As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Tony Bettenhausen · Sam Hanks
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
2
—
6
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
P7
Teammate battle by season
0
1
1954
1
0
1955
0
1
1956
Career totals
Tony Bettenhausen
Sam Hanks
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
1
Poles
0
0
Podiums
1
4
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
10
20
Starts
11
8
Rate-adjusted · per start
Tony Bettenhausen
Sam Hanks
Win rate
0%
12.5%
Podium rate
9.1%
50%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
0.9
2.5
Avg grid
P13.2
P11.6
Avg finish
P15.6
P11.3
Finish rate
54.5%
50%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Tony Bettenhausen
Sam Hanks
Mechanical retirements
3
3
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
1950
—
First win
1957 · aged 42
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P2
Best finish
P1
-2.5
Avg places gained
+0.4
Season points trajectory
Tony Bettenhausen
Sam Hanks
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Tony Bettenhausen | Sam Hanks |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 0 · 1 · P2 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Tony Bettenhausen 0 · 1 · P2 1 · 4 · P1 Sam Hanks | ||
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).