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Troy Lynn Ruttman (March 11, 1930 – May 19, 1997) was an American . 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. Competing since the age of 15, he had a remarkably successful early career, winning several regional and AAA-sanctioned championships.

Troy's younger brother also became a racing driver.

Driving career
Early career
In 1945, at age 15, Ruttman entered his family's car into a roadster race held in San Bernardino, California, winning the event. Biography at the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame He won 19 of the 21 events staged there that season. By 1947, he was the California Roadster Association (CRA) roadster champion. He also won his first five midget car races that season. In 1948 he repeated as the CRA roadster champion, United Racing Association Blue Circuit () championship, and 23 midget car events.

Sprint car career
In May 1949, Ruttman left California for the AAA Sprint and Championship car circuits of the Midwest. He won three AAA Sprint Car championships over the next three and a half seasons. He competed in 51 midget races, winning 16 and placing in the top-three 28 times.

Championship car career
Ruttman drove in the AAA and USAC series, racing in the 1949–1952, 1954, 1956–1957 and 1960–1964 seasons with 58 starts, including the Indianapolis 500 races during 1949–1952, 1954, 1956–1957, and 1960–1964. His best championship finish was as runner-up to for the 1952 National Championship.

Ruttman's victory in the 1952 Indianapolis 500 made him the youngest winner of the event.

An injury during a sprint car crash in August 1952 sidelined Ruttman for one and a half racing seasons. Ruttman returned in 1954 on a greatly reduced schedule, never attaining the same level of success. He had not been diligent during his recovery, gaining weight, and spending time partying - a competitor remarked that Ruttman was a case of "too much, too young."

Stock car career
Ruttman won the 1956 USAC Short Track Stock Car division title. Ruttman also competed in seven races in the Grand National Series from 1962 to 1964, finishing in the top ten five times. His best finish was third in the 1963 race at Riverside International Raceway, running behind and A. J. Foyt. NASCAR statistics at racing-reference.info

World Drivers' Championship career
The AAA/USAC-sanctioned Indianapolis 500 was included in the FIA World Drivers' Championship from 1950 through 1960. Drivers competing at Indianapolis during those years were credited with World Drivers' Championship points and participation in addition to those which they received towards the AAA/USAC National Championship.

Ruttman participated in seven World Drivers' Championship races at Indianapolis. He was also the first of a small number of USAC/Indianapolis drivers to start an FIA-sanctioned World Drivers' Championship event during the 1950-1960 period - competing for Scuderia Centro Sud in the 1958 French Grand Prix. During his World Drivers' Championship career, Ruttman won once, and he accumulated 9.5 World Drivers' Championship points.

Ruttman's victory in the 1952 Indianapolis 500 earned him the distinction of being the youngest driver to win a round of the World Drivers' Championship, an honor he held until won the 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix.

Retirement and death
After concluding his racing career at the age of 34, Ruttman relocated to Plymouth, Michigan, operating a motorcycle and snowmobile dealership.

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.

Awards and honors
Ruttman has been inducted into the following halls of fame:
  • Michigan Motor Sports Hall of Fame (1982)
  • Auto Racing Hall of Fame (1992)
  • National Sprint Car Hall of Fame (1993)
  • West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame (2002)
  • National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame (2003)
  • Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (2005)
  • United States Auto Club (USAC) Hall of Fame (2018)

Motorsports career results
AAA/USAC Championship Car results

Indianapolis 500 results
Totals147269

FIA World Drivers' Championship results
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1950 ! Bowes Racing Inc. ! ! Straight-4GBR
MON
500
SUI
BEL
FRA
ITA
 ! NC ! 0
1951 ! Christopher J.C. Agajanian ! 2000 ! Straight-4SUI
500
BEL
FRA
GBR
GER
ITA
ESP
 ! NC ! 0
1952 ! Christopher J.C. Agajanian ! Kuzma ! Straight-4SUI
500
BEL
FRA
GBR
GER
NED
ITA
 ! 7th ! 8
1953 ! Travelon Trailer ! 500B ! Straight-4ARG
500
NED
BEL
FRA
GBR
GER
SUI
ITA
 ! NC ! 0
1954 ! Eugene A Casaroll ! 500A ! Straight-4ARG
500
4†		BEL
FRA
GBR
GER
SUI
ITA
ESP
 ! 23rd= ! 1.5
1955 ! ! ! Straight-8sARG
MON
500
BEL
NED
GBR
ITA
 ! NC ! 0
1956 ! John Zink ! 500C ! Straight-4ARG
MON
500
BEL
FRA
GBR
GER
ITA
 ! NC ! 0
1957 ! John Zink ! Watson ! Straight-4ARG
MON
500
FRA
GBR
GER
PES
ITA
 ! NC ! 0
1958 ! Christopher J.C. Agajanian ! Kuzma ! Straight-4ARG
MON
NED
500
BEL
 ! rowspan="2" NC ! rowspan="2"0
1960 ! John Zink ! Watson ! Straight-4ARG
MON
500
NED
BEL
FRA
GBR
POR
ITA
USA
! NC ! 0

  • † = Shared drive

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