1952 Indianapolis 500

Fact File

Date:	Friday, 30 May 1952
Winner:	Troy Ruttman Kuzma-Offenhauser
Pole position:	Fred Agabashian Kurtis Kraft-Cummins
Fastest lap:	Bill Vukovich Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
Circuit:	Indianapolis, 200 laps
Round:	2 of 8

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-race.

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

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

Last start

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

Constructor: Deidt, Sherman

Wins

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

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

Podiums

Driver: 1st and only for Troy Ruttman, 1st for Jim Rathmann & Sam Hanks (23rd, 24th & 25th different podium finishers, 8th, 9th & 10th American drivers)

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

Poles

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

Constructor: 3rd for Kurtis Kraft

Qualifying 1-2

Constructor: 3rd for Kurtis Kraft

Fastest laps

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

Constructor: 3rd for Kurtis Kraft

Front row starts

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

Points finishes

Driver: 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