Date Fri 30th May 1952 (UTC) Fri 30th May 1952 (Local)
Timestamp 1952-05-30T15:00:00
Time 15:00:00 UTC
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League Formula 1
Season 1952
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2
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Location Indianapolis Motor Speedway
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Description The 36th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes was a motor race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Friday, May 30, 1952. It was the opening race of the 1952 AAA National Championship Trail and was also race 2 of 8 in the 1952 World Championship of Drivers.
Troy Ruttman won the race for car owner J. C. Agajanian. Ruttman, aged 22 years and 80 days, set the record for the youngest 500 winner in history. It was also the last dirt track car to win at Indy. Ruttman's win also saw him become the youngest winner of a World Drivers' Championship race, a record he would hold for 51 years until the 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix when Spanish driver Fernando Alonso won at the age of 22 years and 26 days.
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Result Description 1 Troy Ruttman Kuzma-Offenhauser 3:52:41.88
2 Jim Rathmann Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser +4:02.33
3 Sam Hanks Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser +6:11.61
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