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Round 2 · 1952

Indianapolis 500

Troy Ruttman won the Indianapolis 500 1952 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on 30 May 1952, starting from P7 on the grid. Jim Rathmann finished second for Kurtis Kraft, with Sam Hanks completing the podium for Kurtis Kraft.

Race Results

PosGridDriverTeamLapsTime / StatusPtsFL
17Troy RuttmanRUTKuzma2003:52:41.888
210Jim RathmannRATKurtis Kraft200+4:02.336
35Sam HanksHANKurtis Kraft200+6:11.614
46Duane CarterCARLesovsky200+6:48.343
520Art CrossCROKurtis Kraft200+8:40.152
621Jimmy BryanBRYKurtis Kraft200+9:24.320
723Jimmy ReeceREEKurtis Kraft200+10:35.240
814George ConnorCONKurtis Kraft200+12:00.610
99Cliff GriffithGRIKurtis Kraft200+12:23.760
1031Johnnie ParsonsPARKurtis Kraft200+13:37.780
113Jack McGrathMCGKurtis Kraft200+14:21.720
1226Jim RigsbyRIGWatson200+16:05.100
1316Joe JamesJAMKurtis Kraft200+16:55.650
1415Bill SchindlerSCHStevens200+18:48.660
1513George FonderFONSherman197+3 Laps0
1624Eddie JohnsonJOHTrevis193+7 Laps0
178Bill VukovichVUKKurtis Kraft191Steering1
1811Chuck StevensonSTEKurtis Kraft187+13 Laps0
1912Henry BanksBANLesovsky184+16 Laps0
2028Manny AyuloAYULesovsky184+16 Laps0
2133Johnny McDowellMCDKurtis Kraft182+18 Laps0
R29Travis WebbWEBBromme162Oil leak0
R22Rodger WardWARKurtis Kraft130Oil pressure0
R30Tony BettenhausenBETDeidt93Oil pressure0
R4Duke NalonNALKurtis Kraft84Supercharger0
R32Bob SweikertSWEKurtis Kraft77Differential0
R1Fred AgabashianAGAKurtis Kraft71Turbo0
R18Gene HartleyHARKurtis Kraft65Exhaust0
R25Bob ScottSCOKurtis Kraft49Transmission0
R27Chet MillerMILKurtis Kraft41Supercharger0
R19Alberto AscariASCFerrari40Wheel0
R17Bobby BallBALStevens34Gearbox0
R2Andy LindenLINKurtis Kraft20Oil pump0