As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Troy Ruttman · Duke Nalon
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
1
—
1
2 shared
Qualifying H2H
0
—
2
2 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P7
Best championship
—
Teammate battle by season
0
1
1951
Career totals
Troy Ruttman
Duke Nalon
Championships
0
0
Wins
1
0
Poles
0
1
Podiums
1
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
9.5
0
Starts
9
3
Rate-adjusted · per start
Troy Ruttman
Duke Nalon
Win rate
11.1%
0%
Podium rate
11.1%
0%
Pole rate
0%
33.3%
Points / start
1.1
0.0
Avg grid
P10.8
P10.3
Avg finish
P17.9
P15.3
Finish rate
66.7%
33.3%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Troy Ruttman
Duke Nalon
Mechanical retirements
2
1
Crash retirements
1
0
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Retirements with an unclear cause: 0 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1950
Debut season
1951
1952 · aged 22
First win
—
—
First pole
1951
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P11
-6.1
Avg places gained
-5.0
Season points trajectory
Troy Ruttman
Duke Nalon
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Troy Ruttman | Duke Nalon |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| Troy Ruttman 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P11 Duke Nalon | ||
Team history
Troy Ruttman
Lesovsky 1950Kurtis Kraft 1951Kuzma 1952Kurtis Kraft 1954Kurtis Kraft 1956Watson 1957Maserati 1958Watson 1960
Duke Nalon
Kurtis Kraft 1951–1953
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).