AAA National Championship 1951 standings

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AAA National Championship 1951 standings

Championship points standings for the AAA National Championship 1951

Position	Driver	Team	Car	Points
1.	Tony Bettenhausen	Rotary Engineering, Belanger Motors	Kurtis (Offenhauser) Deidt FD (Offenhauser)	2556
2.	Henry Banks	Hopkins Blue Crown	Moore (Offenhauser)	1856
3.	Walt Faulkner	Agajanian Grant	Kuzma (Offenhauser)	1513.6
4.	Jack McGrath	Jack Hinkle	Kurtis 3000 (Offenhauser) Kurtis 4000 (Offenhauser)	1460.4
5.	Mike Nazaruk	Jim Robbins, Deck Manufacturing	Kurtis (Offenhauser) Bromme (Offenhauser)	1143
6.	Johnnie Parsons	Ed Walsh, Jim Robbins, Marion Engineering	Kurtis 4000 (Offenhauser) Kurtis 2000 (Offenhauser) Kurtis 3000 (Offenhauser)	1012
7.	Lee Wallard	Murrell Belanger	Kurtis Kraft (Offenhauser)	1000
8.	Manuel Ayulo	Jack Hinkle, Coast Grain	Kurtis 3000 (Offenhauser) Lesovsky (Offenhauser)	997.5
9.	Andy Linden	George Leitenberger	Silnes/Sherman (Offenhauser)	911
10.	Paul Russo	Russo/Nichels	Russo/Nichels (Offenhauser)	700
11.	Bill Schindler	Henry Allen Chapman	Kurtis 2000 (Offenhauser)	693.5
12.	Cecil Green	John Zink	Kurtis 3000 (Offenhauser) Kurtis (Offenhauser)	650
13.	Bobby Ball	John McDaniel, Hart Fullerton	Schroeder (Offenhauser) Kurtis 4000 (Offenhauser)	620
14.	Chuck Stevenson	Carl Marchese	Marchese (Offenhauser)	538
15.	Duane Carter	Rotary Engineering, Pat Clancy	Deidt FD (Offenhauser) Ewing (Offenhauser)	505
16.	Sam Hanks	Peter Schmidt, Shaheen, Gdula	Kurtis 3000 (Offenhauser) Hill (Offenhauser) Gdula (Offenhauser)	421.4
17.	Jimmy Davies	Parks Motors	Pawl (Offenhauser)	315
18.	Gene Force	Brown Motor Co.	Kurtis 2000 (Offenhauser)	310.3
19.	Cliff Griffith	Ludson D. Morris, Tom Sarafoff	Kurtis 2000 (Offenhauser)	308.4
20.	Neal Carter	Lutes	Bardazon (Offenhauser) Gdula (Offenhauser) Kurtis 4000 (Offenhauser)	300
20.	Carl Forberg	Rassey	Kurtis 3000 (Offenhauser)	300
20.	Bill Mackey	Karl Hall, Iddings	Stevens (Offenhauser) Meyer (Offenhauser)	300
23.	Bill Vukovich	Pete Salemi, Federal Engineering, John Zink, George Leitenberger, Viking Trailer	Silnes/Sherman (Offenhauser) Kurtis 3000 (Offenhauser) Trevis (Offenhauser) Lesovsky (Offenhauser)	291.8
24.	Joe James	Bob Estes, Brown Motor Co., John Zink	Watson (Offenhauser) Kurtis 2000 (Offenhauser) Kurtis (Offenhauser)	283
25.	Freddie Agabashian	Grancor, Hopkins Blue Crown, Pat Clancy, Agajanian Grant	Moore (Offenhauser) Kurtis 3000 (Offenhauser) Ewing (Offenhauser) Kuzma (Offenhauser)	278.2
26.	Jim Rigsby	Bob Estes, Iddings	Watson (Offenhauser) Meyer (Offenhauser)	233.1
27.	Johnny McDowell	Maserati Race Cars, Hart Fullerton, Federal Engineering	Maserati (Offenhauser) Kurtis 4000 (Offenhauser) Kurtis 3000 (Offenhauser)	230
28.	Gordon Reid	Karl Hall, Lee Elkins, John Zink	Stevens (Offenhauser) Kurtis/Wetteroth (Offenhauser) Kurtis (Offenhauser)	204
29.	Al Rogers	Coniff	X (Offenhauser)	200
30.	Rodger Ward	Deck Manufacturing, Ludson D. Morris, Karl Hall	Bromme (Offenhauser) Kurtis 2000 (Offenhauser) Stevens (Offenhauser)	192
31.	Johnny Mauro	Leo Dobry	Kurtis 2000 (Offenhauser)	160
32.	Duke Nalon	Jean Marcenac	Kurtis Kraft FD (Novi SC)	150
33.	Louis Unser	Federal Engineering	Kurtis 3000 (Offenhauser)	140
34.	Pete Woods	Johnson	Silnes (Wayne)	120
35.	Harry King	Peter Wales	Kurtis 2000 (Offenhauser)	117.5
36.	Eddie Johnson	Iddings, Pete Salemi	Meyer (Offenhauser) Trevis (Offenhauser)	100.4
37.	Herb Bryers	Weiher Alignment	X (McDowell)	100
37.	Ray Knepper	Tomshe	Silnes (Offenhauser)	100
39.	Charles Bryant	Grover	Chevrolet	80
39.	Troy Ruttman	J.C. Agajanian, John Zink, Hart Fullerton	Kurtis 2000 (Offenhauser) Kurtis (Offenhauser) Kurtis 4000 (Offenhauser)	80
41.	Joe Garson	Elgin Piston Pin	Stevens (Offenhauser)	70
42.	Bob Finney	Frenzel	X (Ford)	60
43.	Shelby Hill	Shelby Hill	X (Ford)	50
44.	Mack Hellings	Tuffanelli-Derrico, Johnson	Deidt (Offenhauser) Stevens (Offenhauser)	40
44.	Johnnie Tolan	Peter Wales Trucking, Russo/Nichels, Karl Hall, Parks Motors	Russo/Nichels (Offenhauser) Kurtis 2000 (Offenhauser) Stevens (Offenhauser) Pawl (Offenhauser)	40
46.	Jimmy Good	Newbill	McDowell McDowell	30
47.	Buzz Barton	Ess-A-A-R Engineering	Kurtis Midget (Offenhauser)	20.1
48.	Delmar Desch	Blattler	Chevrolet	20
49.	George Connor	Moore, Deck Manufacturing, Tom Sarafoff, Tomshe	Bromme (Offenhauser) Lesovsky (Offenhauser) Silnes (Offenhauser) Kurtis 2000 (Offenhauser)	20
50.	Walter C. Brown	Federal Engineering	Kurtis 3000 (Offenhauser)	17
51.	Frank Armi	L & E	Wetteroth (Offenhauser)	10
51.	Hugh Thomas	Bandimere	X (Ford)	10
51.	Buster Warke	Buster Warke	Kurtis/Warke (Offenhauser)	10
	Roger Barlow		Simca	0
	Malcolm Brazier		X (Chevrolet)	0
	Duke Dinsmore	Brown Motor Co., Federal Engineering	Kurtis 3000 (Offenhauser) Schroeder (Offenhauser)	0
	Rex Easton	Shaheen	Hill (Offenhauser)	0
	Kenny Eaton	Jack Hinkle	Kurtis 4000 (Offenhauser)	0
	Wayne England		Chevrolet	0
	Johnny Fedricks	Rassey	Rassey (Offenhauser)	0
	Dick Fraizer	Lee Glessner	Stevens (Offenhauser)	0
	George Hammond			0
	Glenn Harrison	Crager	Crager	0
	Tommy Hinnershitz	Warke	Kurtis/Warke (Offenhauser)	0
	Jimmy Jackson	G. M. C. 270	X (Wayne)	0
	Chet Miller	Jean Marcenac	Kurtis FD (Novi)	0
	Walt Moffatt	Dreyer	X	0
	Mauri Rose	Howard Keck	Deidt FD (Offenhauser)	0
	Thornton Elgie Russell			0
	Wayne Sankey	Crager	Crager	0
	Carl Scarborough	Lee Elkins	Kurtis/Wetteroth (Offenhauser)	0
	Roy Sherman	George Leitenberger	Silnes/Sherman (Offenhauser)	0

	Driver	Number
Most race wins	Tony Bettenhausen	8
Most pole positions	Tony Bettenhausen	4
Most podium positions	Tony Bettenhausen	10
Most podium positions without a win	Jack McGrath	4
	Henry Banks	4
Most fastest race laps	Lee Wallard	1

Nationality of participating drivers

%	Country		Drivers	Number
100%	U.S.A.		Mauri Rose, Tony Bettenhausen, Walter C. Brown, George Connor, Paul Russo, Jimmy Jackson, Andy Linden, Jimmy Davies, Walt Faulkner, Rodger Ward, Jack McGrath, Bob Finney, Duane Carter, Johnnie Tolan, Tommy Hinnershitz, Johnnie Parsons, Pete Woods, George Hammond, Louis Unser, Eddie Johnson, Rex Easton, Shelby Hill, Sam Hanks, Bill Vukovich, Freddie Agabashian, Cliff Griffith, Duke Dinsmore, Troy Ruttman, Gene Force, Chuck Stevenson, Henry Banks, Manuel Ayulo, Mike Nazaruk, Hugh Thomas, Herb Bryers, Al Rogers, Joe Garson, Thornton Elgie Russell, Malcolm Brazier, Frank Armi, Johnny Mauro, Duke Nalon, Lee Wallard, Bill Schindler, Cecil Green, Bobby Ball, Neal Carter, Carl Forberg, Bill Mackey, Joe James, Jim Rigsby, Johnny McDowell, Gordon Reid, Harry King, Ray Knepper, Charles Bryant, Mack Hellings, Jimmy Good, Buzz Barton, Delmar Desch, Buster Warke, Roger Barlow, Kenny Eaton, Wayne England, Johnny Fedricks, Glenn Harrison, Chet Miller, Walt Moffatt, Wayne Sankey, Carl Scarborough, Roy Sherman, Dick Fraizer	72

Individual driver statistics for the 1951 AAA National Championship

Driver	Age	Races	Wins	Podiums	Poles	Fastest laps
Agabashian, Freddie	37 y/o	6	0	0	0
Armi, Frank	32 y/o	3	0	0	0
Ayulo, Manuel	29 y/o	11	0	0	0
Ball, Bobby	25 y/o	5	0	0	0
Banks, Henry	38 y/o	14	0	4	1
Barlow, Roger	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Barton, Buzz	34 y/o	1	0	0	0
Bettenhausen, Tony	34 y/o	14	8	10	4
Brazier, Malcolm	22 y/o	1	0	0	0
Brown, Walter C.	39 y/o	2	0	0	0
Bryant, Charles	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Bryers, Herb	n/a	1	0	0	0
Carter, Duane	38 y/o	8	0	1	0
Carter, Neal	27 y/o	7	0	0	0
Connor, George	44 y/o	3	0	0	0
Davies, Jimmy	21 y/o	10	0	1	0
Desch, Delmar	31 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Dinsmore, Duke	38 y/o	2	0	0	0
Easton, Rex	37 y/o	1	0	0	0
Eaton, Kenny	34 y/o	1	0	0	0
England, Wayne	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Faulkner, Walt	33 y/o	9	2	5	0
Fedricks, Johnny	26 y/o	1	0	0	0
Finney, Bob	n/a	1	0	0	0
Forberg, Carl	40 y/o	1	0	0	0
Force, Gene	35 y/o	8	0	0	0
Fraizer, Dick	33 y/o	1	0	0	0
Garson, Joe	43 y/o	3	0	0	0
Good, Jimmy	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Green, Cecil	31 y/o	4	0	3	0
Griffith, Cliff	35 y/o	7	0	0	0
Hammond, George	n/a	1	0	0	0
Hanks, Sam	36 y/o	5	0	1	0
Harrison, Glenn	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Hellings, Mack	35 y/o	2	0	0	0
Hill, Shelby	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Hinnershitz, Tommy	39 y/o	1	0	0	0
Jackson, Jimmy	40 y/o	1	0	0	0
James, Joe	26 y/o	13	0	0	0
Johnson, Eddie	32 y/o	2	0	0	0
King, Harry	n/a	2	0	0	0
Knepper, Ray	31 y/o	2	0	0	0
Linden, Andy	29 y/o	9	0	0	0
Mackey, Bill	23 y/o	3	0	0	0
Mauro, Johnny	40 y/o	1	0	1	0
McDowell, Johnny	36 y/o	11	0	0	3
McGrath, Jack	31 y/o	13	0	4	3
Miller, Chet	48 y/o	1	0	0	0
Moffatt, Walt	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Nalon, Duke	38 y/o	1	0	0	1
Nazaruk, Mike	29 y/o	11	0	2	0
Parsons, Johnnie	32 y/o	10	2	4	1
Reid, Gordon	27 y/o	13	0	0	0
Rigsby, Jim	28 y/o	8	0	0	0
Rogers, Al	42 y/o	1	1	1	0
Rose, Mauri	45 y/o	1	0	0	0
Russell, Thornton Elgie	33 y/o	1	0	0	0
Russo, Paul	37 y/o	10	1	3	1
Ruttman, Troy	21 y/o	3	0	0	0
Sankey, Wayne	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Scarborough, Carl	36 y/o	2	0	0	0
Schindler, Bill	42 y/o	11	0	2	0
Sherman, Roy	41 y/o	1	0	0	0
Stevenson, Chuck	31 y/o	7	0	0	0
Thomas, Hugh	n/a	1	0	0	0
Tolan, Johnnie	33 y/o	3	0	0	0
Unser, Louis	55 y/o	1	0	1	1
Vukovich, Bill	32 y/o	10	0	1	0
Wallard, Lee	40 y/o	1	1	1	0	1
Ward, Rodger	30 y/o	7	0	0	0
Warke, Buster	36 y/o	1	0	0	0
Woods, Pete	n/a	1	0	0	0

#	Date	Circuit	Winner	Second	Third	Pole	FL