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The 1946 AAA Championship Car season was the first season of American Championship car racing following World War II. After four years without automobile racing in the United States, the AAA Contest Board was initially concerned about having enough races, enough entrants, and suitable equipment, to contest season on such short notice for 1946.
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March 20, 1955 was the beginning of the end. When the calendar flipped to begin 1955, the American Automobile Association began its 54th season as the major sanctioning body for auto racing in the United States.
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Dec 8, 2001 · Page 1 of 7 - 1946 AAA National Championship - posted in Historical Research, in memory of David McKinney: It is quite well known that the American Automobile Association manipulated their...
Jul 20, 2020 · After four years without racing in the United States, the AAA Contest Board was initially concerned about having enough races, enough entrants, and suitable equipment, for a 1946 season. Even the Indianapolis 500 was in doubt, as the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was neglected during the war.
Jan 3, 2017 · What I discovered was that there were 17 events held to the International Formula (National Championship formula) in 1946, of which one, the Mike Benton Sweepstakes held at Lakewood on 31 March,...
1946 AAA International 500 Mile Sweepstakes: June 30: Langhorne Speedway: 1946 AAA Langhorne 100: September 2: Lakewood Speedway: 1946 AAA Atlanta 100: September 15: Indianapolis Motor Speedway: 1946 AAA Indianapolis 100: September 22: Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway: 1946 AAA Milwaukee 100: October 6: Good Time Park: 1946 AAA George Robson ...
The AAA Contest Board was the motorsports arm of the American Automobile Association. The contest board sanctioned automobile races from 1904 until 1955, establishing American Championship car racing. Modern-day Indy car racing traces its roots directly to these AAA events.
