As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Tony Bettenhausen · Johnnie Parsons
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
6
—
3
9 shared
Qualifying H2H
4
—
5
9 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:
0 · 1
1950
P6
Teammate battle by season
1
0
1954
1
0
1955
0
1
1956
1
0
1957
Career totals
Tony Bettenhausen
Johnnie Parsons
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
1
Poles
0
0
Podiums
1
1
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
10
12
Starts
11
9
Rate-adjusted · per start
Tony Bettenhausen
Johnnie Parsons
Win rate
0%
11.1%
Podium rate
9.1%
11.1%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
0.9
1.3
Avg grid
P13.2
P13.7
Avg finish
P15.6
P15.9
Finish rate
54.5%
55.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Tony Bettenhausen
Johnnie Parsons
Mechanical retirements
3
4
Crash retirements
2
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
1950
—
First win
1950 · aged 31
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P2
Best finish
P1
-2.5
Avg places gained
-2.2
Season points trajectory
Tony Bettenhausen
Johnnie Parsons
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Tony Bettenhausen | Johnnie Parsons |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 0 · 1 · P2 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Tony Bettenhausen 0 · 1 · P2 1 · 1 · P1 Johnnie Parsons | ||
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).