1952 Indianapolis 500

1952 Running of the Indianapolis 500

1952 Indianapolis 500
*Held on May 30, 1952 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, IN*
200 L, 500 M, 804.6 KM - Scheduled Distance

FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	7	98	Troy Ruttman	Agajanian	Kuzma / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	200	44	running	8/1000"/1000" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8.
2	10	59	Jim Rathmann	Grancor, Wynn's	KK3000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	200	0	running	6/800"/800" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6.
3	5	18	Sam Hanks	Bardahl	KK3000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	200	0	running	4/700"/700" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 4.
4	6	1	Duane Carter	Belanger Motors	Lesovsky / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	200	0	running	3/600"/600" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 3.
5	20	33	Art Cross	Bowes Seal Fast	KK4000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	200	0	running	2/500"/500" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 2.
6	21	77	Jimmy Bryan	Schmidt	KK3000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	200	0	running	0/400"/400" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 0.
7	23	37	Jimmy Reece	John Zink	KK4000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	200	0	running	0/300"/300" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 0.
8	14	54	George Connor	Federal Engineering	KK3000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	200	0	running	0/250"/250" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 0.
9	9	22	Cliff Griffith	Tom Sarafoff	KK2000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	200	0	running	0/200"/200" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 0.
10	31	5	Johnnie Parsons	Jim Robbins	Kurtis / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	200	0	running	0/150"/150" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 0.
11	3	4	Jack McGrath	Hinkle	KK3000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	200	6	running	0/100"/100" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 0.
12	26	29	Jim Rigsby	Bob Estes	Watson / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	200	0	running	0/50"/50" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 0.
13	16	14	Joe James	Bardahl	KK4000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	200	0	running	0
14	15	7	Bill Schindler	Chapman	Stevens / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	200	0	running	0
15	13	65	George Fonder	Leitenberger	Silnes-Sherman / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	197	0	running	0
16	24	81	Eddie Johnson	Central Excavating	Trevis / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	193	0	running	0
17	8	26	Bill Vukovich	Fuel Injection	KK500A / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	191	150	steering	1
18	11	16	Chuck Stevenson	Springfield Welding, Clay Smith	KK4000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	187	0	running	0
19	12	2	Henry Banks	Blue Crown Spark Plug	Lesovsky / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	184	0	running	0
20	28	8	Manny Ayulo	Coast Grain	Lesovsky / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	184	0	running	0
21	33	31	Johnny McDowell	McDowell	Kurtis / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	182	0	running	0
22	29	48	Spider Webb	Granatelli Racing Enterprises	Bromme / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	162	0	oil leak	0
23	22	34	Rodger Ward	Federal Engineering	KK4000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	130	0	oil pressure	0
24	30	27	Tony Bettenhausen	Blue Crown Spark Plug	Deidt / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	93	0	oil pressure	0
25	4	36	Duke Nalon	Novi Pure Oil	Kurtis / Novi 3.0 L8C	84	0	supercharger	0
26	32	73	Bob Sweikert	McNamara	KK2000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	77	0	differential	0
27	1	28	Freddie Agabashian	Cummins Diesel	Kurtis / Cummins 3.0 L6C	71	0	turbo	0
28	18	67	Gene Hartley	Mel-Rae	KK4000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	65	0	exhaust	0
29	25	93	Bob Scott	Morris	KK2000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	49	0	transmission	0
30	27	21	Chet Miller	Novi Pure Oil	Kurtis / Novi 3.0 L8C	41	0	supercharger	0
31	19	12	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	Ferrari 375 Special / Ferrari 4.5 V12	40	0	wheel	0
32	17	55	Bobby Ball	Ansted Rotary	Stevens / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	34	0	gearbox	0
33	2	9	Andy Linden	Miracle Power	KK4000 / Offenhauser 4.5 L4	20	0	oil pump	0
DID NOT QUALIFY
		44	Art Cross	Bowes Seal Fast	Schroeder/Offy			DNQ
		52	Bill Cantrell	Pat Clancy	Ewing/Offy			DNQ
		38	Bobby Ball	Howard Keck	Ferrari/Ferrari			DNQ
		58	Buzz Barton	Peter Wales Trucking	Rae/Offy			DNQ
		68	Duke Dinsmore	Vulcan Tool	Ralph Miller/Ralph Miller			DNQ
		64	Jimmy Daywalt	Merkler Machine Works	Kurtis/Offy SC			DNQ
		53	Joe Barzda	California Speed Equipment	Maserati/Offy			DNQ
		25	Neal Carter	Auto Shippers	Kurtis 500A/Offy			DNQ
		23	Carl Forberg	Fadely & Anderson	Maserati/Offy			DNQ
		63	Dick Frazier	Jeanie-Lee, Glessner	Stevens/Offy			DNQ
		96	Gene Force	Brown Motors	Schroeder/Offy			DNQ
		3	Walt Faulkner	Sid Street Motors	Pankratz/Offy			DNQ
		41	Jackie Holmes	Speed	Maserati/Offy SC			DNQ
		74	Peter Hahn	Helin Flyer	Snowberger/Offy			DNQ
		61	Jimmy Jackson	Auto Shippers	Kurtis 3000/Offy			DNQ
		19	Danny Kladis	Tuffanelli-Derrico	Deidt FD/Offy			DNQ
		56	Frank Luptow	Bardahl	Ewing/Offy			DNQ
		39	Jud Larson	Iddings	Meyer/Offy			DNQ
		35	Johnny Mauro	Kennedy Tank	Ferrari/Ferrari			DNQ
		66	Mike Nazaruk	John Zink	Kurtis 3000/Offy			DNQ
		6	Johnnie Parsons	Grant Piston Ring	Ferrari/Ferrari			DNQ
		47	Bill Taylor	Blue Crown Spark Plug	Lesovsky/Offy			DNQ
		88	George Tichenor	Schmidt	Kurtis 4000/Offy			DNQ
		92	Chuck Weyant	Pipe Fitters	Koehnle/Offy			DNQ
		51	Spider Webb	Blue Crown Spark Plug	Deidt FD/Offy			DNQ
		10	Paul Russo	Lutes Truck Parts	Kurtis 4000/Offy			DNQ
		52	Bob Sweikert	Pat Clancy	Ewing/Offy			DNQ
		71	Bob Sweikert	Marion Engineering	Kurtis 2000/Offy			DNQ
		76	Doc Shanebrook	Parks Offy	Pawl/Offy			DNQ
		27	Tommy Hinnershitz	Blue Crown Spark Plug	Deidt FD/Offy			DNQ
		27	Leroy Warriner	Blue Crown Spark Plug	Deidt FD/Offy			DNQ
		39	Danny Oakes	Iddings	Meyer/Offy			DNQ
		51	Johnnie Tolan	Blue Crown Spark Plug	Deidt FD/Offy			DNQ
		55	Perry Grimm	Ansted	Stevens/Offy			DNQ
		92	Bill Boyd	Pipe Fitters	Koehnle/Offy			DNQ
		93	Potsy Goacher	Dr. Morris	Kurtis 2000/Offy			DNQ
		44	Carl Scarborough	Bowes Seal Fast	Schroeder/Offy			DNQ
		39	Frank Armi	Iddings	Meyer/Offy			DNQ
		74	George Lynch	Helin Flyer	Snowberger/Offy			DNQ
PRACTICED CAR
		15	Bobby Ball	Blakely Oil	Schroeder/Offy			practiced car
		99	Tony Bettenhausen	Belanger	Kurtis/Off			practiced car
		32	Allen Heath	Engle-Stanko	Kurtis 4000/Offy			practiced car
		69	Bayliss Levrett	Brown Motor	Kurtis 2000/Offy			practiced car
		84	Ottis Stine	B & M Malamud	Scopa/Offy			practiced car

OTHER AVAILABLE SESSIONS
VIEW: Qualifying 1
RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 3h:52:41.88
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials (Four-Lap Average)
Fast Qualifier: Freddie Agabashian - 65.212 sec.
Preliminary Feature Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{PrelimWinners}}}\|{{{PrelimWinners}}}]]
Heat Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{HeatWinners}}}\|{{{HeatWinners}}}]]
Qualifier Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{QualWinners}}}\|{{{QualWinners}}}]]
Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}\|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
Scramble Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ScrambleWinners}}}\|{{{ScrambleWinners}}}]]
Consi Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ConsiWinners}}}\|{{{ConsiWinners}}}]]
Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}\|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
Margin of Victory: 242.33 seconds
Average Speed: ??? mph
Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available
Lead Changes: 9 among 3 drivers - Jack McGrath (1-6); Bill Vukovich (7-11); Troy Ruttman (12); Bill Vukovich (13-61); Troy Ruttman (62-82); Bill Vukovich (83-134); Troy Ruttman (135-147); Bill Vukovich (148-191); Troy Ruttman (192-200)
Fastest Lap: Bill Vukovich - 66.6 seconds (lap 8)