Tony Bettenhausen

Tinley Park, IL

Historical driver profile combining museum-recorded race results, feature wins, championships, photographs and verified broader-career accomplishments.

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1941First Recorded Feature Race

194212 Feature Wins — Career High

1948Rockford Speedway Champion

1947Raceway Park IL Champion

1945Raceway Park IL Champion

54Recorded Feature Wins

69Recorded Results

62Recorded Top-3 Finishes

11Track Championships

3Series Championships

1941–1960Recorded Career

Career snapshot

Racing Lifetime Totals

56 total discovered wins are documented when verified broader-career victories are included.

4Tracks Won At

3Classes Won In

MidgetTop Winning Class

State Fair ParkTop Winning Track

AAA Champ Car SeriesTop Winning Series

Aug 27, 1960Last Feature Win

Documented career history

Career Accomplishments

Verified broader-career milestones alongside the museum's original event records.

01 · Championship record

Series Championships

1951 AAA Champ Car Series Champion
1951 AAA National Championship Champion
1958 USAC National Championship Champion

02 · Touring & major events

Major Series Success

22 AAA/USAC Championship Car victories; 14 Indianapolis 500 starts with a best finish of second

03 · Selected victories

Major & Touring Wins

Hut Hundred — United States
Turkey Night Grand Prix — United States

Additional verified track championships are included in the Track Championships total and championship archive below.

Museum series championships and verified broader-career records are merged and deduplicated here. Museum-recorded race results remain in their original event records.

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