I thought we've done this before, but apart from AAA, most (if not all) "feeder" series ran a full schedule for the first five or six months of 1942, until racing was finally banned altogether.
As further evidence of this, I have found point standings for both the CSRA and Hankinson Circuit Championships from April 1942, indicating a "business as usual" mentality. Both championships began with the April 19 Reading Inaugural meeting, and since I have (almost) full results for that event I was able to figure out the scoring method for the CSRA title at the very least - Hankinson points were a bit more complex, I'm afraid...
The two articles detailing the points tables also included previews of the following races for each championship, so that the following list of qualifying rounds can be established:
CSRA
1. Reading (PA), Apr 19, 10 m, 1st Joie Chitwood (Peters=Cunningham/Offenhauser), 2nd Bob Sall (Judson=Gardner/Miller), 3rd Buster Warke (Kreiser/Hal), etc.
2. Williams Grove (PA), May 3, 10 m, 1st Ted Horn (Horn/Offenhauser), 2nd Bill Holland (Malamud/Miller), 3rd Walt Ader (?/McDowell)
3. Greenville (OH), May 10 pp 17, ?, 1st Mike Salay
etc.
Hankinson
1. Reading (PA), Apr 19, 10 m, 1st Joie Chitwood (Peters=Cunningham/Offenhauser), 2nd Bob Sall (Judson=Gardner/Miller), 3rd Buster Warke (Kreiser/Hal), etc.
2. Reading (PA), May 17, 10 m, 1st Joie Chitwood (Musick=O'Day/Offenhauser), 2nd Ted Horn (Horn/Offenhauser), 3rd Tommy Hinnershitz (Horn=Garnant/Offenhauser)
3. Springfield (MA), May 30, ?, ?
4. Milwaukee (WI), Jun 14 rs May 30, 20 m, 1st Joie Chitwood (Musick=O'Day/Offenhauser), 2nd Dave Randolph (Horn=Schrader/Miller), 3rd Eddie Nicholson (Nicholson=Schrader/Offenhauser)
etc.
I am pretty sure that all the Hankinson rounds also qualified for the CSRA Championship, and also the following races:
Langhorne (PA), May 10, 20 m, 1st Jimmie Wilburn (Wilburn=Morgan/Offenhauser), 2nd Ted Horn (Horn/Offenhauser), 3rd Rex Records (?/Miller)
Williams Grove (PA), May 10, 10 m, 1st Bill Holland (Malamud/Miller), 2nd Walt Ader (?/McDowell)
Hammond (IN), May 24, 12½ m, 1st Eddie Nicholson (Nicholson=Schrader/Offenhauser)
Urbana (IL), May 30, ?, ?
Davenport (IA), Jun 14, 10 m, 1st ?, 2nd Tommy Hinnershitz (Horn=Garnant/Offenhauser)
Fort Wayne (IN), Jun 14, ?, 1st Tony Bettenhausen (Iddings/Hal), 2nd Bus Wilbert (Dreyer?), 3rd Elbert Booker (Jewell/Hal), etc.
Danville (IL), Jun 28, ?, ?
Birmingham (AL), Jul 4, 10 m, 1st Joie Chitwood (Musick=O'Day/Offenhauser), 2nd Bill Holland (Malamud/Miller), 3rd Tommy Hinnershitz (Horn=Garnant/Offenhauser), etc.
Not sure about those ones:
Tampa (FL), Feb 3, ?, ? - almost certainly IMCA
Jungle Park (IN), May 10, ?, 1st Tony Bettenhausen (Iddings/Hal) - possibly MDTRA
Dayton (OH), May 24?, ?, 1st Tony Bettenhausen (Iddings/Hal), 2nd? Duke Nalon (Weirick=Sparks/Offenhauser), 3rd Jimmie Wilburn (Wilburn=Morgan/Offenhauser)
Cape Girardeau (MO), May 31, ?, 1st Joie Chitwood (Musick=O'Day/Offenhauser) - possibly IMCA
Winchester (IN), May 30 (pp 31?), 7½ m, 1st Jimmie Wilburn (Wilburn=Morgan/Offenhauser)
Hammond (IN), Jun 7, ?, ?
Grand Forks (ND), Jun 28, ?, 1st Eddie Nicholson (Nicholson=Schrader/Offenhauser) - probably IMCA
Jungle Park (IN), Jul 26, ?, 1st Bus Wilbert (Dreyer?) - possibly MDTRA
I'm sure there must've been more races, as I've seen Chitwood credited with 14 wins for 1942! Anyway, he won the CSRA title with 274 points, which should equal roughly six wins, from Hinnershitz with either 202 or 208, depending on source. Alas, I have no info on whether Hankinson ever published a final point tabulation for the year - as will be recalled, he died in August of 1942.
Apparently, IMCA didn't publish a final points table, either, but Chitwood is occasionally mentioned as the 1942 IMCA "king".
Edited by Michael Ferner, 16 January 2010 - 10:09.