Troy Ruttman

Troy Ruttman

Infobox NASCAR driver
Name = Troy Ruttman
Birthdate = birth date|1930|3|11 | Birthplace = flagicon|USA Mooreland, Oklahoma
Died = death date and age|1997|5|19|1930|3|11
Cause of Death = Cancer
Awards = inducted in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame (1993)
inducted in the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (2005)
inducted in the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame (2003)
won the 1952 Indianapolis 500

Best_Cup_Pos = 49th - 1962 (Grand National)
Cup_Top_Tens = 5
First_Cup_Race = 1962 Atlanta 500 (Atlanta)
Last_Cup_Race = 1964 Motor Trend 500 (Riverside)
Total_Cup_Races = 7
Years_In_Cup = 3

Updated_On = December 29, 2006

Troy Ruttman (born March 11, 1930 in Mooreland, Oklahoma – May 19, 1997) was an American race car driver. He was the older brother of NASCAR driver Joe Ruttman.

Ruttman won the Indianapolis 500 in 1952, and as of 2007, he is the youngest winner of the race.

From 1950–1960, the Indianapolis 500 also counted toward the World Drivers' Championship (now synonymous with Formula One), although most of the racers did not compete in the other races in the Championship. Ruttman was the first Indianapolis 500 winner to participate in a Formula One event beyond Indy [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02E2DA173BF932A15756C0A961958260 Troy Ruttman, 67, Youngest Winner of Indy 500 - New York Times] and his 1952 Indy 500 win earned him the distinction of being the youngest driver to win a round of the World Championship, an honor he held until Fernando Alonso won the 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix.

Racing career

Ruttman entered his family car in a roadster race at San Bernardino, California in 1945 at age 15, and won the race. [http://worthyofhonor.com/Inductees/Troy_Ruttman.htm Biography] at the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame] We won 19 of the 21 events staged there that season. By 1947 he was the California Roadster Association (CRA) roadster champion. He also won his first five midget car races that season. In 1948 he repeated as the CRA roadster champion, United Racing Association Blue Circuit (Offy) championship, and 23 midget car events.

print car career

In May 1949 Troy left California for the AAA Sprint and Championship car circuits of the Midwest. We won three AAA Sprint Car championships over the next three and a half seasons. He competed in 51 midget races, winning 16 and placing in the top three 28 times.

He was injured from a sprint car crash in August 1952, which sidelined Ruttman for one and a half seasons. Ruttman returned in 1954 on a greatly reduced schedule.

Championship car career

He drove in the AAA and USAC Championship Car series, racing in the 1949-1952, 1954, 1956-1957 and 1960-1964 seasons with 58 starts, including the Indianapolis 500 races in 1949-1952, 1954, 1956-1957, and 1960-1964. He finished in the top ten 26 times, with 5 victories and finished runner-up to Chuck Stevenson for the 1952 National Championship.

tock car career

Ruttman won the 1956 USAC Short Track Stock Car division title. Ruttman also competed in 7 races in the NASCAR Grand National (now Sprint Cup) series from 1962-1964, finishing in the top ten 5 times. His best finish was third at the 1963 race at Riverside International Raceway behind Dan Gurney and A. J. Foyt. [ [http://racing-reference.info/driver?id=ruttmtr01 NASCAR statistics at racing-reference.info] ]

World Championship career summary

The Indianapolis 500 was part of the FIA World Championship from 1950 through 1960, and drivers competing at Indy during those years were credited with World Championship points and participation. Troy Ruttman participated in nine World Championship races, seven times at Indy plus the 1958 French and German Grands Prix. His 1952 Indianapolis 500 win was his only win and his only podium finish. He accumlated a total of 9½ championship points.

Career awards

*He was inducted in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1993.
*Ruttman was inducted in the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2005.
*He was inducted in the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 2003.
*Ruttman was inducted into the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame in its first class in 2002. [ [http://www.stockcarreunion.com/inductees/cont2002inductees.html Biography] at West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame, 2002, Retrieved November 7 2007]

Death

Ruttman died of lung cancer in Lake Havasu City, Arizona just a month before the long planned "Troy Ruttman Day" in his hometown of Mooreland, Oklahoma. Troy Ruttman is survived by daughter, Toddy Marie Ruttman, Roxanne Ruttman and a son, Troy Jr., whom was killed in a super modifed race car in 1969. [ [http://forums.autosport.com/printthread.php?threadid=9705 Atlas F1 Bulletin Board - Speed's ultimate price: the Toll ] ] [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02E2DA173BF932A15756C0A961958260 Troy Ruttman, 67, Youngest Winner of Indy 500 - New York Times ] ]

Indy 500 results

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