausen Jimmy Bryan Bob Carey Gaston Chevrolet Bill Cummings Pete DePaolo (twice) Sam Hanks Harry Hartz Eddie Hearne Ted Horn (three times) Rex Mays (twice) Louis Meyer (three times) Tommy Milton Jimmy Murphy (twice) Barney Oldfield Johnnie Parsons Kelly Petillo Dario Resta Floyd Roberts Mauri Rose Louis Schneider Wilbur Shaw (twice) Chuck Stevenson Bob Sweikert
AAA Contest Board Years marked in italics are not official championship years.

1938 AAA Championship Car season

Schedule and results

Leading National Championship standings

References

See also