Jim Rathmann

American · 1950–1960
VS

Tony Bettenhausen

American · 1950–1960
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
3
1
Qualifyingahead
2
2
Jim Rathmann · Tony Bettenhausen
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
7 3
10 shared
Qualifying H2H
4 6
10 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P8
Best championship
P13
Finished ahead in the standings: 1 · 1
1958 P17 1959 P11
Teammate battle by season
1
0
1954
1
0
1956
0
1
1958
1
0
1960
Career totals
Jim Rathmann Tony Bettenhausen
Championships
0
0
Wins
1
0
Poles
0
0
Podiums
4
1
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
29
10
Starts
10
11
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jim Rathmann Tony Bettenhausen
Win rate
10%
0%
Podium rate
40%
9.1%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
2.9
0.9
Avg grid
P17.3
P13.2
Avg finish
P11.3
P15.6
Finish rate
80%
54.5%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Jim Rathmann Tony Bettenhausen
Mechanical retirements
1
3
Crash retirements
1
2
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
1950
Debut season
1950
1960 · aged 31
First win
First pole
First title
P1
Best finish
P2
+6.0
Avg places gained
-2.5
Season points trajectory
1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960
Jim Rathmann Tony Bettenhausen
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Jim Rathmann Tony Bettenhausen
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Indianapolis Motor Speedway 1 · 4 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Jim Rathmann 1 · 4 · P1 0 · 1 · P2 Tony Bettenhausen
Team history
Jim Rathmann
KUR
EPP
WAT
Wetteroth 1950Kurtis Kraft 1952–1954Epperly 1955Kurtis Kraft 1956Epperly 1957–1958Watson 1959–1960
Tony Bettenhausen
DEI
KUR
EPP
Deidt 1950–1952Kuzma 1953Kurtis Kraft 1954–1957Epperly 1958–1959Watson 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).