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Tony Bettenhausen

Full name
Melvin Eugene Bettenhausen
Date of birth
Sep 12, 1916 (44)
Date of death
May 12, 1961
Nationality
American
Place of birth
Tinley Park

Career stats

11
Seasons active
0/11
Championships
13
Races
0/13
Wins
0/13
Pole positions
1/13
Podiums
Watson
Last team
1950 Indianapolis 500
First race
1960 Indianapolis 500
Last race
1955 Indianapolis 500
First podium
1955 Indianapolis 500
Last podium
0
Wins
0
Sprint wins
1
Podiums
7.69%
Podium percentage
1
Most podiums in a season
0
Longest podium streak
0
DNF
0
DNS
1
Fastest laps
1682
Race laps
0
Races led
0
Laps led
11
Points

Seasons

All races
Year Pos. Points Races Wins Podiums Pole positions Team(s)
1960 - - 1 0 0 0 Watson
1959 15th 3 1 0 0 0 Epperly
1958 17th 4 1 0 0 0 Epperly
1957 - - 1 0 0 0 Kurtis
1956 - - 1 0 0 0 Kurtis
1955 13th 3 1 0 1 0 Kurtis
1954 - - 2 0 0 0 Kurtis
1953 - - 1 0 0 0 Kuzma
1952 - - 1 0 0 0 Deidt
1951 - - 1 0 0 0 Deidt
1950 21st 1 2 0 0 0 Deidt, Kurtis

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32

Starting positions

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Tony Bettenhausen is a American Formula 1 driver born on September 12, 1916. The first race Tony Bettenhausen drove was the 1950 Indianapolis 500. Since then Bettenhausen has driven 13 races in total.

In these 13 races, Bettenhausen won 0 races, finshed on the podium 1 times and scored a total of 11 points. The 1960 Indianapolis 500 was the last race Bettenhausen has entered.

Tony ended his career driving for Watson.