Tony Bettenhausen

American · 1950–1960
VS

Andy Linden

American · 1951–1957
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
2
1
Qualifyingahead
2
1
Tony Bettenhausen · Andy Linden
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
4 3
7 shared
Qualifying H2H
4 3
7 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P13
Best championship
P14
Teammate battle by season
1
0
1955
1
0
1956
0
1
1957
Career totals
Tony Bettenhausen Andy Linden
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
0
Poles
0
0
Podiums
1
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
10
5
Starts
11
7
Rate-adjusted · per start
Tony Bettenhausen Andy Linden
Win rate
0%
0%
Podium rate
9.1%
0%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
0.9
0.7
Avg grid
P13.2
P12.9
Avg finish
P15.6
P19.0
Finish rate
54.5%
42.9%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Tony Bettenhausen Andy Linden
Mechanical retirements
3
3
Crash retirements
2
1
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
First win
First pole
First title
P2
Best finish
P4
-2.5
Avg places gained
-6.1
Season points trajectory
1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960
Tony Bettenhausen Andy Linden
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Tony Bettenhausen Andy Linden
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Indianapolis Motor Speedway 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P4
Tony Bettenhausen 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P4 Andy Linden
Team history
Tony Bettenhausen
DEI
KUR
EPP
Deidt 1950–1952Kuzma 1953Kurtis Kraft 1954–1957Epperly 1958–1959Watson 1960
Andy Linden
KUR
Sherman 1951Kurtis Kraft 1952Stevens 1953Schroeder 1954Kurtis Kraft 1955–1957
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).