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Driver of the Year
2011

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Q&A

What's your best quality as a racing driver?

	James Peace:
– Focus

	Simon Sikes:
– Focus

	Brendon Cook:
– Finish races

	Ronan McKenzie:
– I learn from every race which makes me more confident.

	Fahad Hizam:
– PR and Marketing

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Most buzz

1.			Jaime Alguersuari
2.			Casey Adams
3.			Richie Stanaway
4.			Rio Haryanto
5.			Joel Miller
6.			Samuele Buttarelli
7.			Andre Heimgartner
8.			Carlos Sainz Jr.
9.			Stefan Rzadzinski
10.			Kevin Mirocha
11.			Jody Fannin
12.			Simon Sikes
13.			Nick Percat
14.			Lewis Hamilton
15.			Alice Powell
16.			James Thorp
17.			Felipe Merjech
18.			Daniel Haglöf
19.			Sami Luka
20.			Jesse Krohn
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Tony Bettenhausen

Date of birth:	September 12, 1916
Place of birth:	Tinley Park, Illinois
Died:	May 12, 1961
Place of death:	Indianapolis
Races entered:	242
Wins:	26
Podiums:	41
Pole positions:	13
Fastest laps:	1
Race win percentage:	10.74%
(the above statistics are a summary of the data currently available on the Career details page.)

Died after an accident in practice for the International 500 Mile Sweepstakes at Indianapolis. He was offering set up tips for his friend Paul Russo’s Watson Offenhauser car when he hit the outside wall on the main straight and the car rolled along the barrier until it came to rest outside the track. The USAC concluded that an anchor bolt had fell off, making the front axle twist when the driver braked.

Racing career highlights

Second in USAC National Championship 1959.
USAC National champion 1958.
AAA National champion 1951.
Blue Island Raceway Park Midgets champion 1947.
Blue Island Raceway Park Midgets champion 1945.
Blue Island Raceway Park Midgets champion 1942.
Blue Island Raceway Park Midgets champion 1941.

Racing career summary

The following numbers are a summary of the more detailed information available in the Career details. Seasons spanning over two years (for example 2009-10 championships) have their race results accounted for in the year the championship ends (2010 in the previous example).

1961	1 race.	0 wins.	0 podiums.	1 pole position.	? fastest race laps.
1960	11 races.	0 wins.	4 podiums.	0 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1959	14 races.	2 wins.	4 podiums.	0 pole positions.	0 fastest race laps.
1958	14 races.	0 wins.	6 podiums.	0 pole positions.	1 fastest race lap.
1957	71 races.	1 win.	0 podiums.	0 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1956	62 races.	3 wins.	1 podium.	0 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1955	5 races.	1 win.	3 podiums.	0 pole positions.	0 fastest race laps.
1954	3 races.	0 wins.	0 podiums.	0 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1953	5 races.	2 wins.	2 podiums.	1 pole position.	? fastest race laps.
1952	1 race.	0 wins.	0 podiums.	0 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1951	14 races.	8 wins.	10 podiums.	4 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1950	12 races.	3 wins.	4 podiums.	5 pole positions.	0 fastest race laps.
1949	7 races.	2 wins.	2 podiums.	0 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1948	7 races.	1 win.	1 podium.	1 pole position.	? fastest race laps.
1947	9 races.	2 wins.	2 podiums.	1 pole position.	? fastest race laps.
1946	4 races.	1 win.	1 podium.	0 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1945	? races.	? wins.	? podiums.	? pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1942	? races.	? wins.	? podiums.	? pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1941	2 races.	0 wins.	1 podium.	0 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.

Tony Bettenhausen's profile page has been viewed 1032 times.

This profile page was last modified 2010-12-11 03:32:57 by Urs Steigmeier
Modification: AAA National Championship 1941

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Top 2012 race winners

1.	Andre Heimgartner	10
2.	Joe Ghanem	9
3.	Warwick Mortimer	8
	Matthew Higham	8
	Michael Lyons	8
6.	James McFadden	7
7.	Matthew Griffin	6
	Angus Fogg	6
9.	AJ Lauder	5
10.	Jonathan Allard	4
	Andrew Waite	4
	Andre Cowan	4
	Chris Hanley	4
	Lucas Foresti	4
	Zac Kennedy	4
	Talal Al Ghaith	4
	Nick Cassidy	4
	Ryan Hellier	4
	Rowan Shepherd	4
20.	Donny Schatz	3

This list also includes series that span over the new year (i.e. 2011-12 championships).

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Driverdb.com updates

On the updates blog you'll find info of what's been updated lately at Driver Database. Keep yourself up to date with new features and bug fixes.

Small but important fix to the biographies
Written by Andreas, Friday, December 2 2011

As some of you have noticed there were parts of the site that startedbehaving a bit strange when we moved to the new server. I’ve hunted down and fixed a lot of issues as I’ve come across them and I have now fixed an issue with the Premier Profiles where some entries sent into the Biography section

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