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1952 Indianapolis 500
Gregg Leary
Category:Auto Racing -> Indy Car
Pole: Freddie Agabashian with the first turbocharged engine to make the field
Cummins 6 cylinder diesel…138 mph…doesn’t lead a lap…out after 71 laps with clogged turbo inlet…finishes 27th…Champion had used Agabashian’s car in their Indy Program Ad…it was the only car NOT using spark plugs. There had been four others before it. One in 1931, 2 in 1934, 1 in 1950.