In the 1950 AAA National Championship Car season, Henry Banks captured the title with 1,390 points through consistent finishes across 13 races that ran from the rain-shortened Indianapolis 500 on May 30 to the Darlington 200 on December 10. Johnnie Parsons won both the Indy 500 and the season finale at Darlington, finishing a close third in the standings just behind Walt Faulkner, while Tony Bettenhausen led all drivers with three victories. The schedule featured mostly dirt-track events at venues like Milwaukee, Langhorne, Springfield, and Sacramento, plus the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, with Banks scoring his lone win at Detroit to edge out the tight points battle.
August 27, 1950
