Gene Hartley

American · 1950–1960
VS

Johnny Thomson

American · 1953–1960
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
1
0
Qualifyingahead
0
1
Gene Hartley · Johnny Thomson
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
4 2
6 shared
Qualifying H2H
1 5
6 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
Best championship
P12
Teammate battle by season
1
0
1956
Career totals
Gene Hartley Johnny Thomson
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
0
Poles
0
1
Podiums
0
1
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
0
10
Starts
8
8
Rate-adjusted · per start
Gene Hartley Johnny Thomson
Win rate
0%
0%
Podium rate
0%
12.5%
Pole rate
0%
12.5%
Points / start
0.0
1.3
Avg grid
P18.5
P17.4
Avg finish
P17.6
P16.9
Finish rate
75%
50%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Gene Hartley Johnny Thomson
Mechanical retirements
1
2
Crash retirements
1
1
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both. Retirements with an unclear cause: 0 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1950
Debut season
1953
First win
First pole
1959
First title
P10
Best finish
P3
+0.9
Avg places gained
+0.5
Season points trajectory
1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960
Gene Hartley Johnny Thomson
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Gene Hartley Johnny Thomson
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Indianapolis Motor Speedway 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 1 · P3
Gene Hartley 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 1 · P3 Johnny Thomson
Team history
Gene Hartley
KUR
Langley 1950Kurtis Kraft 1952–1954Kuzma 1956Lesovsky 1957Kuzma 1959Kurtis Kraft 1960
Johnny Thomson
KUZ
LES
Del Roy 1953Nichels 1954Kuzma 1955–1957Kurtis Kraft 1958Lesovsky 1959–1960
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).