1952 Indianapolis 500

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+6	Troy Ruttman	Kuzma-Offenhauser	200	3hr 52m 41.880s	8
2	+8	Jim Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200	+4m 02.329s	6
3	+2	Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200		4
4	+2	Duane Carter	Lesovsky-Offenhauser	200		3
5	+15	Art Cross	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200		2
6	+15	Jimmy Bryan	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200
7	+16	Jimmy Reece	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200
8	+6	George Connor	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200
9		Cliff Griffith	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200
10	+21	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200
11	-8	Jack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200
12	+14	Jim Rigsby	Watson-Offenhauser	200
13	+3	Joe James	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	200
14	+1	Bill Schindler	Stevens-Offenhauser	200
15	-2	George Fonder	Sherman-Offenhauser	197	+3 laps
16	+8	Eddie Johnson	Trevis-Offenhauser	193	+7 laps
17	-9	Bill Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	191	DNF	1 FL
18	-7	Chuck Stevenson	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	187	+13 laps
19	-7	Henry Banks	Lesovsky-Offenhauser	184	+16 laps
20	+8	Manuel Ayulo	Lesovsky-Offenhauser	184	+16 laps
21	+12	Johnny McDowell	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	182	+18 laps
22	+7	Spider Webb	Bromme-Offenhauser	162	DNF
23	-1	Rodger Ward	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	130	DNF
24	+6	Tony Bettenhausen	Deidt-Offenhauser	93	DNF
25	-21	Duke Nalon	Kurtis Kraft-Novi	84	DNF
26	+6	Bob Sweikert	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	77	DNF
27	-26	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft-Cummins	71	DNF
28	-10	Gene Hartley	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	65	DNF
29	-4	Bob Scott	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	49	DNF
30	-3	Chet Miller	Kurtis Kraft-Novi	41	DNF
31	-12	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	40	DNF
32	-15	Bobby Ball	Stevens-Offenhauser	34	DNF
33	-31	Andy Linden	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	20	DNF

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1952 Indianapolis 500.

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Piero Taruffi	9
2	Troy Ruttman	8
3	Rudi Fischer	6
=	Jim Rathmann	6
5	Jean Behra	4
=	Sam Hanks	4
7	Ken Wharton	3
=	Duane Carter	3
9	Alan Brown	2
=	Art Cross	2
11	Bill Vukovich	1

Statistics & milestones

Race debut

Jimmy Bryan, Art Cross, George Fonder, Eddie Johnson, Jimmy Reece, Jim Rigsby (only start), Bob Scott, Bob Sweikert

Last start

Bobby Ball, Henry Banks, George Connor, Joe James, Johnny McDowell, Chet Miller, Bill Schindler

Deidt, Sherman

Wins

1st and only for Troy Ruttman (9th different winner, 3rd American driver)

1st and only for Kuzma (4th different winner)

Podiums

1st and only for Troy Ruttman (23rd different podium finisher, 8th American driver), 1st for Jim Rathmann (24th different podium finisher, 9th American driver; only podium for Kurtis Kraft)

1st for Sam Hanks (25th different podium finisher, 10th American driver)

5th & 6th for Kurtis Kraft, 1st for Kuzma (8th different podium finisher)

Poles

1st and only for Fred Agabashian (7th different polesitter, 3rd American driver)

3rd for Kurtis Kraft

Qualifying 1-2

3rd for Kurtis Kraft

Fastest laps

1st for Bill Vukovich (6th different fastest lap setter, 3rd American driver)

3rd for Kurtis Kraft

Front row starts

2nd for Fred Agabashian & Jack McGrath, 1st and only for Andy Linden (17th different front row starter, 7th American driver)

Points finishes

1st for Troy Ruttman, Jim Rathmann, Sam Hanks, Duane Carter, Art Cross & Bill Vukovich (38th-43rd different point scorers, 13th-18th American drivers)

See also

• Indianapolis 500
• Indianapolis circuit
• 1952 World Championship season