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🇺🇸 Troy Ruttman

Racing driver from United States. Formula 1, Watson.
Driver facts
Full name
Troy Ruttman
Born
11 March 1930(b. 1930)
Nationality
United States
Current team
Watson
Series
Formula 1
Status
Retired
Career wins
1
Career podiums
1
Career starts
9
Career DNFs
4
Racer Rating
5,719
Troy Ruttman
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
5,719
Rank 437 of 40,105 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Troy Ruttman is a racing driver from United States who last raced in Formula 1 for Watson. Ruttman has recorded 1 win and 1 podium from 9 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,719 ranks Ruttman 437th of 40,105 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
1960 form
Last 9 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAFRAGERUSA
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
1960-05-30Indianapolis Motor SpeedwayFormula 1P20−14
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+154Indianapolis Motor Speedway 1952Formula 1P1
+110Indianapolis Motor Speedway 1954Formula 1P4
+32Reims-Gueux 1958Formula 1P10
+15Indianapolis Motor Speedway 1950Formula 1P15
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
1960▸Formula 1Watson100000P14−155,719
1958▸Formula 1Maserati200100P15−1075,733
1957▸Formula 1Watson100100P15−1365,840
1956▸Formula 1Kurtis Kraft100100P14−1465,976
1954▸Formula 1Kurtis Kraft100002P13+1106,122
1952▸Formula 1Kuzma111008P6+1546,012
1951▸Formula 1Kurtis Kraft100100P14−575,858
1950▸Formula 1Lesovsky100000P13+4,5655,915
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Ruttman finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇺🇸 Tony Bettenhausen6,07073443%
🇺🇸 Jim Rathmann6,17563350%
🇺🇸 Sam Hanks6,12163350%
🇺🇸 Johnnie Parsons5,99262433%
🇺🇸 Gene Hartley5,94663350%
🇺🇸 Rodger Ward5,91463350%
🇺🇸 Fred Agabashian5,81063350%
🇺🇸 Jimmy Bryan5,98751420%
🇺🇸 Andy Linden5,95252340%
🇺🇸 Eddie Johnson4,95952340%
🇮🇹 Alberto AscariHigher-rated, 2× champion6,252110100%
🇺🇸 Duane CarterHigher-rated6,17641325%
🇬🇧 Graham HillHigher-rated, 3× champion6,13021150%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 40,105 drivers indexed
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433🇮🇹 Renzo ZorziFormula 15,725
434🇬🇧 Justin WilsonIndyCar5,723
435🇮🇹 Franco RolFormula 15,721
436🇦🇺 Josh BerryNASCAR Cup Series5,720
437🇺🇸 Troy RuttmanFormula 15,719
438🇯🇵 Benoît TréluyerDTM5,712
439🇺🇸 Jacques SwatersFormula 15,711
440🇺🇸 Brandon JonesNASCAR Xfinity5,710
441🇩🇪 Laurin HeinrichIMSA WeatherTech5,709
442🇿🇦 Sheldon van der LindeIMSA WeatherTech5,708
443🇺🇸 Carson HocevarNASCAR Cup Series5,704
444🇺🇸 Erik JonesNASCAR Cup Series5,699
445🇩🇪 André LottererWEC5,697
446🇦🇺 Anton De PasqualeSupercars Championship5,697
447🇯🇵 Marco ApicellaSuper GT5,695
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Troy Ruttman was an American single-seater driver who competed in Formula 1 between 1950 and 1960, making nine starts across the championship's international grid. He drove for Watson during his Formula 1 career, which ran through a field mixing amateurs and professionals alike.[1]

Ruttman took one victory and one additional podium finish from his nine Formula 1 starts. His most recent indexed season came in 1960, when he contested a single round and finished 14th in the championship standings. Across his Formula 1 appearances he raced against established professionals including Tony Bettenhausen and Jim Rathmann, drivers with substantially more Formula 1 experience than his own; he split results evenly with both and finished ahead of Duane Carter, another established professional, in two meetings.[2]

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
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