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Tony Bettenhausen

American
11 Seasons in F1
Did You Know
The first F1 World Championship race was the 1950 British Grand Prix at Silverstone on 13 May 1950.

Profile

Tony Bettenhausen

Tony Bettenhausen was a American Formula 1 driver who competed between 1950 and 1960. across 13 races, taking 0 wins, 1 podiums and 0 pole positions for Deidt, Kuzma, Kurtis Kraft and 2 other teams.

Number
-
Nationality
American
Team
Watson
Career
1950–1960

Career Stats

Seasons
11
Races
13
Wins
0
Podiums
1
Poles
0
Fastest Laps
0
WDC
0

Teammate Duels

Tony Bettenhausen
Career vs all teammates qualifying + race
Bettenhausen 107 Qualifying 56 Teammate
66%
34%
107–56 across 163 weekends
Bettenhausen 28 Race 32 Teammate
47%
53%
28–32 across 60 weekends
By teammate
vs Jim Rathmann 1954–1960
Q
4–3
R
1–1
vs Troy Ruttman 1954–1960
Q
2–2
R
0–2
vs Chuck Stevenson 1953–1960
Q
1–1
R
0–1
vs Dick Rathmann 1956–1960
Q
0–2
R
1–0
vs Rodger Ward 1956–1960
Q
1–1
R
0–1
vs Len Sutton 1960
Q
0–1
R
1–0
vs Lloyd Ruby 1960
Q
0–1
R
0–1
vs Johnny Boyd 1955–1959
Q
2–2
R
1–1
+55 earlier teammates

Qualifying head-to-head by grid slot; race by classified finish. Only weekends where both cars were classified count.

Career Mosaic

Every start as a tile 13 tiles

One square per race across the whole career. Sort by outcome for the block of gold wins tapering to the red corner of retirements, or by chronological order to read the career start-to-finish.

Sort by
Key
Podium 1 Points 3 Finished 4 DNF · mech 3 DNF · crash 2

Every tile is a clickable link — select one to open that race.

Season Outcomes

Outcome mix by season 100% stacked

Every season's races stacked into one bar, split by outcome — newest first. Gold and silver mark the strong years; red flags the retirements.

Podium 1 Points 3 Finished 4 DNF · mech 3 DNF · crash 2
1960 Watson
1959 Epperly
1958 Epperly
1957 Kurtis Kraft
1956 Kurtis Kraft
1955 Kurtis Kraft
1954 Kurtis Kraft
1953 Kuzma
1952 Deidt
1951 Deidt
1950 Deidt

Season by Season

Year Pos Team Points Wins Races Best
1960
66
 Watson 0 0 1 P23
1959
16
 Epperly 3 0 1 P4
1958
17
 Epperly 4 0 1 P4
1957
48
 Kurtis Kraft 0 0 1 P15
1956
69
 Kurtis Kraft 0 0 1 -
1955
13
 Kurtis Kraft 3 0 1 P2
1954
57
 Kurtis Kraft 0 0 2 P15
1953
41
 Kuzma 0 0 1 P9
1952
91
 Deidt 0 0 1 -
1951
43
 Deidt 0 0 1 -
1950
21
 Deidt 1 0 2 P5
Career11 seasons
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
P23
Watson
Finished P66
1960 standings →
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
P4
Epperly
Finished P16
1959 standings →
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
P4
Epperly
Finished P17
1958 standings →
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
P15
Kurtis Kraft
Finished P48
1957 standings →
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
-
Kurtis Kraft
Finished P69
1956 standings →
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
P2
Kurtis Kraft
Finished P13
1955 standings →
Wins
0
Races
2
Best
P15
Kurtis Kraft
Finished P57
1954 standings →
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
P9
Kuzma
Finished P41
1953 standings →
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
-
Deidt
Finished P91
1952 standings →
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
-
Deidt
Finished P43
1951 standings →
Wins
0
Races
2
Best
P5
Deidt
Finished P21
1950 standings →

Race by Race · All Seasons

Year Race Team Grid Finish Pts Status
1960 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis 500 Watson 18
23
 0 Engine
1959 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis 500 Epperly 15
4
 3 Finished
1958 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis 500 Epperly 9
4
 4 Finished
1957 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis 500 Kurtis Kraft 22
15
 0 +5 Laps
1956 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis 500 Kurtis Kraft 5 R 0 Accident
1955 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis 500 Kurtis Kraft 2
2
 3 Finished
1954 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis 500 Kurtis Kraft 21 R 0 Wheel bearing
1954 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis 500 Kurtis Kraft 8
15
 0 +4 Laps
1953 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis 500 Kuzma 6
9
 0 Accident
1952 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis 500 Deidt 30 R 0 Oil pressure
1951 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis 500 Deidt 9 R 0 Spun off
1950 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis 500 Deidt 8 R 0 Wheel bearing
1950 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis 500 Kurtis Kraft 9
5
 1 +2 Laps
Grid
18
Finish
23
Δ Pos
-5
Points
0
Engine
Grid 18 → P23 ▼ 5
Race result →