Indianapolis 1952: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft	4:20.850	+1.920
2	Linden	Kurtis Kraft	4:22.770	+3.840
3	McGrath	Kurtis Kraft	4:23.420	+4.490
4	Nalon	Kurtis Kraft	4:24.340	+5.410
5	Hanks	Kurtis Kraft	4:25.220	+6.290
6	Carter	Lesovsky	4:25.640	+6.710
7	Ruttman	Kuzma	4:25.950	+7.020
8	Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft	4:20.470	+1.540
9	Griffith	Kurtis Kraft	4:23.510	+4.580
10	Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft	4:24.040	+5.110
11	Stevenson	Kurtis Kraft	4:24.430	+5.500
12	Banks	Lesovsky	4:24.780	+5.850
13	Fonder	Sherman	4:24.810	+5.880
14	Connor	Kurtis Kraft	4:25.470	+6.540
15	Schindler	Stevens	4:26.690	+7.760
16	James	Kurtis Kraft	4:26.760	+7.830
17	Ball	Stevens	4:27.210	+8.280
18	Hartley	Kurtis Kraft	4:27.970	+9.040
19	Ascari	Ferrari	4:28.040	+9.110
20	Cross	Kurtis Kraft	4:28.080	+9.150
21	Bryan	Kurtis Kraft	4:28.370	+9.440
22	Ward	Kurtis Kraft	4:28.380	+9.450
23	Reece	Kurtis Kraft	4:28.670	+9.740
24	Johnson	Trevis	4:28.710	+9.780
25	Scott	Kurtis Kraft	4:28.750	+9.820
26	Rigsby	Watson	4:28.850	+9.920
27	Miller	Kurtis Kraft	4:18.930
28	Ayulo	Lesovsky	4:24.740	+5.810
29	Webb	Bromme	4:24.800	+5.870
30	Bettenhausen	Deidt	4:25.910	+6.980
31	Parsons	Kurtis Kraft	4:26.020	+7.090
32	Sweikert	Kurtis Kraft	4:26.700	+7.770
33	McDowell	Kurtis Kraft	4:28.780	+9.850

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Engine
1	Troy Ruttman	Kuzma	7	200	3:52:41.880	Offenhauser
2	Jim Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft	10	200	+4:02.329	Offenhauser
3	Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft	5	200	+6:11.610	Offenhauser
4	Duane Carter	Lesovsky	6	200	+6:48.340	Offenhauser
5	Art Cross	Kurtis Kraft	20	200	+8:40.150	Offenhauser
6	Jimmy Bryan	Kurtis Kraft	21	200	+9:24.320	Offenhauser
7	Jimmy Reece	Kurtis Kraft	23	200	+10:35.240	Offenhauser
8	George Connor	Kurtis Kraft	14	200	+12:00.610	Offenhauser
9	Cliff Griffith	Kurtis Kraft	9	200	+12:23.760	Offenhauser
10	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft	31	200	+13:37.780	Offenhauser
11	Jack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft	3	200	+14:21.720	Offenhauser
12	Jim Rigsby	Watson	26	200	+16:05.101	Offenhauser
13	Joe James	Kurtis Kraft	16	200	+16:55.650	Offenhauser
14	Bill Schindler	Stevens	15	200	+18:48.660	Offenhauser
15	George Fonder	Sherman	13	197	+3 laps	Offenhauser
16	Eddie Johnson	Trevis	24	193	+7 laps	Offenhauser
17	Bill VukovichFastest lap	Kurtis Kraft	8	191	Steering	Offenhauser
18	Chuck Stevenson	Kurtis Kraft	11	187	+13 laps	Offenhauser
19	Henry Banks	Lesovsky	12	184	+16 laps	Offenhauser
20	Manny Ayulo	Lesovsky	28	184	+16 laps	Offenhauser
21	Johnny McDowell	Kurtis Kraft	33	182	+18 laps	Offenhauser
22	Spider Webb	Bromme	29	162	Oil leak	Offenhauser
23	Rodger Ward	Kurtis Kraft	22	130	Oil pressure	Offenhauser
24	Tony Bettenhausen	Deidt	30	93	Oil pressure	Offenhauser
25	Duke Nalon	Kurtis Kraft	4	84	Supercharger	Novi
26	Bob Sweikert	Kurtis Kraft	32	77	Differential	Offenhauser
27	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft	1	71	Turbocharger	Cummins
28	Gene Hartley	Kurtis Kraft	18	65	Exhaust	Offenhauser
29	Bob Scott	Kurtis Kraft	25	49	Transmission	Offenhauser
30	Chet Miller	Kurtis Kraft	27	41	Supercharger	Novi
31	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	19	40	Wheel	Ferrari
32	Bobby Ball	Stevens	17	34	Gearbox	Offenhauser
33	Andy Linden	Kurtis Kraft	2	20	Oil pump	Offenhauser

Race

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Places gained

Parsons31→10+21
Reece23→7+16
Cross20→5+15
Bryan21→6+15
Rigsby26→12+14
McDowell33→21+12
Rathmann10→2+8
Johnson24→16+8
Ayulo28→20+8
Webb29→22+7
Ruttman7→1+6
Connor14→8+6
Bettenhausen30→24+6
Sweikert32→26+6
James16→13+3
Hanks5→3+2
Carter6→4+2
Schindler15→14+1
Griffith9→90
Ward22→23-1
Fonder13→15-2
Miller27→30-3
Scott25→29-4
Stevenson11→18-7
Banks12→19-7
McGrath3→11-8
Vukovich8→17-9
Hartley18→28-10
Ascari19→31-12
Ball17→32-15
Nalon4→25-21
Agabashian1→27-26
Linden2→33-31

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Teammate battles

Retirements

VukovichSteering, classified P17Kurtis Kraft
WebbOil leak, classified P22Bromme
WardOil pressure, classified P23Kurtis Kraft
BettenhausenOil pressure, classified P24Deidt
NalonSupercharger, classified P25Kurtis Kraft
SweikertDifferential, classified P26Kurtis Kraft
AgabashianTurbocharger, classified P27Kurtis Kraft
HartleyExhaust, classified P28Kurtis Kraft
ScottTransmission, classified P29Kurtis Kraft
MillerSupercharger, classified P30Kurtis Kraft
AscariWheel, classified P31Ferrari
BallGearbox, classified P32Stevens
LindenOil pump, classified P33Kurtis Kraft

This race in history

2 races here since 1950Won from pole: 0 of 2

Win from furthest back (P5): Johnnie Parsons 1950

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