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    1952 Indianapolis 500

    Tuesday, January 01, 1952

    Johnnie Parsons, #5, Jim Robbins, Kurtis, Offy -- Photo by: No Photographer Art Cross, #33, Bowes Seal Fast, KK4000, Offy with crew. -- Photo by: No Photographer  -- Photo by: No Photographer  -- Photo by: No Photographer  -- Photo by: No Photographer  -- Photo by: No Photographer  -- Photo by: No Photographer  -- Photo by: No Photographer  -- Photo by: No Photographer  -- Photo by: No Photographer  -- Photo by: No Photographer Cliff Griffith, driver of the #22 Tom Sarafoff Special (KK2000/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Cliff Griffith in the #22 Tom Sarafoff Special (KK2000/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Troy Ruttman in the #98 Agajanian Special (Kuzma/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Troy Ruttman, driver of the #98 Agajanian Special (Kuzma/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Duane Carter in the #1 Belanger Motors Special (Lesovsky/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Duane Carter, driver of the #1 Belanger Motors Special (Lesovsky/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Sam Hanks in the #18 Bardahl Special (KK3000/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Duke Nalon in the #36 Novi Pure Oil Special (Kurtis/Novi) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Sam Hanks, driver of the #18 Bardahl Special (KK3000/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Jack McGrath in the #4 Hinkle Special (KK3000/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Jack McGrath, driver of the #4 Hinkle Special (KK3000/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Andy Linden, driver of the #9 Miracle Power Special (KK4000/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Andy Linden in the #9 Miracle Power Special (KK4000/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Fred Agabashian in the #28 Cummins Diesel Special (Kurtis/Cummins) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Fred Agabashian, driver of the #28 Cummins Diesel Special (Kurtis/Cummins) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Fred Agabashian in the #28 Cummins Diesel Special (Kurtis/Cummins) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Alberto Ascari in the #12 Ferrari Special (Ferrari/Ferrari) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Alberto Ascari in the #12 Ferrari Special (Ferrari/Ferrari) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Johnny McDowell in the #31 McDowell Special (Kurtis/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Jimmy Reese in the #37 John Zink Special (KK4000/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Johnny McDowell, driver of the #31 McDowell Special (Kurtis/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Rodger Ward in the #34 Federal Engineering Detroit Special (KK4000/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Jimmy Reese, driver of the #37 John Zink Special (KK4000/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Rodger Ward, driver of the #34 Federal Engineering Detroit Special (KK4000/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Bill Vukovich in the #26 Fuel Injection Special (KK500A/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Chet Miller in the #21 Novi Pure Oil Special (Kurtis/Novi) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Jimmy Bryan, driver of the #77 Schimdt Special (KK3000/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Chet Miller, driver of the #21 Novi Pure Oil Special (Kurtis/Novi) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Jimmy Bryan in the #77 Schimdt Special (KK3000/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Art Cross in the #33 Bowes Seal Fast Special (KK4000/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Art Cross, driver of the #33 Bowes Seal Fast Special (KK4000/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Bob Swiekert in the #73 McNamara Special (KK2000/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Tony Bettenhausen in the #27 Blue Crown Spark Plug Special (Deidt/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer 1952 Indianapolis 500 Studebaker Pace Car -- Photo by: No Photographer Alberto Ascari, #12, Ferrari, Ferrari, Ferrari -- Photo by: No Photographer Bob Swiekert, driver of the #73 McNamara Special (KK2000/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Johnnie Parsons in the #5 Jim Robbins Special (Kurtis/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Johnnie Parsons, driver of the #5 Jim Robbins Special (Kurtis/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Tony Bettenhausen, driver of the #27 Blue Crown Spark Plug Special (Deidt/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Spider Webb in the #48 Granatelli Racing Enterprises Special (Bromme/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Manuel Ayulo in the #8 Coast Grain Co. Special (Lesovsky/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Manuel Ayulo, driver of the #8 Coast Grain Co. Special (Lesovsky/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Jim Rigsby in the #29 Bob Estes Special (Watson/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Spider Webb, driver of the #48 Granatelli Racing Enterprises Special (Bromme/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Bobby Scott in the #93 Morris Special (KK2000/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Jim Rigsby, driver of the # Bob Estes Special (Watson/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Bob Scott, driver of the #93 Morris Special (KK2000/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Crewmen with Eddie Johnson in the #81 Central Excavating Co. Special (Trevis/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Eddie Johnson, driver of the #81 Central Excavating Special (Trevis/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Bob Ball in the #55 Rotary Engineering Corp. Special (Stevens/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Gene Hartley, driver of the #67 Mel-Rae Special (KK4000/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Gene Hartley in the #67 Mel-Rae Special (KK4000/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Bob Ball, driver of the #55 Ansted Special (Stevens/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Joe James in the #14 Bardahl Special (KK4400/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Bill Schindler in the #7 Chapman Special (Stevens/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Joe James, driver of the #14 Bardahl Special (KK4400/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer George Connor in the #54 Federal Engineering Detroit Special (KK3000/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Bill Schindler, driver of the #7 Chapman Special (Stevens/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer George Connor, driver of the #54 Federal Engineering Detroit Special (KK3000/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer George Fonder in the #65 Leitenberger Special (Sherman/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Henry Banks in the #2 Blue Crown Spark Plug Special (Lesovsky/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Henry Banks, driver of the #2 Blue Crown Spark Plug Special (Lesovsky/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Chuck Stevenson, driver of the #16 Springfield Welding Special (KK4000/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Chuck Stevenson in the #16 Springfield Welding Special (KK4000/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Jim Rathmann in the #59 Grancor-Wynn's Oil Special (KK3000/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer Jim Rathmann, driver of the #59 Grancor-Wynn's Oil Special (KK3000/Offy) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1952 -- Photo by: No Photographer

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