As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Tony Bettenhausen · Ed Elisian
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
4
—
1
5 shared
Qualifying H2H
3
—
2
5 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P13
Best championship
—
Teammate battle by season
1
0
1955
1
0
1956
1
0
1957
Career totals
Tony Bettenhausen
Ed Elisian
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
0
Poles
0
0
Podiums
1
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
10
0
Starts
11
5
Rate-adjusted · per start
Tony Bettenhausen
Ed Elisian
Win rate
0%
0%
Podium rate
9.1%
0%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
0.9
0.0
Avg grid
P13.2
P16.6
Avg finish
P15.6
P25.6
Finish rate
54.5%
20%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Tony Bettenhausen
Ed Elisian
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.
Retirements with an unclear cause: 0 · 2
Milestones & racecraft
1950
Debut season
1954
—
First win
—
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P2
Best finish
P18
-2.5
Avg places gained
-9.0
Season points trajectory
Tony Bettenhausen
Ed Elisian
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Tony Bettenhausen | Ed Elisian |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P18 |
| Tony Bettenhausen 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P18 Ed Elisian | ||
Team history
Tony Bettenhausen
Ed Elisian
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).