Sam Hanks

American · 1950–1957
VS

Mike Nazaruk

American · 1951–1954
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
0
2
Qualifyingahead
1
1
Sam Hanks · Mike Nazaruk
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
1 2
3 shared
Qualifying H2H
2 1
3 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P7
Best championship
P9
Teammate battle by season
0
1
1951
0
1
1954
Career totals
Sam Hanks Mike Nazaruk
Championships
0
0
Wins
1
0
Poles
0
0
Podiums
4
1
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
20
8
Starts
8
3
Rate-adjusted · per start
Sam Hanks Mike Nazaruk
Win rate
12.5%
0%
Podium rate
50%
33.3%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
2.5
2.7
Avg grid
P11.6
P14.7
Avg finish
P11.3
P9.3
Finish rate
50%
66.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Sam Hanks Mike Nazaruk
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.
Milestones & racecraft
1950
Debut season
1951
1957 · aged 42
First win
First pole
First title
P1
Best finish
P2
+0.4
Avg places gained
+5.3
Season points trajectory
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957
Sam Hanks Mike Nazaruk
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Sam Hanks Mike Nazaruk
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Indianapolis Motor Speedway 1 · 4 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Sam Hanks 1 · 4 · P1 0 · 1 · P2 Mike Nazaruk
Team history
Sam Hanks
KUR
EPP
Kurtis Kraft 1950–1956Epperly 1957
Mike Nazaruk
KUR
TUR
KUR
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).