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1952 Indianapolis 500 Previous race results Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post AAA Champ Car Series race number 1 of 12 Friday, May 30, 1952 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN 200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:52:42 Average speed: 128.922 mph Pole speed: 138.01 mph Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: 242.33 sec Attendance: 150000 Lead changes: 9 Glossary    1952 AAA Champ Car Series results   /   1952 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 7 98   Troy Ruttman Agajanian   (Agajanian) Kuzma / Offy 200   running 44 1000 2 10 59   Jim Rathmann Grancor / Wynn's Oil   (Grancor Auto) KK3000 / Offy 200   running 0 800 3 5 18   Sam Hanks Bardahl   (Walsh) KK3000 / Offy 200   running 0 700 4 6 1   Duane Carter Belanger Motors   (Belanger) Lesovsky / Offy 200   running 0 600 5 20 33   Art Cross Bowes Seal Fast   (Brady) KK4000 / Offy 200   running 0 500 6 21 77   Jimmy Bryan Schmidt KK3000 / Offy 200   running 0 400 7 23 37   Jimmy Reece John Zink KK4000 / Offy 200   running 0 300 8 14 54   George Connor Federal Engineering   (Federal Auto Associates) KK3000 / Offy 200   running 0 250 9 9 22   Cliff Griffith Tom Sarafoff   (Sarafoff) KK2000 / Offy 200   running 0 200 10 31 5   Johnnie Parsons Jim Robbins Kurtis / Offy 200   running 0 150 11 3 4   Jack McGrath Hinkle KK3000 / Offy 200   running 6 100 12 26 29   Jim Rigsby Bob Estes Watson / Offy 200   running 0 50 13 16 14   Joe James Bardahl   (Walsh) KK4000 / Offy 200   running 0   14 15 7   Bill Schindler Chapman Stevens / Offy 200   running 0   15 13 65   George Fonder Leitenberger Silnes-Sherman / Offy 197   running 0   16 24 81   Eddie Johnson Central Excavating   (Salemi) Trevis / Offy 193   running 0   17 8 26   Bill Vukovich Fuel Injection   (Keck) KK500A / Offy 191   steering 150   18 11 16   Chuck Stevenson Springfield Welding / Clay Smith   (Paoli) KK4000 / Offy 187   running 0   19 12 2   Henry Banks Blue Crown Spark Plug   (Hopkins) Lesovsky / Offy 184   running 0   20 28 8   Manny Ayulo Coast Grain Co.   (Coast Grain Co.) Lesovsky / Offy 184   running 0   21 33 31   Johnny McDowell McDowell   (Wolcott) Kurtis / Offy 182   running 0   22 29 48   Spider Webb Granatelli Racing Enterprises   (Granatelli) Bromme / Offy 162   oil leak 0   23 22 34   Rodger Ward Federal Engineering   (Federal Auto Associates) KK4000 / Offy 130   oil pressure 0   24 30 27   Tony Bettenhausen Blue Crown Spark Plug   (Slick) Deidt / Offy 93   oil pressure 0   25 4 36   Duke Nalon Novi Pure Oil   (Lewis Welch) Kurtis / Novi 84   supercharger 0   26 32 73   Bob Sweikert McNamara   (Elkins) KK2000 / Offy 77   differential 0   27 1 28   Freddie Agabashian Cummins Diesel   (Cummins Engines) Kurtis / Cummins 71   turbo 0   28 18 67   Gene Hartley Mel-Rae   (Mel Wiggers) KK4000 / Offy 65   exhaust 0   29 25 93   Bob Scott Ludson Morris KK2000 / Offy 49   transmission 0   30 27 21   Chet Miller Novi Pure Oil   (Lewis Welch) Kurtis / Novi 41   supercharger 0   31 19 12   Alberto Ascari Ferrari Special   (Ferrari) Ferrari / Ferrari 40   wheel 0   32 17 55   Bobby Ball Ansted Rotary   (Ansted) Stevens / Offy 34   gearbox 0   33 2 9   Andy Linden Miracle Power   (Hart Fullerton) KK4000 / Offy 20   oil pump 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Puffy Puffer GMC Walt Faulkner 3 Sid Street Motors Pankratz / Offy Johnnie Parsons 6 Grant Piston Ring Ferrari / Ferrari Paul Russo 10 Lutes Truck Parts Kurtis / Offy Bobby Ball 15, 38 Danny Kladis 19 Carmine Tuffanelli Deidt / Offy Carl Forberg 23 Fadely & Anderson Maserati / Offy Neal Carter 25 Auto Shippers Lou Rassey Kurtis / Offy Tommy Hinnershitz 27 Blue Crown Spark Plug Deidt / Offy Leroy Warriner 27 Blue Crown Spark Plug Deidt / Offy Allen Heath 32, 97 Engle-Stanko, J.C. Agajanian Carl Scarborough 33 Bowes Seal Fast Charles Bowes Kurtis / Offy Johnny Mauro 35 Kennedy Tank Ferrari / Ferrari Jud Larson 39 Iddings Meyer / Offy Danny Oakes 39 Iddings Meyer / Offy Jackie Holmes 41 Speed Maserati / Offy Art Cross 44 Bowes Seal Fast Charles Bowes Schroeder / Offy Bill Taylor 47 Blue Crown Spark Plug Lesovsky / Offy Johnnie Tolan 51 Blue Crown Spark Plug Deidt / Offy Spider Webb 51 Blue Crown Spark Plug Deidt / Offy Bill Cantrell 52 Pat Clancy Ewing / Offy Bob Sweikert 52, 71 Pat Clancy, Milt Marion Joe Barzda 53 California Speed Equipment Maserati / Offy Perry Grimm 55 Ansted Stevens / Offy Frank Luptow 56 Bardahl Oil Company Ewing / Offy Buzz Barton 58 Peter Wales Trucking Peter Wales Rae / Offy Jimmy Jackson 61 Auto Shippers Lou Rassey Kurtis / Offy Dick Frazier 63 Lee Glessner Stevens / Offy Jimmy Daywalt 64 Merkler Machine Works Kurtis / Offy Mike Nazaruk 66 John Zink Kurtis / Offy Duke Dinsmore 68 Vulcan Tool Ralph Miller Ralph Miller / Ralph Miller Bayliss Levrett 69 Brown Motor Kurtis / Offy Peter Hahn 74 Helin Flyer Snowberger / Offy Doc Shanebrook 76 Parks Offy Pawl / Offy Johnny Fedricks 82 Cal Connell Kurtis / Cadillac George Tichenor 88 Peter Schmidt Kurtis / Offy Bill Boyd 92 Pipe Fitters Paul A. Martin / Wm. Richards Koehnle / Offy Chuck Weyant 92 Pipe Fitters Paul A. Martin / Wm. Richards Koehnle / Offy Potsy Goacher 93 Dr. Morris Kurtis / Offy Gene Force 96 Brown Motors Schroeder / Offy Tony Bettenhausen 99 Belanger Motors Murrell Belanger Kurtis / Offy WD George Armstrong R.E. Moore WD Nino Farina Ferrari / Ferrari WD Albert Scully 62 Ellen Automic WD Ottis Stine 84 B&M Malamud Scopa / Offy Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Jack McGrath 1 6 6   Bill Vukovich 7 11 5   Troy Ruttman 12 12 1   Bill Vukovich 13 61 49   Troy Ruttman 62 82 21   Bill Vukovich 83 134 52   Troy Ruttman 135 147 13   Bill Vukovich 148 191 44   Troy Ruttman 192 200 9