(c) 'Who is Who' by Steve Small, 2000

Родился: 11.03.1930 Мурленд, Оклахома Умер: 19.05.1997 Лейк-Хавасу-Сити, Аризона Сезонов в Ф1: 9 Лет в Ф1: 11 Гран При: 11 Старты: 8* *не стартовал: 3 Победы: 1 - подряд: Подиумы: 1 - подряд: Поул-позиции: - подряд: Первый ряд: 1 - подряд: Быстрые круги: - подряд: Лучший финиш: 1 Лучший старт: 3 Дубли: Хет-трики: Лидирование старт/финиш: Большие шлемы: Круги: 752 - лидирования: 59 Километры: 3218.13 - лидирования: 237.38 Очки: 9.5 - за один сезон: 8 - подряд:

Ф1: 1950-1960

Год	Команда	Шасси
1950	Bowes Seal Fast Racing	Lesovsky
1951	Agajanian Featherweight	Kurtis Kraft 2000
1952	J.C. Agajanian	Kuzma
1954	Automobile Shippers/Casaroll	Kurtis Kraft 500A
1955	Novi Air Conditioner	Kurtis Kraft FD
1956	John Zink	Kurtis Kraft 500C
1957	John Zink	Watson
1958	Agajanian	Kuzma
	Scuderia Centro Sud	Maserati 250F
1960	John Zink Heater	Watson

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. However, it could easily have been his last year in racing for he was later seriously injured in a sprint car race at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and didn't return to action until 1954.

Thereafter he raced fairly infrequently, though he was invited to compete in the 1957 Two Worlds Trophy' race at Monza, finishing second. He returned for the race in 1958, and stayed on in Europe to try his hand at Grand Prix racing with Scuderia Centro Sud. In conflict with the American racing authorities, allegedly over his love for gambling, Troy returned to Indianapolis in 1960, leading briefly. Then, in addition to his annual trips to the Speedway, Troy successfully took up stock-car racing with Mercury, before suddenly announcing his retirement from the sport immediately after completing his final Indy 500 in 1964.

(c) 'Who is Who' by Steve Small, 2000