Tony Bettenhausen

Full name

Melvin Eugene "Tony" Bettenhausen

Born

12th September 1916 (Died age 44) - Tinley Park, Illinois

Died

12th May 1961 - Indianapolis, Indiana - Indianapolis 500 practice

Nationality

American

Years in Database

Recent Race

1961 Trenton Indycars

Starts

122 (2)

Wins

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Championship Seasons

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Season	Name	Starts	Poles	Podiums	Wins	Position	Points
1961	USAC National Championship Lindsey Hopkins Racing	1	1	0	0	U	0
1960	USAC National Championship Lindsey Hopkins Racing	11	0	4	0	5	940
1960	F1 World Championship Lindsey Hopkins Racing	0	0	0	0	U	0
1959	USAC National Championship John R Wills Lindsey Hopkins Racing	13	0	4	2 - 16% win rate	2	1430
1959	F1 World Championship John R Wills Ansted Rotary	0 (1)	0	0	0	15	3
1958	USAC National Championship John Zink Cars Incorporated	13	0	6	0	1	1830
1958	F1 World Championship Cars Incorporated	0	0	0	0	16	4
1957	USAC National Championship Gilbert E Morcroft Novi Racing	6	0	0	0	29	80
1957	F1 World Championship Novi Racing	0	0	0	0	U	0
1956	USAC National Championship Mari Hulman Dayton-Walther	8	0	1	1 - 13% win rate	24	290
1956	F1 World Championship Murrell Belanger	0	0	0	0	U	0
1955	F1 World Championship H Allen Chapman	0	0	1	0	13	3
1955	AAA National Championship Murrell Belanger H Allen Chapman	4	0	2	0	4	1060
1954	F1 World Championship Mel B Wiggers Eugene A Casaroll	0	0	0	0	U	0
1954	AAA National Championship Mel B Wiggers John L McDaniel	3	0	0	0	U	0
1953	F1 World Championship JC Agajanian	0	0	0	0	U	0
1953	AAA National Championship Murrell Belanger JS Belond	6	1	2	2 - 34% win rate	10	596
1952	F1 World Championship Murrell Belanger Earl F Slick	0 (1)	0	0	0	U	0
1952	AAA National Championship Earl F Slick	1	0	0	0	U	0
1951	F1 World Championship Rotary Engineering	0	0	0	0	U	0
1951	AAA National Championship Rotary Engineering Murrell Belanger	14	4	10	8 - 58% win rate	1	2556
1950	F1 World Championship Lou Moore Ervin Wolfe	0	0	0	0	20	1
1950	AAA National Championship Lou Moore Ervin Wolfe	12	5	4	3 - 25% win rate	5	1027
1949	AAA National Championship Joe Lencki Meyer & Drake	7	1	2	2 - 29% win rate	12	466
1948	AAA National Championship Thorne Engineering William Schoof	8	1	1	1 - 13% win rate	15	324
1947	AAA National Championship Norm Olson Ervin Wolfe	9	1	2	2 - 23% win rate	6	676
1946	AAA National Championship William A Corley Robert J McManus	4	0	1	1 - 25% win rate	9	340
1941	AAA National Championship Joe Lencki	2	0	1	0	10	240

Non Championship Races

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Title	Date	Circuit	Laps	Position
1957 Race of Two Worlds	29/06/1957	Monza	189	R

Teams

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Team name
Ansted Rotary
Bob Sweikert
Carl Marchese
Cars Incorporated
Dayton-Walther
Dean Van Lines Racing Division
Earl F Slick
Ervin Wolfe
Eugene A Casaroll
Evelyn Shaheen
Federal Engineering
Fred Gerhardt
Gilbert E Morcroft
H Allen Chapman
Howard Iddings
JC Agajanian
Joe Lencki
John L McDaniel
John R Wills
John Zink
JS Belond
Kathryn Wright
Lee Elkins
Lindsey Hopkins Racing
Lou Moore
Mari Hulman
Mel B Wiggers
Meyer & Drake
Murrell Belanger
Norm Olson
Novi Racing
Pete Salemi
Peter J Schmidt
Racing Associates
Robert J McManus
Rotary Engineering
Thorne Engineering
William A Corley
William Schoof

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