Race Results for the 1952 Indianapolis 500
| Finish |
Start |
Car Num. |
Driver |
Car Name/Entrant* |
Make/Model |
Status |
Laps |
Led |
Prize Money |
| 1 |
7 |
98 |
Troy Ruttman
|
Agajanian |
Kuzma/Offy |
128.922 |
200 |
44 |
$61,743 |
| 2 |
10 |
59 |
Jim Rathmann
|
Grancor-Wynn's Oil |
KK3000/Offy |
126.723 |
200 |
0 |
$24,368 |
| 3 |
5 |
18 |
Sam Hanks
|
Bardahl |
KK3000/Offy |
125.580 |
200 |
0 |
$14,768 |
| 4 |
6 |
1 |
Duane Carter
|
Belanger Motors |
Lesovsky/Offy |
125.259 |
200 |
0 |
$11,818 |
| 5 |
20 |
33 |
Art Cross
(R) |
Bowes Seal Fast |
KK4000/Offy |
124.292 |
200 |
0 |
$9,718 |
| 6 |
21 |
77 |
Jimmy Bryan
(R) |
Schmidt |
KK3000/Offy |
123.914 |
200 |
0 |
$7,468 |
| 7 |
23 |
37 |
Jimmy Reece
(R) |
John Zink |
KK4000/Offy |
123.312 |
200 |
0 |
$6,368 |
| 8 |
14 |
54 |
George Connor
|
Federal Engineering |
KK3000/Offy |
122.595 |
200 |
0 |
$6,118 |
| 9 |
9 |
22 |
Cliff Griffith
|
Tom Sarafoff |
KK2000/Offy |
122.402 |
200 |
0 |
$5,768 |
| 10 |
31 |
5 |
Johnnie Parsons
(W) |
Jim Robbins |
Kurtis/Offy |
121.789 |
200 |
0 |
$5,518 |
| 11 |
3 |
4 |
Jack McGrath
|
Hinkle |
KK3000/Offy |
121.428 |
200 |
6 |
$4,263 |
| 12 |
26 |
29 |
Jim Rigsby
(R) |
Bob Estes |
Watson/Offy |
120.587 |
200 |
0 |
$3,193 |
| 13 |
16 |
14 |
Joe James
|
Bardahl |
KK4000/Offy |
120.108 |
200 |
0 |
$2,923 |
| 14 |
15 |
7 |
Bill Schindler
|
Chapman |
Stevens/Offy |
119.280 |
200 |
0 |
$2,903 |
| 15 |
13 |
65 |
George Fonder
|
Leitenberger |
Silnes-Sherman/Offy |
Running |
197 |
0 |
$2,683 |
| 16 |
24 |
81 |
Eddie Johnson
(R) |
Central Excavating |
Trevis/Offy |
Running |
193 |
0 |
$2,663 |
| 17 |
8 |
26 |
Bill Vukovich
|
Fuel Injection |
KK500A/Offy |
Steering |
191 |
150 |
$18,693 |
| 18 |
11 |
16 |
Chuck Stevenson
|
Springfield Welding/Clay Smith |
KK4000/Offy |
Running |
187 |
0 |
$2,623 |
| 19 |
12 |
2 |
Henry Banks
|
Blue Crown Spark Plug |
Lesovsky/Offy |
Running |
184 |
0 |
$2,693 |
| 20 |
28 |
8 |
Manuel Ayulo
|
Coast Grain Co. |
Lesovsky/Offy |
Running |
184 |
0 |
$2,763 |
| 21 |
33 |
31 |
Johnny McDowell
|
McDowell |
Kurtis/Offy |
Running |
182 |
0 |
$2,333 |
| 22 |
29 |
48 |
Spider Webb
|
Granatelli Racing Enterprises |
Bromme/Offy |
Oil line |
162 |
0 |
$2,603 |
| 23 |
22 |
34 |
Rodger Ward
|
Federal Engineering |
KK4000/Offy |
Oil leak |
130 |
0 |
$2,273 |
| 24 |
30 |
27 |
Tony Bettenhausen
|
Blue Crown Spark Plug |
Deidt/Offy |
Stalled |
93 |
0 |
$2,443 |
| 25 |
4 |
36 |
Duke Nalon
|
Novi Pure Oil |
Kurtis/Novi |
Supercharger |
84 |
0 |
$2,413 |
| 26 |
32 |
73 |
Bob Sweikert
(R) |
McNamara |
KK2000/Offy |
Differential |
77 |
0 |
$2,183 |
| 27 |
1 |
28 |
Fred Agabashian
|
Cummins Diesel |
Kurtis/Cummins |
Supercharger |
71 |
0 |
$2,653 |
| 28 |
18 |
67 |
Gene Hartley
|
Mel-Rae |
KK4000/Offy |
Wheels |
65 |
0 |
$2,123 |
| 29 |
25 |
93 |
Bob Scott
(R) |
Morris |
KK2000/Offy |
Drive shaft |
49 |
0 |
$2,093 |
| 30 |
27 |
21 |
Chet Miller
|
Novi Pure Oil |
Kurtis/Novi |
Supercharger |
41 |
0 |
$3,663 |
| 31 |
19 |
12 |
Alberto Ascari
(R) |
Ferrari |
Ferrari/Ferrari |
Spun out |
40 |
0 |
$1,983 |
| 32 |
17 |
55 |
Bobby Ball
|
Ansted Rotary |
Stevens/Offy |
Gear case |
34 |
0 |
$2,003 |
| 33 |
2 |
9 |
Andy Linden
|
Miracle Power |
KK4000/Offy |
Sump pump |
20 |
0 |
$2,273 |
- * complete car name/entrant data not available for all entries
- (R) - Indicates Rookie
- (W) - Indicates Past Winner