As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Bob Sweikert · Troy Ruttman
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
1
—
2
3 shared
Qualifying H2H
2
—
1
3 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P7
Best championship
P7
Teammate battle by season
0
1
1954
Career totals
Bob Sweikert
Troy Ruttman
Championships
0
0
Wins
1
1
Poles
0
0
Podiums
1
1
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
8
9.5
Starts
5
9
Rate-adjusted · per start
Bob Sweikert
Troy Ruttman
Win rate
20%
11.1%
Podium rate
20%
11.1%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
1.6
1.1
Avg grid
P18.8
P10.8
Avg finish
P13.4
P17.9
Finish rate
60%
66.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Bob Sweikert
Troy Ruttman
Mechanical retirements
2
2
Crash retirements
0
1
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
1952
Debut season
1950
1955 · aged 29
First win
1952 · aged 22
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P1
+5.4
Avg places gained
-6.1
Season points trajectory
Bob Sweikert
Troy Ruttman
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Bob Sweikert | Troy Ruttman |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Bob Sweikert 1 · 1 · P1 1 · 1 · P1 Troy Ruttman | ||
Team history
Bob Sweikert
Troy Ruttman
Lesovsky 1950Kurtis Kraft 1951Kuzma 1952Kurtis Kraft 1954Kurtis Kraft 1956Watson 1957Maserati 1958Watson 1960
19501960
Basis
Head-to-head counts races where both drivers were classified, compared by final position (post-penalty). Teammate section counts only seasons in the same car. Career totals mirror the source data. Data: Jolpica-F1 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).