Sam Hanks

American · 1950–1957
VS

Duke Nalon

American · 1951–1953
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
2
1
Qualifyingahead
1
2
Sam Hanks · Duke Nalon
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
2 1
3 shared
Qualifying H2H
1 2
3 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P7
Best championship
Teammate battle by season
0
1
1951
1
0
1952
1
0
1953
Career totals
Sam Hanks Duke Nalon
Championships
0
0
Wins
1
0
Poles
0
1
Podiums
4
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
20
0
Starts
8
3
Rate-adjusted · per start
Sam Hanks Duke Nalon
Win rate
12.5%
0%
Podium rate
50%
0%
Pole rate
0%
33.3%
Points / start
2.5
0.0
Avg grid
P11.6
P10.3
Avg finish
P11.3
P15.3
Finish rate
50%
33.3%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Sam Hanks Duke Nalon
Mechanical retirements
3
1
Crash retirements
1
0
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
1951
1957 · aged 42
First win
First pole
1951
First title
P1
Best finish
P11
+0.4
Avg places gained
-5.0
Season points trajectory
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957
Sam Hanks Duke Nalon
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Sam Hanks Duke Nalon
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Indianapolis Motor Speedway 1 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · P11
Sam Hanks 1 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · P11 Duke Nalon
Team history
Sam Hanks
KUR
EPP
Kurtis Kraft 1950–1956Epperly 1957
Duke Nalon
KUR
Kurtis Kraft 1951–1953
19501957
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).