1952 Indianapolis 500

1952 Indianapolis 500

The 1952 Indianapolis 500 was held on Friday, May 30, 1952 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The event was part of the 1952 World Drivers' Championship.

Classification

Notes

* Pole position: Fred Agabashian - 4:20.85 (4 laps)
* Agabashian's Cummins Diesel Special was the first entry in the Indianapolis 500 to be powered by a turbocharged engine (then described as "turbosupercharged"). Gear-driven centrifugal blowers known as "superchargers" had been used since the 1920s to increase the volumetric efficiency and power output of racing engines, but the Cummins Diesel was the first to make use of the "free" energy contained in the engine exhaust stream to drive a turbine wheel connected to a centrifugal blower (thus, "turbo-supercharging").
* Fastest Lead L
 Bill Vukovich - 1:06.60
* As of 2007, Troy Ruttman remains the youngest driver to win the Indianapolis 500, at 22 years and 80 days.Davidson, Donald. (2007). "The Talk of Gasoline Alley" [Radio program] . "", April 30, 2007. Archived at http://media.wibc.com/av/audio/talk_gas/2007/april30.mp3, retrieved on May 9, 2007.]
* Ruttman also became the youngest driver to win a race counting for the Formula One championship. His record was broken by Fernando Alonso at the 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix.

References

F1 race report
Name_of_race = Indianapolis 500 | Year_of_race = 1952
Previous_race_in_season = 1952 Swiss Grand Prix
Next_race_in_season = 1952 Belgian Grand Prix
Previous_year's_race = 1951 Indianapolis 500
Next_year's_race = 1953 Indianapolis 500

Indy 500 Walker
Previous_race = 1951
Previous_winner = Lee Wallard
This_race = 1952
This_winner = Troy Ruttman
Next_race = 1953
Next_winner = Bill Vukovich


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