Tony Bettenhausen
American · 1950–1960
VS

Rodger Ward
American · 1951–1963
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
0
2
Qualifyingahead
1
1
Tony Bettenhausen · Rodger Ward
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
5 — 5
10 shared
Qualifying H2H
6 — 4
10 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P13
Best championship
P10
Finished ahead in the standings: 0 · 1
1959 P10
Teammate battle by season
0
1
1956
0
1
1960
Career totals
Tony Bettenhausen Rodger Ward
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
1
Poles
0
0
Podiums
1
2
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
10
14
Starts
11
12
Rate-adjusted · per start
Tony Bettenhausen Rodger Ward
Win rate
0%
8.3%
Podium rate
9.1%
16.7%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
0.9
1.2
Avg grid
P13.2
P16.5
Avg finish
P15.6
P16.8
Finish rate
54.5%
33.3%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Tony Bettenhausen Rodger Ward
Mechanical retirements
3
6
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 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1950
Debut season
1951
—
First win
1959 · aged 38
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P2
Best finish
P1
-2.5
Avg places gained
-0.3
Season points trajectory
1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962
Tony Bettenhausen Rodger Ward
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Tony Bettenhausen Rodger Ward
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Indianapolis Motor Speedway 0 · 1 · P2 1 · 2 · P1
Tony Bettenhausen 0 · 1 · P2 1 · 2 · P1 Rodger Ward
Team history
Tony Bettenhausen
DEI
KUR
EPP
Deidt 1950–1952Kuzma 1953Kurtis Kraft 1954–1957Epperly 1958–1959Watson 1960
Rodger Ward
KUR
LES
WAT
Bromme 1951Kurtis Kraft 1952–1953Pawl 1954Kuzma 1955Kurtis Kraft 1956Lesovsky 1957–1958Kurtis Kraft 1959Watson 1959–1960Lotus-BRM 1963
19501963
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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).