As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Cal Niday · Jim Rathmann
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
1
—
2
3 shared
Qualifying H2H
2
—
1
3 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
—
Best championship
P8
Teammate battle by season
0
1
1953
Career totals
Cal Niday
Jim Rathmann
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
1
Poles
0
0
Podiums
0
4
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
0
29
Starts
3
10
Rate-adjusted · per start
Cal Niday
Jim Rathmann
Win rate
0%
10%
Podium rate
0%
40%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
0.0
2.9
Avg grid
P17.3
P17.3
Avg finish
P18.7
P11.3
Finish rate
33.3%
80%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Cal Niday
Jim Rathmann
Mechanical retirements
1
1
Crash retirements
1
1
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
1953
Debut season
1950
—
First win
1960 · aged 31
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P10
Best finish
P1
-1.3
Avg places gained
+6.0
Season points trajectory
Cal Niday
Jim Rathmann
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Cal Niday | Jim Rathmann |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 0 · 0 · P10 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Cal Niday 0 · 0 · P10 1 · 4 · P1 Jim Rathmann | ||
Team history
Cal Niday
Jim Rathmann
19501960
Basis
Head-to-head counts races where both drivers were classified, compared by final position (post-penalty). Teammate section counts only seasons in the same car. Career totals mirror the source data. Data: Jolpica-F1 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).