Troy Ruttman
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 United States
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| Automobile world championship | |||||||||
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| First start: | Indianapolis 500 1950 | ||||||||
| Last start: | Indianapolis 500 1960 | ||||||||
| Constructors | |||||||||
| 1950 Bowes Racing Inc. 1951-1952 JC Agajanian 1953 Eugene A Casaroll 1954-1958 John Zink 1958 Scuderia Centro Sud 1960 John Zink | |||||||||
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| World Cup balance: | Seventh World Cup ( 1952 ) | ||||||||
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| World Cup points : | 9.5 | ||||||||
| Podiums : | 1 | ||||||||
| Leadership laps : | 59 over 237 km | ||||||||
Troy Ruttman (born March 11, 1930 in Mooreland , Oklahoma , † May 19, 1997 in Lake Havasu City , Arizona ) was an American racing car driver .
Career
Ruttman, who grew up in California , competed in 49 races in the AAA and USAC National Series between 1949 and 1964, of which he won two.
In 1949, at the age of 19, he started for the first time in the Indianapolis 500 and finished 12th in a Wetteroth - Offenhauser . Since the minimum age to start was 21, he forged his birth certificate. When he won the Indy 500 in 1952 at the age of 22 , he was the youngest ever winner in that race. He still holds this record today. Since it was also part of the Automobile World Championship at the time, he was also the youngest winner of a Grand Prix race until Fernando Alonso undercut him in the Formula 1 statistics during the 2003 Formula 1 World Championship . In the same year he was second in the AAA overall standings behind Chuck Stevenson . In 1954 he achieved fourth place together with Duane Carter , but in the following years he did not reach a top 10 result.
Like Alberto Ascari in 1952, he also ventured into direct overseas competition by unsuccessfully trying a Maserati 250F at the French Grand Prix of Reims in 1958 , after a champ car had competed in direct show with a Formula 1 racer on the previous one Weekend in Monza had simply "extended" his stay compared to his original plans.
After his last Indianapolis race in 1964, he said goodbye to racing. However, he struggled with "normal" life and struggled with drinking problems and gambling addiction . He died at the age of 67.
His younger brother Joe was also a racing driver and mainly active in NASCAR races. Although he did not win in the Winston Cup series, he had some successes in the Craftsman Truck Series and is still the oldest race winner in a NASCAR race.
statistics
Grand Prix victories
- 1952 Indianapolis 500 ( Indianapolis )
Indy 500 results
| year | Start number | begin | Agony (km / h) | Result | Round | guide | failure |
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| 1949 | 64 | 18th | 202.663 | 12 | 151 | 0 | |
| 1950 | 55 | 24 | 212.27 | 15th | 130 | 0 | |
| 1951 | 98 | 6th | 212.913 | 23 | 78 | 0 | Bearing damage |
| 1952 | 98 | 7th | 217,821 | 1 | 200 | 44 | |
| 1954 | 34 | 11 | 221.635 | 4 2 | 100 | 0 | Delivery to Carter |
| 1955 | 18th | DNQ | |||||
| 1956 | 53 | 11 | 229.279 | 31 | 22nd | 0 | Lathe operator |
| 1957 | 52 | 3 | 229.745 | 31 | 13 | 4th | Oil leak |
| 1958 | 98 | DNQ | |||||
| 1960 | 28 | 6th | 233,913 | 20th | 134 | 11 | transmission |
| 1961 | 52 | 22nd | 232.996 | 20th | 105 | 10 | coupling |
| 1962 | 26th | 30th | 236.166 | 18th | 140 | 0 | engine |
| 1963 | 17th | 33 | 238.757 | 12 | 200 | 0 | |
| 1964 | 14th | 18th | 243,456 | 18th | 99 | 0 | Accident due to puncture |
| Legend | ||
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| colour | abbreviation | meaning |
| gold | - | victory |
| silver | - | 2nd place |
| bronze | - | 3rd place |
| green | - | Placement in the points |
| blue | - | Classified outside the point ranks |
| violet | DNF | Race not finished (did not finish) |
| NC | not classified | |
| red | DNQ | did not qualify |
| DNPQ | failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify) | |
| black | DSQ | disqualified |
| White | DNS | not at the start (did not start) |
| WD | withdrawn | |
| Light Blue | PO | only participated in the training (practiced only) |
| TD | Friday test driver | |
| without | DNP | did not participate in the training (did not practice) |
| INJ | injured or sick | |
| EX | excluded | |
| DNA | did not arrive | |
| C. | Race canceled | |
| no participation in the World Cup | ||
| other | P / bold | Pole position |
| SR / italic | Fastest race lap | |
| * | not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered |
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| () | Streak results | |
| underlined | Leader in the overall standings | |
Sebring results
| year | team | vehicle | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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| 1956 |
Howard Hively
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Ferrari 375 Plus |
Howard Hively
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failure | Power transmission |
Individual results in the sports car world championship
| season | team | race car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 |
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| 1956 | Howard Hively | Ferrari 375 Plus |
 BUA
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SEB
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 MIM
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 ONLY
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 KRI
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| DNF |
Web links
- Troy Ruttman at motorsportmemorial.org (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Ruttman, Troy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American racing car driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 11, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mooreland , Oklahoma , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 19, 1997 |
| Place of death | Lake Havasu City , Arizona , USA |