Rodger Ward
American · 1951–1963
VS

Tony Bettenhausen
American · 1950–1960
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
2
0
Qualifyingahead
1
1
Rodger Ward · Tony Bettenhausen
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
5 — 5
10 shared
Qualifying H2H
4 — 6
10 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P10
Best championship
P13
Finished ahead in the standings: 1 · 0
1959 P10
Teammate battle by season
1
0
1956
1
0
1960
Career totals
Rodger Ward Tony Bettenhausen
Championships
0
0
Wins
1
0
Poles
0
0
Podiums
2
1
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
14
10
Starts
12
11
Rate-adjusted · per start
Rodger Ward Tony Bettenhausen
Win rate
8.3%
0%
Podium rate
16.7%
9.1%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
1.2
0.9
Avg grid
P16.5
P13.2
Avg finish
P16.8
P15.6
Finish rate
33.3%
54.5%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Rodger Ward Tony Bettenhausen
Mechanical retirements
6
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. Retirements with an unclear cause: 1 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
1951
Debut season
1950
1959 · aged 38
First win
—
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P2
-0.3
Avg places gained
-2.5
Season points trajectory
1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962
Rodger Ward Tony Bettenhausen
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Rodger Ward Tony Bettenhausen
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Indianapolis Motor Speedway 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Rodger Ward 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 1 · P2 Tony Bettenhausen
Team history
Rodger Ward
KUR
LES
WAT
Bromme 1951Kurtis Kraft 1952–1953Pawl 1954Kuzma 1955Kurtis Kraft 1956Lesovsky 1957–1958Kurtis Kraft 1959Watson 1959–1960Lotus-BRM 1963
Tony Bettenhausen
DEI
KUR
EPP
Deidt 1950–1952Kuzma 1953Kurtis Kraft 1954–1957Epperly 1958–1959Watson 1960
19501963
Rodger Ward → Tony Bettenhausen → Compare others
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).