Tony Bettenhausen
American · 1950–1960
VS

Don Freeland
American · 1953–1960
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
1
0
Qualifyingahead
0
1
Tony Bettenhausen · Don Freeland
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
5 — 3
8 shared
Qualifying H2H
5 — 3
8 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
1957
Career totals
Tony Bettenhausen Don Freeland
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
0
Poles
0
0
Podiums
1
1
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
10
4
Starts
11
8
Rate-adjusted · per start
Tony Bettenhausen Don Freeland
Win rate
0%
0%
Podium rate
9.1%
12.5%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
0.9
0.5
Avg grid
P13.2
P17.3
Avg finish
P15.6
P15.0
Finish rate
54.5%
62.5%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Tony Bettenhausen Don Freeland
Mechanical retirements
3
2
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
1953
—
First win
—
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P2
Best finish
P3
-2.5
Avg places gained
+2.3
Season points trajectory
1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960
Tony Bettenhausen Don Freeland
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Tony Bettenhausen Don Freeland
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Indianapolis Motor Speedway 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P3
Tony Bettenhausen 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P3 Don Freeland
Team history
Tony Bettenhausen
DEI
KUR
EPP
Deidt 1950–1952Kuzma 1953Kurtis Kraft 1954–1957Epperly 1958–1959Watson 1960
Don Freeland
PHI
KUR
Watson 1953Phillips 1954–1956Kurtis Kraft 1957Phillips 1958Kurtis Kraft 1959–1960
19501960
Tony Bettenhausen → Don Freeland → 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).