The 1952 Indianapolis 500 was Round 2 of the 1952 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, United States on Sunday, 30 May 1952. Fred Agabashian started on pole position in a Kurtis Kraft Cummins and Troy Ruttman was the race winner in a Kuzma Offenhauser.
1952 Indianapolis 500 Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Car | Tyre | Laps | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 98 | Troy Ruttman | United States | Kuzma Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 3:52:41.880 | - | - | 8 | ||
| 2 | 59 | Jim Rathmann | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 3:56:44.210 | +4:02.330 | +4:02.330 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 18 | Sam Hanks | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 3:58:53.490 | +6:11.610 | +2:09.280 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Duane Carter | United States | Lesovsky Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 3:59:30.220 | +6:48.340 | +36.730 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 33 | Art Cross | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 4:01:22.030 | +8:40.150 | +1:51.810 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 77 | Jimmy Bryan | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 4:02:06.200 | +9:24.320 | +44.170 | |||
| 7 | 37 | Jimmy Reece | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 4:03:17.120 | +10:35.240 | +1:10.920 | |||
| 8 | 54 | George Connor | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 4:04:42.490 | +12:00.610 | +1:25.370 | |||
| 9 | 22 | Cliff Griffith | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 4:05:05.640 | +12:23.760 | +23.150 | |||
| 10 | 5 | Johnnie Parsons | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 4:06:19.660 | +13:37.780 | +1:14.020 | |||
| 11 | 4 | Jack McGrath | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 4:07:03.600 | +14:21.720 | +43.940 | |||
| 12 | 29 | Jim Rigsby | United States | Watson Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 4:08:46.980 | +16:05.100 | +1:43.380 | |||
| 13 | 14 | Joe James | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 4:09:37.530 | +16:55.650 | +50.550 | |||
| 14 | 7 | Bill Schindler | United States | Stevens Offenhauser | Firestone | 200 | 4:11:30.540 | +18:48.660 | +1:53.010 | |||
| 15 | 65 | George Fonder | United States | Sherman Offenhauser | Firestone | 197 | 3 laps | 3 laps | ||||
| 16 | 81 | Eddie Johnson | United States | Trevis Offenhauser | Firestone | 193 | 7 laps | 4 laps | ||||
| 17 | 26 | Bill Vukovich | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 191 | 9 laps | 2 laps | 1:06.600 | 8 | 1 | |
| 18 | 16 | Chuck Stevenson | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 187 | 13 laps | 4 laps | ||||
| 19 | 2 | Henry Banks | United States | Lesovsky Offenhauser | Firestone | 184 | 16 laps | 3 laps | ||||
| 20 | 8 | Manny Ayulo | United States | Lesovsky Offenhauser | Firestone | 184 | 16 laps | |||||
| 21 | 31 | Johnny McDowell | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 182 | 18 laps | 2 laps | ||||
| DNF | 48 | Spider Webb | United States | Bromme Offenhauser | Firestone | 162 | ||||||
| DNF | 34 | Rodger Ward | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 130 | ||||||
| DNF | 27 | Tony Bettenhausen | United States | Deidt Offenhauser | Firestone | 93 | ||||||
| DNF | 36 | Duke Nalon | United States | Kurtis Kraft Novi | Firestone | 84 | ||||||
| DNF | 73 | Bob Sweikert | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 77 | ||||||
| DNF | 28 | Fred Agabashian | United States | Kurtis Kraft Cummins | Firestone | 71 | ||||||
| DNF | 67 | Gene Hartley | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 65 | ||||||
| DNF | 93 | Bob Scott | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 49 | ||||||
| DNF | 21 | Chet Miller | United States | Kurtis Kraft Novi | Firestone | 41 | ||||||
| DNF | 12 | Alberto Ascari | Italy | Ferrari | Firestone | 40 | ||||||
| DNF | 55 | Bobby Ball | United States | Stevens Offenhauser | Firestone | 34 | ||||||
| DNF | 9 | Andy Linden | United States | Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser | Firestone | 20 |