1941 AAA Championship Car season

1941 AAA Championship Car season
	AAA National Championship Trail
	Season
Races	3
Start date	May 30
End date	September 1
	Awards
National champion	Rex Mays
Indianapolis 500 winner	Floyd Davis; Mauri Rose
	Chronology
Previous season	Next season
1940	1946

The 1941 AAA Championship Car season consisted of three races, beginning in Speedway, Indiana on May 30 and concluding in Syracuse, New York on September 1. There was also one non-championship event in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. The AAA National Champion was Rex Mays and the Indianapolis 500 winners were Floyd Davis and Mauri Rose. The National Championship was not held again until 1946, due to World War II.

Schedule and results

All races running on Paved/Dirt Oval.

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Paved	Mauri Rose	Floyd Davis
1	May 30	International 500 Mile Sweepstakes	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Paved	Mauri Rose	Mauri Rose^A
NC	June 22	Langhorne 100	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Dirt	—	Duke Nalon
2	August 24	Milwaukee 100	Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway	West Allis, Wisconsin	Dirt	Rex Mays	Rex Mays
3	September 1	Syracuse 100	New York State Fairgrounds	Syracuse, New York	Dirt	Rex Mays	Rex Mays

Non-championship race

^A Floyd Davis and Mauri Rose shared the drive, but Davis received the National Championship points as the starting driver.

#	Driver	Team	Points
1	Rex Mays	Bowes Seal Fast	1225
2	Ted Horn	Ted Horn Engineering	675
3	Ralph Hepburn	Bowes Seal Fast	550
4=	Floyd Davis		450
4=	Cliff Bergere	Noc-Out Hose Clamp	450

1941 AAA Championship Car season

AAA National Championship Trail
Season
Races	3
Start date	May 30
End date	September 1
Awards
National champion	Rex Mays
Indianapolis 500 winner	Floyd Davis Mauri Rose

Chronology
Previous season	Next season
1940	1946

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