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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.
Jul 7, 2014 · 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...
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...
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.
TROY RUTTMAN won the 1952 Indianapolis 500 at a record 128.922 miles per hour and remains to this day the youngest winner, at age 22 at the time of his win. He began his career in hot rods at the tender age of 15 and had already won the California Roadster Association (now known as California Racing Association) title twice and the 1948 United ...
When Troy Ruttman won the Indianapolis 500 in 1952 he was 22 years 2 months old, the youngest driver to win the Greatest Spectacle in Racing. In the half century since, no one has come close to winning at such a precocious age.
Aug 18, 2022 · Join me, the History Mystery Man, for the story of Indy 500 winner Troy Ruttman and his classic battle with Bill Vukovich during the 1952 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway...as told...
Troy Ruttman. At the young age of sixteen, Troy Ruttman took to California tracks in the old jalopies and quickly graduated to roadsters, winning the 1947 California Roadster Association title. A trip to the east coast, racing midgets, further whetted Troy’s appetite for racing.
May 19, 1997 · While Lloyd Ruby tried in vain to win the Indy 500 for more than two decades, Troy Ruttman was only 22 when he triumphed at the Brickyard at only his fourth attempt in 1952, becoming the youngest driver to win the classic event.
