As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Tony Bettenhausen · Bill Vukovich
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
2
—
3
5 shared
Qualifying H2H
2
—
3
5 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P13
Best championship
P6
Finished ahead in the standings:
1 · 0
1955
P13
Teammate battle by season
0
1
1954
1
0
1955
Career totals
Tony Bettenhausen
Bill Vukovich
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
2
Poles
0
1
Podiums
1
2
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
10
19
Starts
11
5
Rate-adjusted · per start
Tony Bettenhausen
Bill Vukovich
Win rate
0%
40%
Podium rate
9.1%
40%
Pole rate
0%
20%
Points / start
0.9
3.8
Avg grid
P13.2
P10.6
Avg finish
P15.6
P14.6
Finish rate
54.5%
60%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Tony Bettenhausen
Bill Vukovich
Mechanical retirements
3
1
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
1953 · aged 34
—
First pole
1953
—
First title
—
P2
Best finish
P1
-2.5
Avg places gained
-4.0
Season points trajectory
Tony Bettenhausen
Bill Vukovich
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Tony Bettenhausen | Bill Vukovich |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 0 · 1 · P2 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Tony Bettenhausen 0 · 1 · P2 2 · 2 · P1 Bill Vukovich | ||
Team history
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).