at Riverside International Raceway behind Dan Gurney and A. J. Foyt. World Championship career summary The Indianapolis 500 was part of the FIA World Championship from 1950 through 1960, and drivers competing at Indy during those years were credited with World Championship points and participation. Troy Ruttman participated in nine World Championship races, seven times at Indy plus the 1958 French and German Grands Prix. His 1952 Indianapolis 500 win was his only win and podium finish, and he earned a total of 9.5 championship points. Career awards He was inducted into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1993. Ruttman was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2005. He was inducted into the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 2003. Ruttman was inducted into the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame in its first class in 2002. Inducted into the Indianapolis 500 Hall of Fame in May 1992. Death Ruttman died as a result of lung cancer on May 19, 1997 at Lake Havasu City, Arizona just a month before the long planned "Troy Ruttman Day" in his hometown of Mooreland, Oklahoma. He was survived by his first wife Beverly Benson, and second wife Clara. He had seven children. Complete AAA/USAC Championship Car results Indianapolis 500 results Complete Formula One World Championship results (key) † = Shared drive References 1930 births 1997 deaths Racing drivers from Oklahoma American Formula One drivers American people of German descent Scuderia Centro Sud Formula One drivers Indianapolis 500 drivers Indianapolis 500 winners NASCAR drivers National Sprint Car Hall of Fame inductees People from Woodward County, Oklahoma Deaths from lung cancer AAA Championship Car drivers Formula One race winners USAC Stock Car drivers