Season 1952 · Round 2

Indianapolis 500

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1952-05-30 · Indianapolis Motor Speedway · USA · Indianapolis 500 · 200Lap · 804.672km
98 Troy Ruttman
Kuzma 3:52:41.880
59 Jim Rathmann
Kurtis Kraft +4:02.330
Team win 13pt P2 · P3 · P5 · P6 · P7 · P8 · P9 · P10 · P11 · P13 · P17 · P18 · P21 · P23 · P25 · P26 · P27 · P28 · P29 · P30 · P33 2-3
18 Sam Hanks
Kurtis Kraft +6:11.610
Fastest Lap
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DNF
12
Travis Webb L162 Rodger Ward L130 Tony Bettenhausen L93 Duke Nalon L84 Bob Sweikert L77 Fred Agabashian L71 Gene Hartley L65 Bob Scott L49 Chet Miller L41 Alberto Ascari L40 +2
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Pole-to-win rate 5/19 26.3%
Most DNFs · all-time P1
Closest finish · all-time P2
Most lead changes · all-time P25
Circuit Info
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis, USA
200Lap 804.672km 19 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:10.399 · Rubens Barrichello (2004)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Bill Vukovich 2 wins · GP #1
P2 Sam Hanks 1 wins · → Bill Vukovich -1
P2 Johnnie Parsons 1 wins · → Bill Vukovich -1
Pole Position
P1 Fred Agabashian 1 · GP #1
P1 Jack McGrath 1 · GP #1
P1 Duke Nalon 1 · GP #1
Podiums
P1 Sam Hanks 4 · GP #1
P1 Jim Rathmann 4 · GP #1
P3 Jimmy Bryan 3 · → Jim Rathmann -1
Starts
P1 Tony Bettenhausen 11 starts · GP #1
P2 Jim Rathmann 10 starts · → Tony Bettenhausen -1
P2 Rodger Ward 10 starts · → Tony Bettenhausen -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 L200 Ruttman · P7 → P1 · +6 7 Ruttman RUT 1 Ruttman RUT Rathmann · P10 → P2 · +8 10 Rathmann RAT 2 Rathmann RAT Hanks · P5 → P3 · +2 5 Hanks HAN 3 Hanks HAN Carter · P6 → P4 · +2 6 Carter CAR 4 Carter CAR Cross · P20 → P5 · +15 20 Cross CRO 5 Cross CRO Bryan · P21 → P6 · +15 21 Bryan BRY 6 Bryan BRY Reece · P23 → P7 · +16 23 Reece REE 7 Reece REE Connor · P14 → P8 · +6 14 Connor CON 8 Connor CON Griffith · P9 → P9 9 Griffith GRI 9 Griffith GRI Parsons · P31 → P10 · +21 31 Parsons PAR 10 Parsons PAR McGrath · P3 → P11 · -8 3 McGrath MCG 11 McGrath MCG Rigsby · P26 → P12 · +14 26 Rigsby RIG 12 Rigsby RIG James · P16 → P13 · +3 16 James JAM 13 James JAM Schindler · P15 → P14 · +1 15 Schindler SCH 14 Schindler SCH Fonder · P13 → P15 · -2 13 Fonder FON 15 Fonder FON Johnson · P24 → P16 · +8 24 Johnson JOH 16 Johnson JOH Vukovich · P8 → P17 · -9 8 Vukovich VUK 17 Vukovich VUK Stevenson · P11 → P18 · -7 11 Stevenson STE 18 Stevenson STE Banks · P12 → P19 · -7 12 Banks BAN 19 Banks BAN Ayulo · P28 → P20 · +8 28 Ayulo AYU 20 Ayulo AYU McDowell · P33 → P21 · +12 33 McDowell MCD 21 McDowell MCD Webb · P29 → retired L162 Webb · retired L162 29 Webb WEB R Webb WEB Ward · P22 → retired L130 Ward · retired L130 22 Ward WAR R Ward WAR Bettenhausen · P30 → retired L93 Bettenhausen · retired L93 30 Bettenhausen BET R Bettenhausen BET Nalon · P4 → retired L84 Nalon · retired L84 4 Nalon NAL R Nalon NAL Sweikert · P32 → retired L77 Sweikert · retired L77 32 Sweikert SWE R Sweikert SWE Agabashian · P1 → retired L71 Agabashian · retired L71 1 Agabashian AGA R Agabashian AGA Hartley · P18 → retired L65 Hartley · retired L65 18 Hartley HAR R Hartley HAR Scott · P25 → retired L49 Scott · retired L49 25 Scott SCO R Scott SCO Miller · P27 → retired L41 Miller · retired L41 27 Miller MIL R Miller MIL Ascari · P19 → retired L40 Ascari · retired L40 19 Ascari ASC R Ascari ASC Ball · P17 → retired L34 Ball · retired L34 17 Ball BAL R Ball BAL Linden · P2 → retired L20 Linden · retired L20 2 Linden LIN R Linden LIN
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 98 Troy Ruttman Kuzma 7 200 3:52:41.880 8
2 59 Jim Rathmann Kurtis Kraft 10 200 +4:02.330 6
3 18 Sam Hanks Kurtis Kraft 5 200 +6:11.610 4
4 1 Duane Carter Lesovsky 6 200 +6:48.340 3
5 33 Art Cross Kurtis Kraft 20 200 +8:40.150 2
6 77 Jimmy Bryan Kurtis Kraft 21 200 +9:24.320
7 37 Jimmy Reece Kurtis Kraft 23 200 +10:35.240
8 54 George Connor Kurtis Kraft 14 200 +12:00.610
9 22 Cliff Griffith Kurtis Kraft 9 200 +12:23.760
10 5 Johnnie Parsons Kurtis Kraft 31 200 +13:37.780
11 4 Jack McGrath Kurtis Kraft 3 200 +14:21.720
12 29 Jim Rigsby Watson 26 200 +16:05.100
13 14 Joe James Kurtis Kraft 16 200 +16:55.650
14 7 Bill Schindler Stevens 15 200 +18:48.660
15 65 George Fonder Sherman 13 197 +3 Laps
16 81 Eddie Johnson Trevis 24 193 +7 Laps
17 26 Bill Vukovich Kurtis Kraft 8 191 Steering 1
18 16 Chuck Stevenson Kurtis Kraft 11 187 +13 Laps
19 2 Henry Banks Lesovsky 12 184 +16 Laps
20 8 Manny Ayulo Lesovsky 28 184 +16 Laps
21 31 Johnny McDowell Kurtis Kraft 33 182 +18 Laps
R 48 Travis Webb Bromme 29 162 Oil leak
R 34 Rodger Ward Kurtis Kraft 22 130 Oil pressure
R 27 Tony Bettenhausen Deidt 30 93 Oil pressure
R 36 Duke Nalon Kurtis Kraft 4 84 Supercharger
R 73 Bob Sweikert Kurtis Kraft 32 77 Differential
R 28 Fred Agabashian Kurtis Kraft 1 71 Turbo
R 67 Gene Hartley Kurtis Kraft 18 65 Exhaust
R 93 Bob Scott Kurtis Kraft 25 49 Transmission
R 21 Chet Miller Kurtis Kraft 27 41 Supercharger
R 12 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 19 40 Wheel
R 55 Bobby Ball Stevens 17 34 Gearbox
R 9 Andy Linden Kurtis Kraft 2 20 Oil pump
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
28 Fred Agabashian
2
9 Andy Linden
3
4 Jack McGrath
4
36 Duke Nalon
5
18 Sam Hanks
6
1 Duane Carter
7
98 Troy Ruttman
8
26 Bill Vukovich
9
22 Cliff Griffith
10
59 Jim Rathmann
11
16 Chuck Stevenson
12
2 Henry Banks
13
65 George Fonder
14
54 George Connor
15
7 Bill Schindler
16
14 Joe James
17
55 Bobby Ball
18
67 Gene Hartley
19
12 Alberto Ascari
20
33 Art Cross
21
77 Jimmy Bryan
22
34 Rodger Ward
23
37 Jimmy Reece
24
81 Eddie Johnson
25
93 Bob Scott
26
29 Jim Rigsby
27
21 Chet Miller
28
8 Manny Ayulo
29
48 Travis Webb
30
27 Tony Bettenhausen
31
5 Johnnie Parsons
32
73 Bob Sweikert
33
31 Johnny McDowell
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2012 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15