As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Pat Flaherty · Tony Bettenhausen
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
3
—
3
6 shared
Qualifying H2H
1
—
5
6 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P5
Best championship
P13
Teammate battle by season
0
1
1953
1
0
1954
0
1
1955
Career totals
Pat Flaherty
Tony Bettenhausen
Championships
0
0
Wins
1
0
Poles
1
0
Podiums
1
1
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
8
10
Starts
6
11
Rate-adjusted · per start
Pat Flaherty
Tony Bettenhausen
Win rate
16.7%
0%
Podium rate
16.7%
9.1%
Pole rate
16.7%
0%
Points / start
1.3
0.9
Avg grid
P15.7
P13.2
Avg finish
P15.0
P15.6
Finish rate
50%
54.5%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Pat Flaherty
Tony Bettenhausen
Mechanical retirements
0
3
Crash retirements
3
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
1956 · aged 30
First win
—
1956
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P2
+0.7
Avg places gained
-2.5
Season points trajectory
Pat Flaherty
Tony Bettenhausen
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Pat Flaherty | Tony Bettenhausen |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Pat Flaherty 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P2 Tony Bettenhausen | ||
Team history
Pat Flaherty
Tony Bettenhausen
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).