As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Duane Carter · Troy Ruttman
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
3
—
2
5 shared
Qualifying H2H
4
—
1
5 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P13
Best championship
P7
Finished ahead in the standings:
1 · 1
1952
P7
1954
P23
Teammate battle by season
0
1
1954
Career totals
Duane Carter
Troy Ruttman
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
1
Poles
0
0
Podiums
0
1
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
3
9.5
Starts
8
9
Rate-adjusted · per start
Duane Carter
Troy Ruttman
Win rate
0%
11.1%
Podium rate
0%
11.1%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
0.4
1.1
Avg grid
P14.4
P10.8
Avg finish
P11.6
P17.9
Finish rate
87.5%
66.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Duane Carter
Troy Ruttman
Mechanical retirements
1
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
1950
Debut season
1950
—
First win
1952 · aged 22
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P4
Best finish
P1
+2.8
Avg places gained
-6.1
Season points trajectory
Duane Carter
Troy Ruttman
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Duane Carter | Troy Ruttman |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 0 · 0 · P4 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Duane Carter 0 · 0 · P4 1 · 1 · P1 Troy Ruttman | ||
Team history
Duane Carter
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).