1952 Indianapolis 500

1952 Formula One Season
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1952 Indianapolis 500
Date	May 30, 1952
Round	2
Track	Indianapolis
Laps	200
Weather	Hot & Sunny
Pole Position
Driver
Time
Fastest Lap
Driver
Time

The 1952 edition featured a non-American driver for the first time since 1946, when Italian driver Alberto Ascari participated. It was also the first time since the race was included in Formula One that a European driver participated (Ascari would win the series title in 1952).

[edit] Results

Pos/Lap		Driver	Team	Time/Laps	Start Pos.	Status	Points
1		Troy Ruttmann	Kuzma-Offenhauser	3:52'41.88	7	Running	8
2		Jim Rathmann	Kurtis-Kraft-Offenhauser	+4'02.33	10	Running	6
3		Sam Hanks	Kurtis-Kraft-Offenhauser	+6'11.61	5	Running	4
4		Duane Carter	Lesovsky-Offenhauser	+6'48.34	6	Running	3
5		Art Cross	Kurtis-Kraft-Offenhauser	+8'40.15	20	Running	2
6		Jimmy Bryan	Kurtis-Kraft-Offenhauser	+9'24.32	21	Running
7		Jimmy Reace	Kurtis-Kraft-Offenhauser	+10'35.24	23	Running
8		George Connor	Kurtis-Kraft-Offenhauser	+12'00.61	14	Running
9		Cliff Griffith	Kurtis-Kraft-Offenhauser	+12'23.76	9	Running
10		Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis-Kraft-Offenhauser	+13'37.78	31	Running
11		Jack McGrath	Kurtis-Kraft-Offenhauser	+14'21.72	3	Running
12		Jim Rigsby	Watson-Offenhauser	+16'05.10	26	Running
13		Joe James	Kurtis-Kraft-Offenhauser	+16'55.65	16	Running
14		Bill Schindler	Stevens-Offenhauser	+18'48.66	15	Running
15		George Fonder	Sherman-Offenhauser	197 laps	13	Running
16		Eddie Johnson	Trevis-Offenhauser	193 laps	24	Running
17		Bill Vukovich	Kurtis-Kraft-Offenhauser	191 laps	8	Steering	1
18		Chuck Stevenson	Kurtis-Kraft-Offenhauser	187 laps	11	Running
19		Henry Banks	Lesovsky-Offenhauser	184 laps	12	Running
20		Manny Ayulo	Lesovsky-Offenhauser	184 laps	28	Running
21		Johnny McDowell	Kurtis-Kraft-Offenhauser	182 laps	33	Running
22		Spider Webb	Bromme-Offenhauser	162 laps	29	Oil Line
23		Rodger Ward	Kurtis-Kraft-Offenhauser	130 laps	22	Oil Leak
24		Tony Bettenhausen	Deidt-Offenhauser	93 laps	30	Stalled
25		Duke Nalen	Kurtis-Kraft-Novi	84 laps	4	Supercharger
26		Bob Sweikert	Kurtis-Kraft-Offenhauser	77 laps	32	Differential
27		Fred Agabashian	Kurtis-Kraft-Cummins	71 laps	1	Supercharger
28		Gene Hartley	Kurtis-Kraft-Offenhauser	65 laps	18	Wheels
29		Bob Scott	Kurtis-Kraft-Offenhauser	49 laps	25	Drive Shaft
30		Chet Miller	Kurtis-Kraft-Novi	41 laps	27	Supercharger
31		Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	40 laps	19	Spun Out
32		Bobby Ball	Stevens-Offenhauser	34 laps	17	Gear Case
33		Andy Linden	Kurtis-Kraft-Offenhauser	20 laps	2	Sump Pump

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