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Troy Lynn Ruttman (March 11, 1930 – May 19, 1997) was an American racing driver. He is best known for winning the 1952 Indianapolis 500 - at the age of 22 years and 80 days, Ruttman remains the youngest ever winner of the event.
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May 20, 1997 · Troy Ruttman, the youngest driver to win the Indianapolis 500, died Monday nearly 45 years to the day after he came out of Ontario to drive J.C. Agajanian’s No. 98 Jr. roadster to victory....
Troy Ruttman, who died in 1997, was post-war racing’s most brilliant child prodigy, led a traumatic existence, was wasted in his prime and got born poor. He was the elder son of illiterate, destitute migrants subsisting on a patch of hardpan called Billygoat Acres, a southern California colony of dustbowl emigres.
Troy Ruttman is one of the most fascinating stories in American motorsports history. Not only is he the only Okie to win the Indianapolis 500, he's still the...
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May 17, 1992 · Winning the Indianapolis 500 should be the pinnacle of every race driver’s career. For Troy Ruttman, though, it might have been the worst thing that could have happened to him. He was barely 22...
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May 6, 2018 · Throughout auto racing history, many men and women have left their mark on the sport. One of those people was the late Troy Ruttman. Ruttman was born on March 11, 1930 in Mooreland, Oklahoma and was the older brother of NASCAR driver Joe Ruttman.
May 21, 1997 · Troy Ruttman, a Southern California hot-rodder who in 1952 became the youngest driver to win the Indianapolis 500, died on Monday in Lake Havasu City, Ariz. He was 67. The cause was lung...
