1952 Indianapolis 500

The Indianapolis 500 1952 was the 2nd round of the 1952 F1 season, and took place at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, USA, on May 30th.

Troy Ruttman won the race after starting in the 7th position, followed by Jim Rathmann, and Sam Hanks completing the podium.

Fred Agabashian started from the pole position, but didn't manage to cross the finish line, as he had a turbo failure, and had to retire on lap 71st.

Final results

Race evolution

Pit Stops

Strategy

Unfortunately we do not have strategy information for this race..

Incidents

The reace did not end without incidents... 18 drivers out of the original 33 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.

These included, Bill Vukovich, who had issues with the steering of the car on lap 191, Travis Webb, who had an oil leak on lap 162, Rodger Ward, and Tony Bettenhausen, both suffered a loss in oil pressure, Duke Nalon, and Chet Miller, both had a problem with the sueprcharger, Bob Sweikert, who had a problem with the differential on lap 77, Fred Agabashian, who had a turbo failure on lap 71, Gene Hartley, who suffered from problems with the exhaust on lap 65, Bob Scott, who had a transmission problem on lap 49, Alberto Ascari, who had a wheel problem on lap 40, Bobby Ball, who experienced issues with the gearbox on lap 34, and Andy Linden, who had an oil pump failure on lap 20.

Qualifying